List of universities in Australia

is is a list of universities and other higher education institutions in Australia.

The Commonwealth Higher Education Support Act 2003 sets out three groups of higher education providers. Students at all three types of institutions are eligible for FEE-HELP, an income contingent loan to cover charges and fees.
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* 1 Universities
o 1.1 National
o 1.2 Australian Capital Territory
o 1.3 New South Wales
o 1.4 Victoria
o 1.5 Queensland
o 1.6 Western Australia
o 1.7 South Australia
o 1.8 Tasmania
o 1.9 Northern Territory
* 2 Other self-accrediting higher education institutions
* 3 State and territory accredited higher education institutions
o 3.1 Government
+ 3.1.1 Specialist
+ 3.1.2 General
o 3.2 Christian
+ 3.2.1 National
+ 3.2.2 New South Wales
+ 3.2.3 South Australia
+ 3.2.4 Tasmania
+ 3.2.5 Queensland
+ 3.2.6 Victoria
+ 3.2.7 Western Australia
o 3.3 Other private
+ 3.3.1 Specialist
+ 3.3.2 General
o 3.4 Full listings
* 4 Groupings of universities
* 5 Rankings of universities
* 6 See also
* 7 External links

[edit] Universities

[edit] National

* Australian Catholic University ACU, NSW (both in Sydney): North Sydney (MacKillop), Strathfield (Mount St. Mary); Qld: Brisbane (Banyo); ACT: Canberra (Signadou); Vic: Ballarat (Aquinas); Melbourne (St Patrick's).
* University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Broome and Sydney.

[edit] Australian Capital Territory

* Australian National University ANU, Canberra
* University of Canberra, Canberra

[edit] New South Wales

* Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Wagga Wagga, Albury, Dubbo, Manly, Orange, Canberra
* Macquarie University, Sydney
* University of New England, Armidale
* University of New South Wales, Sydney, Canberra, Singapore
* University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Callaghan, Ourimbah, Port Macquarie, Singapore
* Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Lismore, Tweed Heads
* University of Sydney, Sydney, Orange
* University of Technology, Sydney
* University of Western Sydney
* University of Wollongong, Wollongong

[edit] Victoria

* University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Parkville
* Monash University, Melbourne (Clayton, Caulfield, Berwick, Peninsula, Parkville), Churchill (Gippsland) , Malaysia, South Africa
* RMIT University , Melbourne, Vietnam
* Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne(Hawthorn,Croydon, Prahran, Lilydale, Wantirna, and Healesville), Malaysia(Kuching)
* La Trobe University, Melbourne, Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Beechworth, Shepparton, Mildura, Mt Buller
* Deakin University, Geelong, Melbourne, Warrnambool
* University of Ballarat, Ballarat
* Victoria University, Melbourne

[edit] Queensland

* Bond University, Gold Coast
* Central Queensland University, Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton and Brisbane.
* Griffith University, Brisbane and Gold Coast
* James Cook University, Townsville and Cairns
* University of Queensland, Brisbane, Ipswich, Gatton
* Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
* University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Springfeild, Fraser Coast
* University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast

[edit] Western Australia

* Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Sydney, Malaysia(Miri).
* Edith Cowan University, Perth and Bunbury
* Murdoch University, Perth and Mandurah
* University of Western Australia, Perth and Albany.
* University of Notre Dame Australia, Perth, Broome and Sydney.

[edit] South Australia

* University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Waite and Roseworthy
* Flinders University, Adelaide
* University of South Australia, Adelaide and Whyalla
* Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz School Australia, Adelaide

[edit] Tasmania

* University of Tasmania, Hobart and Launceston

[edit] Northern Territory

* Charles Darwin University, Darwin and Alice Springs(formerly Northern Territory University)

[edit] Other self-accrediting higher education institutions

These institutions are for nearly all practical purposes, universities. However, they are deemed not to be because their academic focus is too narrow.

* Australian Maritime College, Launceston
* Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Northern Territory: Alice Springs, Batchelor, Darwin, Tennant Creek, Nhulunbuy, Katherine, Yarrabah and Western Australia: Kununurra
* Financial Services Institute of Australia, formed from the union of the Securities Institute of Australia with the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance: National
* Melbourne College of Divinity, Melbourne (associated with the University of Melbourne)

[edit] State and territory accredited higher education institutions

Each qualification these institutions offer must first be approved by the relevant state or territory authority. For the purposes of maintainability, the list below only aims to include institutions that create their own degree, masters or doctorate courses - not those that deliver courses created by others, or create only lesser courses. Links to full lists of Higher Education course originators can be found at the bottom of this section.

Institutions that only deliver higher education courses created by another institution can be found via the parent institution listed.

