List of universities in Australia
Universities[edit]
Multi-campus[edit]
Australian Catholic University, New South Wales (both in Sydney): North Sydney (MacKillop), Strathfield (Mount St. Mary); Queensland: Brisbane (McAuley); Australian Capital Territory: Canberra (Signadou); Victoria: Ballarat (Aquinas); Melbourne (St Patrick's).
Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Wagga Wagga, Albury, Dubbo, Manly, Orange, Canberra, including Charles Sturt University Study Centres, Sydney and Charles Sturt University Study Centres, Melbourne
University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Broome and Sydney
Australian Capital Territory[edit]
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Australian National University, Canberra
University of Canberra, Canberra
New South Wales[edit]
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Macquarie University, Sydney
Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Lismore, Tweed Heads
The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney
University of New England (Australia), Armidale
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Canberra (ADFA)
University of Newcastle (Australia), Newcastle, Ourimbah, Port Macquarie, Sydney, Singapore, Tiong Bahru
University of Sydney, Sydney
University of Technology, Sydney
University of Western Sydney
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Sydney, Shoalhaven, Batemans Bay, Loftus, Moss Vale, Dubai
Northern Territory[edit]
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Charles Darwin University, Darwin and Alice Springs
Queensland[edit]
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Bond University, Gold Coast
Central Queensland University ("CQUniversity"), Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Sydney and Brisbane.
Griffith University, Brisbane, Logan, Gold Coast and South Bank (Queensland Conservatorium, Queensland College of Art and the Graduate Centre)
James Cook University, Townsville, Brisbane, Singapore and Cairns
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Ipswich and Gatton
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Springfield, Fraser Coast and China
University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast
South Australia[edit]
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Carnegie Mellon University - Australia, Adelaide
Flinders University, Adelaide
Torrens University Australia, Adelaide
University College London's UCL School of Energy and Resources, Australia in Adelaide
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Waite and Roseworthy
University of South Australia, Adelaide, Whyalla and Mount Gambier
Tasmania[edit]
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University of Tasmania, Hobart (Sandy Bay & Hobart CBD), Launceston (Newnham & Inveresk), Burnie (Cradle Coast) and Sydney (Rozelle & Darlinghurst).
Victoria[edit]
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Deakin University, Geelong (Waurn Ponds, Waterfront), Melbourne (Burwood), Warrnambool
La Trobe University, Melbourne (Bundoora), Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Beechworth, Shepparton, Mildura, Mount Buller (former campus)
MCD University of Divinity, Melbourne, (Specialist University)
Monash University, Melbourne (Clayton, Caulfield, Berwick, Parkville), Peninsula, Churchill (Gippsland), Malaysia, South Africa
RMIT University, Melbourne (CBD, Brunswick, Bundoora), Vietnam (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne (Hawthorn, Lilydale, Prahran, Wantirna, Croydon), Malaysia (Sarawak)
University of Ballarat, Ballarat (CBD and Mount Helen), Ararat, Horsham, Stawell
University of Melbourne, Parkville, Southbank, Burnley, Werribee, Creswick, Dookie
Victoria University, Melbourne CBD (Flinders Street, Flinders Lane, Queen Street), Footscray Park, St Albans, Werribee
Western Australia[edit]
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Curtin University, Perth, Sydney, Malaysia (Sarawak), Singapore, Kalgoorlie
Edith Cowan University, Perth and Bunbury, Joondalup
Murdoch University, Perth, Rockingham and Mandurah
The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle
University of Western Australia, Perth and Albany
Other self-accrediting higher education institutions[edit]
Like universities, these institutions have the authority to accredit their own qualifications. However, they cannot use the title "University".[1]
Australian College of Theology and affiliates, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth
Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Sydney
Australian Maritime College, Launceston (a college of the University of Tasmania)
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Northern Territory: Alice Springs, Batchelor, Darwin, Tennant Creek, Nhulunbuy, Katherine, Yarrabah and Western Australia: Kununurra
Moore Theological College, Sydney (associated with the University of Sydney and the University of Western Sydney)
State and territory accredited higher education institutions[edit]
Like universities, these institutions offer post graduate credentials at the Master's and/or Doctoral level. Unlike universities however, each qualification offered by these institutions offer must first be approved by the relevant state or territory authority. The accreditation of these institutions may be verified on the National Register of Higher Education Providers.
