38 Best universities for Project 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 Project Management. A graph of 568K citations received by 24.2K academic papers made by 38 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 Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Project Management

#20 in the World

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

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Project Management

#27 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

3. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Project Management

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Project Management

#32 in the World

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

5. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Project Management

#39 in the World

Founded: 1965

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Project Management

#73 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Project Management

#74 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

8. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Project Management

#93 in the World

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

9. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Project Management

#10 in Oceania

#95 in the World

Founded: 1971

10. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Project Management

#11 in Oceania

#113 in the World

Founded: 1887

11. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Project Management

#12 in Oceania

#115 in the World

Founded: 1991

12. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Project Management

#13 in Oceania

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

13. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Project Management

#14 in Oceania

#158 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Project Management

#15 in Oceania

#167 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Project Management

#16 in Oceania

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

16. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Project Management

#17 in Oceania

#251 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

17. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Project Management

#18 in Oceania

#276 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

18. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Project Management

#21 in Oceania

#299 in the World

Founded: 1908

19. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Project Management

#22 in Oceania

#312 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Project Management

#23 in Oceania

#322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Project Management

#24 in Oceania

#336 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

22. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Project Management

#25 in Oceania

#375 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

23. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Project Management

#27 in Oceania

#443 in the World

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

24. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Project Management

#30 in Oceania

#521 in the World

Founded: 1990

25. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Project Management

#31 in Oceania

#533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

26. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Project Management

#33 in Oceania

#579 in the World

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

27. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Project Management

#34 in Oceania

#613 in the World

Founded: 1987

28. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Project Management

#35 in Oceania

#671 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

29. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Project Management

#36 in Oceania

#700 in the World

Founded: 1967

30. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Project Management

#37 in Oceania

#753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

31. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Project Management

#38 in Oceania

#757 in the World

Founded: 1970

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Project Management

#39 in Oceania

#816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Project Management

#40 in Oceania

#841 in the World

Founded: 1966

34. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Project Management

#41 in Oceania

#958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

35. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Project Management

#42 in Oceania

#1173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

36. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Project Management

#44 in Oceania

#1437 in the World

Founded: 1991

37. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Project Management

#45 in Oceania

#1483 in the World

Founded: 1989

38. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Project Management

#47 in Oceania

#1787 in the World

Founded: 1870

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