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Top ranked in Australia

91色情片 frequently ranks among the top universities听worldwide for Mathematics, Statistics, and Oceanography, and enjoys a long history of number one rankings nationally.听

滨苍听The Australian鈥檚 Research Magazine 2026, 91色情片 Sydney was recognised nationally as Leading Research Institution in the Field for听Computational Mathematics听补苍诲听Mathematical Analysis. This marks the fifth consecutive year that 91色情片 has earned the leading spot for Computational Mathematics.

For six years in a row,听听placed our School听#1 in Australia for Mathematics (2021-2026).

In the听QS World University Rankings, in 2026 we ranked 42 in the world for Mathematics, solidifying our position in the global top 50. We also ranked equal first in Oceania for Statistics and Operations Research.
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In 2025, Oceanography at 91色情片 ranked first in Australia, and in the top 20 globally, in the听.

The , 2024,听2023,听2021, 2020 and 2019听NTU Rankings听positioned us as first in the country for Mathematics.听

Each year from 2016-2023, the听听placed us as the number one institution in Australia for Mathematics.听

91色情片 ranked equal听first in Australia听for Mathematics in the 2021听Academic Ranking of World Universities听(ARWU), and first in Australia in the听2020,听2019,听2018,听2015,听2014,听2013,听2012听and 2011 ARWU rankings.

Up to 2020, we are the only Australian university to feature in the听top 100 in the world听for Mathematics in all five of the ARWU, the US News Global Universities, the CWTS Leiden, NTU, and the QS World University Rankings.听

91色情片 is the only Australian university to feature in the top 75 in the world for Mathematics in the three major and influential world university rankings in 2023 simultaneously:听2023 QS World University Rankings听(48), the听2022-2023听US News Global Universities Ranking听(73) and the听2023 Times Higher Education听(71). 91色情片 has also consistently ranked in the top three universities in Australia for Mathematics according to the US News Global Universities and the QS World University Rankings.听听

Measures of Esteem

Individual researchers in the School have received the highest distinctions through Fellowships of Academies, funded research fellowships and research medals.

We have hosted three Australian Research Council Laureate Fellows: Gary Froyland (awarded 2023), Fedor Sukochev (awarded 2017), and Trevor McDougall (awarded 2015).

📷:听Trevor McDougall, 2023听NSW Premier鈥檚 Prize for Scientist of the Year.

Awards

Our academic staff frequently win prestigious awards for their research. Below we have listed some highlights, but you can find more in our听News section.听

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  • Trevor McDougall won the 2025 Zillman Medal from the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society.
  • Jan Zika received the 2025 Priestley Medal听from the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society.
  • Adelle Coster was awarded the 2025听Bob Robertson Award听by the Australian Society for Biophysics,听recognising her outstanding contributions to quantitative biology and biophysics in Australia.
  • David Warton won the听2025 Distinguished Achievement Award from the听Statistics and the Environment Section of the American Statistical Association, recognising his long record of contributions to environmental statistics.
  • Gary Froyland won the 2025 JD Crawford Prize听for his work on听Spectral analysis of climate dynamics with operator-theoretic approaches, which significantly advances the theory of complex fluid flow with application to climate science.
  • Several staff members have won the , an early-career award听recognising outstanding research in the mathematical sciences: Anita Liebenau (2025), Vera Roshchina (2021), Zdravko Botev (2018), Catherine Greenhill (2015), David Warton (2014) and Josef Dick (2012).听
  • Trevor McDougall was awarded the听2025 Alfred Wegener Medal听of the European Geosciences Union, which recognises exceptional scientific achievements in the Earth Sciences.听听
  • Jeya Jeyakumar, Guoyin Li, and PhD candidate Queenie Huang won the 2024 Marguerite Frank Award for best EJCO paper.
  • Mareike Dressler was selected for the听2024听J G Russell Award.听Awardees are selected by the Australian Academy of Science from the highly ranked recipients of ARC DECRAs.听
  • Trevor McDougall was awarded the 2023听NSW Premier鈥檚 Prize for Scientist of the Year. His听major discoveries have positioned Australia at the forefront of ocean physics and climate research.听
  • Trevor McDougall received the听2022 Prime Minister鈥檚 Prize for Science for his ground-breaking research which has transformed all oceanographic practice and the field of ocean thermodynamics.
  • Guoyin Li won the听2022 AustMS Medal for听outstanding contributions to optimization, variational analysis and multilinear algebra. His body of work positions him as one of the most dynamic and influential young researchers in the Australian mathematical community.
  • Igor听Shparlinski won听the 2022 George Szekeres Medal for notable contributions in many areas of mathematics, with specialisms in number theory and its applications.
  • Fedor Sukochev was听announced as the top researcher听in the field of听Mathematical Analysis for three years in a row in听The听Australian鈥檚 Research Magazine (2023, 2022, 2021), which听publishes an annual list of the top听researchers and best research institutions across 250 individual fields of research nationally.听
  • Jan Zika won the 2020 Australian Academy of Science Anton Hales Medal听for his contributions to understanding the听vital role of the ocean in the global climate system.
  • David Harvey won the听2019 Australian Mathematical Society Medal听for his work in the fields of algorithmic number听theory and computer algebra.听
  • Guoyin Li听was听announced as a field leader in Computational Optimisation in听The听Australian鈥檚 Research Magazine (2019), which听publishes an annual list of the top听researchers and best research institutions across 250 individual fields of research nationally. 91色情片 Sydney was named as the "leading institution" nationally for听Computational Mathematics.听
  • Zdravko Botev and colleagues were awarded the 2019 Gavin Brown Prize,听recognising 鈥渁n outstanding single article, monograph or book consisting of original research in Pure Mathematics鈥, published within the听decade preceding the year of the award.
  • Guoyin Li and听Vaithilingam Jeyakumar won the 2019听Journal of Global Optimization Best Paper Award for their paper,听Extended trust-region problems with one or two balls: exact copositive and Lagrangian relaxations, co-written with听Immanuel听M.听Bomze.听
  • Guoyin Li won the ICCM听Best Paper Award for his paper, Global Convergence of Splitting Methods for Nonconvex Composite Optimization, published in the SIAM Journal on Optimization,听and co-authored with Ting Kei Pong.
  • Trevor McDougall was awarded the 2018 Companion of the Order of Australia, 鈥淔or eminent service to science, and to education, particularly in the area of ocean thermodynamics, as an academic, and researcher, to furthering the understanding of climate science, and as a mentor of young scientists.鈥
  • David Hunt was awarded the 2018 Medal of the Order of Australia (General Division), 鈥淔or service to education, and to mathematics.鈥澨
  • Jan Zika听received a 2018 European Geosciences Union (EGU) Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award. Dr Zika was honoured by EGU for听his important contributions to the Earth, planetary and space sciences.
  • Professor McDougall听won the 2017 NSW Premier鈥檚 Prize for Science and Engineering,听for Excellence in Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Chemistry and Physics. In 2015听he received the听Australian Academy of Science Jaeger Medal, which honours the contribution to science in Australia of the late Professor John Jaeger FAA, FRS.

