39 Best Business schools 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 Business. A graph of 10.6M citations received by 504K 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

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#39 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#42 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Business

#50 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Business

#52 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Business

#76 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

#109 in the World

Founded: 1971

9. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#10 in Oceania

#147 in the World

Founded: 1965

10. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Business

#11 in Oceania

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

11. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Business

#12 in Oceania

#183 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

12. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#13 in Oceania

#200 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Business

#14 in Oceania

#203 in the World

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

14. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#15 in Oceania

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Business

#16 in Oceania

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Business

#17 in Oceania

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#18 in Oceania

#252 in the World

Founded: 1991

18. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#19 in Oceania

#255 in the World

Founded: 1887

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#21 in Oceania

#303 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Business

#23 in Oceania

#341 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

21. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Business

#26 in Oceania

#438 in the World

Founded: 1908

22. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#27 in Oceania

#468 in the World

Founded: 1966

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Business

#28 in Oceania

#493 in the World

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

24. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#31 in Oceania

#593 in the World

Founded: 1990

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Business

#32 in Oceania

#595 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Business

#33 in Oceania

#598 in the World

Founded: 1970

27. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Business

#34 in Oceania

#624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

28. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Business

#35 in Oceania

#680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

29. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Business

#36 in Oceania

#689 in the World

Founded: 1967

30. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Business

#37 in Oceania

#706 in the World

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

31. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Business

#38 in Oceania

#745 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Business

#39 in Oceania

#778 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Business

#40 in Oceania

#863 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Business

#41 in Oceania

#879 in the World

Founded: 1987

35. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Business

#42 in Oceania

#956 in the World

Founded: 1991

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Business

#44 in Oceania

#1141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Business

#45 in Oceania

#1201 in the World

Founded: 1870

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Business

#46 in Oceania

#1407 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Business

#48 in Oceania

#2114 in the World

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.