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


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Undergraduate - Social Equity

CQUniversity Australia

45%

University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ)

37%

James Cook University (JCU)

29%

University of New England (UNE)

26%

University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC)

26%

Murdoch University

25%

University of Tasmania

25%

Southern Cross University

25%

Federation University Australia

25%

Charles Sturt University

25%

Charles Darwin University (CDU)

25%

Curtin University

26%

Torrens University Australia

23%

University of Newcastle

23%

Flinders University

22%

Avondale University

22%

Edith Cowan University (ECU)

20%

Western Sydney University

20%

Griffith University

18%

University of Wollongong

18%

Swinburne University of Technology

17%

Victoria University (VU)

17%

La Trobe University

16%

Australian Catholic University (ACU)

12%

The University of Western Australia (UWA)

11%

The University of Notre Dame Australia

11%

University of Divinity

11%

Deakin University

10%

The University of Queensland

10%

RMIT University

10%

University of Canberra

8%

Monash University

8%

UNSW Sydney

8%

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

8%

Macquarie University

7%

University of Sydney

7%

The University of Melbourne

6%

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

5%

Bond University

4%

The Australian National University (ANU)

3%