Best Economics Universities in the World [2026 Rankings]

1

Australia | Sydney

University of Sydney

#1 in Oceania #1 in Australia

71% Acceptance

63,602 Enrollment

1850 Founded

2

Australia | Melbourne

University of Melbourne

#2 in Oceania #2 in Australia

77% Acceptance

77,162 Enrollment

1853 Founded

3

Australia | Canberra

Australian National University

#3 in Oceania #3 in Australia

71% Acceptance

31,313 Enrollment

1946 Founded

4

Australia | Sydney

University of New South Wales

#4 in Oceania #4 in Australia

60% Acceptance

63,864 Enrollment

1949 Founded

5

Australia | St Lucia

University of Queensland

#5 in Oceania #5 in Australia

70% Acceptance

48,771 Enrollment

1909 Founded

6

Australia | Clayton

Monash University

#6 in Oceania #6 in Australia

73% Acceptance

78,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

7

New Zealand | Auckland

University of Auckland

#7 in Oceania #1 in New Zealand

73% Acceptance

21,240 Enrollment

1883 Founded

8

Brazil | Sao Paulo

University of Sao Paulo

#1 in Latin America #1 in Brazil

9% Acceptance

97,964 Enrollment

1827 Founded

9

Australia | Brisbane

Griffith University

#8 in Oceania #7 in Australia

65% Acceptance

37,426 Enrollment

1971 Founded

10

South Africa | Cape Town

University of Cape Town

#1 in Africa

51% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1874 Founded

11

Australia | Brisbane

Queensland University of Technology

#9 in Oceania #8 in Australia

77% Acceptance

38,747 Enrollment

1989 Founded

12

Australia | Geelong

Deakin University

#10 in Oceania #9 in Australia

69% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1974 Founded

13

Australia | Sydney

University of Technology Sydney

#11 in Oceania #10 in Australia

71% Acceptance

31,313 Enrollment

1965 Founded

14

Australia | Crawley

University of Western Australia

#12 in Oceania #11 in Australia

72% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1911 Founded

15

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of the Witwatersrand

#2 in Africa

34% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1922 Founded

16

Australia | Adelaide

University of Adelaide

#13 in Oceania #12 in Australia

73% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1874 Founded

17

Australia | Sydney

Macquarie University

#14 in Oceania #13 in Australia

72% Acceptance

38,747 Enrollment

1964 Founded

18

South Africa | Pretoria

University of Pretoria

#3 in Africa

52% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1908 Founded

19

South Africa | Durban

University of KwaZulu-Natal

#4 in Africa

63% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

2004 Founded

20

Australia | Perth

Curtin University

#15 in Oceania #14 in Australia

56% Acceptance

58,607 Enrollment

1966 Founded

21

Australia | Melbourne

La Trobe University

#16 in Oceania #15 in Australia

71% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1964 Founded

22

New Zealand | Dunedin

University of Otago

#17 in Oceania #2 in New Zealand

73% Acceptance

21,240 Enrollment

1869 Founded

23

Australia | Wollongong

University of Wollongong

#18 in Oceania #16 in Australia

67% Acceptance

31,313 Enrollment

1975 Founded

24

Australia | Adelaide

University of South Australia

#19 in Oceania #17 in Australia

74% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1991 Founded

25

Australia | Callaghan

University of Newcastle

#20 in Oceania #18 in Australia

80% Acceptance

63,864 Enrollment

1965 Founded

26

Australia | Melbourne

RMIT University

#21 in Oceania #19 in Australia

69% Acceptance

31,313 Enrollment

1887 Founded

27

South Africa | Stellenbosch

University of Stellenbosch

#5 in Africa

56% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1918 Founded

28

Australia | Penrith

Western Sydney University

#22 in Oceania #20 in Australia

75% Acceptance

37,426 Enrollment

1989 Founded

29

New Zealand | Palmerston North

Massey University

#23 in Oceania #3 in New Zealand

70% Acceptance

10,537 Enrollment

1963 Founded

30

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

#6 in Africa

58% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2005 Founded

31

South Africa | Pretoria

University of South Africa

#7 in Africa

61% Acceptance

420,000 Enrollment

1873 Founded

32

New Zealand | Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington

#24 in Oceania #4 in New Zealand

70% Acceptance

21,833 Enrollment

1897 Founded

33

Australia | Adelaide

Flinders University

#25 in Oceania #21 in Australia

73% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1966 Founded

34

Australia | Hobart

