39 Best universities for Literature 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 Literature. A graph of 1.67M citations received by 98.7K 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

#26 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Literature

#32 in the World

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

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Literature

#40 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Literature

#51 in the World

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

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Literature

#65 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Literature

#70 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Literature

#112 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

8. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Literature

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Literature

#10 in Oceania

#157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Literature

#11 in Oceania

#170 in the World

Founded: 1971

11. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Literature

#13 in Oceania

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

12. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Literature

#14 in Oceania

#191 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

13. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Literature

#15 in Oceania

#192 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Literature

#16 in Oceania

#202 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Literature

#17 in Oceania

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

16. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Literature

#19 in Oceania

#223 in the World

Founded: 1965

17. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Literature

#20 in Oceania

#245 in the World

Founded: 1887

18. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Literature

#21 in Oceania

#276 in the World

Founded: 1966

19. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Literature

#22 in Oceania

#286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

20. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Literature

#23 in Oceania

#296 in the World

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

21. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Literature

#24 in Oceania

#309 in the World

Founded: 1991

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Literature

#27 in Oceania

#361 in the World

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

23. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Literature

#29 in Oceania

#481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

24. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Literature

#30 in Oceania

#528 in the World

Founded: 1970

25. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Literature

#31 in Oceania

#538 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Literature

#33 in Oceania

#599 in the World

Founded: 1908

27. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Literature

#34 in Oceania

#603 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

28. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Literature

#35 in Oceania

#605 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Literature

#36 in Oceania

#615 in the World

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

30. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Literature

#37 in Oceania

#629 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

31. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Literature

#38 in Oceania

#642 in the World

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

32. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Literature

#39 in Oceania

#706 in the World

Founded: 1990

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Literature

#40 in Oceania

#809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Literature

#41 in Oceania

#883 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Literature

#42 in Oceania

#1002 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Literature

#43 in Oceania

#1077 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Literature

#44 in Oceania

#1236 in the World

Founded: 1989

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Literature

#45 in Oceania

#1285 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Literature

#47 in Oceania

#1780 in the World

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.