39 Best Materials Science schools in Australia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Materials Science. A graph of 17.2M citations received by 495K academic papers made by 39 universities in Australia was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Materials Science

#1 in Oceania

#73 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 63,864
Founded: 1949

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Materials Science

#2 in Oceania

#88 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Materials Science

#3 in Oceania

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Materials Science

#4 in Oceania

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 1958

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#5 in Oceania

#128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1853

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Materials Science

#6 in Oceania

#151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Materials Science

#7 in Oceania

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Materials Science

#8 in Oceania

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Materials Science

#9 in Oceania

#256 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#11 in Oceania

#330 in the World

Founded: 1887

11. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Materials Science

#12 in Oceania

#367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

12. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Materials Science

#13 in Oceania

#383 in the World

Founded: 1965

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Materials Science

#14 in Oceania

#390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 58,607
Founded: 1966

14. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Materials Science

#15 in Oceania

#462 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Materials Science

#16 in Oceania

#510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Materials Science

#17 in Oceania

#567 in the World

Founded: 1908

17. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Materials Science

#19 in Oceania

#602 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Materials Science

#20 in Oceania

#606 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Materials Science

#21 in Oceania

#624 in the World

Founded: 1971

20. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Materials Science

#24 in Oceania

#748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 33,879
Founded: 1890

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#26 in Oceania

#995 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Materials Science

#27 in Oceania

#1000 in the World

Founded: 1966

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Materials Science

#28 in Oceania

#1027 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Materials Science

#29 in Oceania

#1038 in the World

Founded: 1970

25. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Materials Science

#31 in Oceania

#1072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 18,388
Founded: 1967

26. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Materials Science

#32 in Oceania

#1301 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

27. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#33 in Oceania

#1390 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Materials Science

#34 in Oceania

#1501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

29. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Materials Science

#35 in Oceania

#1504 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Materials Science

#36 in Oceania

#1672 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 17,576
Founded: 1967

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Materials Science

#39 in Oceania

#2052 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Materials Science

#40 in Oceania

#2067 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

33. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Materials Science

#41 in Oceania

#2412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

34. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Materials Science

#42 in Oceania

#2426 in the World

Founded: 1989

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Materials Science

#43 in Oceania

#2702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Materials Science

#44 in Oceania

#2704 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Materials Science

#46 in Oceania

#3334 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Materials Science

#47 in Oceania

#3609 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Materials Science

#50 in Oceania

#4677 in the World

Founded: 1989

The best cities to study Materials Science in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Sydney, St Lucia, Clayton, and Melbourne.