Australian higher education institutions eligible to participate in ERA 2018 are defined as Table A and B providers listed in the Higher Education Support Act 2003.
- Australian Catholic University
- Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
- Bond University
- Central Queensland University
- Charles Darwin University
- Charles Sturt University
- Curtin University of Technology[1]
- Deakin University
- Edith Cowan University
- Federation University Australia
- Griffith University
- James Cook University
- La Trobe University
- Macquarie University
- MCD University of Divinity[2]
- Monash University
- Murdoch University
- Queensland University of Technology
- Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology[3]
- Southern Cross University
- Swinburne University of Technology
- The Australian National University
- The Flinders University of South Australia
- The University of Adelaide
- The University of Melbourne
- The University of Notre Dame Australia
- The University of Queensland
- The University of Sydney
- The University of Western Australia
- Torrens University Australia
- University of Canberra
- University of New England
- University of New South Wales
- University of Newcastle
- University of South Australia
- University of Southern Queensland
- University of Tasmania
- University of Technology, Sydney
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- University of Western Sydney[4]
- University of Wollongong
- Victoria University
[1] Currently known as Curtin University
[2] Currently known as University of Divinity
[3] Currently known as RMIT University
[4] Currently known as Western Sydney University