39 Best universities for Advertising 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 Advertising. A graph of 973K citations received by 39.3K 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

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Advertising

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Advertising

#54 in the World

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

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Advertising

#60 in the World

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

5. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Advertising

#67 in the World

Founded: 1971

6. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Advertising

#78 in the World

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

7. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Advertising

#112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

8. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Advertising

#125 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Advertising

#10 in Oceania

#130 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Advertising

#11 in Oceania

#135 in the World

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

11. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Advertising

#12 in Oceania

#139 in the World

Founded: 1965

12. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Advertising

#13 in Oceania

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

13. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Advertising

#14 in Oceania

#145 in the World

Founded: 1991

14. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Advertising

#16 in Oceania

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

15. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Advertising

#17 in Oceania

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

16. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Advertising

#18 in Oceania

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

17. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Advertising

#19 in Oceania

#225 in the World

Founded: 1887

18. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Advertising

#20 in Oceania

#226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Advertising

#21 in Oceania

#232 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Advertising

#22 in Oceania

#275 in the World

Founded: 1908

21. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Advertising

#28 in Oceania

#374 in the World

Founded: 1966

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Advertising

#29 in Oceania

#454 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Advertising

#30 in Oceania

#515 in the World

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

24. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Advertising

#31 in Oceania

#528 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Advertising

#32 in Oceania

#565 in the World

Founded: 1970

26. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Advertising

#33 in Oceania

#566 in the World

Founded: 1990

27. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Advertising

#34 in Oceania

#577 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

28. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Advertising

#35 in Oceania

#606 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

29. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Advertising

#36 in Oceania

#615 in the World

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

30. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Advertising

#37 in Oceania

#688 in the World

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

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Advertising

#38 in Oceania

#716 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Advertising

#39 in Oceania

#759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Advertising

#40 in Oceania

#774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

34. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Advertising

#41 in Oceania

#847 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

35. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Advertising

#42 in Oceania

#866 in the World

Founded: 1987

36. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Advertising

#43 in Oceania

#988 in the World

Founded: 1991

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Advertising

#45 in Oceania

#1301 in the World

Founded: 1870

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Advertising

#46 in Oceania

#1589 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Advertising

#48 in Oceania

#1958 in the World

Founded: 1989

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