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Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology tops our list of 7 Professional Accounting & Finance universities in Australia at #125 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by Flinders University of South Australia (QS World #387) and Western Sydney University (QS World #400). The universities on this list offer 24 matching courses between them.
7 universities · ranked best first
how we rankPublic University · 2 courses in Professional Accounting & Finance
Public University · 1 course in Professional Accounting & Finance
Public University · 8 courses in Professional Accounting & Finance
Public University · 1 course in Professional Accounting & Finance
Public University · 6 courses in Professional Accounting & Finance
Public University · 4 courses in Professional Accounting & Finance
Public University · 2 courses in Professional Accounting & Finance
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3 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #125 (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) to #400 (Western Sydney University); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology has the largest research record in this group, with 4,318,814 citations and an h-index of 498. 2 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 7 public to 0 private institutions. The oldest is Holmes Institute, founded in 1963. South Metropolitan TAFE is the largest, with 30,000 students.
By level: 11 bachelor's, 10 diploma and 3 master's. The usual length is 2 years and 4 years. 79% are full-time and 4 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Spring (94% of courses with a stated intake) and Fall (89% of courses with a stated intake). Western Sydney University offers the widest choice, with 8 of these courses.
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (QS World #125), 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.
7 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 2 years, with 4 years the next most common.
Spring is the main intake — 94% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Fall is the second.
4 of these courses are listed as online.
Western Sydney University, with 8, ahead of South Metropolitan TAFE (6).
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