Universities and research institutes in Australia
The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 380 universities and research institutes in Australia.
Universities and research institutes train the workforce and produce the research a regional economy builds on. Their technology transfer offices license discoveries, spin out companies and partner with industry.
The largest concentrations are in Sydney (66), Melbourne (53) and Brisbane (33).
Australia scores 68.9 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 19 of 117 economies.
380 universities and research institutes
- Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
University or research institute · Canberra · assa.edu.au - Acknowledge Education
University or research institute · Melbourne · acknowledgeeducation.edu.au - Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health
University or research institute · Adelaide · adelaidesleephealth.org.au - Adelaide University
University or research institute · Adelaide · adelaide.edu.au - AGRF Ltd
University or research institute · Brisbane · agrf.org.au - AgriBio
University or research institute · Melbourne · agribio.com.au - Agriculture and Food
University or research institute · Canberra · csiro.au - Alliance College of Australia
University or research institute · Canberra · alliancecollege.com.au - Alphacrucis University College
University or research institute · Parramatta · ac.edu.au - Angliss International Hotel School
University or research institute · Melbourne · anglisshotelschool.edu.au - Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit
University or research institute · Armidale · agbu.une.edu.au - Animal, Food and Health Sciences
University or research institute · Adelaide · csiro.au - Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
University or research institute · Hobart · acecrc.org.au - Anzac Research Institute
University or research institute · Concord · slhd.health.nsw.gov.au - Apple University Consortium
University or research institute · Carlton North · auc.edu.au - Applied Agricultural Remote Sensing Centre
University or research institute · Armidale · une.edu.au - ARC Centre for Forest Value
University or research institute · Hobart · utas.edu.au - ARC Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics
University or research institute · Adelaide · cnbplegacy.org.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics
University or research institute · Sydney · caastro.org - ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society
University or research institute · Melbourne · admscentre.org.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation
University or research institute · Sydney · carboncentre.org.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course
University or research institute · Brisbane · lifecoursecentre.org.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes
University or research institute · Dormant · Sydney · climateextremes.org.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science
University or research institute · Dormant · Sydney · climatescience.org.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science
University or research institute · Melbourne · coecxs.ph.unimelb.edu.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
University or research institute · Dormant · Townsville · coralcoe.org.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems
University or research institute · North Ryde · ccfs.mq.edu.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics
University or research institute · Melbourne · centredarkmatter.org - ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
University or research institute · Wollongong · electromaterials.edu.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals
University or research institute · Newcastle · coeminerals.org.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems
University or research institute · Brisbane · equs.org - ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions
University or research institute · Brisbane · ceed.edu.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery
University or research institute · Melbourne · ozgrav.org - ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science
University or research institute · Brisbane · cipps.org.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function
University or research institute · Clayton · brainfunction.edu.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers
University or research institute · Parkville · acems.org.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Terascale
University or research institute · Melbourne · coepp.org.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture
University or research institute · Brisbane · plantsuccess.org - ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child
University or research institute · Brisbane · digitalchild.org.au - ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems
University or research institute · Canberra · tmos.org.au - ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging
University or research institute · Clayton · imagingcoe.org - ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders
University or research institute · Sydney · ccd.edu.au - ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology
University or research institute · Perth · plantenergy.uwa.edu.au - ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology
University or research institute · Sydney · coesb.com.au - ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Onshore Lobster Aquaculture
University or research institute · Hobart · onshorelobsteraquaculture.com.au - Asbestos Diseases Research Institute
University or research institute · Concord West · asbestosresearch.org.au - ASTRO-3D
University or research institute · Australind · astro3d.org.au - Astronomy and Space
University or research institute · Marsfield · csiro.au - AuScope
University or research institute · Melbourne · auscope.org.au - Australasian College of Dermatologists
University or research institute · Hunters Hill · dermcoll.edu.au - Australia and New Zealand School of Government
University or research institute · Carlton North · anzsog.edu.au - Australia Bioinformatics Resource
University or research institute · Carlton · embl-abr.org.au - Australia Telescope National Facility
University or research institute · Sydney · atnf.csiro.au - Australia's Climate Simulator
University or research institute · Canberra · access-nri.org.au - Australian Academy of Science
University or research institute · Canberra · science.org.au - Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists
University or research institute · Sydney · anzap.com.au - Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
University or research institute · Melbourne · anzca.edu.au - Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society
University or research institute · Carlton · anzics.com.au - Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine
University or research institute · Canberra · anzspm.org.au - Australian Astronomical Observatory
University or research institute · Dormant · Sydney · aao.gov.au - Australian Astronomical Optics
University or research institute · Sydney · aao.org.au - Australian Catholic University
