39 Best universities for Family medicine 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 Family medicine. A graph of 2.77M citations received by 112K 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 Family medicine

#1 in Oceania

#19 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Family medicine

#2 in Oceania

#32 in the World

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

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Family medicine

#3 in Oceania

#35 in the World

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

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Family medicine

#4 in Oceania

#57 in the World

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

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Family medicine

#5 in Oceania

#69 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Family medicine

#6 in Oceania

#114 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Family medicine

#8 in Oceania

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Family medicine

#10 in Oceania

#173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

9. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Family medicine

#11 in Oceania

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

10. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Family medicine

#12 in Oceania

#223 in the World

Founded: 1966

11. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Family medicine

#13 in Oceania

#233 in the World

Founded: 1971

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Family medicine

#14 in Oceania

#266 in the World

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

13. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Family medicine

#15 in Oceania

#278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

14. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Family medicine

#16 in Oceania

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

15. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Family medicine

#17 in Oceania

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

16. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Family medicine

#18 in Oceania

#303 in the World

Founded: 1965

17. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Family medicine

#19 in Oceania

#314 in the World

Founded: 1991

18. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Family medicine

#20 in Oceania

#317 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

19. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Family medicine

#21 in Oceania

#364 in the World

Founded: 1970

20. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Family medicine

#22 in Oceania

#370 in the World

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

21. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Family medicine

#23 in Oceania

#378 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

22. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Family medicine

#24 in Oceania

#475 in the World

Founded: 1887

23. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Family medicine

#25 in Oceania

#476 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

24. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Family medicine

#26 in Oceania

#496 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

25. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Family medicine

#27 in Oceania

#598 in the World

Founded: 1987

26. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Family medicine

#29 in Oceania

#704 in the World

Founded: 1991

27. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Family medicine

#30 in Oceania

#713 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Family medicine

#31 in Oceania

#760 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

29. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Family medicine

#32 in Oceania

#792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

30. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Family medicine

#33 in Oceania

#821 in the World

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

31. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Family medicine

#34 in Oceania

#826 in the World

Founded: 1989

32. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Family medicine

#36 in Oceania

#889 in the World

Founded: 1989

33. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Family medicine

#37 in Oceania

#934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Family medicine

#39 in Oceania

#1001 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Family medicine

#42 in Oceania

#1120 in the World

Founded: 1990

36. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Family medicine

#43 in Oceania

#1258 in the World

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

37. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Family medicine

#44 in Oceania

#1260 in the World

Founded: 1908

38. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Family medicine

#45 in Oceania

#1354 in the World

Founded: 1870

39. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Family medicine

#46 in Oceania

#1360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

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