1. University of Melbourne (UOM)


The University of Melbourne ranks as the best university in all of Australia, according to both the QS Top Universities (13th globally) and Times Higher Education (39th globally) rankings. On the world stage, it even outshines American Ivy Leagues like Cornell, Princeton and Yale. The historic campus is situated just outside the city's CBD in Carlton, with a whole handful of regional campuses in places like Shepparton, Creswick and Werribee. With ten residential colleges at the city campus, students aren’t just exposed to Melbourne University’s degrees that have been modelled off world leaders, but they become immersed in Melbourne as a UNESCO City of Literature and cultural capital.