28 Best universities for Medical Physics 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 Medical Physics. A graph of 380K citations received by 11.7K academic papers made by 28 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 Medical Physics

#1 in Oceania

#29 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Medical Physics

#2 in Oceania

#87 in the World

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

3. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Medical Physics

#3 in Oceania

#93 in the World

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

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Medical Physics

#4 in Oceania

#130 in the World

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

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Medical Physics

#5 in Oceania

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Medical Physics

#6 in Oceania

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Medical Physics

#7 in Oceania

#232 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Medical Physics

#9 in Oceania

#246 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Medical Physics

#10 in Oceania

#256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Medical Physics

#11 in Oceania

#287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

11. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Medical Physics

#13 in Oceania

#308 in the World

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

12. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Medical Physics

#14 in Oceania

#324 in the World

Founded: 1887

13. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Medical Physics

#15 in Oceania

#346 in the World

Founded: 1991

14. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Medical Physics

#16 in Oceania

#348 in the World

Founded: 1966

15. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Medical Physics

#17 in Oceania

#447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

16. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Medical Physics

#18 in Oceania

#467 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

17. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Medical Physics

#19 in Oceania

#502 in the World

Founded: 1987

18. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Medical Physics

#20 in Oceania

#514 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

19. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Medical Physics

#21 in Oceania

#584 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

20. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Medical Physics

#22 in Oceania

#590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

21. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Medical Physics

#23 in Oceania

#613 in the World

Founded: 1971

22. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Medical Physics

#24 in Oceania

#642 in the World

Founded: 1965

23. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Medical Physics

#25 in Oceania

#669 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

24. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Medical Physics

#27 in Oceania

#697 in the World

Founded: 1970

25. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Medical Physics

#28 in Oceania

#800 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

26. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Medical Physics

#29 in Oceania

#822 in the World

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

27. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Medical Physics

#30 in Oceania

#938 in the World

Founded: 1908

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Medical Physics

#31 in Oceania

#957 in the World

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

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

Physics subfields in Australia

Acoustical Engineering39

Applied/Engineering Physics27

Astrobiology28

Astrophysics and Astronomy39

Atomic and Molecular physics29

Biophysics28

Condensed Matter Physics32

Materials Science39

Nanotechnology37

Nuclear Physics39

Optical Engineering39

Quantum and Particle physics39

Theoretical Physics31