39 Best universities for Anesthesiology 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 Anesthesiology. A graph of 2.72M citations received by 79.9K 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 Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Anesthesiology

#1 in Oceania

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Anesthesiology

#2 in Oceania

#49 in the World

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

3. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Anesthesiology

#3 in Oceania

#74 in the World

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

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Anesthesiology

#4 in Oceania

#88 in the World

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

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Anesthesiology

#5 in Oceania

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Anesthesiology

#7 in Oceania

#160 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Anesthesiology

#8 in Oceania

#168 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Anesthesiology

#10 in Oceania

#293 in the World

Founded: 1966

9. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Anesthesiology

#11 in Oceania

#339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

10. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Anesthesiology

#12 in Oceania

#505 in the World

Founded: 1991

11. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Anesthesiology

#13 in Oceania

#507 in the World

Founded: 1971

12. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Anesthesiology

#14 in Oceania

#513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

13. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Anesthesiology

#15 in Oceania

#518 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

14. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Anesthesiology

#16 in Oceania

#519 in the World

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

15. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Anesthesiology

#17 in Oceania

#571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

16. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Anesthesiology

#19 in Oceania

#617 in the World

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

17. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Anesthesiology

#20 in Oceania

#646 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

18. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Anesthesiology

#21 in Oceania

#675 in the World

Founded: 1887

19. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Anesthesiology

#22 in Oceania

#681 in the World

Founded: 1970

20. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Anesthesiology

#23 in Oceania

#699 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

21. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Anesthesiology

#24 in Oceania

#715 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

22. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Anesthesiology

#25 in Oceania

#736 in the World

Founded: 1965

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Anesthesiology

#26 in Oceania

#740 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Anesthesiology

#29 in Oceania

#865 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

25. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Anesthesiology

#30 in Oceania

#938 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

26. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Anesthesiology

#31 in Oceania

#1006 in the World

Founded: 1987

27. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Anesthesiology

#32 in Oceania

#1033 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

28. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Anesthesiology

#33 in Oceania

#1040 in the World

Founded: 1908

29. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Anesthesiology

#34 in Oceania

#1145 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Anesthesiology

#35 in Oceania

#1156 in the World

Founded: 1990

31. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Anesthesiology

#37 in Oceania

#1294 in the World

Founded: 1991

32. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Anesthesiology

#40 in Oceania

#1338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

33. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Anesthesiology

#41 in Oceania

#1343 in the World

Founded: 1989

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Anesthesiology

#42 in Oceania

#1408 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Anesthesiology

#43 in Oceania

#1421 in the World

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

36. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Anesthesiology

#44 in Oceania

#1431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

37. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Anesthesiology

#45 in Oceania

#1433 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

38. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Anesthesiology

#46 in Oceania

#1591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

39. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Anesthesiology

#48 in Oceania

#2330 in the World

Founded: 1870

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