University or research institute · Brisbane · acu.edu.au - Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics
University or research institute · Sydney · acap.org.au - Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness
University or research institute · Geelong · acdp.csiro.au - Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science
University or research institute · Hobart · antarctic.org.au - Australian Centre for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research
University or research institute · Sydney · ach2.org.au - Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering
University or research institute · Lucas Heights · ansto.gov.au - Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
University or research institute · Adelaide · acpfg.com.au - Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science
University or research institute · Hobart · utas.edu.au - Australian Centre for Robotic Vision
University or research institute · Brisbane · roboticvision.org - Australian College of Applied Psychology
University or research institute · Sydney · acap.edu.au - Australian College of Environmental Studies
University or research institute · Melbourne · aces.edu.au - Australian College of Nursing
University or research institute · Canberra · acn.edu.au - Australian College of Optometry
University or research institute · Melbourne · aco.org.au - Australian College of Physical Education
University or research institute · Sydney · acpe.edu.au - Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
University or research institute · Brisbane · acrrm.org.au - Australian Council for Educational Research
University or research institute · Camberwell · acer.org - Australian Defence College
University or research institute · Canberra · defence.gov.au - Australian Defence Force Academy
University or research institute · Canberra · unsw.edu.au - Australian Defence Force Malaria and Infectious Disease Institute
University or research institute · Brisbane · defence.gov.au - Australian Drosophila Transgenic Facility
University or research institute · Melbourne · petermac.org - Australian e-Health Research Centre
University or research institute · Brisbane · aehrc.com - Australian Film, Television and Radio School
University or research institute · Sydney · aftrs.edu.au - Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science
University or research institute · Saint Albans · aimss.org.au - Australian Institute of Botanical Science
University or research institute · Sydney · botanicgardens.org.au - Australian Institute of Business
University or research institute · Adelaide · aib.edu.au - Australian Institute of Health Service Management
University or research institute · Hobart · utas.edu.au - Australian Institute of Marine Science
University or research institute · Townsville · aims.gov.au - Australian Institute of Music
University or research institute · Sydney · aim.edu.au - Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
University or research institute · Sydney · ainse.edu.au - Australian Institute of Physics
University or research institute · Melbourne · aip.org.au - Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
University or research institute · Townsville · aithm.jcu.edu.au - Australian Lutheran College
University or research institute · North Adelaide · alc.edu.au - Australian Marine Mammal Centre
University or research institute · Hobart · marinemammals.gov.au - Australian Maritime and Fisheries Academy
University or research institute · Port Adelaide · amfa.edu.au - Australian Maritime College
University or research institute · Newnham · amc.edu.au - Australian National Fabrication Facility
University or research institute · Clayton · anff.org.au - Australian National University
University or research institute · Canberra · anu.edu.au - Australian Plant Phenomics Network
University or research institute · Adelaide · plantphenomics.org.au - Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute
University or research institute · Clayton · armi.org.au - Australian Resources Research Centre
University or research institute · Kensington · arrc.net.au - Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Center
University or research institute · Canberra · seafoodcrc.com - Australian Society for Antimicrobials
University or research institute · South Perth · asainc.net.au - Australian Solar Thermal Research Institute
University or research institute · Newcastle · astri.org.au - Australian Synchrotron
University or research institute · Melbourne · ansto.gov.au - Australian University of Theology
University or research institute · Sydney · aut.edu.au - Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network
University or research institute · Carlton · aurin.org.au - Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence
University or research institute · Brisbane · australianwaterrecycling.com.au - Australian Wine Research Institute
University or research institute · Adelaide · awri.com.au - Autism CRC
University or research institute · Brisbane · autismcrc.com.au - Avondale University
University or research institute · Cooranbong · avondale.edu.au - Baird Institute
University or research institute · Newtown · bairdinstitute.org.au - Baosteel-Australia Joint Research and Development Centre
University or research institute · Brisbane · bajc.org.au - Basil Hetzel Institute
University or research institute · Woodville · basilhetzelinstitute.com.au - Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
University or research institute · Darwin · batchelor.edu.au - Bible College of South Australia
University or research institute · Adelaide · biblecollege.sa.edu.au - Bionics Institute
University or research institute · East Melbourne · bionicsinstitute.org - Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School
University or research institute · Closed · Sydney · bluemountains.edu.au - Bond University
University or research institute · Gold Coast · bond.edu.au - Box Hill Institute
University or research institute · Box Hill · boxhill.edu.au
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Cities
- Universities and research institutes in Sydney 66
- Universities and research institutes in Melbourne 53
- Universities and research institutes in Brisbane 33
- Universities and research institutes in Canberra 31
- Universities and research institutes in Adelaide 25
- Universities and research institutes in Hobart 23
- Universities and research institutes in Perth 18
- Universities and research institutes in Carlton 6
- Universities and research institutes in Newcastle 6
- Universities and research institutes in Armidale 5
- Universities and research institutes in Clayton 5
- Universities and research institutes in Townsville 5
- Universities and research institutes in East Melbourne 4
- Universities and research institutes in Wollongong 4
- Universities and research institutes in Bentley 3
- Universities and research institutes in Lucas Heights 3
- Universities and research institutes in Macquarie Park 3
- Universities and research institutes in Nedlands 3
- Universities and research institutes in North Adelaide 3
- Universities and research institutes in Parramatta 3