32 Best universities for Computer Engineering 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 Computer Engineering. A graph of 324K citations received by 13.9K academic papers made by 32 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 Computer Engineering

#103 in the World

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

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Computer Engineering

#159 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Computer Engineering

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Computer Engineering

#198 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Computer Engineering

#219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

6. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Computer Engineering

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

7. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Computer Engineering

#268 in the World

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

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Computer Engineering

#366 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Computer Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#377 in the World

Founded: 1965

10. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Computer Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#383 in the World

Founded: 1991

11. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Computer Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#404 in the World

Founded: 1908

12. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Computer Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#415 in the World

Founded: 1887

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Computer Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#480 in the World

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

14. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Computer Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#522 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

15. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Computer Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#530 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Computer Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Computer Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#610 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Computer Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#613 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

19. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Computer Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#640 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Computer Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#753 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Computer Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#767 in the World

Founded: 1990

22. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Computer Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#797 in the World

Founded: 1970

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Computer Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#799 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Computer Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#1011 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Computer Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1098 in the World

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

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Computer Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#1235 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Computer Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1263 in the World

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

28. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Computer Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1334 in the World

Founded: 1967

29. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Computer Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

30. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Computer Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1528 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

31. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Computer Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1685 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

32. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Computer Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#2133 in the World

Founded: 1870

The best cities to study Computer Engineering in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Sydney, Melbourne, St Lucia, and Canberra.