39 Best universities for Literature in Australia

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Literature. A graph of 1.8M citations received by 104K 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 Literature

#23 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Literature

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 77,162
Founded: 1853

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Literature

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Literature

#50 in the World

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

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Literature

#61 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Literature

#69 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Literature

#106 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

8. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Literature

#128 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Literature

#10 in Oceania

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Literature

#11 in Oceania

#162 in the World

Founded: 1971

11. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Literature

#13 in Oceania

#181 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

12. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Literature

#14 in Oceania

#182 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

13. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Literature

#15 in Oceania

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Literature

#16 in Oceania

#201 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Literature

#17 in Oceania

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

16. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Literature

#18 in Oceania

#212 in the World

Founded: 1965

17. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Literature

#20 in Oceania

#228 in the World

Founded: 1887

18. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Literature

#21 in Oceania

#266 in the World

Founded: 1966

19. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Literature

#22 in Oceania

#280 in the World

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

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Literature

#23 in Oceania

#290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Literature

#24 in Oceania

#304 in the World

Founded: 1991

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Literature

#26 in Oceania

#345 in the World

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

23. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Literature

#29 in Oceania

#473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

24. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Literature

#30 in Oceania

#514 in the World

Founded: 1970

25. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Literature

#31 in Oceania

#521 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Literature

#32 in Oceania

#568 in the World

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

27. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Literature

#34 in Oceania

#575 in the World

Founded: 1908

28. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Literature

#35 in Oceania

#588 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Literature

#36 in Oceania

#599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

30. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Literature

#37 in Oceania

#603 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

31. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Literature

#38 in Oceania

#640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

32. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Literature

#39 in Oceania

#710 in the World

Founded: 1990

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Literature

#40 in Oceania

#800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Literature

#41 in Oceania

#875 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Literature

#42 in Oceania

#995 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Literature

#43 in Oceania

#1043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Literature

#44 in Oceania

#1208 in the World

Founded: 1989

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Literature

#45 in Oceania

#1271 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Literature

#47 in Oceania

#1644 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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