The UK and US again dominate the top rankings in Art and Design and Performing Arts in the QS world rankings for 2016. In Art and Design the Politecnico di Milano (Italy) was the only non US/UK institution to make it into the top ten, while the Sibelius Academy (Finland), the Royal College of Music in Stockholm (Sweden) and the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna which was was ranked in second place, were all included in the top ten in Performing arts.
RMIT University again headed the Australian rankings in Art and Design placed at 16, with UNSW, UTS, Swinburne. Melbourne, and Sydney all listed in the top 50. Although Australia had no institutions ranked in the top 50 in Performing Arts, there were several ranked in the top 100.
QS Rankings 2016: Ten Highest Ranked Globally
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Art |
Performing |
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1 |
Royal College of Art |
UK |
1 |
The Julliard School |
US |
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2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
US |
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna |
Aus |
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3 |
Rhode Island School of Design |
US |
3 |
Royal College of Music |
UK |
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4 |
Parsons School of Design and the New School |
US |
3 |
University of Oxford |
UK |
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5 |
University of the Arts London |
UK |
5 |
Royal Academy of music |
UK |
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6 |
Pratt Institute |
US |
6 |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
UK |
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7 |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
US |
7 |
Sibelius Academy |
Fin |
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8 |
Stanford University |
US |
8 |
University of California Berkeley |
US |
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9 |
Yale University |
US |
9 |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
UK |
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10 |
Politecnico di Milano |
IT |
10 |
Indiana University Bloomington |
US |
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Australian Institutions: QS ranking 2016: Art & Design and Performing Arts
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QS 2016 rank |
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QS 2016 rank |
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Art |
Performing |
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RMIT University |
16 |
Griffith University |
51-100 |
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UNSW |
29 |
University of Melbourne |
51-100 |
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UTS |
31 |
University of Queensland |
51-100 |
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Swinburne University of Technology |
32 |
University of Sydney |
51-100 |
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University of Melbourne |
37 |
University of Western Australia |
51-100 |
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University of Sydney |
44 |
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ANU |
51-100 |
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Curtin University |
51-100 |
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Griffith University |
51-100 |
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Monash University |
51-100 |
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QUT |
51-100 |
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University of South Australia |
51-100 |
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