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University of Melbourne tops our list of 29 Public Business & Management universities in Australia at #19 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by University of New South Wales (QS World #19) and Australian National University (QS World #30). The universities on this list offer 230 matching courses between them.
29 universities · ranked best first
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Public University · 49 courses in Business & Management
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Public University · 2 courses in Business & Management
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Public University · 12 courses in Business & Management
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16 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #19 (University of Melbourne) to #587 (Bond University); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Melbourne has the largest research record in this group, with 31,503,308 citations and an h-index of 1,283. 5 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 29 public to 0 private institutions. By location, Victoria (2), New South Wales (1) and Australian Capital Territory (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is University of Melbourne, founded in 1853. Monash University is the largest, with 86,000 students.
By level: 134 bachelor's, 48 diploma, 27 master's and 3 foundation. Within the subject, the largest areas are Business & Management (214), Business Administration (MBA) (8), Finance (3) and Accounting (2). The usual length is 4 years and 2 years. 96% are full-time and 8 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (92% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (92% of courses with a stated intake). Western Sydney University offers the widest choice, with 49 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 5 of these universities. Monash University is the least expensive at USD 30,000 a year and University of New South Wales the most at USD 32,000; the middle of the range is about USD 31,000. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
University of Melbourne (QS World #19), University of New South Wales (QS World #19) and Australian National University (QS World #30) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
Of those with published fees, Monash University is the least expensive at about USD 30,000 a year. Fees are indicative — confirm on the university's site.
29 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 2 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 92% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
8 of these courses are listed as online.
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