32 Best universities for Computer Engineering 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 Computer Engineering. A graph of 309K citations received by 13.6K 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

#104 in the World

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

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Computer Engineering

#162 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Computer Engineering

#175 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

#215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

6. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Computer Engineering

#232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

7. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Computer Engineering

#270 in the World

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

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Computer Engineering

#367 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Computer Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#374 in the World

Founded: 1991

10. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Computer Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#382 in the World

Founded: 1965

11. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Computer Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#411 in the World

Founded: 1908

12. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Computer Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#429 in the World

Founded: 1887

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Computer Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#479 in the World

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

14. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Computer Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#530 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Computer Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Computer Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#558 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Computer Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#621 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Computer Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#634 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

19. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Computer Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#654 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Computer Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#745 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Computer Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#757 in the World

Founded: 1990

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Computer Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#815 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Computer Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#833 in the World

Founded: 1970

24. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Computer Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#1019 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Computer Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1184 in the World

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

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Computer Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#1220 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Computer Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1276 in the World

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

28. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Computer Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1394 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

#1529 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

31. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Computer Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1679 in the World

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

32. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Computer Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#2129 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.