[edit] Government

[edit] Specialist

* Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (associated with the University of Melbourne)
* National Art School, Sydney
* National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney
* Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Sydney

[edit] General

* Box Hill Institute, Melbourne
* Canberra Institute of Technology, Canberra
* Gordon Institute of TAFE, Geelong
* Monash College, Melbourne (associated with Monash University)
* Northern Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
* TAFE South Australia

[edit] Christian

[edit] National

* Australian College of Theology and affiliates, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth
* ICI College completely through correspondence via Tasmania
* Institute for the Nations - Australia, Youth With A Mission affiliate registered in ACT
* Tabor College, Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney

[edit] New South Wales

* Presbyterian Theological Centre, Sydney
* Lois Reid College of Counselling Studies, Tamworth
* Avondale College, Cooranbong (New South Wales)
* Campion College Australia, Sydney
* College of Christian Higher Education, Sydney
* Sydney College of Divinity, Sydney
* Wesley Institute for Ministry and the Arts, Sydney
* Moore Theological College
* Sydney Missionary and Bible College

[edit] South Australia

* Adelaide College of Divinity (associated with Flinders University)
* Adelaide College of Ministries
* Australian Lutheran College, Adelaide
* Bible College of South Australia, Adelaide

[edit] Tasmania

* Worldview Centre for Inter-Cultural Studies, Hobart

[edit] Queensland

* Brisbane College of Theology
* Christian Heritage College, Brisbane
* Malyon College, Brisbane
* Nazerene Theological College, Brisbane

[edit] Victoria

* Catholic Theological College, Melbourne
* Harvest Bible College, Melbourne
* John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne
* Kingsley College, Melbourne

[edit] Western Australia

* Harvest West Bible College, Perth
* Perth Bible College

[edit] Other private

[edit] Specialist

* Adelaide Central School of Art
* Australian College of Applied Psychology, Sydney and Brisbane
* Australian College of Natural Medicine, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne
* Australian College of Physical Education, Sydney
* Australian Guild of Music Education, Melbourne
* Australian Institute of Public Safety, Melbourne
* Australian Institute of Music, Sydney
* Australian International Hotel School, Canberra
* Billy Blue School of Graphic Arts, Sydney
* Earth Institute, Sydney
* International College of Hotel Management, Adelaide
* Invisage, Brisbane
* Jansen Newman Institute, Sydney
* Jschool: Journalism Education & Training
* Kaylene Kranz and Associates, Adelaide
* Kollel Beth Hatalmud Yehuda Fishman Institute, Melbourne
* Le Cordon Bleu Australia, Adelaide
* Marcus Oldham College, Geelong
* National Institute of Health Sciences, Canberra
* Nature Care College, Sydney
* Oceania Polytechnic Institute of Education, Melbourne
* QANTM, Brisbane
* Raffles College of Design and Commerce, Sydney
* SAE Institute, Sydney, Byron Bay, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
* Southern School of Natural Therapies, Melbourne
* Sydney Graphics College
* William Blue International Hotel Management School, Sydney

[edit] General

* Alexander Institute of Technology, Perth
* Gibaran Business School (incorporating Australian Institute of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship Institute Australia, and Tourism Institute Australia), Adelaide
* Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, Melbourne
* ILM Australia, None. Although registered in Australia, it only delivers courses outside the country.
* Institute of Business and Technology, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & Adelaide
* Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, via an affiliate in Melbourne

[edit] Full listings

* ACT
* NSW
* NT
* Queensland
* SA
* Tasmania
* Victoria
* WA

Institutions operating in the external territories are auspiced by the Commonwealth Deparment of Education, Science and Training. However, there are none at this time (2005).

[edit] Groupings of universities

* Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee - the peak higher education institution group.

* Group of Eight - the most prestigious universities.
* IRU Australia - newer universities
* Australian Technology Network - technically minded universities that promote themselves as offering more practical courses.
* New Generation Universities - some of the universities that were formerly colleges of advanced education and were designated universities with the collapse of the binary divide in 1988.
* Universitas 21 - a worldwide group of universities
* Open Universities Australia - a group of universities that offer distance education courses as part of a common platform.

* List of all federally auspiced higher education institutions in Australia.

[edit] Rankings of universities

2006 and 2007 Shanghai Jiao Tong University's academic ranking of world universities

Since 2003 the "Academic Ranking of World Universities" [1], produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Institute of Higher Education, has ranked Australian universities according to various criteria. The latest two years are:
National Rank
2007 National Rank
2006 University Regional Rank
(Asia Pacific)
2007 World Rank
2007
1 1 Australian National University 3 57
2 2 University of Melbourne 7 79
3-5 3-5 University of Queensland 10-18 102-150
3-5 3-5 University of Sydney 10-18 102-150
3-5 3-5 University of Western Australia 10-18 102-150
6-7 7-9 University of Adelaide 19-24 151-202
6-7 6 University of New South Wales 19-24 151-202
8-9 7-9 Macquarie University 25-42 203-304
8-9 7-9 Monash University 25-42 203-304
10-11 12-16 Flinders University 43-64 305-401
10-11 10-11 University of Newcastle (Australia) 43-64 305-401
12-17 12-16 James Cook University 65-99 402-508
12-17 10-11 La Trobe University 65-99 402-508
12-17 12-16 Murdoch University 65-99 402-508
12-17 12-16 University of New England (Australia) 65-99 402-508
12-17 12-16 University of Tasmania 65-99 402-508
12-17 not ranked University of Wollongong 65-99 402-508


