30 Best universities for Risk 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 Risk Management. A graph of 221K citations received by 7.28K academic papers made by 30 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 Risk Management

#21 in the World

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

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Risk Management

#22 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Risk Management

#28 in the World

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

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Risk Management

#45 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Risk Management

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Risk Management

#78 in the World

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

7. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Risk Management

#93 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

8. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Risk Management

#97 in the World

Founded: 1965

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Risk Management

#132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Risk Management

#10 in Oceania

#162 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

11. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Risk Management

#11 in Oceania

#175 in the World

Founded: 1971

12. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Risk Management

#12 in Oceania

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

13. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Risk Management

#13 in Oceania

#183 in the World

Founded: 1991

14. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Risk Management

#14 in Oceania

#191 in the World

Founded: 1887

15. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Risk Management

#16 in Oceania

#234 in the World

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

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Risk Management

#17 in Oceania

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Risk Management

#19 in Oceania

#304 in the World

Founded: 1967

18. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Risk Management

#20 in Oceania

#323 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Risk Management

#21 in Oceania

#339 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Risk Management

#22 in Oceania

#360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Risk Management

#25 in Oceania

#442 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Risk Management

#26 in Oceania

#460 in the World

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

23. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Risk Management

#28 in Oceania

#499 in the World

Founded: 1991

24. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Risk Management

#29 in Oceania

#563 in the World

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

25. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Risk Management

#31 in Oceania

#604 in the World

Founded: 1970

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Risk Management

#33 in Oceania

#619 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Risk Management

#34 in Oceania

#628 in the World

Founded: 1987

28. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Risk Management

#35 in Oceania

#635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Risk Management

#37 in Oceania

#654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

30. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Risk Management

#38 in Oceania

#726 in the World

Founded: 1908

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