List of universities in Australia

The Commonwealth Higher Education Support Act 2003 sets out three groups of Australian higher education providers: Universities, other self-accrediting higher education institutions, and state and territory accredited higher education institutions. Students at all three types of institutions are eligible for FEE-HELP, an income-contingent loan to cover charges and fees.

Universities

Multi-campus

• Australian Catholic University, New South Wales (both in Sydney): North Sydney (MacKillop), Strathfield (Mount St. Mary); Queensland: Brisbane (McAuley); Australian Capital Territory: Canberra (Signadou); Victoria: Ballarat (Aquinas); Melbourne (St Patrick's).
• Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Wagga Wagga, Albury, Dubbo, Manly, Orange, Canberra, including Charles Sturt University Study Centres, Sydney and Charles Sturt University Study Centres, Melbourne
• University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Broome and Sydney

Australian Capital Territory

• Australian National University, Canberra
• University of Canberra, Canberra

New South Wales

• Macquarie University, Sydney
• Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Lismore, Tweed Heads
• The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney
• University of New England (Australia), Armidale
• University of New South Wales, Sydney, Canberra (ADFA)
• University of Newcastle (Australia), Newcastle, Ourimbah, Port Macquarie, Sydney, Singapore, Tiong Bahru
• University of Sydney, Sydney
• University of Technology, Sydney
• University of Western Sydney
• University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Sydney, Shoalhaven, Batemans Bay, Loftus, Moss Vale, Dubai

Northern Territory

• Charles Darwin University, Darwin and Alice Springs

Queensland

• Bond University, Gold Coast
• Central Queensland University ("CQUniversity"), Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Sydney and Brisbane.
• Griffith University, Brisbane, Logan, Gold Coast and South Bank (Queensland Conservatorium, Queensland College of Art and the Graduate Centre)
• James Cook University, Townsville, Brisbane, Singapore and Cairns
• Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
• University of Queensland, Brisbane, Ipswich and Gatton
• University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Springfield, Fraser Coast and China
• University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast

South Australia

• Carnegie Mellon University - Australia, Adelaide
• Flinders University, Adelaide
• Torrens University Australia, Adelaide
• University College London's UCL School of Energy and Resources, Australia in Adelaide
• University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Waite and Roseworthy
• University of South Australia, Adelaide, Whyalla and Mount Gambier

Tasmania

• University of Tasmania, Hobart (Sandy Bay & Hobart CBD), Launceston (Newnham & Inveresk), Burnie (Cradle Coast) and Sydney (Rozelle & Darlinghurst).

Victoria

• Deakin University, Geelong (Waurn Ponds, Waterfront), Melbourne (Burwood), Warrnambool
• La Trobe University, Melbourne (Bundoora), Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Beechworth, Shepparton, Mildura, Mount Buller (former campus)
• Monash University, Melbourne (Clayton, Caulfield, Berwick, Parkville), Peninsula, Churchill (Gippsland), Malaysia, South Africa
• RMIT University, Melbourne (CBD, Brunswick, Bundoora), Vietnam (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)
• Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne (Hawthorn, Lilydale, Prahran, Wantirna, Croydon), Malaysia (Sarawak)
• University of Ballarat, Ballarat (CBD and Mount Helen), Ararat, Horsham, Stawell
• University of Melbourne, Parkville, Southbank, Burnley, Werribee, Creswick, Dookie
• Victoria University, Melbourne CBD (Flinders Street, Flinders Lane, Queen Street), Footscray Park, St Albans, Werribee

Western Australia

• Curtin University, Perth, Sydney, Malaysia (Sarawak), Singapore, Kalgoorlie
• Edith Cowan University, Perth and Bunbury, Joondalup
• Murdoch University, Perth, Rockingham and Mandurah
• University of Western Australia, Perth and Albany

Other self-accrediting higher education institutions

Like universities, these institutions have the authority to accredit their own qualifications. However, they cannot use the title "University".

• Australian College of Theology and affiliates, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth
• Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Sydney
• Australian Maritime College, Launceston (a college of the University of Tasmania)
• Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Northern Territory: Alice Springs, Batchelor, Darwin, Tennant Creek, Nhulunbuy, Katherine, Yarrabah and Western Australia: Kununurra
• MCD University of Divinity, Melbourne (theological college, associated with the University of Melbourne)
• Moore Theological College, Sydney (associated with the University of Sydney and the University of Western Sydney)

State and territory accredited higher education institutions

Like universities, these institutions offer post graduate credentials at the Master's and/or Doctoral level. Unlike universities however, each qualification offered by these institutions offer must first be approved by the relevant state or territory authority. The accreditation of these institutions may be verified on the National Register of Higher Education Providers.

