27 Best universities for Special Education 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 Special Education. A graph of 202K citations received by 5.99K academic papers made by 27 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 Special Education

#1 in Oceania

#8 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Special Education

#2 in Oceania

#10 in the World

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

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Special Education

#3 in Oceania

#18 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Special Education

#4 in Oceania

#29 in the World

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

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Special Education

#5 in Oceania

#38 in the World

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

6. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Special Education

#6 in Oceania

#63 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

7. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Special Education

#7 in Oceania

#85 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Special Education

#8 in Oceania

#92 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Special Education

#9 in Oceania

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Special Education

#10 in Oceania

#128 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

11. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Special Education

#11 in Oceania

#129 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

12. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Special Education

#12 in Oceania

#153 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

13. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Special Education

#13 in Oceania

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

14. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Special Education

#14 in Oceania

#165 in the World

Founded: 1971

15. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Special Education

#16 in Oceania

#179 in the World

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

16. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Special Education

#17 in Oceania

#208 in the World

Founded: 1887

17. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Special Education

#18 in Oceania

#216 in the World

Founded: 1966

18. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Special Education

#19 in Oceania

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

19. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Special Education

#21 in Oceania

#277 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Special Education

#22 in Oceania

#280 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

21. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Special Education

#25 in Oceania

#318 in the World

Founded: 1991

22. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Special Education

#26 in Oceania

#326 in the World

Founded: 1991

23. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Special Education

#27 in Oceania

#344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

24. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Special Education

#28 in Oceania

#348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

25. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Special Education

#30 in Oceania

#364 in the World

Founded: 1965

26. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Special Education

#31 in Oceania

#372 in the World

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

27. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Special Education

#32 in Oceania

#378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

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

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