How AI engines answer in Higher education

How AI engines answer in Higher education

50 companies are measured in Higher education by Third Hemisphere's AI Authority Index, October 2026.

Read from 830 AI answers, 166 buyer questions, five engines: Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, and ChatGPT, finished 19 October 2026. Nothing was asked of any engine to build this page.

Where the market's companies stand

No company in Higher education is placed on the Star Chart for this wave.

Not placed on the Star Chart: Reputation here is the share of answers recommending the company. The Star Chart's line at 50 is where recommendation and caution are equal, which only the net Reputation measures.

The company pages in this market

Each company named in 30 or more answers of this market's latest published Sector analysis has a page here, most named first, with its headline score.

  1. UNSW: CRISP score: 52 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  2. University of Melbourne: Initial CRISP score: 41 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  3. University of Sydney: Initial CRISP score: 43 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  4. Australian National University: Initial CRISP score: 31 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  5. University of Queensland: Initial CRISP score: 32 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  6. Monash University: Initial CRISP score: 33 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  7. Charles Sturt University: Initial CRISP score: 26 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  8. Deakin University: Initial CRISP score: 36 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  9. University of New England: Initial CRISP score: 29 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  10. ANU: Initial CRISP score: 27 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  11. RMIT: Initial CRISP score: 33 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  12. Open Universities Australia: Initial CRISP score: 34 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  13. QILT: Initial CRISP score: 20 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  14. University of Southern Queensland: Initial CRISP score: 26 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  15. University of Technology Sydney: Initial CRISP score: 29 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  16. University of Adelaide: Initial CRISP score: 25 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  17. University of Western Australia: Initial CRISP score: 25 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  18. Griffith: Initial CRISP score: 20 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  19. ComparED: Initial CRISP score: 17 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  20. Southern Cross University: Initial CRISP score: 18 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  21. Bond University: Initial CRISP score: 33 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  22. Torrens University: Initial CRISP score: 31 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  23. CQUniversity: Initial CRISP score: 26 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  24. Adelaide University: Initial CRISP score: 20 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  25. Federation University: Initial CRISP score: 30 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  26. UTS: Initial CRISP score: 20 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  27. University of Newcastle: Initial CRISP score: 23 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  28. Spacecubed: CRISP score: 33 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  29. Swinburne: Initial CRISP score: 34 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  30. Curtin University: Initial CRISP score: 28 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  31. Group of Eight: Initial CRISP score: 20 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  32. University of Wollongong: Initial CRISP score: 31 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  33. UWA: Initial CRISP score: 21 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  34. Charles Darwin University: Initial CRISP score: 25 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  35. Good Universities Guide: Initial CRISP score: 15 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  36. University of Canberra: Initial CRISP score: 28 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  37. James Cook University: Initial CRISP score: 23 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  38. Edith Cowan University: Initial CRISP score: 32 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  39. Queensland University of Technology: Initial CRISP score: 24 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  40. University of the Sunshine Coast: Initial CRISP score: 26 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  41. University of New South Wales: Initial CRISP score: 26 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  42. University of Tasmania: Initial CRISP score: 23 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  43. UQ: Initial CRISP score: 25 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  44. QUT: Initial CRISP score: 24 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  45. UniSQ: Initial CRISP score: 21 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  46. Flinders University: Initial CRISP score: 23 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  47. Australian Catholic University: Initial CRISP score: 29 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  48. University of Divinity: Initial CRISP score: 33 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  49. La Trobe University: Initial CRISP score: 21 out of 100. The Standing Report.
  50. Latrobe: Initial CRISP score: 25 out of 100. The Standing Report.

48 more companies are measured in this market but named in fewer than 30 answers, so their pages are reachable from the Standing Reports and not listed here.

A market hub gathers the company pages of one market. Each is updated when the market is measured again.

What the AI Authority Index is

The AI Authority Index is CRISP's public measure of which companies AI engines name, recommend, and caution against when Australian buyers ask them for help, published one market at a time. The AI Authority Index.

How CRISP works

CRISP is Third Hemisphere's proprietary technology and methodology, built upon the most cutting edge global standards and research. The CRISP methodology.

About the author

Jeremy Liddle is the Executive Chair of Third Hemisphere and the author of the AI Authority Index. He designed CRISP, the proprietary technology and methodology behind the Index, and leads its development. About Jeremy Liddle

About Third Hemisphere

Third Hemisphere is the integrated PR, marketing, AI Authority & Visibility, and investor relations agency helping ambitious companies grow, from Sydney, Melbourne, and Singapore. Founded in Sydney in 2014, it has worked with over 150 clients and secured over 20,000 media placements. It became a Certified B Corporation in April 2026 and publishes the AI Authority Index. The agency won Boutique/Small PR Agency of the Year at the 2023 Mumbrella CommsCon Awards and Best in Financial Services (Consumer Services) at the 2023 Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards. Founder and CEO Hannah Moreno is the 2024 B&T Technology Woman of the Year and the 2023 Mumbrella PR Professional of the Year. About Third Hemisphere.

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