Research at ANU ranges from fundamental to strategic and applied, from theory to practice; it includes scholarship and creative activity.

It is not surprising that ANU is the most research-intensive university in Australia and is the leader on several important measures of research quality: percentage of staff with higher degrees, ARC Discovery Grants per staff and research expenditure per staff.

ANU is consistently ranked among the top universities in the world, is Australia’s most highly ranked university and is a member of the Group of Eight Universities. Its researchers are among the most published and cited in Australia, and with almost 75 percent of academic staff holding PhDs, ANU also has the most highly qualified staff in Australia.