39 Best universities for Cyber Security 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 Cyber Security. A graph of 3.49M citations received by 113K 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 Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#37 in the World

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

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#46 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Cyber Security

#92 in the World

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

5. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Cyber Security

#106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Cyber Security

#111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Cyber Security

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

8. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#146 in the World

Founded: 1965

9. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Cyber Security

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

10. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Cyber Security

#10 in Oceania

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

11. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#11 in Oceania

#181 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

12. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#13 in Oceania

#221 in the World

Founded: 1887

13. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Cyber Security

#14 in Oceania

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

14. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Cyber Security

#15 in Oceania

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

15. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Cyber Security

#16 in Oceania

#265 in the World

Founded: 1908

16. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Cyber Security

#17 in Oceania

#326 in the World

Founded: 1991

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Cyber Security

#18 in Oceania

#338 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Cyber Security

#19 in Oceania

#362 in the World

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

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#20 in Oceania

#375 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Cyber Security

#21 in Oceania

#439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Cyber Security

#23 in Oceania

#510 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

22. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Cyber Security

#24 in Oceania

#542 in the World

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

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Cyber Security

#27 in Oceania

#578 in the World

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

24. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Cyber Security

#29 in Oceania

#596 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Cyber Security

#32 in Oceania

#725 in the World

Founded: 1966

26. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Cyber Security

#33 in Oceania

#739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

27. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#34 in Oceania

#745 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Cyber Security

#35 in Oceania

#772 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Cyber Security

#36 in Oceania

#859 in the World

Founded: 1870

30. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Cyber Security

#37 in Oceania

#880 in the World

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

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Cyber Security

#38 in Oceania

#929 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Cyber Security

#39 in Oceania

#1031 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

33. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Cyber Security

#40 in Oceania

#1277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

34. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Cyber Security

#41 in Oceania

#1318 in the World

Founded: 1989

35. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Cyber Security

#42 in Oceania

#1365 in the World

Founded: 1987

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Cyber Security

#43 in Oceania

#1553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Cyber Security

#44 in Oceania

#1760 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Cyber Security

#45 in Oceania

#1764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Cyber Security

#48 in Oceania

#2791 in the World

Founded: 1989

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