World-class institutions

Victoria is home to:

• 10 universities
• 12 TAFEs
• 1,100+ private providers
• 13 internationally recognised medical research institutions
• 18 government-owned tertiary training institutes
• 14 agricultural research centres

Victoria’s universities perform highly for the quality of their research in international rankings.

• The University of Melbourne is Australia’s highest ranked Australian university (33rd) according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022) and the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2021. Monash University also appears in the world’s top 100 and four other Victorian universities appear in the world’s Top 400.
• The University of Melbourne and Monash rank in the QS University Rankings 2023 Top 100.  Another three of Victoria's universities placed in the Top 300.
• Monash University is ranked number one globally in the 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject for Pharmacy and Pharmacology.

Victoria’s universities offer cutting-edge facilities, internationally engaged academic staff and outstanding graduate outcomes, as well as research expertise rated ‘above world standard’ across 96 disciplines in the Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) rankings.

Outstanding research performance

Victorian university research performance is at or above world standard in the following areas:

• Physical Sciences
• Chemical Sciences
• Biological Sciences
• Engineering
• Technology
• Information and Computing Sciences
• Medical and Health Sciences
• Language, Communication and Culture.

Deakin University, Monash University and University of Melbourne are recognised for outstanding performance well above world standard in Medical and Health Sciences.

Monash University and the University of Melbourne are recognised for outstanding performance well above world standard in Engineering and Technology.