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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Level of study


Rating type


Field of study


Location

Undergraduate - Full-Time Employment

University of New England (UNE)

84%

Charles Sturt University

81%

Charles Darwin University (CDU)

80%

CQUniversity Australia

79%

Bond University

78%

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

76%

Swinburne University of Technology

75%

Macquarie University

75%

Australian Catholic University (ACU)

74%

University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ)

74%

The Australian National University (ANU)

74%

University of Canberra

73%

Southern Cross University

73%

University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC)

72%

Monash University

71%

Curtin University

71%

Deakin University

70%

Edith Cowan University (ECU)

69%

University of Newcastle

69%

James Cook University (JCU)

68%

UNSW Sydney

67%

Flinders University

66%

University of Wollongong

65%

The University of Melbourne

65%

The University of Queensland

65%

University of Sydney

63%

Griffith University

63%

University of Tasmania

63%

La Trobe University

62%

RMIT University

62%

The University of Western Australia (UWA)

61%

Western Sydney University

60%

Victoria University (VU)

60%

Federation University Australia

59%

Murdoch University

58%