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World University Rankings 2026: Australia

39 universities ranked in Australia, out of 2,280 worldwide. Graduate earnings figures for Australia come from official national data, except for 1 university marked est. (1 university with no official figures), where that part is estimated from the university’s standing on the global measures.

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National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	University of New South Wales	70	59.8	98	96	13 of 38	57–137
2	University of Sydney	=81	57.9	96	97	=24 of 38	66–177
3	University of Melbourne	86	57.6	95	95	est.	58–167
4	Monash University	128	48.9	98	92	27 of 38	104–369
5	Australian National University	=164	46.0	93	88	12 of 38	103–359
6	University of Queensland	=202	43.3	97	74	18 of 38	125–472
7	University of Southern Queensland	217	42.7	88	21	1 of 38	103–505
8	Edith Cowan University	=227	42.1	92	69	4 of 38	121–523
9	University of Adelaide	=234	41.8	94	85	=29 of 38	129–572
10	Curtin University	=258	40.8	94	50	=6 of 38	153–559
11	Swinburne University of Technology	=284	39.9	95	51	14 of 38	157–605
12	University of Technology, Sydney	=338	38.0	98	53	=32 of 38	180–798
=13	Deakin University	=342	37.9	97	51	=29 of 38	186–745
=13	Griffith University	=342	37.9	91	68	19 of 38	201–666
15	Queensland University of Technology	=348	37.8	93	58	21 of 38	192–706
16	University of Western Australia	=385	36.5	89	81	=32 of 38	207–776
17	University of Tasmania	=407	35.8	84	57	5 of 38	236–747
18	University of Newcastle	=441	34.8	87	49	=15 of 38	263–826
19	Macquarie University	=473	34.0	94	63	37 of 38	251–1020
20	James Cook University	=480	33.9	82	47	=6 of 38	258–862
=21	Flinders University	=494	33.7	80	74	=15 of 38	291–817
=21	RMIT University	=494	33.7	97	61	38 of 38	237–1203
=21	University of Wollongong	=494	33.7	90	55	=29 of 38	281–902
24	Western Sydney University	=515	33.0	88	58	28 of 38	285–1002
25	Central Queensland University	=540	32.1	69	53	3 of 38	267–942
26	La Trobe University	=544	32.0	90	57	35 of 38	308–1110
27	University of South Australia	=584	30.9	86	44	26 of 38	353–1128
28	Murdoch University	=591	30.8	76	21	=6 of 38	339–1034
29	University of Canberra	=624	29.8	77	71	23 of 38	360–1162
30	Australian Catholic University	=762	26.1	73	21	22 of 38	468–1380
31	University of New England, Australia	=777	25.8	51	53	2 of 38	380–1331
32	Bond University	=871	23.7	64	84	34 of 38	519–1612
33	Charles Darwin University	=960	22.2	59	21	=6 of 38	622–1592
34	Charles Sturt University	982	21.6	56	56	=6 of 38	621–1574
35	Federation University Australia	=1050	19.8	52	57	11 of 38	723–1733
36	Victoria University, Melbourne	=1090	19.2	67	48	36 of 38	751–1880
37	University of the Sunshine Coast	=1211	17.2	47	48	=15 of 38	877–1884
38	Southern Cross University	=1317	16.0	47	21	20 of 38	937–1968
39	University of Notre Dame Australia	=1665	13.0	35	21	=24 of 38	1139–2130

39 universities

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Research Index for Australia · All of Oceania · All countries

National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,280 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.