New South Wales[edit]
Alphacrucis College, Sydney
Avondale College, Cooranbong (New South Wales)
Campion College Australia, Sydney
College of Christian Higher Education, Sydney
Lois Reid College of Counselling Studies, Tamworth
Sydney College of Divinity, Sydney
Wesley Institute for Ministry and the Arts, Sydney
Sydney Missionary and Bible College, Sydney
South Australia[edit]
Adelaide College of Divinity, Adelaide
Adelaide College of Ministries, Adelaide
Australian Lutheran College, Adelaide
Bible College of South Australia, Adelaide
IIBIT, Adelaide
Tabor Adelaide, Adelaide (Millswood)
Tasmania[edit]
Worldview Centre for Inter-Cultural Studies, Hobart
Queensland[edit]
Brisbane College of Theology, Brisbane
Christian Heritage College, Brisbane
Malyon College, Brisbane
Nazarene Theological College, Brisbane
Victoria[edit]
Catholic Theological College, Melbourne
Harvest Bible College, Melbourne
John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne
Kingsley College, Melbourne
Western Australia[edit]
Harvest West Bible College, Perth
Perth Bible College, Perth
Other private[edit]
Adelaide Central School of Art
Alexander Institute of Technology, Perth
Australian Academy of Design, Melbourne
Australian College of Applied Psychology, Sydney and Brisbane
Australian College of Natural Medicine, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne
Australian College of Physical Education, Sydney
Australian Guild of Music Education, Melbourne
Australian Institute of Public Safety, Melbourne
Australian Institute of Music, Sydney
Australian International Hotel School, Canberra
Australian National college, Melbourne
Billy Blue College of Design, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne
Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Leura
Brandon Raynor's School of Massage and Natural Therapies, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Gold Coast
Careers Australia College of Healthcare, Adelaide, Brisbane
Chifley Business School, Melbourne
Endeavour College of Natural Health, Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth
Gibaran Learning Group (incorporating Australian Institute of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship Institute Australia, and Tourism Institute Australia), Adelaide
Holmes Institute, Melbourne
ILM Australia, None. Although registered in Australia, it only delivers courses outside the country.
International College of Hotel Management, Adelaide
Invisage, Brisbane
Jansen Newman Institute, Sydney
Jschool: Journalism Education & Training
Kaylene Kranz and Associates, Adelaide
Kollel Beth Hatalmud Yehuda Fishman Institute, Melbourne
Le Cordon Bleu Australia, Adelaide
Marcus Oldham College, Geelong
National Art School (NAS), Sydney
National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Sydney
National Institute of Health Sciences, Canberra
Nature Care College, Sydney
Navitas World, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and various places in other countries
Oceania Polytechnic Institute of Education, Melbourne
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, via an affiliate in Melbourne
QANTM, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth
Raffles College of Design and Commerce, Sydney
SAE Institute, Sydney, Byron Bay, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
Southern School of Natural Therapies, Melbourne
Taylors College, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth
The College of Law Ltd, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Auckland
William Blue College of Hospitality and Tourism, Sydney
Groupings of universities[edit]
Universities Australia – the peak higher education institution group.
Group of Eight – the leading research-focused universities.
Australian Technology Network – the leading technology-focused universities.
Innovative Research Universities Australia – research-focused universities.
Universitas 21 – a worldwide group of universities founded by the University of Melbourne.
Open Universities Australia – a group of universities that offer distance education courses as part of a common platform.
