39 Best universities for Quantum and Particle physics 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 Quantum and Particle physics. A graph of 16.9M citations received by 625K 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

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#2 in Oceania

#81 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#3 in Oceania

#97 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Quantum and Particle physics

#4 in Oceania

#99 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Quantum and Particle physics

#5 in Oceania

#128 in the World

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

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Quantum and Particle physics

#6 in Oceania

#153 in the World

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

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Quantum and Particle physics

#8 in Oceania

#281 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Quantum and Particle physics

#9 in Oceania

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Quantum and Particle physics

#10 in Oceania

#319 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Quantum and Particle physics

#11 in Oceania

#342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#12 in Oceania

#388 in the World

Founded: 1965

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Quantum and Particle physics

#13 in Oceania

#433 in the World

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

13. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#14 in Oceania

#459 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

14. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Quantum and Particle physics

#15 in Oceania

#476 in the World

Founded: 1887

15. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Quantum and Particle physics

#16 in Oceania

#498 in the World

Founded: 1971

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Quantum and Particle physics

#17 in Oceania

#501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Quantum and Particle physics

#18 in Oceania

#535 in the World

Founded: 1908

18. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Quantum and Particle physics

#19 in Oceania

#585 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

19. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Quantum and Particle physics

#22 in Oceania

#629 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Quantum and Particle physics

#23 in Oceania

#743 in the World

Founded: 1966

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Quantum and Particle physics

#26 in Oceania

#768 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Quantum and Particle physics

#27 in Oceania

#772 in the World

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

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Quantum and Particle physics

#28 in Oceania

#929 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Quantum and Particle physics

#30 in Oceania

#1119 in the World

Founded: 1990

25. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Quantum and Particle physics

#31 in Oceania

#1120 in the World

Founded: 1970

26. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Quantum and Particle physics

#32 in Oceania

#1159 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

27. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Quantum and Particle physics

#33 in Oceania

#1208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

28. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Quantum and Particle physics

#34 in Oceania

#1243 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Quantum and Particle physics

#35 in Oceania

#1266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

30. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Quantum and Particle physics

#36 in Oceania

#1323 in the World

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

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Quantum and Particle physics

#38 in Oceania

#1453 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Quantum and Particle physics

#39 in Oceania

#1657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Quantum and Particle physics

#40 in Oceania

#2065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Quantum and Particle physics

#42 in Oceania

#2188 in the World

Founded: 1991

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Quantum and Particle physics

#43 in Oceania

#2213 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Quantum and Particle physics

#44 in Oceania

#2336 in the World

Founded: 1989

37. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Quantum and Particle physics

#45 in Oceania

#2505 in the World

Founded: 1987

38. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Quantum and Particle physics

#46 in Oceania

#2539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Quantum and Particle physics

#48 in Oceania

#4156 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

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Applied/Engineering Physics24

Astrobiology28

Astrophysics and Astronomy39

Atomic and Molecular physics28

Biophysics28

Condensed Matter Physics32

Optical Engineering39

Theoretical Physics30