New South Wales

• Alphacrucis College, Sydney
• Avondale College, Cooranbong (New South Wales)
• Campion College Australia, Sydney
• College of Christian Higher Education, Sydney
• Lois Reid College of Counselling Studies, Tamworth
• Sydney College of Divinity, Sydney
• Wesley Institute for Ministry and the Arts, Sydney
• Sydney Missionary and Bible College, Sydney

South Australia

• Adelaide College of Divinity, Adelaide
• Adelaide College of Ministries, Adelaide
• Australian Lutheran College, Adelaide
• Bible College of South Australia, Adelaide
• IIBIT, Adelaide
• Tabor Adelaide, Adelaide (Millswood)

Tasmania

• Worldview Centre for Inter-Cultural Studies, Hobart

Queensland

• Brisbane College of Theology, Brisbane
• Christian Heritage College, Brisbane
• Malyon College, Brisbane
• Nazarene Theological College, Brisbane

Victoria

• Catholic Theological College, Melbourne
• Harvest Bible College, Melbourne
• John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne
• Kingsley College, Melbourne

Western Australia

• Harvest West Bible College, Perth
• Perth Bible College, Perth

Other private

• Adelaide Central School of Art
• Alexander Institute of Technology, Perth
• Australian Academy of Design, Melbourne
• Australian College of Applied Psychology, Sydney and Brisbane
• Australian College of Natural Medicine, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne
• Australian College of Physical Education, Sydney
• Australian Guild of Music Education, Melbourne
• Australian Institute of Business (incorporating Australian Institute of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship Institute Australia, and Tourism Institute Australia), Adelaide
• Australian Institute of Public Safety, Melbourne
• Australian Institute of Music, Sydney
• Australian International Hotel School, Canberra
• Australian National college, Melbourne
• Billy Blue College of Design, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne
• Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Leura
• Brandon Raynor's School of Massage and Natural Therapies, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Gold Coast
• Careers Australia College of Healthcare, Adelaide, Brisbane
• Chifley Business School, Melbourne
• Endeavour College of Natural Health, Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth
• Holmes Institute, Melbourne
• ILM Australia, None. Although registered in Australia, it only delivers courses outside the country.
• International College of Hotel Management, Adelaide
• Invisage, Brisbane
• Jansen Newman Institute, Sydney
• Jschool: Journalism Education & Training
• Kaylene Kranz and Associates, Adelaide
• Kollel Beth Hatalmud Yehuda Fishman Institute, Melbourne
• Le Cordon Bleu Australia, Adelaide
• Leo Cussen Institute of Law, Melbourne
• Marcus Oldham College, Geelong
• National Art School (NAS), Sydney
• National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Sydney (associated with the University of New South Wales)
• National Institute of Health Sciences, Canberra
• Nature Care College, Sydney
• Navitas World, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and various places in other countries
• Oceania Polytechnic Institute of Education, Melbourne
• Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, via an affiliate in Melbourne
• QANTM, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth
• Raffles College of Design and Commerce, Sydney
• SAE Institute, Sydney, Byron Bay, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
• Southern School of Natural Therapies, Melbourne
• Taylors College, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth
• The College of Law Ltd, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Auckland
• William Blue College of Hospitality and Tourism, Sydney

Groupings of universities

• Universities Australia – the peak higher education institution group.
• Group of Eight – the leading research-focused universities.
• Australian Technology Network – the leading technology-focused universities.
• Innovative Research Universities Australia – research-focused universities.
• Universitas 21 – a worldwide group of universities founded by the University of Melbourne.
• Open Universities Australia – a group of universities that offer distance education courses as part of a common platform.
• Regional Universities Network - a group of regional universities.
• Sandstone Universities - an unofficial group of Australia's oldest universities.

