37 Best Occupational Therapy (OT) schools 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 Occupational Therapy. A graph of 632K citations received by 21.5K academic papers made by 37 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 Occupational Therapy

#1 in Oceania

#3 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Occupational Therapy

#2 in Oceania

#5 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Occupational Therapy

#3 in Oceania

#10 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Occupational Therapy

#4 in Oceania

#19 in the World

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

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Occupational Therapy

#5 in Oceania

#28 in the World

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

6. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Occupational Therapy

#7 in Oceania

#100 in the World

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

7. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Occupational Therapy

#8 in Oceania

#107 in the World

Founded: 1991

8. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Occupational Therapy

#10 in Oceania

#109 in the World

Founded: 1966

9. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Occupational Therapy

#12 in Oceania

#115 in the World

Founded: 1971

10. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Occupational Therapy

#13 in Oceania

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

11. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Occupational Therapy

#14 in Oceania

#152 in the World

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

12. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Occupational Therapy

#15 in Oceania

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

13. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Occupational Therapy

#16 in Oceania

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

14. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Occupational Therapy

#17 in Oceania

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

15. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Occupational Therapy

#18 in Oceania

#235 in the World

Founded: 1887

16. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Occupational Therapy

#19 in Oceania

#247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

17. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Occupational Therapy

#20 in Oceania

#258 in the World

Founded: 1965

18. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Occupational Therapy

#21 in Oceania

#264 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Occupational Therapy

#23 in Oceania

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

20. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Occupational Therapy

#24 in Oceania

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

21. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Occupational Therapy

#25 in Oceania

#307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

22. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Occupational Therapy

#26 in Oceania

#326 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

23. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Occupational Therapy

#27 in Oceania

#385 in the World

Founded: 1970

24. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Occupational Therapy

#28 in Oceania

#410 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Occupational Therapy

#30 in Oceania

#479 in the World

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

26. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Occupational Therapy

#31 in Oceania

#575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

27. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Occupational Therapy

#32 in Oceania

#585 in the World

Founded: 1987

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Occupational Therapy

#33 in Oceania

#594 in the World

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

29. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Occupational Therapy

#34 in Oceania

#648 in the World

Founded: 1908

30. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Occupational Therapy

#35 in Oceania

#668 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

31. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Occupational Therapy

#36 in Oceania

#726 in the World

Founded: 1990

32. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Occupational Therapy

#38 in Oceania

#747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

33. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Occupational Therapy

#39 in Oceania

#796 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Occupational Therapy

#40 in Oceania

#807 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Occupational Therapy

#41 in Oceania

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

36. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Occupational Therapy

#42 in Oceania

#1019 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Occupational Therapy

#43 in Oceania

#1024 in the World

Founded: 1870

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