Students are at the heart of everything we do here at Bond. The student experience informs every decision we make and innovation we create. Our focus on providing a world-class, transformational student experience is consistently reflected in national and international rankings and ratings.
For the better part of two decades, Bond has remained Australia’s number one university for student experience*, achieving five-star ratings in every student experience category in the 2023 Good Universities Guide.
* Good Universities Guide 2006-2022.
The Good Universities Guide is a trusted independent consumer guide for students researching their undergraduate study options. It provides ratings, rankings, comment and information about all Australian higher education institutions.
In the 2024 - 2026 QS Star ratings, we achieved a rating of five stars across several categories. QS Stars is a global rating system providing students with a detailed overview of a university’s excellence. The rating explores program strength, facilities and graduate employability for education institutions across the world.
In a time of disrupted, multi-modal and remote learning, Bond ranked first in Australia for learner engagement, in the latest Student Experience Survey released by the Australian Department of Education. 80.8 per cent of Bond undergraduate students rated learner engagement as positive, well above the national average of 52.2 per cent.
For a small university, Bond University’s research capabilities stand up to its large, international counterparts. Bond’s research is rated as world standard or above world standard in a number of disciplines by the Australian Research Council.
These include:
Well above world standard
Public Health and Health Services
Above world standard
Clinical Sciences
World standard
Human Movement and Sports Science
Nutrition and Dietetics
Business and Management
Law and Legal Studies
In 2023, Bond University was rated in the top 50  in the Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings list. The THE Young University Rankings list judges universities 50 years old or younger.
Bond University was ranked in the band of 401-500 out of 1,904 institutions worldwide in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2024, which measure teaching, research environment, research quality, industry, and international outlook.
Bond's efforts in sustainability were recognised in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings for 2024, ranking in the top 80 for United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, Good Health and Well-Being, and in the top 90 for SDG 16, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. The results mark Bond's highest ranking to date, demonstrating our continued improvement and ongoing efforts.
