39 Best universities for Aesthetics 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 Aesthetics. A graph of 1.62M citations received by 67.4K 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 Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Aesthetics

#24 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Aesthetics

#27 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Aesthetics

#28 in the World

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

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Aesthetics

#42 in the World

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

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Aesthetics

#45 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Aesthetics

#55 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Aesthetics

#104 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

8. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Aesthetics

#119 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Aesthetics

#10 in Oceania

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Aesthetics

#11 in Oceania

#134 in the World

Founded: 1971

11. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Aesthetics

#13 in Oceania

#184 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

12. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Aesthetics

#14 in Oceania

#194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

13. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Aesthetics

#15 in Oceania

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

14. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Aesthetics

#16 in Oceania

#197 in the World

Founded: 1965

15. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Aesthetics

#17 in Oceania

#199 in the World

Founded: 1887

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Aesthetics

#18 in Oceania

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Aesthetics

#20 in Oceania

#250 in the World

Founded: 1966

18. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Aesthetics

#21 in Oceania

#255 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

19. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Aesthetics

#22 in Oceania

#269 in the World

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

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Aesthetics

#23 in Oceania

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Aesthetics

#24 in Oceania

#330 in the World

Founded: 1991

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Aesthetics

#25 in Oceania

#336 in the World

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

23. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Aesthetics

#29 in Oceania

#513 in the World

Founded: 1908

24. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Aesthetics

#31 in Oceania

#557 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

25. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Aesthetics

#32 in Oceania

#577 in the World

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

26. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Aesthetics

#33 in Oceania

#581 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

27. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Aesthetics

#34 in Oceania

#591 in the World

Founded: 1970

28. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Aesthetics

#35 in Oceania

#610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

29. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Aesthetics

#36 in Oceania

#616 in the World

Founded: 1990

30. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Aesthetics

#37 in Oceania

#655 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Aesthetics

#38 in Oceania

#665 in the World

Founded: 1991

32. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Aesthetics

#39 in Oceania

#698 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Aesthetics

#41 in Oceania

#923 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Aesthetics

#42 in Oceania

#943 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Aesthetics

#43 in Oceania

#1114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Aesthetics

#44 in Oceania

#1357 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Aesthetics

#45 in Oceania

#1379 in the World

Founded: 1987

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Aesthetics

#46 in Oceania

#1398 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Aesthetics

#47 in Oceania

#1820 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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

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