38 Best universities for Sports / Exercise science in Australia

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Sports / Exercise science. A graph of 730K citations received by 18.9K academic papers made by 38 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 Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Oceania

#4 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Oceania

#11 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Oceania

#16 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

4. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Sports / Exercise science

#4 in Oceania

#28 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Sports / Exercise science

#5 in Oceania

#54 in the World

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

6. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Sports / Exercise science

#6 in Oceania

#69 in the World

Founded: 1991

7. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Sports / Exercise science

#8 in Oceania

#74 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

8. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Sports / Exercise science

#9 in Oceania

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

9. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Sports / Exercise science

#10 in Oceania

#81 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Sports / Exercise science

#11 in Oceania

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Sports / Exercise science

#13 in Oceania

#104 in the World

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

12. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Sports / Exercise science

#15 in Oceania

#122 in the World

Founded: 1991

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Sports / Exercise science

#16 in Oceania

#130 in the World

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

14. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Sports / Exercise science

#17 in Oceania

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

15. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Sports / Exercise science

#18 in Oceania

#144 in the World

Founded: 1990

16. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Sports / Exercise science

#19 in Oceania

#177 in the World

Founded: 1991

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Sports / Exercise science

#20 in Oceania

#181 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Sports / Exercise science

#21 in Oceania

#187 in the World

Founded: 1966

19. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Sports / Exercise science

#22 in Oceania

#190 in the World

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

20. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Sports / Exercise science

#23 in Oceania

#216 in the World

Founded: 1967

21. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Sports / Exercise science

#24 in Oceania

#242 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

22. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Sports / Exercise science

#25 in Oceania

#251 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

23. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Sports / Exercise science

#26 in Oceania

#252 in the World

Founded: 1887

24. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Sports / Exercise science

#27 in Oceania

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

25. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Sports / Exercise science

#28 in Oceania

#316 in the World

Founded: 1870

26. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Sports / Exercise science

#30 in Oceania

#374 in the World

Founded: 1987

27. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Sports / Exercise science

#31 in Oceania

#377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

28. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Sports / Exercise science

#32 in Oceania

#379 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

29. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Sports / Exercise science

#33 in Oceania

#408 in the World

Founded: 1965

30. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Sports / Exercise science

#34 in Oceania

#443 in the World

Founded: 1970

31. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Sports / Exercise science

#35 in Oceania

#446 in the World

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

32. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Sports / Exercise science

#36 in Oceania

#493 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

33. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Sports / Exercise science

#37 in Oceania

#502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

34. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Sports / Exercise science

#38 in Oceania

#557 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

35. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Sports / Exercise science

#39 in Oceania

#560 in the World

Founded: 1908

36. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Sports / Exercise science

#40 in Oceania

#597 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

37. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Sports / Exercise science

#42 in Oceania

#643 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

38. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Sports / Exercise science

#43 in Oceania

#720 in the World

Founded: 1989

The best cities to study Sports / Exercise science in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are St Lucia, Sydney, Geelong, and Crawley.