Regional Universities Network - a group of regional universities
Rankings of universities[edit]
Australian Universities featuring in the top 700 universities from the QS World University Rankings 2012–2013:[2]
National Rank University World Rank
1 Australian National University 24
2 University of Melbourne 36
3 University of Sydney 39
4 University of Queensland 46
5 University of New South Wales 52
6 Monash University 61
7 University of Western Australia 79
8 University of Adelaide 102
9 Macquarie University 233
10 RMIT University 246
11 Curtin University 258
12 University of Wollongong 264
13 University of Newcastle 268
14 Queensland University of Technology 281
15 University of Technology, Sydney 284
16 University of South Australia 293
17 Flinders University 342
18 University of Tasmania 357
19 James Cook University 362
20 Griffith University 368
21 La Trobe University 375
22 Bond University 380
23 Deakin University 417
24 Murdoch University 448
25 Swinburne University of Technology 496
26 University of Western Sydney 618
Australian Universities featuring in the top 400 universities from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012–2013:[3]
National Rank University World Rank
1 University of Melbourne 28
2 Australian National University 37
3 University of Sydney 62
4 University of Queensland 65
5 University of New South Wales 85
6 Monash University 99
7 University of Adelaide 176
8 University of Western Australia 190
9 Macquarie University 251–275
10 Queensland University of Technology 251–275
11 University of Newcastle 276–300
12 University of Wollongong 301–350
12 University of South Australia 301–350
12 Murdoch University 301–350
13 Charles Darwin University 351–400
13 University of Tasmania 351–400
13 Curtin University 351–400
13 Deakin University 351–400
13 Flinders University 351–400
Rankings from the 2012 Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities:[4]
National Rank University World Rank
1 University of Melbourne 57
2 Australian National University 64
3 University of Queensland 90
4 University of Sydney 93
5 University of Western Australia 96
6–7 Monash University 101–150
6–7 University of New South Wales 101–150
8–9 Macquarie University 201–300
8–9 University of Adelaide 201–300
10–16 Flinders University 301–400
10–16 Griffith University 301–400
10–16 James Cook University 301–400
10–16 Swinburne University of Technology 301–400
10–16 University of Newcastle 301–400
10–16 University of Tasmania 301–400
10–16 University of Wollongong 301–400
17–19 Curtin University of Technology 401–500
17–19 La Trobe University 401–500
17–19 University of Technology Sydney 401–500
The following table shows the 2005 rankings of Australian universities published in The Australian newspaper. The scaling method used in preparing this league table had seven components:
CEQ (Course Experience Questionnaire) generic skills: 17.91%
CEQ good teaching: 18.5%
CEQ overall satisfaction: 18.9%
Students in full-time employment after they graduate: 11.48%
Those that go on to full-time study: 10.29%
Drop-out or attrition rates: 10.65%
Student progress or pass rates: 12.26%
Rank University Score
1 University of Wollongong 34.24
2 Australian Maritime College 30.79
3 University of Melbourne 29.93
4 Swinburne University of Technology 29.33
5 University of Queensland 28.73
6 Australian National University 26.95
7 University of New England 25.56
8 University of Canberra 24.25
9 University of Ballarat 24.08
10 University of Sydney 23.93
11 Murdoch University 23.49
12 University of Western Australia 23.42
13 Australian Catholic University 22.73
14 Monash University 22.16
15 RMIT University 21.18
16 Macquarie University 19.96
17 Charles Sturt University 19.44
18 University of Technology, Sydney 18.72
19 Victoria University 18.65
20 University of the Sunshine Coast 18.44
21 Deakin University 18.35
22 Griffith University 18.25
23 Edith Cowan University 17.91
24 Curtin University of Technology 17.45
25 University of Newcastle 16.31
26 Flinders University 16.02
27 University of Southern Queensland 15.39
28 Southern Cross University 14.83
29 RMIT 14.49
30 James Cook University 14.17
31 Queensland University of Technology 13.67
32 University of New South Wales 13.56
33 University of Western Sydney 12.85
34 University of Tasmania 12.00
35 Central Queensland University 11.49
See also[edit]
List of colleges and universities
List of colleges and universities by country
List of universities in Australia by enrolment
List of schools in Australia
University admission
Education in Australia
Technical and Further Education (TAFE)
The Good Universities Guide (Australia)
References[edit]
^ "AQF Register". Australian Qualifications Framework. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "QS World University Rankings". Topuniversities. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
^ "Top 400 - The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012". Timeshighereducation.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2012; Top 500 universities; Shanghai Ranking - 2012; World University Ranking - 2012". Shanghai Ranking. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (2008). Australia in brief: Tourism and international students. Barton, ACT, Australia.
External links[edit]
Wikiversity has learning materials about Australian university
Rankings of Australian Universities
The Good Universities Guide (Australia)
