QS Rankings 2026

Best Universities in Australia

Discover and compare the top 36 universities in Australia by QS World Rankings 2026

Ranked Universities

#19

Highest Rank

47.4

Avg. Score

39.5

Academic Rep.

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World	Local	University	City	Score	Academic	Employer
#19	#1	The University of Melbourne	Melbourne	90.8	99.7	97.4
#20	#2	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	Sydney	90.7	96.3	93.5
#=25	#3	The University of Sydney	Sydney	89.4	98.9	94.2
#=32	#4	Australian National University (ANU)	Canberra	87.4	97.9	82.6
#=36	#5	Monash University	Melbourne	85.8	95.7	87.5
#=42	#6	The University of Queensland	Brisbane City	85.1	94.3	79.5
#77	#7	The University of Western Australia	Perth	73.7	69.0	56.5
#=82	#8	Adelaide University	Adelaide	72.6	78.3	62.7
#96	#9	University of Technology Sydney	Sydney	69.9	58.7	66.7
#125	#10	RMIT University	Melbourne	65.3	55.1	60.3
#=138	#11	Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)	Sydney	63.3	47.7	56.7
#183	#12	Curtin University	Perth	57.6	46.3	39.3
#=184	#13	University of Wollongong	Wollongong	57.5	41.6	33.1
#=207	#14	Deakin University	Melbourne	54.9	42.3	32.6
#226	#15	Queensland University of Technology (QUT)	Brisbane	53.2	51.6	38.8
#=227	#16	The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON)	Callaghan	53.1	36.0	30.5
#=233	#17	La Trobe University	Melbourne	52.1	33.4	29.0
#268	#18	Griffith University	Nathan	48.7	37.7	16.6
#=294	#19	Swinburne University of Technology	Melbourne	46.0	18.8	19.3
#=314	#20	University of Tasmania	Hobart	44.3	22.5	12.2
#387	#21	Flinders University	Adelaide	39.0	19.6	9.7
#400	#22	Western Sydney University	Milperra	37.5	26.3	22.5
#=410	#23	University of Southern Queensland	Toowoomba	36.7	11.0	8.2
#=423	#24	Murdoch University	Murdoch	36.1	13.0	8.7
#=440	#25	James Cook University	Townsville	34.9	21.0	11.0
#=487	#26	Edith Cowan University	Joondalup	32.8	13.7	13.1
#=494	#27	University of Canberra	Bruce	32.5	18.2	11.9
#=499	#28	Central Queensland University (CQUniversity Australia)	Norman Gardens	32.2	13.6	8.5
#=584	#29	Charles Darwin University	Casuarina	28.7	7.8	7.3
#=591	#30	Bond University	Gold Coast	28.5	5.9	8.3