{{Main article|Pendidikan di Wilayah Ibu Kota Australia}}
[[File:ANU School of Art, Canberra.jpg|thumb|right|[[Universitas Nasional Australia|ANU]] School of Art (bekas Canberra High School)]]
Dua lembaga pendidikan tersiertinggi utama di Canberra adalah [[Universitas Nasional Australia]] (ANU) di [[Acton, Wilayah Ibu Kota Australia|Acton]] dan [[Universitas Canberra]] (UC) di [[Bruce, Wilayah Ibu Kota Australia|Bruce]], masing-masing mendidik lebih dari 10.500 dan 8.000 mahasiswa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goingtouni.gov.au/Main/CoursesAndProviders/ProvidersAndCourses/HigherEducationProviders/ACT/UniversityOfCanberra.htm |archivedate=11 December 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211185734/http://www.goingtouni.gov.au/Main/CoursesAndProviders/ProvidersAndCourses/HigherEducationProviders/ACT/UniversityOfCanberra.htm|title= University of Canberra |publisher=[[Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations]] |accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref><ref name=anu>{{cite web|url=http://www.goingtouni.gov.au/Main/CoursesAndProviders/ProvidersAndCourses/HigherEducationProviders/ACT/AustralianNationalUniversity.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927061511/http://www.goingtouni.gov.au/Main/CoursesAndProviders/ProvidersAndCourses/HigherEducationProviders/ACT/AustralianNationalUniversity.htm|archivedate=27 September 2011|title= Australian National University |publisher=[[Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations]] |accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref> ANU didirikan tahun 1946{{sfn|Gibbney|1988|pp=258-262}} dan memiliki fokus riset yang kuat. ANU merupakan salah satu universitas terbaik di dunia sekaligus universitas terbaik di Australia menurut ''[[The Times Higher Education Supplement]]'' dan Shanghai Jiao Tong World University Rankings.<ref name=anu/><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University |year=2004 |url=http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/top500(1-100).pdf |title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2004 |accessdate=13 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127000011/http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/top500%281-100%29.pdf |archivedate=27 November 2007 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> Terdapat dua kampus universitas keagamaan di Canberra: Signadou di kota pinggiran utara [[Watson, Wilayah Ibu Kota Australia|Watson]] adalah kampus [[Universitas Katolik Australia]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.acu.edu.au/about_acu/our_campuses/canberra_campus/ | title=Canberra Campus | publisher=[[Australian Catholic University]] | date=5 May 2010 | accessdate=13 May 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127000949/http://www.acu.edu.au/about_acu/our_campuses/canberra_campus/|archivedate=27 January 2010}}</ref> St Mark's Theological College di [[Barton, Wilayah Ibu Kota Australia|Barton]] adalah bagian dari [[Universitas Charles Sturt]] yang lebih sekuler.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csu.edu.au/about/canberra.html |title=Canberra School of Theology |publisher=[[Charles Sturt University]] |accessdate=23 April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430144112/http://www.csu.edu.au/about/canberra.html |archivedate=30 April 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
[[Australian Defence Force Academy]] (ADFA) dan [[Royal Military College, Duntroon]] terletak di kota pinggiran [[Campbell, Australian Capital Territory|Campbell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/adc/ |archivedate=8 August 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808042753/http://www.defence.gov.au/adc/|title=Australian Defence College |publisher=[[Australian Defence College]] |accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://northcanberra.org.au/suburbs/campbell/ |title=Campbell |publisher=North Canberra Community Council |accessdate=23 April 2010|archivedate=23 April 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423191956/http://northcanberra.org.au/suburbs/campbell/}}</ref> ADFA mendidik sarjana dan [[pendidikan kuarter|pascasarjana]] militer dan merupakan tempat berdirinya UNSW@ADFA, kampus [[Universitas New South Wales]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/adfa/about/program.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827204738/http://www.defence.gov.au/adfa/about/program.html|archivedate=27 August 2013|title=The Program |publisher=[[Australian Defence Force Academy]] |accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/about/index.html |title=Introduction |publisher=[[Australian Defence Force Academy]] |date=2 April 2009 |accessdate=23 April 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091112021023/http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/about/index.html|archivedate=12 November 2009}}</ref> Duntroon memberikan pelatihan perwira [[Angkatan Darat Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/army/Training/officer.aspx |title=Officer Training |publisher=Defence Jobs |accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref> Pendidikan vokasi tersier juga disediakan oleh [[Institut Teknologi Canberra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cit.act.edu.au/about/organisation/maps/ |title=Campus Maps |archivedate=23 August 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823044821/http://www.cit.act.edu.au/about/organisation/maps/|publisher=[[Canberra Institute of Technology]] |date=25 February 2010 |accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref>
