39 Best Materials Science schools in Australia

Updated: March 15, 2026

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 18.6M citations received by 508K 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

#74 in the World

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

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Materials Science

#2 in Oceania

#89 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Materials Science

#3 in Oceania

#107 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Materials Science

#4 in Oceania

#117 in the World

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

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#5 in Oceania

#127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 77,162
Founded: 1853

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Materials Science

#6 in Oceania

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Materials Science

#7 in Oceania

#247 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Materials Science

#8 in Oceania

#248 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Materials Science

#9 in Oceania

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#11 in Oceania

#318 in the World

Founded: 1887

11. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Materials Science

#12 in Oceania

#361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

12. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Materials Science

#13 in Oceania

#374 in the World

Founded: 1965

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Materials Science

#14 in Oceania

#380 in the World

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

14. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Materials Science

#15 in Oceania

#452 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Materials Science

#16 in Oceania

#514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Materials Science

#17 in Oceania

#552 in the World

Founded: 1908

17. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Materials Science

#19 in Oceania

#601 in the World

Founded: 1991

18. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Materials Science

#20 in Oceania

#603 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

19. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Materials Science

#21 in Oceania

#610 in the World

Founded: 1971

20. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Materials Science

#24 in Oceania

#753 in the World

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

21. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Materials Science

#26 in Oceania

#1007 in the World

Founded: 1966

22. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#27 in Oceania

#1010 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Materials Science

#28 in Oceania

#1012 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Materials Science

#29 in Oceania

#1044 in the World

Founded: 1970

25. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Materials Science

#31 in Oceania

#1053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
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

#1402 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Materials Science

#34 in Oceania

#1458 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Materials Science

#35 in Oceania

#1528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Materials Science

#36 in Oceania

#1623 in the World

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

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Materials Science

#39 in Oceania

#2041 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Materials Science

#40 in Oceania

#2066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

33. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Materials Science

#41 in Oceania

#2393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

34. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Materials Science

#42 in Oceania

#2412 in the World

Founded: 1989

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Materials Science

#43 in Oceania

#2657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Materials Science

#44 in Oceania

#2703 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Materials Science

#46 in Oceania

#3269 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Materials Science

#47 in Oceania

#3568 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Materials Science

#50 in Oceania

#4617 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
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.