How these universities are ranked
5 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #387 (Flinders University of South Australia) to #494 (University of Canberra); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. James Cook University of North Queensland has the largest research record in this group, with 3,735,226 citations and an h-index of 575. 3 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
Public, private and where they are
The split is 11 public to 0 private institutions. The oldest is Flinders University of South Australia, founded in 1966. South Metropolitan TAFE is the largest, with 30,000 students.
Inside the course list
The most common subjects are Business & Management (45), Arts, Design & Architecture (31), Computer Science & IT (30) and Engineering (17). The usual length is 2 years and 1 year. 98% are full-time and 4 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Spring (98% of courses with a stated intake) and Fall (97% of courses with a stated intake). TAFE NSW offers the widest choice, with 133 of these courses.
