Best universities in Australia according to QS rankings

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These are the best universities in Australia from QS World University Rankings for 2025, with three universities making the global top 20.
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A global ranking of universities has been released. Three universities in Australia made the top 20 of the QS rankings.

These are the top 10 Australian universities according to the QS World University Rankings for 2025.

QS rankings of universities Australia

More than 1,500 universities were ranked this year including nearly 200 universities from the U.S., 90 from the UK, and around 70 from China. It also included 38 universities from Australia.

The rankings are drawn from millions of academic papers, and thousands of academics and employers.

For the 13th consecutive year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was the number one worldwide.

Global top 10 QS rankings

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