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Posted June 9, 2019

Best Universities In Australia

Melbourne University AustraliaAustralia is a great country to choose for your postgraduate studies.

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It offers students a good quality outdoorsy lifestyle as well as several great universities choose from.

In this blog we’re going to take a look at the best universities in Australia for your postgraduate studies, starting by breaking them down into subject specialty.

Graduation HatLovely Lawyers 

Are you interested in studying postgraduate law course?

The University of Melbourne, Australia National University, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, Monash University, University of New South Wales, University of Western Australia, University of Adelaide, University of Technology Sydney, and James Cook University are the top 10 law schools as rated by Times Higher Education. 

Graduation HatSuper Scientists 

Is science more your bag?

The Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, University of Queensland, Monash University, University of Adelaide, University of Western Australia, Curtin University, and the University of Wollongong were ranked as the top 10 universities by QS World Rankings for Science. 

Graduation HatExcellent Engineers 

If engineering is more your thing…

The American ranking organisation at US News ranks the University of New South Wales, University of Adelaide, University of Technology Sydney, Monash University, RMIT University, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, Curtin University of Technology, Australian National University, University of Newcastle as the top 10 universities for Engineering. 

Graduation HatAmazing Artists

Are you more on the arty side of life?

If so your top choices for PG Arts & Humanities courses can be found at the University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, Australian National University, Monash University, Macquarie University, University of Queensland Australia, University of New South Wales, University of Western Sydney, Griffith University and the University of Western Australia, as they are ranked as the top 10 universities for the Arts and Humanities by the worldwide rankings produced by USA News. 

Graduation HatMarvellous Medicine 

Are you more of a medicine man or woman?

The University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, Monash University, University of Queensland, Australian National University, University of Adelaide, University of New South Wales, University of Western Australia, University of Newcastle, and Deakin University are the top 10 universities in Australia for Medicine according to the QS World Ranking.

Other Ways To Choose

Subject specialty aside – what about the type of university you want to study at? You need to think carefully about the type of university experience you’re after. Does size matter? What sort of students do you want to meet? What location is right for you?

Let’s take a look in detail at some aspects you could consider.

Big or Small?

If you believe that small is beautiful and that the best things truly do come in small packages, then Bond University on the Gold Coast in Queensland could be the one for you. Bond University is the only small university in Australia to make it onto the Times Higher Education Best Small Universities in the World list. Here postgraduate students can study subjects such as Sports Science, International Relations, Building Surveying, and Business Administration. 

Student Experience

Finally, it’s always worth finding out how previous students rate their personal experience of individual universities.

Here is a table of the top 10 universities in Australia according to student experience as rated by students. 

Australia Student SatisfactionAustralia Student Satisfaction

Sources: 1, 23, 4, 5, 6 & 7

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2 comments

RABEEA June 27, 2019, 8:31 a.m.

I want to study MD in cardiology at one of the top 300 universities in the world. Could you please help me to find such a program.
Kinds Regards.

Charlotte King June 28, 2019, 2 p.m.

This URL lists all of the Postgraduate courses in Cardiology. Good luck!
> https://www.postgrad.com/courses/cardiology/

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