39 Best universities for Quantum and Particle physics in Australia

Updated: March 02, 2025

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 22.8M citations received by 698K 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. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1 in Oceania

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#2 in Oceania

#78 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#3 in Oceania

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Quantum and Particle physics

#4 in Oceania

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Quantum and Particle physics

#5 in Oceania

#125 in the World

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

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Quantum and Particle physics

#6 in Oceania

#158 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

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Quantum and Particle physics

#9 in Oceania

#287 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

#357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#12 in Oceania

#375 in the World

Founded: 1965

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Quantum and Particle physics

#13 in Oceania

#422 in the World

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

13. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Quantum and Particle physics

#14 in Oceania

#440 in the World

Founded: 1887

14. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#15 in Oceania

#443 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Quantum and Particle physics

#16 in Oceania

#473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Quantum and Particle physics

#17 in Oceania

#480 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Quantum and Particle physics

#18 in Oceania

#516 in the World

Founded: 1908

18. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Quantum and Particle physics

#19 in Oceania

#572 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

19. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Quantum and Particle physics

#22 in Oceania

#623 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Quantum and Particle physics

#24 in Oceania

#729 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Quantum and Particle physics

#26 in Oceania

#749 in the World

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

22. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Quantum and Particle physics

#27 in Oceania

#786 in the World

Founded: 1966

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Quantum and Particle physics

#28 in Oceania

#902 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Quantum and Particle physics

#30 in Oceania

#1051 in the World

Founded: 1990

25. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Quantum and Particle physics

#31 in Oceania

#1130 in the World

Founded: 1970

26. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Quantum and Particle physics

#32 in Oceania

#1177 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

27. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Quantum and Particle physics

#33 in Oceania

#1207 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Quantum and Particle physics

#34 in Oceania

#1227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Quantum and Particle physics

#35 in Oceania

#1264 in the World

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

30. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Quantum and Particle physics

#36 in Oceania

#1287 in the World

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

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Quantum and Particle physics

#38 in Oceania

#1506 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Quantum and Particle physics

#39 in Oceania

#1662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Quantum and Particle physics

#40 in Oceania

#2086 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#41 in Oceania

#2139 in the World

Founded: 1991

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Quantum and Particle physics

#42 in Oceania

#2148 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Quantum and Particle physics

#44 in Oceania

#2297 in the World

Founded: 1989

37. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Quantum and Particle physics

#45 in Oceania

#2421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Quantum and Particle physics

#46 in Oceania

#2540 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Quantum and Particle physics

#48 in Oceania

#4081 in the World

Founded: 1989

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