2005 Teaching Performance Rankings (The Australian)

This table shows the teaching standards in Australia universities and was published in The Australian newspaper. The scaling method used in preparing this league table had seven components:

1. CEQ (Course Experience Questionnaire) generic skills: 17.91%
2. CEQ good teaching: 18.5%
3. CEQ overall satisfaction: 18.9%
4. Students in full-time employment after they graduate: 11.48%
5. Those that go on to full-time study: 10.29%
6. Drop-out or attrition rates: 10.65%
7. Student progress or pass rates: 12.26%

Rank University Score
1 University of Wollongong 34.24
2 Australian Maritime College 30.79
3 University of Melbourne 29.93
4 Swinburne University of Technology 29.33
5 University of Queensland 28.73
6 Australian National University 26.95
7 University of New England 25.56
8 University of Canberra 24.25
9 University of Ballarat 24.08
10 University of Sydney 23.93
11 Murdoch University 23.49
12 University of Western Australia 23.42
13 Australian Catholic University 22.73
14 Monash University 22.16
15 La Trobe University 21.18
16 Macquarie University 19.96
17 Charles Sturt University 19.44
18 University of Technology, Sydney 18.72
19 Victoria University 18.65
Rank University Score
20 University of the Sunshine Coast 18.44
21 Deakin University 18.35
22 Griffith University 18.25
23 Edith Cowan University 17.91
24 Curtin University of Technology 17.45
25 University of Newcastle 16.31
26 Flinders University 16.02
27 University of Southern Queensland 15.39
28 Southern Cross University 14.83
29 RMIT 14.49
30 James Cook University 14.17
31 Queensland University of Technology 13.67
32 University of New South Wales 13.56
33 University of Western Sydney 12.85
34 University of Tasmania 12.00
35 Central Queensland University 11.49
36 University of Adelaide 10.54
37 University of South Australia 10.11
38 Charles Darwin University 9.05


2006 Times Higher Education Supplement Australian Rankings

This list shows the international ranking of Australian universities that had been included in the top 100 universities as determined by the Times Higher Education Supplement
Rank University
16 Australian National University
22 University of Melbourne
35 University of Sydney
38 Monash University
41 University of New South Wales
45 University of Queensland


Asiaweek's Australian top ranking universities

In 2000, Asiaweek ranked Asia's universities and grouped them according to whether they were a generalist Multi-Disciplinary or a Science and Technology university. [2]
Multi-disciplinary
Rank University
8 Australian National University
9 University of Melbourne
10 University of New South Wales
13 University of Sydney
23 University of Western Australia
25 University of Queensland
26 University of Adelaide
30 Monash University
45 University of Wollongong
56 Maquarie University
Science and Technology
Rank University
22 Curtin University of Technology
25 Queensland University of Technology
26 University of Technology, Sydney
28 RMIT University
38 University of South Australia


In 1999, Asiaweek released the first regional listing of Asia's best universities. [3] Australian universities in the list and their rankings were:
Rank University
8 University of New South Wales
10 University of Melbourne
13 Australian National University
15 University of Sydney
19 University of Queensland
25 University of Western Australia
34 University of Adelaide
46 Monash University
51 Macquarie University
59 University of Wollongong


2005 Melbourne Institute International Standing of Australian Universities

A study released by the Melbourne Institute [4] (operated by the University of Melbourne) in 2005 examined Australian universities on the basis of:

* international standing of staff (40%)
* graduate programs (16%)
* undergraduate intake (11%)
* undergraduate programs (14%)
* resources (11%), and
* the views of Deans and CEOs (8%).

University Index
Australian National University 100
University of Melbourne 100
University of Sydney 93
University of Queensland 87
University of New South Wales 84
University of Western Australia 77
Monash University 75
University of Adelaide 70
Flinders University 55
La Trobe University 55
Macquarie University 55
University of Tasmania 54
Murdoch University 53
University of Newcastle 53
University of Wollongong 53
Curtin University of Technology 50
Griffith University 50
University of New England 50
Deakin University 49
University Index
James Cook University 49
Queensland University of Technology 49
University of Technology, Sydney 47
University of South Australia 46
RMIT University 44
University of Canberra 44
Southern Cross University 41
Swinburne University of Technology 41
University of Western Sydney 41
Victoria University 41
Charles Darwin University 40
Edith Cowan University 40
Central Queensland University 39
Charles Sturt University 39
University of Southern Queensland 38
University of Ballarat 37
Australian Catholic University 36
University of the Sunshine Coast 32
University of Notre Dame, Australia 29


Ranking performance by other measures

Universities can also be ranked by other measures

* Academic disciplines
* Graduate satisfaction
* Graduate emploment prospects

[edit] See also

* List of colleges and universities
* List of colleges and universities by country
* List of schools in Australia
* University admission
* Education in Australia
* Technical and Further Education (TAFE)

[edit] External links

* Australian-Universities.com - Australian university rankings
* Australian tertiary education, a web site with much information on Australian universities and some information on vocational education institutions.
* Populations of Melbourne campuses

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