University of Tasmania

#26 in Oceania #22 in Australia

72% Acceptance

33,879 Enrollment

1890 Founded

35

Brazil | Campinas

State University of Campinas

#2 in Latin America #2 in Brazil

15% Acceptance

97,964 Enrollment

1966 Founded

36

Chile | Santiago

University of Chile

#3 in Latin America #1 in Chile

46% Acceptance

33,971 Enrollment

1842 Founded

37

Chile | Santiago

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

#5 in Latin America #2 in Chile

45% Acceptance

33,971 Enrollment

1888 Founded

38

Ghana | Legon

University of Ghana

#8 in Africa #1 in Ghana

18% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

39

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

#6 in Latin America #3 in Brazil

10% Acceptance

67,329 Enrollment

1920 Founded

40

New Zealand | Christchurch

University of Canterbury

#27 in Oceania #5 in New Zealand

72% Acceptance

17,299 Enrollment

1873 Founded

41

South Africa | Potchefstroom

North-West University

#9 in Africa

83% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

42

Australia | Armidale

University of New England, Australia

#28 in Oceania #23 in Australia

70% Acceptance

38,747 Enrollment

1938 Founded

43

Brazil | Porto Alegre

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

#7 in Latin America #4 in Brazil

18% Acceptance

67,329 Enrollment

1934 Founded

44

New Zealand | Hamilton

University of Waikato

#29 in Oceania #6 in New Zealand

71% Acceptance

10,537 Enrollment

1964 Founded

45

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

Federal University of Minas Gerais

#8 in Latin America #5 in Brazil

17% Acceptance

45,038 Enrollment

1927 Founded

46

Australia | Townsville

James Cook University

#30 in Oceania #24 in Australia

74% Acceptance

33,879 Enrollment

1970 Founded

47

Nigeria | Ibadan

University of Ibadan

#10 in Africa #1 in Nigeria

11% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

1948 Founded

48

Uganda | Kampala

Makerere University

#11 in Africa #1 in Uganda

50% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1922 Founded

49

Australia | Canberra

University of Canberra

#31 in Oceania #25 in Australia

78% Acceptance

17,576 Enrollment

1967 Founded

50

New Zealand | Auckland

Auckland University of Technology

#32 in Oceania #7 in New Zealand

91% Acceptance

10,537 Enrollment

2000 Founded

51

Brazil | Brasilia

University of Brasilia

#9 in Latin America #6 in Brazil

10% Acceptance

25,494 Enrollment

1962 Founded

52

South Africa | Bloemfontein

University of the Free State

#12 in Africa

25% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1904 Founded

53

Australia | Hawthorn

Swinburne University of Technology

#33 in Oceania #26 in Australia

74% Acceptance

31,313 Enrollment

1908 Founded

54

Egypt | Giza

Cairo University

#13 in Africa #1 in Egypt

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1908 Founded

55

Brazil | Florianopolis

Federal University of Santa Catarina

#10 in Latin America #7 in Brazil

15% Acceptance

25,494 Enrollment

1960 Founded

56

Nigeria | Nsukka

University of Nigeria

#14 in Africa #2 in Nigeria

38% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

57

South Africa | Bellville

University of the Western Cape

#15 in Africa

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1959 Founded

58

Australia | Bathurst

Charles Sturt University

#34 in Oceania #27 in Australia

71% Acceptance

37,426 Enrollment

1989 Founded

59

Australia | Toowoomba

University of Southern Queensland

#35 in Oceania #28 in Australia

70% Acceptance

17,576 Enrollment

1967 Founded

60

Australia | Murdoch

Murdoch University

#36 in Oceania #29 in Australia

72% Acceptance

22,475 Enrollment

1975 Founded

61

Australia | Joondalup

Edith Cowan University

#37 in Oceania #30 in Australia

73% Acceptance

58,607 Enrollment

1991 Founded

62

Nigeria | Ife

Obafemi Awolowo University

#16 in Africa #3 in Nigeria

7% Acceptance

32,480 Enrollment

1962 Founded

63

Kenya | Nairobi

University of Nairobi

#17 in Africa #1 in Kenya

66% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

64

Australia | Melbourne

Victoria University

#38 in Oceania #31 in Australia

74% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1990 Founded

65

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

#13 in Latin America #9 in Brazil

37% Acceptance

12,446 Enrollment

1941 Founded

66

Ghana | Kumasi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

#18 in Africa #2 in Ghana

54% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

67

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa University

#19 in Africa #1 in Ethiopia

64% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

68

Brazil | Recife

Federal University of Pernambuco

#15 in Latin America #10 in Brazil

17% Acceptance

23,744 Enrollment

1946 Founded

69

Australia | North Sydney

Australian Catholic University

#39 in Oceania #32 in Australia

72% Acceptance

37,426 Enrollment

1991 Founded

70

Australia | North Rockhampton

Central Queensland University

#40 in Oceania #33 in Australia

74% Acceptance

37,426 Enrollment

1967 Founded

71

Tunisia | Sfax

University of Sfax

#20 in Africa #1 in Tunisia

8% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

72

Nigeria | Lagos

University of Lagos

#21 in Africa #4 in Nigeria

11% Acceptance

48,680 Enrollment

1962 Founded

73

Colombia | Bogota

National University of Colombia

#16 in Latin America #1 in Colombia

10% Acceptance

54,284 Enrollment

1867 Founded

74

Australia | Gold Coast

Bond University

#41 in Oceania #34 in Australia

73% Acceptance

37,426 Enrollment

1987 Founded

75

Botswana | Gaborone

University of Botswana

#22 in Africa #1 in Botswana

61% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

1964 Founded

76

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

#18 in Latin America #12 in Brazil

23% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

77

Colombia | Bogota

University of the Andes, Colombia

#19 in Latin America #2 in Colombia

48% Acceptance

9,795 Enrollment

1949 Founded

78

Brazil | Niteroi

Fluminense Federal University

#20 in Latin America #13 in Brazil

15% Acceptance

67,329 Enrollment

1960 Founded

79

Nigeria | Ota

Covenant University

#24 in Africa #5 in Nigeria

89% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

80

Australia | Lismore

Southern Cross University

#42 in Oceania #35 in Australia

70% Acceptance

37,426 Enrollment

1994 Founded

81

South Africa | Makhanda

Rhodes University

#25 in Africa

61% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

1904 Founded

82

Brazil | Salvador

Federal University of Bahia

#24 in Latin America #16 in Brazil

19% Acceptance

45,038 Enrollment

1946 Founded

83

Ghana | Cape Coast

University of Cape Coast

#26 in Africa #3 in Ghana

60% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1962 Founded

84

Zimbabwe | Harare

University of Zimbabwe

#27 in Africa #1 in Zimbabwe

18% Acceptance

20,399 Enrollment

1955 Founded

85

Australia | Darwin

Charles Darwin University

#43 in Oceania #36 in Australia

77% Acceptance

22,475 Enrollment

1989 Founded

86

Australia | Sippy Downs

University of the Sunshine Coast

#44 in Oceania #37 in Australia

82% Acceptance

37,426 Enrollment

1994 Founded

87

Malawi | Zomba

University of Malawi

#30 in Africa #1 in Malawi

59% Acceptance

10,500 Enrollment

1964 Founded

88

Nigeria | Awka

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

#31 in Africa #6 in Nigeria

12% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

89

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

University of Dar es Salaam

#32 in Africa #1 in Tanzania

10% Acceptance

45,155 Enrollment

1970 Founded

90

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela University

#33 in Africa

57% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

2005 Founded

91

Tunisia | Sousse

University of Sousse

#34 in Africa #2 in Tunisia

34% Acceptance

19,311 Enrollment

92

Zambia | Lusaka

University of Zambia

#35 in Africa #1 in Zambia

60% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1965 Founded

93

Ethiopia | Gondar

University of Gondar

#36 in Africa #2 in Ethiopia

19% Acceptance

49,103 Enrollment

1954 Founded

94

Colombia | Medellin

University of Antioquia

#28 in Latin America #3 in Colombia

10% Acceptance

54,284 Enrollment

1803 Founded

95

South Africa | Alice

University of Fort Hare

#37 in Africa

64% Acceptance

11,074 Enrollment

1916 Founded

96

Nigeria | Ilorin

University of Ilorin

#38 in Africa #7 in Nigeria

75% Acceptance

76,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

97

Nigeria | Calabar

University of Calabar

#39 in Africa #8 in Nigeria

30% Acceptance

40,645 Enrollment

1975 Founded

98

Egypt | New Cairo

American University in Cairo

#40 in Africa #5 in Egypt

90% Acceptance

6,857 Enrollment

1919 Founded

99

Brazil | Joao Pessoa

Federal University of Paraiba

#32 in Latin America #19 in Brazil

10% Acceptance

23,744 Enrollment

1955 Founded

100

Argentina | Buenos Aires

Torcuato di Tella University

#33 in Latin America #3 in Argentina

25% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

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