39 Best universities for Quantum and Particle 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 Quantum and Particle physics. A graph of 24.5M citations received by 717K 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 New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1 in Oceania

#76 in the World

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

2. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Quantum and Particle physics

#2 in Oceania

#77 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Quantum and Particle physics

#3 in Oceania

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#4 in Oceania

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Quantum and Particle physics

#5 in Oceania

#120 in the World

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

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Quantum and Particle physics

#6 in Oceania

#155 in the World

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

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Quantum and Particle physics

#8 in Oceania

#271 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Quantum and Particle physics

#9 in Oceania

#284 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Quantum and Particle physics

#10 in Oceania

#322 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Quantum and Particle physics

#11 in Oceania

#350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#12 in Oceania

#364 in the World

Founded: 1965

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Quantum and Particle physics

#13 in Oceania

#415 in the World

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

13. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Quantum and Particle physics

#14 in Oceania

#430 in the World

Founded: 1887

14. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#15 in Oceania

#440 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

15. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Quantum and Particle physics

#16 in Oceania

#472 in the World

Founded: 1971

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Quantum and Particle physics

#17 in Oceania

#477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Quantum and Particle physics

#18 in Oceania

#507 in the World

Founded: 1908

18. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Quantum and Particle physics

#19 in Oceania

#552 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

19. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Quantum and Particle physics

#22 in Oceania

#618 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Quantum and Particle physics

#24 in Oceania

#736 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Quantum and Particle physics

#26 in Oceania

#755 in the World

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

22. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Quantum and Particle physics

#27 in Oceania

#793 in the World

Founded: 1966

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Quantum and Particle physics

#28 in Oceania

#896 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Quantum and Particle physics

#30 in Oceania

#1067 in the World

Founded: 1990

25. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Quantum and Particle physics

#31 in Oceania

#1138 in the World

Founded: 1970

26. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Quantum and Particle physics

#32 in Oceania

#1178 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

27. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Quantum and Particle physics

#33 in Oceania

#1188 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Quantum and Particle physics

#34 in Oceania

#1229 in the World

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

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Quantum and Particle physics

#35 in Oceania

#1240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

30. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Quantum and Particle physics

#36 in Oceania

#1249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Quantum and Particle physics

#38 in Oceania

#1508 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Quantum and Particle physics

#39 in Oceania

#1665 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Quantum and Particle physics

#40 in Oceania

#2082 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#41 in Oceania

#2087 in the World

Founded: 1991

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Quantum and Particle physics

#42 in Oceania

#2161 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Quantum and Particle physics

#44 in Oceania

#2294 in the World

Founded: 1989

37. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Quantum and Particle physics

#45 in Oceania

#2390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Quantum and Particle physics

#46 in Oceania

#2505 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Quantum and Particle physics

#48 in Oceania

#3991 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

The best cities to study Quantum and Particle physics in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Sydney, Canberra, St Lucia, and Melbourne.

Physics subfields in Australia

Acoustical Engineering39

Applied/Engineering Physics27

Astrobiology28

Astrophysics and Astronomy39

Atomic and Molecular physics29

Biophysics28

Condensed Matter Physics32

Optical Engineering39

Theoretical Physics31