39 Best universities for Finance 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 Finance. A graph of 2.55M citations received by 140K 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. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Finance

#37 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Finance

#39 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Finance

#44 in the World

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

4. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Finance

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Finance

#58 in the World

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

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Finance

#69 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Finance

#149 in the World

Founded: 1965

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Finance

#165 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Finance

#10 in Oceania

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Finance

#11 in Oceania

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Finance

#12 in Oceania

#178 in the World

Founded: 1971

12. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Finance

#13 in Oceania

#219 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

13. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Finance

#14 in Oceania

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Finance

#15 in Oceania

#259 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Finance

#16 in Oceania

#270 in the World

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

16. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Finance

#18 in Oceania

#318 in the World

Founded: 1887

17. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Finance

#20 in Oceania

#356 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Finance

#21 in Oceania

#369 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Finance

#23 in Oceania

#406 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

20. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Finance

#24 in Oceania

#430 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

21. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Finance

#27 in Oceania

#508 in the World

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

22. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Finance

#28 in Oceania

#577 in the World

Founded: 1908

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Finance

#30 in Oceania

#681 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Finance

#31 in Oceania

#700 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

25. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Finance

#32 in Oceania

#707 in the World

Founded: 1970

26. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Finance

#33 in Oceania

#710 in the World

Founded: 1987

27. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Finance

#34 in Oceania

#721 in the World

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

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Finance

#35 in Oceania

#784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

29. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Finance

#36 in Oceania

#791 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Finance

#37 in Oceania

#904 in the World

Founded: 1990

31. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Finance

#38 in Oceania

#916 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

32. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Finance

#39 in Oceania

#1022 in the World

Founded: 1967

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Finance

#40 in Oceania

#1049 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Finance

#41 in Oceania

#1055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Finance

#43 in Oceania

#1178 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Finance

#44 in Oceania

#1197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Finance

#45 in Oceania

#1447 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Finance

#47 in Oceania

#1494 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Finance

#48 in Oceania

#2251 in the World

Founded: 1989

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

Economics subfields in Australia

Actuarial Science30

Agricultural Economics31

Development Studies39

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics38

Environmental Economics35

International Economics33

International Relations and Diplomacy30

International Trade36

Investment Banking and Stock trading34

Political Economy35