39 Best Art & Design schools 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 Art & Design. A graph of 6.13M citations received by 270K academic papers made by 39 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 Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Art & Design

#29 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Art & Design

#33 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Art & Design

#35 in the World

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

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Art & Design

#57 in the World

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

5. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Art & Design

#61 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Art & Design

#73 in the World

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

7. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Art & Design

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

8. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Art & Design

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Art & Design

#10 in Oceania

#166 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Art & Design

#11 in Oceania

#170 in the World

Founded: 1971

11. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Art & Design

#12 in Oceania

#175 in the World

Founded: 1970

12. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Art & Design

#13 in Oceania

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

13. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Art & Design

#14 in Oceania

#193 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

14. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Art & Design

#15 in Oceania

#203 in the World

Founded: 1965

15. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Art & Design

#16 in Oceania

#216 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Art & Design

#17 in Oceania

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Art & Design

#20 in Oceania

#253 in the World

Founded: 1887

18. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Art & Design

#21 in Oceania

#281 in the World

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

19. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Art & Design

#22 in Oceania

#297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Art & Design

#23 in Oceania

#319 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Art & Design

#24 in Oceania

#325 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

22. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Art & Design

#25 in Oceania

#337 in the World

Founded: 1966

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Art & Design

#28 in Oceania

#394 in the World

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

24. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Art & Design

#30 in Oceania

#495 in the World

Founded: 1908

25. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Art & Design

#31 in Oceania

#534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

26. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Art & Design

#33 in Oceania

#623 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

27. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Art & Design

#34 in Oceania

#625 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Art & Design

#35 in Oceania

#656 in the World

Founded: 1990

29. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Art & Design

#36 in Oceania

#681 in the World

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

30. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Art & Design

#37 in Oceania

#707 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Art & Design

#38 in Oceania

#724 in the World

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

32. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Art & Design

#39 in Oceania

#761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Art & Design

#40 in Oceania

#782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Art & Design

#41 in Oceania

#915 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Art & Design

#42 in Oceania

#1194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Art & Design

#43 in Oceania

#1253 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Art & Design

#44 in Oceania

#1326 in the World

Founded: 1987

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Art & Design

#46 in Oceania

#1430 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Art & Design

#48 in Oceania

#2160 in the World

Founded: 1989

The best cities to study Art & Design in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Sydney, St Lucia, Melbourne, and Canberra.