Top 10 Universities in Australia
Ranking of Top Ten Universities in Australia:
Key Points
| Institution | (World Rank) |
| Australian National University | 17 |
| The University of Melbourne | 36 |
| University of Sydney | 36 |
| University of Queensland | 41 |
| Monash University | 45 |
| UNSW Sydney | 47 |
| University of Adelaide | 81 |
| The University of Western Australia | 84 |
| Macquarie University | 189 |
| RMIT University | 223 |
The top 10 list according to Ranking Web of Universities by Country:
- Australian National University
- University of Queensland
- Monash
- Melbourne
- USyd
- UNSW
- Adelaide
- QUT
- UWA
- University of Technology Sydney
- Australian National Univ was ranked first in the UK’s THES World Univ Rankings published in November. It is a member of the prestigious Group of Eight key Australian teaching and research universities.
Institution Profile:
University of Technology Sydney
It is placed within the highest bands for excellence in the Federal Government’s Learning and Teaching Performance Fund.
Adelaide University
Ranked in the top 25 universities in the Asia Pacific region and top 200 universities world-wide by SJTU’s Academic Ranking of World Universities.
James Cook University has strengthened its standing as a world-class research university, with a ranking in the 201-300 group of universities., according to the ARWU released by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. It is the first time ARWU has ranked JCU in the top 300 of the world’s universities. For the past six years, it’s ranked JCU in the top 301-400 of the globe’s universities.
UQ Business School MBA
The University of Queensland is one of the world’s best research and teaching universities with first-class reputation for its 5-star rated MBA programs.
Five Australian universities have made the top 100 QS World University Rankings, with Australian National University rated 1st in Australia and 22nd in the world, followed by the University of Melbourne at 42nd, the University of Sydney at 46th, the University of NSW at 49th, the University of Queensland at 51st and Monash University at 65th.
The University of Wollongong (UOW) has continued its surge upwards in the QS World University Rankings, rising 25 places to 218th from result of 243rd, placing it among the top 10 universities in the country. UOW also increased the number of citations each faculty member has received in academic journals around the world – a clear measure of the growing impact and quality of its research.
La Trobe University was placed 386th QS World University Ranking, an improvement of eight ranking points on the 2022 outcome and a further lift from 2022. La Trobe is now ranked in the top 400 by all three major ranking agencies: the QS, the Times Higher Education and the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).
The annual QS ranking uses six indicators to compare the world’s top 900 universities: academic and employer reputation, staff–student ratios, research citations and the proportion of international staff and students.
