39 Best universities for Accounting 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 Accounting. A graph of 1.48M citations received by 51K 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.

1. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Accounting

#22 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Accounting

#25 in the World

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

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Accounting

#33 in the World

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

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Accounting

#46 in the World

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

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Accounting

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Accounting

#56 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Accounting

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

8. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Accounting

#122 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Accounting

#10 in Oceania

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Accounting

#11 in Oceania

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

11. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Accounting

#12 in Oceania

#132 in the World

Founded: 1971

12. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Accounting

#13 in Oceania

#135 in the World

Founded: 1965

13. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Accounting

#14 in Oceania

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

14. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Accounting

#16 in Oceania

#166 in the World

Founded: 1887

15. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Accounting

#17 in Oceania

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

16. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Accounting

#18 in Oceania

#172 in the World

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

17. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Accounting

#21 in Oceania

#191 in the World

Founded: 1991

18. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Accounting

#22 in Oceania

#251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Accounting

#23 in Oceania

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Accounting

#25 in Oceania

#334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

21. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Accounting

#27 in Oceania

#384 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

22. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Accounting

#28 in Oceania

#395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Accounting

#30 in Oceania

#446 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Accounting

#31 in Oceania

#508 in the World

Founded: 1987

25. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Accounting

#32 in Oceania

#520 in the World

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

26. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Accounting

#33 in Oceania

#551 in the World

Founded: 1908

27. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Accounting

#34 in Oceania

#578 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Accounting

#35 in Oceania

#585 in the World

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

29. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Accounting

#36 in Oceania

#654 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Accounting

#37 in Oceania

#675 in the World

Founded: 1970

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Accounting

#38 in Oceania

#777 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Accounting

#39 in Oceania

#821 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

33. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Accounting

#41 in Oceania

#858 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

34. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Accounting

#42 in Oceania

#915 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

35. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Accounting

#43 in Oceania

#1121 in the World

Founded: 1989

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Accounting

#44 in Oceania

#1209 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Accounting

#45 in Oceania

#1274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Accounting

#46 in Oceania

#1370 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Accounting

#47 in Oceania

#1645 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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