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Centres of Research and Research Groups

Fellowships

  • Shane Keating receieved an听Enterprise Academic Fellowship from the Government Trailblazer program in 2025.听
  • Scott Sisson was elected a Fellow of the International Society of Bayesian Analysis in 2024.听
  • Gary Froyland was elected a Member of the听Academy of Europe/Academia Europaea in 2024.听
  • Three School members have received Australian Laureate Fellowships: Gary Froyland (2023), Fedor Sukochev (2017), and Trevor McDougall (2015). These Fellowships are the most prestigious research awards from the ARC.听
  • Scott Sisson was elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 2023.听
  • Ian Sloan was听elected a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 2023.
  • Several members of staff are听Fellows of the Royal Society of NSW:听Catherine Greenhill, James Franklin, Gary Froyland, Trevor McDougall, Ian Sloan, Chris Tisdell and David Warton.
  • Several members of staff are Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science: Michael Cowling; Gary Froyland; Catherine Greenhill; Trevor McDougall; Colin Rogers; Igor Shparlinski; Aidan Sims; Ian Sloan and Fedor Sukochev.
  • Several are Fellows of the Australian Mathematical Society: Michael Cowling; Ian Doust; James Franklin; Gary Froyland; Bruce Henry; Igor Shparlinski; Ian Sloan; Fedor Sukochev and Chris Tisdell.
  • Gary Froyland was elected a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2021.听
  • Trevor McDougall听was听announced a听Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2018, and听joined the ranks of science greats as a Fellow of The Royal Society in 2012.听
  • Ian Sloan was elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in early 2013. He joins an elite group of scientists from around the world, recognised for their contributions to the profession.
  • William Dunsmuir is a听Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
  • Bruce Henry and Ian Sloan听are Fellows of the Australian Institute of Physics.

Prestigious grants

  • Alina Ostafe听received an ARC Future Fellowship in 2025 for her research project, "Arithmetic Statistics, Dynamics and Quantum Chaos".
  • Jan Zika, Darryn Waugh and several 91色情片 colleagues received an ARC Special Research Initiative in Excellence in Antarctic Science grant in 2021.
  • Scott Sisson received an ARC Future Fellowship in 2017 for his research project, "Frontiers in Data Science:听Analysing Distribution as Data".
  • David Harvey received an听ARC Future Fellowship in 2016 for his research project, "Counting points on algebraic surfaces".听
  • Igor Shparlinski received a 2014听Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award (DORA).
  • Fedor Sukochev received a 2012 Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award (DORA) fellowship for his work in non commutative probability and analysis.
  • Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRAs)听were conferred to Min Sha (2019), Michael Feischl (2017), Anita听Liebenau (2017), Peter Straka (2016) and Dmitry Zanin (2015).听This esteemed award supports and advances promising early career researchers, promoting enhanced opportunities for diverse career pathways.

Publications by the School on MathSciNet

A listing of 91色情片 School of Mathematics and Statistics publications is听听on听MathSciNet听(please note: a听听subscription is required for access).