Which school is ranked first for  business administration, mining engineering and life sciences in Australia? University of Iowa or University of Queensland? 
The University of Queensland
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland (UQ) is a research university primarily located in Queensland's capital city, Brisbane.
 As one of Australia's leading universities, UQ is consistently ranked first for business administration, mining engineering and life sciences in Australasia.
 UQ also admits the majority of its state's top achievers.
 The main campus occupies much of the riverside inner suburb of St Lucia, southwest of the Brisbane central business district.
 Other UQ campuses and facilities are located throughout Queensland, the largest of which are the Gatton campus and the Herston medical school.
 UQ's overseas establishments include the Brunei Clinical School and the UQ-Ochsner Clinical School in Louisiana, United States.
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (also known as the UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a flagship public research university in Iowa City, Iowa.
 Founded in 1847, it is the oldest university in the state.
 Iowa is the second largest university in the state of Iowa, behind Iowa State University.
 University of Iowa is organized into eleven colleges offering more than 200 areas of study and seven professional degrees.
M. A. Ramlu
Madisetti Anant Ramlu (born 1927) served as the founder and first Head of the Department of Mining Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur, India, from 1958 until 1987, when he retired as the Deputy Director & Acting Director of IIT Kharagpur.
 He is an expert in the area of mines safety, machinery, and open-cast mining.
 He received his BS in Mining & Metallurgy from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and his PhD in Mining Engineering from Germany (Bergakadamie Clausthal).
 Details on his doctoral Higher School of Mining Engineering
The Higher School of Mining Engineering (HSME) is located on the Lagoas-Marcosende campus of the University of Vigo in Galicia, Spain.
 It offers undergraduate education as well as postgraduate courses for master's and doctoral degrees in mining engineering. Doctor of Business Administration
The Doctor of Business Administration (abbreviated DBA, D.B.A., DrBA, or Dr.B.A.)
 is a research doctorate awarded on the basis of advanced study and research in the field of business administration.
 Along with research skills the doctorate focuses on business intelligence and original theoretical study.
 The D.B.A. is a terminal degree in business administration, and is equivalent to the Ph.D in Business Administration.
 Along with the Ph.D, it represents the highest academic qualification in business administration.
 Successful completion of a D.B.A. or Ph.D in Business Administration is required to gain employment as a full-time, tenure-track university professor or postdoctoral researcher in the field.
 As with other earned research doctorates, individuals with the degree are awarded the academic title doctor, which is often represented via the English honorific "Dr." or the post-nominal letters "D.B.A.", "DBA", "Dr.B.A."
, or "DrBA". Thomas Novak (engineer)
Thomas Novak, PhD, PE (born September 27, 1952 in Brownsville, Pennsylvania) is the Alliance Coal Academic Chair of Mining Engineering at the University of Kentucky, appointed in 2010.
 Previously, he held appointments at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Virginia Tech, the University of Alabama and Pennsylvania State University.
 He received his PhD in mining engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 1984.
 His research focuses on techniques to assess and improve mine safety and ventilation.
 His most recognized contributions to the field have been in understanding how electrical hazards such as lightning can trigger explosions in underground mines.
 This work has helped to explain a number of mine-related catastrophes in the last 30 years and has served to significantly improve mine safety. Mohammad Uzair
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Uzair (SI), aka.
 Muhammad Uzair (Urdu: محمد عذیر), is one of the most Renowned Economist, senior Bureaucrat and Professor emeritus of Pakistan.
 He has held various public offices, and have contributed tremendously in the economic progression of Pakistan.
 He has written articles, books and titles on Economics, Finance, Business administration, Education, Religion, Travelogue and many others.
 During his stay at Allahabad University he was class-fellow of famous Novelist Ibn-e-Safi  and 1 year senior to Mustafa Zaidi.
 He started his career as a Lecturer in 1951.
 then he moved to Karachi.
 He attained his Master of Business Administration, from Institute of Business Administration, Karachi and Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.
 He remained Dean &Director of Institute of Business Administration, Karachi for sometimes then left teaching and joined governmental organizations.
 He held key-appointments in many Financial institution of the country.
 He retired in 1992 and re-entered the academic world and remained associated with University of Karachi and many other private educational institution as Dean and Rector.
 He also remained the first Dean & Project Director of Karachi University Business School.
 He appeared many times on Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation and Pakistan Television Corporation.
 He is the lifetime member of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs.
 In January 2015, his Autobiography was published with the name of Yaddasht . Alan R. Saltiel
Alan R. Saltiel was the Mary Sue Coleman Director of the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan; a professor at the Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics at the University of Michigan Medical School; a faculty member at the Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center; and John Jacob Abel Professor of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology; a member of the Steering Committee Member at the Center for Advancing Research & Solutions for Society.
 He served as the Director of the Life Sciences Institute from 2001 to 2015.
 He was also a John Jacob Abel Collegiate Professor of the Life Sciences at the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology at the UM Medical School.
 He holds an AB from Duke University (1975) and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina (1980). Biberach University of Applied Sciences
The Biberach University of Applied Sciences - "Hochschule Biberach" - emerged in 1971 out of the public engineering school for architecture, which had been founded in 1964.
 The study Business Administration in Civil Engineering / Real Estate Marketing was added in 1978.
 The course in Business Administration at the University of Applied Science Biberach was the first course in this area in Germany.
 In 1991 the courses in Civil Engineering and Project Management were established.
 In 1998 the course in Building Services Engineering was added. Kazem Oraee
Kazem Oraee Mirzamani (in Persian : کاظم اورعی میرزمانی) (born 1954 in Iran) completed his school education in Iran and university education in the UK.
 He received two first degrees in Mining Engineering (1978) and Mathematics (1981), a Master’s degree in Technological Economics (1979) and a PhD in Economics of Mining (1983).
 Professor Oraee has taught in several universities in Iran in the fields of Mining Engineering and Technological Economics, and has supervised over 90 Master’s degree and PhD research projects.