39 Best universities for Cyber Security 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 Cyber Security. A graph of 3.77M citations received by 120K 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

#34 in the World

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

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#40 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#60 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Cyber Security

#83 in the World

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

5. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Cyber Security

#104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Cyber Security

#105 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Cyber Security

#106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

8. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#126 in the World

Founded: 1965

9. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Cyber Security

#131 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

10. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Cyber Security

#10 in Oceania

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

11. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#11 in Oceania

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

12. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#12 in Oceania

#198 in the World

Founded: 1887

13. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Cyber Security

#14 in Oceania

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

14. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Cyber Security

#15 in Oceania

#226 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

15. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Cyber Security

#16 in Oceania

#237 in the World

Founded: 1908

16. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Cyber Security

#17 in Oceania

#315 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Cyber Security

#18 in Oceania

#322 in the World

Founded: 1991

18. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Cyber Security

#19 in Oceania

#345 in the World

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

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#20 in Oceania

#352 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Cyber Security

#21 in Oceania

#426 in the World

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

21. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Cyber Security

#22 in Oceania

#440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Cyber Security

#24 in Oceania

#489 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Cyber Security

#25 in Oceania

#557 in the World

Founded: 1991

24. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Cyber Security

#26 in Oceania

#560 in the World

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

25. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Cyber Security

#31 in Oceania

#700 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Cyber Security

#32 in Oceania

#703 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#34 in Oceania

#747 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Cyber Security

#35 in Oceania

#753 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Cyber Security

#36 in Oceania

#843 in the World

Founded: 1870

30. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Cyber Security

#37 in Oceania

#861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Cyber Security

#38 in Oceania

#897 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Cyber Security

#39 in Oceania

#1013 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

33. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Cyber Security

#40 in Oceania

#1237 in the World

Founded: 1989

34. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Cyber Security

#41 in Oceania

#1309 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

35. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Cyber Security

#42 in Oceania

#1315 in the World

Founded: 1987

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Cyber Security

#43 in Oceania

#1452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Cyber Security

#44 in Oceania

#1647 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Cyber Security

#45 in Oceania

#1732 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Cyber Security

#48 in Oceania

#2569 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
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.