39 Best universities for Management 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 Management. A graph of 5.65M citations received by 242K 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 Management

#42 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Management

#48 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Management

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Management

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Management

#67 in the World

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

6. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Management

#106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

7. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Management

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

8. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Management

#155 in the World

Founded: 1965

9. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Management

#10 in Oceania

#175 in the World

Founded: 1971

10. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Management

#11 in Oceania

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

11. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Management

#12 in Oceania

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

12. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Management

#13 in Oceania

#224 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Management

#14 in Oceania

#225 in the World

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

14. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Management

#15 in Oceania

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

15. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Management

#16 in Oceania

#235 in the World

Founded: 1887

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Management

#17 in Oceania

#271 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Management

#18 in Oceania

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Management

#19 in Oceania

#292 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Management

#20 in Oceania

#360 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Management

#21 in Oceania

#373 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Management

#22 in Oceania

#389 in the World

Founded: 1908

22. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Management

#27 in Oceania

#554 in the World

Founded: 1966

23. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Management

#28 in Oceania

#555 in the World

Founded: 1990

24. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Management

#29 in Oceania

#558 in the World

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

25. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Management

#31 in Oceania

#611 in the World

Founded: 1967

26. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Management

#32 in Oceania

#627 in the World

Founded: 1991

27. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Management

#33 in Oceania

#643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Management

#35 in Oceania

#750 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Management

#36 in Oceania

#793 in the World

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

30. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Management

#37 in Oceania

#894 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

31. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Management

#38 in Oceania

#919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

32. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Management

#39 in Oceania

#920 in the World

Founded: 1991

33. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Management

#40 in Oceania

#941 in the World

Founded: 1987

34. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Management

#41 in Oceania

#1027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Management

#42 in Oceania

#1092 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Management

#43 in Oceania

#1293 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Management

#44 in Oceania

#1335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Management

#47 in Oceania

#1749 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Management

#48 in Oceania

#2239 in the World

Founded: 1989

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