Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)
Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) is the Australian Government's national research evaluation framework, administered by the Australian Research Council (ARC).
The framework identifies excellence across the full spectrum of research performance and compares Australia's university research effort against international benchmarks. These comparisons give government, industry, business and the wider community assurance of the excellence of research conducted in Australian higher education institutions.
Overall
Top-rated nationally
We're top-rated nationally and rated ‘well above world standard’ in 23 fields of research.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Arts, social sciences and communications
World-class research
Our history and archaeology research is rated ‘above world standard’.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-class research
We’re ranked 'above world standard' for our research in historical studies.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Leading linguistics research
We’re ranked 'above world standard' for our linguistics research.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-class research
We’re ranked 'above world standard' for our research in language, communication and culture.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Business and commerce
Leading research
We’re ranked ‘above world standard’ for our research in artificial intelligence and image processing.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Top 4
We're 'well above world standard' for our banking, finance and investment research, one of the top four in Australia.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Health
World-class research
We are ranked 'well above world standard' for cardiorespiratory medicine and haematology.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading research
Our research in human movement and sports science is rated 'well above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Top-rated
Our research in nursing is top-rated nationally and ranks 'well above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Top-rated nationally
Our research in nutrition and dietetics is rated ‘well above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Leading research
We're ranked 'above world standard' for our research in oncology and carcinogenesis.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Leading research
Our research in other medical and health sciences is top-rated nationally and rated ‘well above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-class sports research
La Trobe's research in human movement and sports science and in physiology is rated 'well above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
'Well above world standard'
Our research in psychology and cognitive sciences is top-rated nationally and rated 'well above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
IT and engineering
Leading research
We’re ranked ‘above world standard’ for our research in artificial intelligence and image processing.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-class engineering research
Our research in civil engineering is top-rated nationally and rated 'well above world standard.'
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Leading research
La Trobe’s research in engineering and the mathematical sciences is rated 'above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Leading research
We're ranked 'above world standard' for our research in information systems.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Law and criminology
Leading law research
We’re ranked 'above world standard' for our law research.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Science
World-leading research
We’re ranked 'well above world standard' for our research in agricultural and veterinary sciences.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading research
We’re ranked 'well above world standard' for our research in analytical chemistry.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading research
Our research in animal production is ranked 'well above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading research
Our research in biochemistry and cell biology is ranked 'well above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading research
Our research in biological sciences is ranked 'well above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading research
Our research in chemical sciences is ranked 'well above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Leading physics research
We are ranked 'well above world standard' for condensed matter physics and optical physics.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading research
We're ranked 'well above world standard' for our research in crop and pasture production.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Leading researchers
We’re ranked 'above world standard' for ecological applications research.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading research
We’re ranked 'well above world standard' for our research in ecology.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading research
We’re ranked 'well above world standard' for our genetics research.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Leading chemistry research
We’re ranked 'above world standard' for our research in inorganic chemistry.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Leading research
Our research in mathematical sciences is ranked 'above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading research
We’re ranked 'well above world standard' for our research in medicinal and biomolecular chemistry.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-class research
La Trobe is the only university in Australia to have its research in microbiology rated 'well-above world standard' three times since 2012.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Leading research
We’re ranked 'above world standard' for our neuroscience research.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Leading research
We're ranked 'above world standard' for our research in oncology and carcinogenesis.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World leaders in optical physics
We’re ranked 'well above world standard' for our research in optical physics.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Chemistry leaders
We’re ranked 'above world standard' for our research in physical chemistry.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading research
We’re ranked 'well above world standard' for our research in physical sciences.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading biology research
We’re ranked 'well above world standard' for our plant biology research.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Leading mathematics research
We’re ranked 'above world standard' for our research in pure mathematics.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Leading soil science research
Our research in soil sciences is top-rated nationally and rated 'well-above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading research
La Trobe’s research in statistics is rated 'above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
Top-rated nationally
Our research in veterinary sciences is top-rated nationally and rated 'well-above world standard'.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018
World-leading zoology research
We’re ranked 'well above world standard' for our zoology research.
Australian Research Council, 2019, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Outcomes 2018