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Monash University leads the 14 Science universities in Australia at #37 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by University of Adelaide (QS World #79) and University of Technology Sydney (QS World #96). The universities on this list offer 38 matching courses between them.
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9 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #37 (Monash University) to #440 (James Cook University of North Queensland); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Adelaide has the largest research record in this group, with 31,088,280 citations and an h-index of 909. 1 university have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 14 public to 0 private institutions. By location, Victoria (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is Monash University, founded in 1958. Monash University is the largest, with 86,000 students.
By level: 16 bachelor's, 9 master's, 5 phd / doctorate and 2 diploma. The usual length is 4 years and 3 or 4 years. 97% are full-time. Start dates lean to Spring (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Fall (95% of courses with a stated intake). Torrens University Australia offers the widest choice, with 8 of these courses.
Monash University (QS World #37), University of Adelaide (QS World #79) and University of Technology Sydney (QS World #96) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
14 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 3 or 4 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.
Torrens University Australia, with 8, ahead of James Cook University of North Queensland (7).
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