39 Best universities for Management 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 Management. A graph of 7.84M citations received by 261K 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

#41 in the World

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

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Management

#49 in the World

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

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Management

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Management

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Management

#72 in the World

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

6. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Management

#111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

7. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Management

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

8. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Management

#152 in the World

Founded: 1965

9. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Management

#10 in Oceania

#171 in the World

Founded: 1971

10. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Management

#11 in Oceania

#185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

11. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Management

#12 in Oceania

#205 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

12. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Management

#13 in Oceania

#213 in the World

Founded: 1887

13. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Management

#14 in Oceania

#219 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

14. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Management

#15 in Oceania

#227 in the World

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

15. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Management

#16 in Oceania

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Management

#17 in Oceania

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Management

#18 in Oceania

#269 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Management

#19 in Oceania

#303 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Management

#20 in Oceania

#362 in the World

Founded: 1908

20. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Management

#21 in Oceania

#366 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Management

#23 in Oceania

#376 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Management

#28 in Oceania

#537 in the World

Founded: 1990

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Management

#29 in Oceania

#542 in the World

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

24. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Management

#30 in Oceania

#565 in the World

Founded: 1966

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Management

#31 in Oceania

#641 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Management

#33 in Oceania

#659 in the World

Founded: 1967

27. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Management

#34 in Oceania

#672 in the World

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

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Management

#35 in Oceania

#753 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Management

#36 in Oceania

#790 in the World

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

30. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Management

#37 in Oceania

#893 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Management

#38 in Oceania

#917 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Management

#39 in Oceania

#947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Management

#40 in Oceania

#962 in the World

Founded: 1987

34. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Management

#41 in Oceania

#1078 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Management

#42 in Oceania

#1095 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Management

#43 in Oceania

#1325 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Management

#44 in Oceania

#1334 in the World

Founded: 1870

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Management

#47 in Oceania

#1812 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Management

#48 in Oceania

#2339 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.