Best 27 Music & Performing Arts Universities in Australia

There are 27 universities in Australia with music & performing arts courses registered on CRICOS. Between them they run 290 registered courses.

University of New South Wales

#1 in Australia
Location Sydney
Institution type Public
Matching courses 23
QS World Ranking #19

University of Melbourne

#2 in Australia
Location Melbourne
Institution type Public
Matching courses 24
QS World Ranking #19

University of Sydney

#3 in Australia
Location Sydney
Institution type Public
Matching courses 26
QS World Ranking #25

Australian National University

#4 in Australia
Location Canberra
Institution type Public
Matching courses 2
QS World Ranking #30

Monash University

#5 in Australia
Location Melbourne
Institution type Public
Matching courses 11
QS World Ranking #37

University of Queensland

#6 in Australia
Location Brisbane
Institution type Public
Matching courses 14
QS World Ranking #42

University of Western Australia

#7 in Australia
Location Perth
Institution type Public
Matching courses 8
QS World Ranking #77

Adelaide University

#8 in Australia
Location Adelaide
Institution type Public
Matching courses 23
QS World Ranking #79

University of Technology Sydney

#9 in Australia
Location Sydney
Institution type Public
Matching courses 4
QS World Ranking #96

RMIT University

#10 in Australia
Location Melbourne
Institution type Public
Matching courses 2
QS World Ranking #125

Macquarie University

#11 in Australia
Location Sydney
Institution type Public
Matching courses 1
QS World Ranking #138

University of Wollongong

#13 in Australia
Location Wollongong
Institution type Public
Matching courses 1
QS World Ranking #184

Frequently asked questions

How many universities in Australia offer Music & Performing Arts?

27 of Australia's 42 universities have music & performing arts courses registered on CRICOS, the Commonwealth register every provider teaching international students must appear on.

How is this ranking put together?

Order comes from a published-figures-only composite: QS World position, CRICOS registered international capacity, breadth of registered courses, international student share and student support. No university pays for placement, and no judgement of teaching quality is invented.