35 Best universities for Operations Research 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 Operations Research. A graph of 473K citations received by 16.8K academic papers made by 35 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 New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Operations Research

#1 in Oceania

#57 in the World

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

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Operations Research

#2 in Oceania

#63 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Operations Research

#3 in Oceania

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Operations Research

#4 in Oceania

#89 in the World

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

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Operations Research

#5 in Oceania

#117 in the World

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

6. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Operations Research

#7 in Oceania

#202 in the World

Founded: 1965

7. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Operations Research

#8 in Oceania

#226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

8. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Operations Research

#9 in Oceania

#276 in the World

Founded: 1991

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Operations Research

#10 in Oceania

#280 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Operations Research

#11 in Oceania

#285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

11. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Operations Research

#12 in Oceania

#293 in the World

Founded: 1887

12. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Operations Research

#13 in Oceania

#326 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Operations Research

#14 in Oceania

#346 in the World

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

14. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Operations Research

#15 in Oceania

#395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

15. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Operations Research

#16 in Oceania

#421 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

16. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Operations Research

#17 in Oceania

#431 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Operations Research

#18 in Oceania

#441 in the World

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

18. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Operations Research

#19 in Oceania

#501 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

19. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Operations Research

#21 in Oceania

#599 in the World

Founded: 1908

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Operations Research

#23 in Oceania

#648 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Operations Research

#25 in Oceania

#776 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Operations Research

#26 in Oceania

#809 in the World

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

23. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Operations Research

#28 in Oceania

#888 in the World

Founded: 1990

24. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Operations Research

#29 in Oceania

#901 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Operations Research

#31 in Oceania

#1133 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Operations Research

#32 in Oceania

#1191 in the World

Founded: 1967

27. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Operations Research

#33 in Oceania

#1238 in the World

Founded: 1966

28. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Operations Research

#35 in Oceania

#1349 in the World

Founded: 1870

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Operations Research

#36 in Oceania

#1399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Operations Research

#37 in Oceania

#1439 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

31. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Operations Research

#38 in Oceania

#1490 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

32. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Operations Research

#39 in Oceania

#1511 in the World

Founded: 1970

33. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Operations Research

#40 in Oceania

#1870 in the World

Founded: 1987

34. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Operations Research

#41 in Oceania

#1911 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

35. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Operations Research

#42 in Oceania

#2027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

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

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