39 Best Business schools 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 Business. A graph of 16M citations received by 573K 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 New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#39 in the World

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

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#41 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#43 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Business

#51 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Business

#57 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Business

#72 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Business

#102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

8. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Business

#105 in the World

Founded: 1971

9. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#10 in Oceania

#138 in the World

Founded: 1965

10. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Business

#11 in Oceania

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

11. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Business

#12 in Oceania

#184 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Business

#13 in Oceania

#198 in the World

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

13. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#14 in Oceania

#201 in the World

Founded: 1887

14. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#15 in Oceania

#205 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

15. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#16 in Oceania

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Business

#17 in Oceania

#226 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Business

#18 in Oceania

#241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#19 in Oceania

#250 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#21 in Oceania

#301 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Business

#23 in Oceania

#329 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

21. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Business

#25 in Oceania

#381 in the World

Founded: 1908

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Business

#27 in Oceania

#473 in the World

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

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#28 in Oceania

#483 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Business

#31 in Oceania

#530 in the World

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

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Business

#32 in Oceania

#580 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#33 in Oceania

#596 in the World

Founded: 1990

27. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Business

#34 in Oceania

#597 in the World

Founded: 1970

28. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Business

#35 in Oceania

#705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

29. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Business

#36 in Oceania

#710 in the World

Founded: 1967

30. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Business

#37 in Oceania

#733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

31. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Business

#38 in Oceania

#776 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Business

#39 in Oceania

#799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Business

#40 in Oceania

#886 in the World

Founded: 1987

34. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Business

#41 in Oceania

#902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

35. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Business

#42 in Oceania

#916 in the World

Founded: 1991

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Business

#44 in Oceania

#1083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Business

#45 in Oceania

#1238 in the World

Founded: 1870

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Business

#46 in Oceania

#1394 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Business

#48 in Oceania

#2201 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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