From top left to right: University of Queensland , Brisbane , Macquarie University , Sydney , Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology , Melbourne, University of Melbourne , Melbourne, University of New South Wales , Sydney, University of South Australia , Adelaide , University of Western Australia , Perth , University of Sydney , Sydney, Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Australian National University , Canberra , University of Adelaide , Adelaide, Swinburne University of Technology , Melbourne.
There are 43 universities in Australia : 40 public universities, two international universities, and one private university.[1] 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.
Universities [ edit ]
University
Primary campus[2]
State[2]
Affiliation
Year of foundation
Year of university status
Times ranking (2015-2016)[3]
Shanghai ranking (2015)[4]
QS ranking (2015-2016)[5]
Mascot
Australian Catholic University
Sydney , Brisbane , Canberra , Ballarat and Melbourne
National
None
1991
1991
Australian National University
Canberra
ACT
Go8
1946
1946
52
77=
19=
Owl
Bond University
Gold Coast
QLD
None
1987
1987
501-550
Bullshark
Carnegie Mellon University - Australia
Adelaide
SA
None
2006
2006
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton
QLD
RUN
1967
1992
501-600
Charles Darwin University
Darwin
NT
IRU
2004
2004
251-300
551-600
Charles Sturt University
Albury , Bathurst , Wagga Wagga , Orange
NSW
None
1989
701+
Curtin University
Perth
WA
ATN
1902
1986
401-500
201-300
284
Deakin University
Melbourne , Geelong and Warrnambool
VIC
None
1974
1974
301-350
301-400
324
Dragon
Edith Cowan University
Perth
WA
None
1902
1991
501-600
701+
Ernie the emu
Flinders University
Adelaide
SA
IRU
1966
1966
251-300
301-400
501-550
Crab
Griffith University
Brisbane and Gold Coast
QLD
IRU
1971
1971
251-300
301-400
329
James Cook University
Townsville
QLD
IRU
1970
1970
251-300
301-400
387
Mariner
La Trobe University
Melbourne
VIC
IRU
1964
1964
351-400
394
Wedge-tailed eagle
Macquarie University
Sydney
NSW
None
1964
1964
301-350
201-300
229
MacWarrior
Monash University
Melbourne
VIC
Go8
1958
1958
73
101–150
67
Murdoch University
Perth
WA
IRU
1973
1973
401-500
551-600
Victor the Viking
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane
QLD
ATN
1908
1989
251-300
401-500
263
Tiger
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Melbourne
VIC
ATN
1887
1992
401-500
273
Rupert the redback
Southern Cross University
Coffs Harbour , Lismore , Tweed Heads
NSW
RUN
1954
1994
401-500
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne
VIC
None
1908
1992
351-400
301-400
501-550
Boar
University of Adelaide
Adelaide
SA
Go8
1874
1874
149=
151-200
113
Eco the lizard
Federation University Australia
Ballarat
VIC
RUN
1870
1994
The University of Canberra
Canberra
ACT
None
1967
1990
501-600
551-600
The University of Divinity
Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney
Multi-state
None
1910
2012
University of Melbourne
Melbourne
VIC
Go8
1853
1853
33
44=
42
Barry the bear
University of New England
Armidale
NSW
RUN
1938
1954
651-700
University of New South Wales
Sydney
NSW
Go8
1949
1949
82=
101–150
46=
Clancy the lion
The University of Newcastle
Newcastle
NSW
None
1951
1965
251-300
301-400
256
Seahorse (hippocampus)
University of Notre Dame Australia
Fremantle , Broome , Sydney
WA, NSW
None
1989
1989
University of Queensland
Brisbane
QLD
Go8
1909
1909
60=
77=
46=
Rhino
University of South Australia
Adelaide
SA
ATN
1856
1991
351-400
288
University of Southern Queensland
Toowoomba
QLD
RUN
1967
1992
601-800
701+
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast
QLD
RUN
1994
1994
Spartan
University of Sydney
Sydney
NSW
Go8
1850
1850
56=
101-150
45
Lion
University of Tasmania
Hobart
TAS
None
1890
1890
251-300
301-400
379
Red Lion/Flaming Lion
University of Technology, Sydney
Sydney
NSW
ATN
1964/1988
1988
201-250
301-400
218
Lenny the lizard
The University of Western Australia
Perth
WA
Go8
1911
1911
109
87=
98
Black Swan
Western Sydney University
Western Sydney
NSW
None
1989
401-500
651-700
Duck
University of Wollongong
Wollongong
NSW
None
1951
1975
251-300
201-300
243
Baxter the duck
Torrens University Australia
Adelaide
SA
None
2014
2014
Victoria University
Melbourne
VIC
None
1916
1990
601-650
Other higher education institutions [ edit ]
Self-accrediting [ edit ]
Like universities, these institutions have the authority to accredit their own qualifications. However, they cannot use the title "University".[7]
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 )
Avondale College , Cooranbong (New South Wales)
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education , Northern Territory : Alice Springs , Batchelor , Darwin , Tennant Creek , Nhulunbuy , Katherine , Yarrabah and Western Australia : Kununurra
Moore Theological College , Sydney (associated with the University of Sydney and the University of Western Sydney )
State and territory accredited higher education institutions [ edit ]
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 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 [ edit ]
South Australia [ edit ]
Queensland [ edit ]
Victoria [ edit ]
Western Australia [ edit ]
Other private [ edit ]
Adelaide Central School of Art
AIT, Academy of Information Technology , Sydney
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 Institute of Business , Adelaide
Australian Institute of Music , Sydney & Melbourne
Australian Institute of Public Safety , Melbourne
Australian International Hotel School , Canberra
Billy Blue College of Design , Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne
Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School , Leura
Chartered Secretaries Australia , Sydney, and branches in every state
Chifley Business School , Melbourne
The College of Law Ltd , Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Auckland
Holmes Institute , Melbourne
Jansen Newman Institute , Sydney
Jschool: Journalism Education & Training
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 )
Nature Care College , Sydney
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand , via an affiliate in Melbourne
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
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (2008). Australia in brief: Tourism and international students . Barton, ACT, Australia.
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External links [ edit ]
List of universities in Oceania
Sovereign states
Associated states
of New Zealand
Dependencies
and other territories
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