These 6 Australia universities are among the top 100 in the world

The top 100 universities in the world have been named by Times Higher Education.

The organisation's annual rankings includes more than 1,250 institutions and uses 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide a comprehensive guide on the world's best universities.

Leading the way are the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, which ranked first and second respectively -- for the second year in a row.

Six Australian universities are also ranked in this year's top 100 list.

Here they are:

University of Melbourne

2019 rank: 32

2018 rank: 57

Australian National University

2019 rank: 49

2018 rank: 82

University of Sydney

2019 rank: 59

2018 rank: 57

University of Queensland

2019 rank: 69

2018 rank: 74

Monash University

2019 rank: 84

2018 rank: 84

University of New South Wales

2019 rank: 96

2018 rank: 96

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