36 Best universities for Urban and Regional planning 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 Urban and Regional planning. A graph of 289K citations received by 11.1K academic papers made by 36 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 Urban and Regional planning

#1 in Oceania

#5 in the World

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

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Urban and Regional planning

#2 in Oceania

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Urban and Regional planning

#3 in Oceania

#48 in the World

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

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Urban and Regional planning

#4 in Oceania

#53 in the World

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

5. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Urban and Regional planning

#5 in Oceania

#63 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Urban and Regional planning

#6 in Oceania

#71 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Urban and Regional planning

#7 in Oceania

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

8. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Urban and Regional planning

#8 in Oceania

#89 in the World

Founded: 1971

9. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Urban and Regional planning

#9 in Oceania

#158 in the World

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

10. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Urban and Regional planning

#10 in Oceania

#179 in the World

Founded: 1887

11. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Urban and Regional planning

#12 in Oceania

#200 in the World

Founded: 1991

12. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Urban and Regional planning

#13 in Oceania

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

13. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Urban and Regional planning

#14 in Oceania

#241 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

14. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Urban and Regional planning

#17 in Oceania

#262 in the World

Founded: 1965

15. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Urban and Regional planning

#18 in Oceania

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

16. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Urban and Regional planning

#20 in Oceania

#319 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

17. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Urban and Regional planning

#21 in Oceania

#345 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

18. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Urban and Regional planning

#23 in Oceania

#353 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

19. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Urban and Regional planning

#24 in Oceania

#374 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

20. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Urban and Regional planning

#26 in Oceania

#476 in the World

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

21. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Urban and Regional planning

#27 in Oceania

#555 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

22. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Urban and Regional planning

#28 in Oceania

#568 in the World

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

23. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Urban and Regional planning

#29 in Oceania

#574 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

24. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Urban and Regional planning

#30 in Oceania

#598 in the World

Founded: 1908

25. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Urban and Regional planning

#31 in Oceania

#605 in the World

Founded: 1990

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Urban and Regional planning

#32 in Oceania

#660 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Urban and Regional planning

#33 in Oceania

#702 in the World

Founded: 1970

28. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Urban and Regional planning

#34 in Oceania

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Urban and Regional planning

#36 in Oceania

#771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Urban and Regional planning

#37 in Oceania

#816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Urban and Regional planning

#38 in Oceania

#938 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Urban and Regional planning

#39 in Oceania

#953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

33. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Urban and Regional planning

#41 in Oceania

#1056 in the World

Founded: 1991

34. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Urban and Regional planning

#42 in Oceania

#1144 in the World

Founded: 1991

35. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Urban and Regional planning

#43 in Oceania

#1216 in the World

Founded: 1989

36. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Urban and Regional planning

#45 in Oceania

#1327 in the World

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

The best cities to study Urban and Regional planning in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Melbourne, St Lucia, Clayton, and Sydney.