28 Best universities for Architecture in Australia

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Architecture. A graph of 182K citations received by 9.22K academic papers made by 28 universities in Australia was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Architecture

#27 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 63,864
Founded: 1949

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Architecture

#37 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 77,162
Founded: 1853

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Architecture

#59 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Architecture

#78 in the World

Founded: 1965

5. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Architecture

#80 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Architecture

#125 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Architecture

#142 in the World

Founded: 1887

8. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Architecture

#10 in Oceania

#195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 1958

9. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Architecture

#11 in Oceania

#200 in the World

Founded: 1908

10. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Architecture

#12 in Oceania

#206 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

11. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Architecture

#13 in Oceania

#218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

12. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Architecture

#14 in Oceania

#266 in the World

Founded: 1971

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Architecture

#15 in Oceania

#280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 58,607
Founded: 1966

14. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Architecture

#16 in Oceania

#331 in the World

Founded: 1991

15. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Architecture

#17 in Oceania

#341 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

16. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Architecture

#18 in Oceania

#346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

17. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Architecture

#19 in Oceania

#427 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

18. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Architecture

#20 in Oceania

#483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 17,576
Founded: 1967

19. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Architecture

#21 in Oceania

#500 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Architecture

#23 in Oceania

#585 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Architecture

#24 in Oceania

#595 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Architecture

#27 in Oceania

#644 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Architecture

#29 in Oceania

#760 in the World

Founded: 1990

24. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Architecture

#30 in Oceania

#793 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 33,879
Founded: 1890

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Architecture

#31 in Oceania

#914 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Architecture

#33 in Oceania

#1103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

27. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Architecture

#34 in Oceania

#1138 in the World

Founded: 1966

28. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Architecture

#35 in Oceania

#1253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

The best cities to study Architecture in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and St Lucia.