Best universities in Australia for Medicine (MD)

Medicine sits inside medicine and health sciences. Across Australia there are 183 registered courses in the subject and 30 providers offering them. Study levels run from diploma and associate degree through bachelor's degree and bachelor honours degree, then graduate certificate and graduate diploma. Providers range widely. La Trobe University and Victoria University are among them, alongside Signet Institute of Australia and Lead College Pty Ltd. That mix matters when you compare. The same subject name can sit at different levels, so check which level a course leads to before you weigh one against another.

30 universities · ranked best first

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University of New South Wales

Sydney, New South Wales · Public University

AU #1 QS World #19 Star rating 6 Admissions open
Tuition (indicative)
A$43,000 – A$61,500/yr
Founded
1949
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University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Victoria · Public University

AU #2 QS World #19 Star rating 5 Admissions open
Tuition (indicative)
A$40,508 – A$69,484/yr
Founded
1853
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University of Sydney

Sydney, New South Wales · Public University

AU #3 QS World #25 Star rating 5 Admissions open
Tuition (indicative)
A$50,200 – A$64,873/yr
Founded
1850
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Australian National University

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory · Public University

AU #4 QS World #30 Star rating 5 Admissions open
Tuition (indicative)
A$49,820 – A$57,710/yr
Founded
1947
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Monash University

Melbourne, Victoria · Public University

AU #5 QS World #37 Star rating 5 Admissions open
Tuition (indicative)
A$45,313 – A$65,880/yr
Founded
1958
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University of Queensland

Brisbane, Queensland · Public University

AU #6 QS World #42 Star rating 5 Admissions open
Tuition (indicative)
A$36,152 – A$52,556/yr
Founded
1909
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University of Western Australia

Perth, Western Australia · Public University

AU #7 QS World #77 Star rating 5 Admissions open
Tuition (indicative)
A$42,500 – A$56,442/yr
Founded
1911
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Adelaide University

Adelaide, South Australia · Public University

AU #8 QS World #79 Star rating 6 Admissions open
Tuition (indicative)
A$37,226 – A$54,900/yr
Founded
2026
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Macquarie University

Sydney, New South Wales · Public University

AU #11 QS World #138 Star rating 5 Admissions open
Tuition (indicative)
A$39,267 – A$50,300/yr
Founded
1964
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Curtin University

Perth, Western Australia · Public University

AU #12 QS World #183 Star rating 4 Admissions open
Tuition (indicative)
A$37,293 – A$51,054/yr
Founded
1987
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Deakin University

Melbourne, Victoria · Public University

AU #14 QS World #207 Star rating 4 Admissions open
Tuition (indicative)
A$39,172 – A$48,964/yr
Founded
1974
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Queensland University of Technology

Brisbane, Queensland · Public University

AU #15 QS World #226 Star rating 4 Admissions open
Tuition (indicative)
A$36,750 – A$51,100/yr
Founded
1908

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