QS World University Rankings 2026

World University Rankings

Discover and compare the world's top 36 universities by academic reputation, research, and employability

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Rank	University	Country	Score	Academic	Employer
#19	The University of MelbourneMelbourne	Australia	90.8	99.7	97.4
#20	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)Sydney	Australia	90.7	96.3	93.5
#=25	The University of SydneySydney	Australia	89.4	98.9	94.2
#=32	Australian National University (ANU)Canberra	Australia	87.4	97.9	82.6
#=36	Monash UniversityMelbourne	Australia	85.8	95.7	87.5
#=42	The University of QueenslandBrisbane City	Australia	85.1	94.3	79.5
#77	The University of Western AustraliaPerth	Australia	73.7	69.0	56.5
#=82	Adelaide UniversityAdelaide	Australia	72.6	78.3	62.7
#96	University of Technology SydneySydney	Australia	69.9	58.7	66.7
#125	RMIT UniversityMelbourne	Australia	65.3	55.1	60.3
#=138	Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)Sydney	Australia	63.3	47.7	56.7
#183	Curtin UniversityPerth	Australia	57.6	46.3	39.3
#=184	University of WollongongWollongong	Australia	57.5	41.6	33.1
#=207	Deakin UniversityMelbourne	Australia	54.9	42.3	32.6
#226	Queensland University of Technology (QUT)Brisbane	Australia	53.2	51.6	38.8
#=227	The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON)Callaghan	Australia	53.1	36.0	30.5
#=233	La Trobe UniversityMelbourne	Australia	52.1	33.4	29.0
#268	Griffith UniversityNathan	Australia	48.7	37.7	16.6
#=294	Swinburne University of TechnologyMelbourne	Australia	46.0	18.8	19.3
#=314	University of TasmaniaHobart	Australia	44.3	22.5	12.2
#387	Flinders UniversityAdelaide	Australia	39.0	19.6	9.7
#400	Western Sydney UniversityMilperra	Australia	37.5	26.3	22.5
#=410	University of Southern QueenslandToowoomba	Australia	36.7	11.0	8.2
#=423	Murdoch UniversityMurdoch	Australia	36.1	13.0	8.7
#=440	James Cook UniversityTownsville	Australia	34.9	21.0	11.0
#=487	Edith Cowan UniversityJoondalup	Australia	32.8	13.7	13.1
#=494	University of CanberraBruce	Australia	32.5	18.2	11.9
#=499	Central Queensland University (CQUniversity Australia)Norman Gardens	Australia	32.2	13.6	8.5
#=584	Charles Darwin UniversityCasuarina	Australia	28.7	7.8	7.3
#=591	Bond UniversityGold Coast	Australia	28.5	5.9	8.3