39 Best Art & Design schools in Australia

Updated: February 29, 2024

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 4.23M citations received by 240K 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

#28 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Art & Design

#29 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

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Art & Design

#63 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Art & Design

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Art & Design

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Art & Design

#159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

9. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Art & Design

#10 in Oceania

#161 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

10. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Art & Design

#11 in Oceania

#168 in the World

Founded: 1971

11. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Art & Design

#12 in Oceania

#174 in the World

Founded: 1970

12. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Art & Design

#13 in Oceania

#193 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

13. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Art & Design

#14 in Oceania

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

14. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Art & Design

#15 in Oceania

#213 in the World

Founded: 1965

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Art & Design

#16 in Oceania

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Art & Design

#17 in Oceania

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

17. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Art & Design

#19 in Oceania

#290 in the World

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

18. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Art & Design

#21 in Oceania

#310 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

19. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Art & Design

#22 in Oceania

#317 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Art & Design

#23 in Oceania

#319 in the World

Founded: 1887

21. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Art & Design

#24 in Oceania

#335 in the World

Founded: 1966

22. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Art & Design

#25 in Oceania

#351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Art & Design

#28 in Oceania

#385 in the World

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

24. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Art & Design

#30 in Oceania

#511 in the World

Founded: 1908

25. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Art & Design

#31 in Oceania

#522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

26. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Art & Design

#32 in Oceania

#588 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

27. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Art & Design

#33 in Oceania

#598 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Art & Design

#35 in Oceania

#670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Art & Design

#36 in Oceania

#711 in the World

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

30. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Art & Design

#37 in Oceania

#714 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Art & Design

#38 in Oceania

#728 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

32. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Art & Design

#39 in Oceania

#752 in the World

Founded: 1990

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Art & Design

#40 in Oceania

#773 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Art & Design

#41 in Oceania

#908 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Art & Design

#42 in Oceania

#1191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Art & Design

#43 in Oceania

#1206 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Art & Design

#45 in Oceania

#1399 in the World

Founded: 1987

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Art & Design

#46 in Oceania

#1418 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Art & Design

#48 in Oceania

#2074 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 Clayton.