39 Best universities for Literature 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 Literature. A graph of 1.1M citations received by 87.1K 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

#22 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Literature

#31 in the World

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

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Literature

#36 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Literature

#55 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Literature

#57 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Literature

#73 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

#127 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Literature

#10 in Oceania

#156 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. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Literature

#12 in Oceania

#182 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

12. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Literature

#13 in Oceania

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

13. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Literature

#14 in Oceania

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

14. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Literature

#16 in Oceania

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Literature

#17 in Oceania

#206 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Literature

#18 in Oceania

#214 in the World

Founded: 1965

17. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Literature

#20 in Oceania

#263 in the World

Founded: 1966

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Literature

#21 in Oceania

#291 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Literature

#22 in Oceania

#294 in the World

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

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Literature

#24 in Oceania

#319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Literature

#25 in Oceania

#327 in the World

Founded: 1887

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Literature

#28 in Oceania

#359 in the World

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

23. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Literature

#29 in Oceania

#450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

24. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Literature

#30 in Oceania

#513 in the World

Founded: 1970

25. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Literature

#31 in Oceania

#541 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Literature

#32 in Oceania

#555 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

27. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Literature

#33 in Oceania

#575 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Literature

#35 in Oceania

#585 in the World

Founded: 1908

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Literature

#36 in Oceania

#586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Literature

#37 in Oceania

#603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

31. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Literature

#38 in Oceania

#606 in the World

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

32. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Literature

#39 in Oceania

#678 in the World

Founded: 1990

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Literature

#40 in Oceania

#771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Literature

#41 in Oceania

#848 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Literature

#42 in Oceania

#954 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Literature

#43 in Oceania

#1134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Literature

#44 in Oceania

#1204 in the World

Founded: 1989

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Literature

#46 in Oceania

#1395 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Literature

#47 in Oceania

#1672 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.