27 Best universities for Architecture in Australia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Architecture. A graph of 170K citations received by 9.01K academic papers made by 27 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

#42 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1853

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Architecture

#60 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Architecture

#79 in the World

Founded: 1965

5. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Architecture

#81 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Architecture

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Architecture

#141 in the World

Founded: 1887

8. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Architecture

#193 in the World

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

9. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Architecture

#10 in Oceania

#196 in the World

Founded: 1908

10. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Architecture

#12 in Oceania

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

11. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Architecture

#13 in Oceania

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

12. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Architecture

#14 in Oceania

#268 in the World

Founded: 1971

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Architecture

#15 in Oceania

#283 in the World

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

14. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Architecture

#16 in Oceania

#333 in the World

Founded: 1991

15. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Architecture

#17 in Oceania

#336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

16. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Architecture

#18 in Oceania

#348 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

17. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Architecture

#19 in Oceania

#426 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

18. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Architecture

#20 in Oceania

#480 in the World

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

19. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Architecture

#21 in Oceania

#494 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Architecture

#23 in Oceania

#573 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Architecture

#24 in Oceania

#600 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Architecture

#27 in Oceania

#645 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Architecture

#29 in Oceania

#770 in the World

Founded: 1990

24. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Architecture

#30 in Oceania

#777 in the World

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

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Architecture

#31 in Oceania

#897 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Architecture

#33 in Oceania

#1087 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 18,388
Founded: 1967

27. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Architecture

#34 in Oceania

#1102 in the World

Founded: 1966

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