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University of Sydney tops our list of 8 Music & Performing Arts universities in Australia at #25 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Flinders University of South Australia (QS World #387) and Western Sydney University (QS World #400) complete the top three. Across the whole list there are 28 courses to choose from.
8 universities · ranked best first
how we rankPublic University · 1 course in Music & Performing Arts
Public University · 1 course in Music & Performing Arts
Public University · 2 courses in Music & Performing Arts
Public University · 5 courses in Music & Performing Arts
Public University · 1 course in Music & Performing Arts
Public University · 2 courses in Music & Performing Arts
Public University · 5 courses in Music & Performing Arts
Public University · 11 courses in Music & Performing Arts
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5 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #25 (University of Sydney) to #494 (University of Canberra); they are listed first, in that order. Below them, universities follow their research output: University of Sydney is cited most (27,597,563 citations). 1 university have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
8 are public and 0 private (100% public). By location, New South Wales (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is University of Sydney, founded in 1850. University of Sydney is the largest, with 73,000 students.
By level: 15 bachelor's, 11 diploma and 2 master's. Within the subject, the largest areas are Music & Performing Arts (27) and Music (1). The usual length is 4 years and 3 years. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Spring (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Fall (81% of courses with a stated intake). TAFE NSW offers the widest choice, with 11 of these courses.
University of Sydney (QS World #25), Flinders University of South Australia (QS World #387) and Western Sydney University (QS World #400) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
8 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 3 years the next most common.
Spring is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Fall is the second.
TAFE NSW, with 11, ahead of Box Hill Institute (5).
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