39 Best universities for Fashion Design 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 Fashion Design. A graph of 2.7M citations received by 106K 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 Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Fashion Design

#27 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Fashion Design

#41 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Fashion Design

#43 in the World

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

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Fashion Design

#60 in the World

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

5. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Fashion Design

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

6. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Fashion Design

#77 in the World

Founded: 1970

7. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Fashion Design

#79 in the World

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

8. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Fashion Design

#135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

9. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Fashion Design

#10 in Oceania

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

10. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Fashion Design

#11 in Oceania

#172 in the World

Founded: 1971

11. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Fashion Design

#12 in Oceania

#176 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

12. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Fashion Design

#13 in Oceania

#183 in the World

Founded: 1965

13. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Fashion Design

#14 in Oceania

#184 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

14. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Fashion Design

#15 in Oceania

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Fashion Design

#16 in Oceania

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Fashion Design

#19 in Oceania

#265 in the World

Founded: 1887

17. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Fashion Design

#20 in Oceania

#273 in the World

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

18. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Fashion Design

#21 in Oceania

#319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

19. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Fashion Design

#22 in Oceania

#327 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Fashion Design

#23 in Oceania

#366 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Fashion Design

#25 in Oceania

#389 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Fashion Design

#26 in Oceania

#412 in the World

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

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Fashion Design

#27 in Oceania

#431 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Fashion Design

#29 in Oceania

#461 in the World

Founded: 1908

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Fashion Design

#31 in Oceania

#576 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Fashion Design

#32 in Oceania

#599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

27. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Fashion Design

#34 in Oceania

#701 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Fashion Design

#35 in Oceania

#703 in the World

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

29. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Fashion Design

#36 in Oceania

#740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

30. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Fashion Design

#37 in Oceania

#823 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Fashion Design

#38 in Oceania

#883 in the World

Founded: 1990

32. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Fashion Design

#39 in Oceania

#896 in the World

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

33. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Fashion Design

#40 in Oceania

#904 in the World

Founded: 1967

34. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Fashion Design

#41 in Oceania

#992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Fashion Design

#43 in Oceania

#1290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Fashion Design

#44 in Oceania

#1523 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Fashion Design

#45 in Oceania

#1619 in the World

Founded: 1987

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Fashion Design

#46 in Oceania

#1700 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Fashion Design

#48 in Oceania

#2768 in the World

Founded: 1989

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