39 Best universities for Social Psychology 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 Social Psychology. A graph of 8.35M citations received by 245K 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 Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Social Psychology

#1 in Oceania

#33 in the World

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

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Social Psychology

#2 in Oceania

#40 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Social Psychology

#3 in Oceania

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Social Psychology

#4 in Oceania

#49 in the World

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

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Social Psychology

#5 in Oceania

#60 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Social Psychology

#6 in Oceania

#94 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Social Psychology

#8 in Oceania

#120 in the World

Founded: 1971

8. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Social Psychology

#9 in Oceania

#135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

9. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Social Psychology

#10 in Oceania

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

10. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Social Psychology

#11 in Oceania

#141 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

11. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Social Psychology

#12 in Oceania

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

12. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Social Psychology

#14 in Oceania

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Social Psychology

#15 in Oceania

#219 in the World

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

14. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Social Psychology

#16 in Oceania

#223 in the World

Founded: 1966

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Social Psychology

#17 in Oceania

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Social Psychology

#18 in Oceania

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Social Psychology

#19 in Oceania

#243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Social Psychology

#21 in Oceania

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

19. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Social Psychology

#22 in Oceania

#252 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Social Psychology

#23 in Oceania

#272 in the World

Founded: 1965

21. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Social Psychology

#24 in Oceania

#296 in the World

Founded: 1887

22. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Social Psychology

#27 in Oceania

#361 in the World

Founded: 1908

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Social Psychology

#28 in Oceania

#411 in the World

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

24. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Social Psychology

#29 in Oceania

#450 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Social Psychology

#30 in Oceania

#513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

26. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Social Psychology

#32 in Oceania

#524 in the World

Founded: 1970

27. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Social Psychology

#33 in Oceania

#537 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Social Psychology

#35 in Oceania

#594 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

29. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Social Psychology

#36 in Oceania

#595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

30. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Social Psychology

#37 in Oceania

#621 in the World

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

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Social Psychology

#38 in Oceania

#673 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Social Psychology

#39 in Oceania

#683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

33. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Social Psychology

#40 in Oceania

#723 in the World

Founded: 1990

34. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Social Psychology

#41 in Oceania

#736 in the World

Founded: 1987

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Social Psychology

#42 in Oceania

#845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Social Psychology

#43 in Oceania

#881 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Social Psychology

#44 in Oceania

#941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Social Psychology

#45 in Oceania

#1379 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Social Psychology

#46 in Oceania

#1568 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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

Psychology subfields in Australia

Child Psychology39

Clinical Psychology39

Cognitive Science39

Education Majors39

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution38

Neuroscience39

Occupational Therapy37

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology37