This is a list of universities and other higher education institutions in Australia.

The Commonwealth Higher Education Support Act 2003 (the Act) sets out three groups of higher education providers:

1. those on Table A – These bodies are all self accrediting bodies. Table A institutions are eligible for all funding under the Act;

2. those on Table B – Table B institutions are also self accrediting bodies. These institutions are *not* eligible for general Commonwealth funded places. They are eligible for Commonwealth research funding and can be allocated national priority student places in fields such as nursing and education; and

3. other higher education providers approved by the Minister. These can be a university, an institution established with the powers to approve its own courses, or a provider whose courses have been accredited by the relevant State or Territory authority. They can be allocated national priority student places in fields such as nursing and education.

Students at all three types of institutions are eligible for FEE-HELP , an income contingent loan to cover charges and fees.

National and Australian Capital Territory

• Australian Catholic University
• Australian National University, Canberra
• University of Canberra

New South Wales

• Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Wagga Wagga, Albury, Dubbo and Orange
• Macquarie University, Sydney
• University of New England, Armidale
• University of New South Wales, Sydney
• University of Newcastle, Newcastle and Ourimbah
• Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Lismore, Tweed Heads
• University of Sydney
• University of Technology, Sydney
• University of Western Sydney
• University of Wollongong

Victoria

• University of Ballarat, Ballarat
• Deakin University, Melbourne and Geelong
• La Trobe University, Melbourne
• Melbourne University Private
• University of Melbourne
• Monash University, Melbourne
• RMIT University
• Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
• Victoria University, Melbourne

Queensland

• Bond University,Gold Coast
• Central Queensland University, Rockhampton
• Griffith University, Brisbane and Gold Coast
• James Cook University, Townsville
• University of Queensland, Brisbane
• Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
• University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
• University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore

Western Australia

• Curtin University of Technology, Perth
• Edith Cowan University, Perth
• Murdoch University, Perth
• University of Western Australia, Perth and Albany
• University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle and Broome.

South Australia

• University of Adelaide, Adelaide
• Flinders University, Adelaide
• University of South Australia, Adelaide

Northern Territory

• Charles Darwin University, Darwin (formerly Northern Territory University)

Tasmania

• University of Tasmania, Hobart and Launceston

Other higher education institutions

Government

• Australian Maritime College , Launceston (Tasmania)
• Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education , Northern Territory
• Monash College , Melbourne
• National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney
• Box Hill Institute , Melbourne
• Northern Melbourne Institute of Technology , Melbourne

Christian

• Avondale College, Cooranbong (New South Wales)
• Sydney Missionary and Bible College, Sydney
• Wesley Institute for Ministry and the Arts, Sydney
• Australian College of Theology , Sydney
• Australian Lutheran College , Adelaide
• Christian Heritage College , Brisbane
• Harvest Bible College , Melbourne
• Moore Theological College, Sydney
• Sydney College of Divinity , Sydney
• Tabor College, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide
• Melbourne College of Divinity , Melbourne

Other Private

• Australian College of Applied Psychology , Sydney and Brisbane
• Australian Institute of Public Safety , Melbourne
• Australian International Hotel School , Canberra
• Holmes Institute , Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney
• Marcus Oldham College , Geelong
• Oceania Polytechnic Institute of Education , Melbourne
• Institute of Business and Technology , Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & Adelaide
• Australian Institute of Music , Sydney

Groupings of universities

• Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee - the peak Higher Education institution group.
• Group of Eight - the most prestigious universities.
• IRU Australia - universities that aim to have the prestige of their Group of Eight bretheren.
• Australian Technology Network - technically minded universities that promote themselves as offering more practical courses than the prestigious and trying-to-be-prestigious ones. Two of the Group of Eight were once "technical universities".

• List of all federally auspiced higher education institutions in Australia.

See also

• List of colleges and universities
• List of colleges and universities by country
• Technical and Further Education (TAFE)