39 Best universities for Sports Medicine 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 Sports Medicine. A graph of 2.7M citations received by 71.4K 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 Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Sports Medicine

#1 in Oceania

#5 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Sports Medicine

#2 in Oceania

#6 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Sports Medicine

#3 in Oceania

#17 in the World

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

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Sports Medicine

#4 in Oceania

#30 in the World

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

5. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Sports Medicine

#5 in Oceania

#42 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Sports Medicine

#6 in Oceania

#52 in the World

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

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Sports Medicine

#7 in Oceania

#71 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Sports Medicine

#8 in Oceania

#86 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

9. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Sports Medicine

#12 in Oceania

#124 in the World

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

10. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Sports Medicine

#13 in Oceania

#132 in the World

Founded: 1991

11. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Sports Medicine

#14 in Oceania

#145 in the World

Founded: 1991

12. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Sports Medicine

#15 in Oceania

#166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

13. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Sports Medicine

#16 in Oceania

#171 in the World

Founded: 1971

14. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Sports Medicine

#17 in Oceania

#191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Sports Medicine

#18 in Oceania

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Sports Medicine

#19 in Oceania

#218 in the World

Founded: 1991

17. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Sports Medicine

#20 in Oceania

#219 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

18. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Sports Medicine

#21 in Oceania

#232 in the World

Founded: 1990

19. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Sports Medicine

#22 in Oceania

#258 in the World

Founded: 1887

20. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Sports Medicine

#23 in Oceania

#301 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

21. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Sports Medicine

#24 in Oceania

#304 in the World

Founded: 1966

22. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Sports Medicine

#25 in Oceania

#313 in the World

Founded: 1965

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Sports Medicine

#26 in Oceania

#336 in the World

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

24. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Sports Medicine

#27 in Oceania

#343 in the World

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

25. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Sports Medicine

#28 in Oceania

#405 in the World

Founded: 1967

26. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Sports Medicine

#30 in Oceania

#464 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

27. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Sports Medicine

#31 in Oceania

#488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

28. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Sports Medicine

#32 in Oceania

#522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

29. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Sports Medicine

#33 in Oceania

#536 in the World

Founded: 1870

30. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Sports Medicine

#34 in Oceania

#552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

31. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Sports Medicine

#35 in Oceania

#557 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

32. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Sports Medicine

#36 in Oceania

#561 in the World

Founded: 1970

33. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Sports Medicine

#37 in Oceania

#652 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

34. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Sports Medicine

#38 in Oceania

#667 in the World

Founded: 1987

35. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Sports Medicine

#39 in Oceania

#671 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

36. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Sports Medicine

#40 in Oceania

#744 in the World

Founded: 1908

37. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Sports Medicine

#42 in Oceania

#868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

38. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Sports Medicine

#44 in Oceania

#1064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

39. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Sports Medicine

#47 in Oceania

#1932 in the World

Founded: 1989

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