39 Best universities for Aesthetics 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 Aesthetics. A graph of 1.51M citations received by 64.6K 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

#26 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Aesthetics

#28 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Aesthetics

#31 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 49,000
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

#48 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Aesthetics

#53 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Aesthetics

#108 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Aesthetics

#130 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Aesthetics

#10 in Oceania

#133 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

10. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Aesthetics

#11 in Oceania

#136 in the World

Founded: 1971

11. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Aesthetics

#13 in Oceania

#188 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

12. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Aesthetics

#14 in Oceania

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

13. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Aesthetics

#15 in Oceania

#200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

14. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Aesthetics

#16 in Oceania

#211 in the World

Founded: 1965

15. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Aesthetics

#17 in Oceania

#214 in the World

Founded: 1887

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Aesthetics

#18 in Oceania

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Aesthetics

#20 in Oceania

#254 in the World

Founded: 1966

18. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Aesthetics

#21 in Oceania

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

19. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Aesthetics

#22 in Oceania

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

20. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Aesthetics

#23 in Oceania

#279 in the World

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

21. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Aesthetics

#24 in Oceania

#338 in the World

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

22. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Aesthetics

#26 in Oceania

#345 in the World

Founded: 1991

23. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Aesthetics

#29 in Oceania

#536 in the World

Founded: 1908

24. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Aesthetics

#30 in Oceania

#550 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

25. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Aesthetics

#32 in Oceania

#588 in the World

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

26. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Aesthetics

#33 in Oceania

#595 in the World

Founded: 1970

27. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Aesthetics

#34 in Oceania

#608 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Aesthetics

#35 in Oceania

#619 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

29. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Aesthetics

#36 in Oceania

#622 in the World

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

30. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Aesthetics

#37 in Oceania

#684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

31. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Aesthetics

#38 in Oceania

#685 in the World

Founded: 1991

32. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Aesthetics

#39 in Oceania

#705 in the World

Founded: 1991

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Aesthetics

#41 in Oceania

#942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Aesthetics

#42 in Oceania

#957 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Aesthetics

#43 in Oceania

#1180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Aesthetics

#44 in Oceania

#1364 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Aesthetics

#45 in Oceania

#1412 in the World

Founded: 1989

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Aesthetics

#46 in Oceania

#1446 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Aesthetics

#48 in Oceania

#2022 in the World

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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