Universities in Australia

Notable Universities in Australia

A closer look at 20 universities in Australia. Founding year and language are from Wikidata, and what each publishes most research in is from OpenAlex (papers since 2020). A dash means the source has nothing.

School	City	Type	Founded	Language	Publishes most in
University of Sydney	Sydney	Public	1850	English	MedicineSocial SciencesEngineering
University of Melbourne	Melbourne	Public	1853	English	MedicineSocial SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
University of Adelaide	Adelaide	Public	1874	English	MedicineEngineeringEnvironmental Science
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Melbourne	Public	1887	English	EngineeringSocial SciencesComputer Science
University of Tasmania	Hobart	Public	1890	English	MedicineEnvironmental ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences
Avondale University	Cooranbong	Private	1897	—	MedicineSocial SciencesPsychology
Swinburne University of Technology	Melbourne	Public	1908	English	EngineeringPhysics and AstronomySocial Sciences
University of Queensland	Brisbane	Public	1909	English	MedicineSocial SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
University of Western Australia	Perth	Public	1911	English	MedicineEnvironmental ScienceEngineering
Box Hill Institute	Box Hill	Public	1924	—	—
Australian National University	Canberra	Public	1947	English	Social SciencesMedicineEnvironmental Science
University of New South Wales	Sydney	Public	1949	English	MedicineEngineeringSocial Sciences
Monash University	Melbourne	Public	1958	English	MedicineSocial SciencesEngineering
Marcus Oldham College	Geelong	Private	1962	—	—
Holmes Institute	Melbourne	Private	1963	—	—
La Trobe University	Melbourne	Public	1967	English	MedicineSocial SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Macquarie University	Sydney	Public	1964	English	MedicineSocial SciencesComputer Science
Curtin University	Perth	Public	1987	English	MedicineEngineeringSocial Sciences
Flinders University of South Australia	Adelaide	Public	1966	English	MedicineSocial SciencesPsychology
Central Queensland University	Rockhampton	Public	1992	English	MedicineSocial SciencesEngineering