This rating is based on students’ ratings of their overall educational experience; the quality of teaching they received; and the extent to which they felt lecturers and tutors actively engaged them in and demonstrated concern for learning, provided clear explanations of coursework and assessment, inspired them intellectually, seemed helpful and approachable and provided useful feedback on work, among various other factors.

83% of UniSC students (undergraduate), and 87% (postgraduate) were satisfied with the quality of teaching they experienced.

UniSC is the highest rated public university in Australia for teaching quality in the fields of:

• Business and Management (undergraduate and postgraduate)
• Computing and Information Systems (undergraduate and postgraduate)

UniSC is the highest rated public university in Queensland for teaching quality (undergraduate) in the fields of:

• Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
• Business and Management
• Computing and Information Systems
• Education and Training

Overall for teaching quality, we’re number one in Australia (postgraduate), and number one in Queensland (undergraduate).

This rating looks at the proportion of students who were satisfied with the overall quality of their educational experience.

80% of UniSC students (undergraduate), and 82% (postgraduate) were satisfied with the overall quality of their educational experience.

UniSC is the highest rated public university in Australia for overall educational experience in the fields of:

• Computing and Information Systems (postgraduate)

UniSC is number one public university in Queensland (undergraduate) for overall educational experience in the fields of:

• Business and Management (also No. 1 in QLD postgraduate)
• Computing and Information Systems (also No. 1 in QLD postgraduate)
• Education and Training

For overall educational experience, we’re the number one public in Queensland (undergraduate and postgraduate), and in the top five in Australia.

This rating is based on the extent to which students felt they received support to settle into study; experienced efficient enrolment and admissions processes; felt orientation activities were helpful; and found administrative staff and services, career advisers, academic or learning advisers, counsellors, financial advisers and health services to be available and helpful.
78% of UniSC students were satisfied with the support they received from their institution.

UniSC is the number one public university in Queensland for student support (undergraduate) in:

• Business and Management
• Communications
• Education and Training
• Law and Paralegal Studies
• Psychology
• Social Work

UniSC is also in the top two in Australia for student support (undergraduate) for Social Work and Psychology.

This rating shows what proportion of domestic students enrolling at each university come from low socioeconomic or disadvantaged backgrounds. *This rating is not field of study specific but for the institution as a whole.

26% of UniSC students were from low socioeconomic or disadvantaged backgrounds.

The proportion of domestic students commencing a bachelor degree whose parents’ education is known and did not exceed Year 12.

38% of University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) students came from families where their parents’ education is known and did not exceed Year 12.

This rating is based on students’ average ratings of teaching spaces (including lecture theatres, laboratories and tutorial rooms), student spaces and common areas, online learning materials, computing and IT resources, assigned books and notes, laboratory or studio equipment and library facilities.

89% of UniSC students (undergraduate), and 86% (postgraduate), were satisfied with the learning resources provided by their institution.

UniSC is number one in Queensland for learning resources (undergraduate) in:

• Agriculture and Environmental Studies
• Business and Management
• Computing and Information Systems
• Education and Training
• Science and Maths

In Australia, we’re in the top three (undergraduate) for:

• Business and Management
• Science and Mathematics

This rating is based on the extent to which students felt prepared for study, had a sense of belonging at their institution, participated in discussions online or face to face, worked with other students, interacted with students outside of study and interacted with students different to them.

UniSC is in first place in Queensland for learner engagement (undergraduate) in:

• Agriculture and Environmental Studies
• Computing and Information Systems

UniSC is number one in Queensland for postgraduate learner engagement in:

• Education and Training

This rating is based on the extent to which students felt their course developed their critical-thinking skills, ability to solve complex problems, ability to work with others, confidence to work independently, written communication skills, verbal communication skills, knowledge of the field they are studying, and work-related knowledge and skills.

UniSC is number one in Australia (undergraduate) for:

• Computing and Information Systems

UniSC is in first place in Queensland for (undergraduate) in:

• Agriculture and Environmental Studies
• Computing and Information Systems
• Education and Training
• Humanities, Culture and Social Sciences

This rating looks at the proportion of graduates who were employed full-time four months after completing their courses.

UniSC is ranked first in Australia for graduate employment (undergraduate) in:

• Engineering and Technology

For Graduate Outcomes - Full-time Employment, UniSC came third in Australia for Rehabilitation.