39 Best universities for Advertising 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 Advertising. A graph of 1.05M citations received by 43.8K 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 Advertising

#28 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Advertising

#42 in the World

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

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Advertising

#47 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Advertising

#54 in the World

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

5. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Advertising

#61 in the World

Founded: 1971

6. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Advertising

#66 in the World

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

7. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Advertising

#78 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Advertising

#93 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Advertising

#10 in Oceania

#109 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

10. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Advertising

#11 in Oceania

#115 in the World

Founded: 1965

11. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Advertising

#12 in Oceania

#120 in the World

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

12. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Advertising

#13 in Oceania

#129 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

13. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Advertising

#14 in Oceania

#132 in the World

Founded: 1991

14. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Advertising

#15 in Oceania

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

15. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Advertising

#17 in Oceania

#172 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

16. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Advertising

#18 in Oceania

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

17. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Advertising

#19 in Oceania

#177 in the World

Founded: 1887

18. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Advertising

#20 in Oceania

#208 in the World

Founded: 1908

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Advertising

#21 in Oceania

#209 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Advertising

#22 in Oceania

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Advertising

#25 in Oceania

#304 in the World

Founded: 1966

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Advertising

#29 in Oceania

#356 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Advertising

#30 in Oceania

#369 in the World

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

24. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Advertising

#31 in Oceania

#406 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Advertising

#32 in Oceania

#460 in the World

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

26. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Advertising

#33 in Oceania

#551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

27. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Advertising

#34 in Oceania

#561 in the World

Founded: 1970

28. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Advertising

#35 in Oceania

#562 in the World

Founded: 1990

29. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Advertising

#36 in Oceania

#610 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

30. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Advertising

#37 in Oceania

#627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Advertising

#38 in Oceania

#633 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Advertising

#39 in Oceania

#669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

33. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Advertising

#40 in Oceania

#702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

34. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Advertising

#41 in Oceania

#735 in the World

Founded: 1987

35. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Advertising

#42 in Oceania

#868 in the World

Founded: 1991

36. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Advertising

#43 in Oceania

#879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Advertising

#45 in Oceania

#1189 in the World

Founded: 1870

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Advertising

#46 in Oceania

#1397 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Advertising

#47 in Oceania

#1492 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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