Rankings of universities

Australian Universities featuring in the top 700 universities from the QS World University Rankings 2012–2013:

National Rank	University	World Rank
1	Australian National University	24
2	University of Melbourne	36
3	University of Sydney	39
4	University of Queensland	46
5	University of New South Wales	52
6	Monash University	61
7	University of Western Australia	79
8	University of Adelaide	102
9	Macquarie University	233
10	RMIT University	246
11	Curtin University	258
12	University of Wollongong	264
13	University of Newcastle	268
14	Queensland University of Technology	281
15	University of Technology, Sydney	284
16	University of South Australia	293
17	Flinders University	342
18	University of Tasmania	357
19	James Cook University	362
20	Griffith University	368
21	La Trobe University	375
22	Bond University	380
23	Deakin University	417
24	Murdoch University	448
25	Swinburne University of Technology	496
26	University of Western Sydney	618

Australian Universities featuring in the top 400 universities from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012–2013:

National Rank	University	World Rank
1	University of Melbourne	28
2	Australian National University	37
3	University of Sydney	62
4	University of Queensland	65
5	University of New South Wales	85
6	Monash University	99
7	University of Adelaide	176
8	University of Western Australia	190
9	Macquarie University	251–275
10	Queensland University of Technology	251–275
11	University of Newcastle	276–300
12	University of Wollongong	301–350
12	University of South Australia	301–350
12	Murdoch University	301–350
13	Charles Darwin University	351–400
13	University of Tasmania	351–400
13	Curtin University	351–400
13	Deakin University	351–400
13	Flinders University	351–400

Rankings from the 2012 Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities:

National Rank	University	World Rank
1	University of Melbourne	57
2	Australian National University	64
3	University of Queensland	90
4	University of Sydney	93
5	University of Western Australia	96
6–7	Monash University	101–150
6–7	University of New South Wales	101–150
8–9	Macquarie University	201–300
8–9	University of Adelaide	201–300
10–16	Flinders University	301–400
10–16	Griffith University	301–400
10–16	James Cook University	301–400
10–16	Swinburne University of Technology	301–400
10–16	University of Newcastle	301–400
10–16	University of Tasmania	301–400
10–16	University of Wollongong	301–400
17–19	Curtin University of Technology	401–500
17–19	La Trobe University	401–500
17–19	University of Technology Sydney	401–500

The following table shows the 2005 rankings of Australian universities published in The Australian newspaper. The scaling method used in preparing this league table had seven components:

1. CEQ (Course Experience Questionnaire) generic skills: 17.91%
2. CEQ good teaching: 18.5%
3. CEQ overall satisfaction: 18.9%
4. Students in full-time employment after they graduate: 11.48%
5. Those that go on to full-time study: 10.29%
6. Drop-out or attrition rates: 10.65%
7. Student progress or pass rates: 12.26%

Rank	University	Score
1	University of Wollongong	34.24
2	Australian Maritime College	30.79
3	University of Melbourne	29.93
4	Swinburne University of Technology	29.33
5	University of Queensland	28.73
6	Australian National University	26.95
7	University of New England	25.56
8	University of Canberra	24.25
9	University of Ballarat	24.08
10	University of Sydney	23.93
11	Murdoch University	23.49
12	University of Western Australia	23.42
13	Australian Catholic University	22.73
14	Monash University	22.16
15	RMIT University	21.18
16	Macquarie University	19.96
17	Charles Sturt University	19.44
18	University of Technology, Sydney	18.72
19	Victoria University	18.65
20	University of the Sunshine Coast	18.44
21	Deakin University	18.35
22	Griffith University	18.25
23	Edith Cowan University	17.91
24	Curtin University of Technology	17.45
25	University of Newcastle	16.31
26	Flinders University	16.02
27	University of Southern Queensland	15.39
28	Southern Cross University	14.83
29	RMIT	14.49
30	James Cook University	14.17
31	Queensland University of Technology	13.67
32	University of New South Wales	13.56
33	University of Western Sydney	12.85
34	University of Tasmania	12.00
35	Central Queensland University	11.49

See also

• List of colleges and universities
• List of colleges and universities by country
• List of universities in Australia by enrolment
• List of schools in Australia
• University admission
• Education in Australia
• Technical and Further Education (TAFE)
• The Good Universities Guide (Australia)

References

• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (2008). Australia in brief: Tourism and international students. Barton, ACT, Australia.

External links

• Rankings of Australian Universities
• The Good Universities Guide (Australia)