Australian University Rankings

Australian Universities by rank

National Rank	World Rank	Institution	Campuses
1	19	University of Melbourne	Melbourne
2	20	University of New South Wales	Canberra, Sydney
3	25	University of Sydney	Sydney
4	32	Australian National University	Canberra
5	~37	Monash University	Melbourne
6	~40	University of Queensland	Brisbane
7	~77	University of Western Australia	Perth
8	82	Adelaide University	Adelaide
9	~88	University of Technology Sydney	Sydney
10	~100-150	RMIT University	Melbourne
11	~150-200	Macquarie University	Sydney
12	201-250	University of Newcastle	Newcastle
13	201-250	Queensland University of Technology	Brisbane
14	201-250	Western Sydney University	Sydney
15	201-250	University of Wollongong	Wollongong
16	201-250	Curtin University	Perth
17	251-300	Australian Catholic University	Brisbane, Sydney
18	251-300	Bond University	Gold Coast
19	251-300	University of Canberra	Canberra
20	251-300	Deakin University	Melbourne
21	251-300	Griffith University	Brisbane, Gold Coast
22	251-300	La Trobe University	Melbourne, Sydney
23	301-350	Flinders University	Adelaide
24	301-350	University of South Australia	Adelaide
25	301-350	University of Southern Queensland	Brisbane
26	301-350	Swinburne University of Technology	Melbourne
27	301-350	University of Tasmania	Hobart
28	351-400	Charles Darwin University	Darwin
29	351-400	Edith Cowan University	Perth
30	351-400	James Cook University	Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville
31	401-500	Murdoch University	Perth
32	501-600	Victoria University	Melbourne
33	601-800	Central Queensland University	Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney
34	601-800	Federation University	Melbourne
35	601-800	Southern Cross University	Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney
36	601-800	University of the Sunshine Coast	Brisbane
37	601-800	University of New England	Sydney
38	801-1000	Charles Sturt University	Canberra, Sydney
39	801-1000	Torrens University	Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney
40	801-1000	University of Notre Dame Australia	Perth, Sydney

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