Australian university rankings – 2021 (Updated)

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Australian universities rank amongst the best universities in the world. The quality of education reflects the ranking of any university. However, universities are not ranked only based upon what quality they offer, but many factors such as research outcome and excellence, graduate employability ratio, no of subjects offered, subject expertise of lectures and professors and many more. These studies are conducted by various magazines, governments and academia. Some of the best organisations which rank these universities are mentioned below. In the tables below, only Australian universities are listed. Please use our course search page to search for courses and universities.

Most prestigious global rankings

Academic Ranking of World Universities
QS World University Rankings
Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Academic Rankings of World Universities

According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities conducted in 2021, these are the top Australian universities:

World Rank	National Rank	Institution/University	State
33	1	The University of Melbourne	VIC
51	2	The University of Queensland	QLD
65	3	The University of New South Wales	NSW
69	4	University of Sydney	NSW
76	5	The Australian National University	ACT
80	6	Monash University	VIC
96	7	The University of Western Australia	WA
101-150	8	The University of Adelaide	SA
201-300	9-17	Curtin University	NSW
201-300	9-17	Deakin University	VIC
201-300	9-17	Griffith University	NSW
201-300	9-17	James Cook University	QLD
201-300	9-17	Macquarie University	NSW
201-300	9-17	Queensland University of Technology	QLD
201-300	9-17	Swinburne University of Technology	VIC
201-300	9-17	University of Technology Sydney	NSW
201-300	9-17	University of Wollongong	NSW
301-400	18-22	La Trobe University	NSW
301-400	18-22	RMIT University	VIC
301-400	18-22	The University of Newcastle	NSW
301-400	18-22	University of Tasmania	TAS
301-400	18-22	Western Sydney University	WA
401-500	23-24	Flinders University	SA
401-500	23-24	University of South Australia	SA
501-600	25-27	Australian Catholic University	NSW
501-600	25-27	Edith Cowan University	NSW
501-600	25-27	Murdoch University	WA
601-700	28-30	University of New England	NSW
601-700	28-30	University of Southern Queensland	QLD
601-700	28-30	University of the Sunshine Coast	QLD
701-800	31	University of Canberra	ACT
801-900	32	Southern Cross University	NSW
901-1000	33-34	Bond University	QLD
901-1000	33-34	Charles Darwin University	NSW

QS World University Rankings

According to QS World University Ranking conducted in 2021, these are the top Australian universities:

World Rank	University	State
31	Australian National University	ACT
40	University of Sydney	NSW
41	University of Melbourne	VIC
44	University of New South Wales	NSW
46	University of Queensland	QLD
55	Monash University	VIC
92	University of Western Australia	WA
106	University of Adelaide	SA
133	University of Technology Sydney	NSW
196	University of Wollongong	NSW
197	University of Newcastle – Australia	NSW
214	Macquarie University	NSW
217	Curtin University	NSW
217	Queensland University of Technology	QLD
223	RMIT University	VIC
275	Deakin University	VIC
295	University of South Australia	SA
303	Griffith University	NSW
308	University of Tasmania	TAS
372	Swinburne University of Technology	VIC
398	La Trobe University	VIC
414	Bond University	QLD
423	Flinders University	SA
456	University of Canberra	ACT
462	James Cook University	QLD
474	University of Western Sydney	NSW
551-560	Victoria University – Melbourne	VIC
571-580	Murdoch University	WA
591-600	Central Queensland University	QLD
651-700	Edith Cowan University	NSW
701-750	Charles Darwin University	NT
701-750	University of Southern Queensland	QLD
751-800	Southern Cross University	NSW
801-1000	Australian Catholic University	NSW
801-1000	Charles Sturt University	NSW
801-1000	University of New England	NSW

Times Higher Education World University Rankings

According to Times Higher Education World University Ranking conducted in 2021, these are the top Australian universities:

World Rank	University	State
33	University of Melbourne	VIC
54	Australian National University	ACT
54	The University of Queensland	QLD
57	Monash University	VIC
58	University of Sydney	NSW
70	UNSW Sydney	NSW
111	University of Adelaide	SA
132	The University of Western Australia	WA
143	University of Technology Sydney	NSW
170	University of Canberra	ACT
192	Macquarie University	NSW
193	Queensland University of Technology	QLD
201–250	Griffith University	QLD
201–250	La Trobe University	VIC
201–250	Western Sydney University	NSW
201–250	University of Wollongong	NSW
251–300	Australian Catholic University	NSW
251–300	Curtin University	WA
251–300	Deakin University	VIC
251–300	Flinders University	SA
251–300	James Cook University	QLD
251–300	University of Newcastle	NSW
301–350	RMIT University	VIC
301–350	University of South Australia	SA
301–350	Swinburne University of Technology	VIC
301–350	University of Tasmania	TAS
401–500	Edith Cowan University	WA
401–500	University of Southern Queensland	QLD
401–500	Victoria University	VIC
501–600	Bond University	QLD
501–600	Charles Darwin University	NT
501–600	Murdoch University	WA
601–800	Federation University Australia	VIC
601–800	Southern Cross University	NSW
601–800	University of the Sunshine Coast	QLD
801–1000	Central Queensland University	QLD
801–1000	Charles Sturt University	NSW

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