39 Best universities for Management 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 Management. A graph of 8.37M citations received by 269K 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%
Enrollment: 63,864
Founded: 1949

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Management

#46 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Management

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Management

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Management

#71 in the World

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

6. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Management

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

7. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Management

#118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

8. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Management

#151 in the World

Founded: 1965

9. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Management

#10 in Oceania

#166 in the World

Founded: 1971

10. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Management

#11 in Oceania

#187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

11. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Management

#12 in Oceania

#201 in the World

Founded: 1887

12. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Management

#13 in Oceania

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

13. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Management

#14 in Oceania

#220 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

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

16. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Management

#17 in Oceania

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

17. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Management

#18 in Oceania

#267 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Management

#19 in Oceania

#301 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Management

#20 in Oceania

#354 in the World

Founded: 1908

20. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Management

#21 in Oceania

#361 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Management

#22 in Oceania

#373 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Management

#28 in Oceania

#534 in the World

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

23. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Management

#29 in Oceania

#540 in the World

Founded: 1990

24. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Management

#30 in Oceania

#562 in the World

Founded: 1966

25. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Management

#31 in Oceania

#564 in the World

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

26. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Management

#32 in Oceania

#628 in the World

Founded: 1991

27. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Management

#34 in Oceania

#658 in the World

Founded: 1967

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Management

#35 in Oceania

#749 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Management

#36 in Oceania

#790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

30. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Management

#37 in Oceania

#873 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Management

#38 in Oceania

#921 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Management

#39 in Oceania

#951 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Management

#40 in Oceania

#961 in the World

Founded: 1987

34. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Management

#41 in Oceania

#1084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Management

#42 in Oceania

#1098 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Management

#43 in Oceania

#1292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Management

#44 in Oceania

#1321 in the World

Founded: 1870

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Management

#47 in Oceania

#1788 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Management

#48 in Oceania

#2326 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
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.