Australian University Ratings and Rankings 2026

The section below provide a series of ratings and insights across a range of indicators. On the premise that no institution is superb at everything, these rankings are high-level indicators and should be used to gain comparative insights into the varying strengths and characteristics of each institution.

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Field of study


Location

Postgraduate - Full-Time Employment

Avondale University

95.2%

University of Tasmania

94.8%

Australian Catholic University (ACU)

94.2%

University of Newcastle

93.1%

University of Divinity

92.8%

The University of Notre Dame Australia

92.5%

Charles Sturt University

92.3%

Southern Cross University

91.7%

University of Canberra

91.7%

Federation University Australia

91.6%

CQUniversity Australia

91.2%

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

91.2%

James Cook University (JCU)

91%

UNSW Sydney

90.9%

University of Wollongong

90.6%

Flinders University

90.3%

University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ)

89.9%

University of South Australia

89.7%

University of New England (UNE)

89.3%

The Australian National University (ANU)

88.9%

Edith Cowan University (ECU)

88.8%

Charles Darwin University (CDU)

88.8%

Griffith University

88.6%

Deakin University

88.4%

Bond University

88%

Curtin University

87.8%

University of Sydney

87.8%

The University of Western Australia (UWA)

87.7%

La Trobe University

87.5%

University of Adelaide

87.3%

RMIT University

87.1%

The University of Melbourne

86.9%

Swinburne University of Technology

86.7%

Macquarie University

86.5%

University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC)

86.3%

Murdoch University

86.3%

Monash University

86.2%

The University of Queensland

85.9%

Western Sydney University

85.8%

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

85.7%

Victoria University (VU)

84.3%

Torrens University Australia

81.3%