39 Best universities for Fashion Design 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 Fashion Design. A graph of 1.9M citations received by 94.9K 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

#25 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Fashion Design

#39 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Fashion Design

#40 in the World

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

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Fashion Design

#55 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

5. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Fashion Design

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Fashion Design

#70 in the World

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

7. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Fashion Design

#77 in the World

Founded: 1970

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Fashion Design

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Fashion Design

#10 in Oceania

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Fashion Design

#11 in Oceania

#162 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

11. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Fashion Design

#12 in Oceania

#174 in the World

Founded: 1971

12. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Fashion Design

#13 in Oceania

#201 in the World

Founded: 1965

13. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Fashion Design

#14 in Oceania

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Fashion Design

#16 in Oceania

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Fashion Design

#17 in Oceania

#256 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

16. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Fashion Design

#18 in Oceania

#293 in the World

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

17. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Fashion Design

#19 in Oceania

#315 in the World

Founded: 1991

18. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Fashion Design

#20 in Oceania

#335 in the World

Founded: 1887

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Fashion Design

#23 in Oceania

#366 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Fashion Design

#24 in Oceania

#375 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

21. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Fashion Design

#25 in Oceania

#387 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Fashion Design

#26 in Oceania

#422 in the World

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

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Fashion Design

#28 in Oceania

#428 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Fashion Design

#29 in Oceania

#488 in the World

Founded: 1908

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Fashion Design

#31 in Oceania

#557 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Fashion Design

#32 in Oceania

#572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

27. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Fashion Design

#33 in Oceania

#662 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

28. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Fashion Design

#35 in Oceania

#721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

29. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Fashion Design

#36 in Oceania

#738 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

30. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Fashion Design

#37 in Oceania

#877 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Fashion Design

#38 in Oceania

#882 in the World

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

32. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Fashion Design

#39 in Oceania

#884 in the World

Founded: 1990

33. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Fashion Design

#40 in Oceania

#887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Fashion Design

#41 in Oceania

#908 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Fashion Design

#43 in Oceania

#1243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Fashion Design

#44 in Oceania

#1450 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Fashion Design

#45 in Oceania

#1638 in the World

Founded: 1987

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Fashion Design

#46 in Oceania

#1654 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Fashion Design

#48 in Oceania

#2592 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.