Best Universities for Computer Engineering in Oceania

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Computer Engineering. A graph of 337K citations received by 15.5K academic papers made by 40 universities in Oceania 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

#1 in Australia

#104 in the World

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

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Computer Engineering

#2 in Australia

#162 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Computer Engineering

#3 in Australia

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Computer Engineering

#4 in Australia

#198 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Computer Engineering

#5 in Australia

#215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

6. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Computer Engineering

#6 in Australia

#232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

7. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Computer Engineering

#7 in Australia

#270 in the World

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

8. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Computer Engineering

#1 in New Zealand

#297 in the World

Founded: 1883

9. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Computer Engineering

#8 in Australia

#367 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

10. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Computer Engineering

#9 in Australia

#374 in the World

Founded: 1991

11. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Computer Engineering

#10 in Australia

#382 in the World

Founded: 1965

12. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Computer Engineering

#11 in Australia

#411 in the World

Founded: 1908

13. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Computer Engineering

#12 in Australia

#429 in the World

Founded: 1887

14. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Computer Engineering

#13 in Australia

#479 in the World

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

15. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Computer Engineering

#14 in Australia

#530 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Computer Engineering

#15 in Australia

#539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Computer Engineering

#16 in Australia

#558 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

18. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Computer Engineering

#2 in New Zealand

#569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

19. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Computer Engineering

#17 in Australia

#621 in the World

Founded: 1971

20. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Computer Engineering

#18 in Australia

#634 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

21. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Computer Engineering

#19 in Australia

#654 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

22. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Computer Engineering

#3 in New Zealand

#699 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

23. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Computer Engineering

#20 in Australia

#745 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

24. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Computer Engineering

#21 in Australia

#757 in the World

Founded: 1990

25. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Computer Engineering

#22 in Australia

#815 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

26. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Computer Engineering

#23 in Australia

#833 in the World

Founded: 1970

27. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Computer Engineering

#4 in New Zealand

#954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

28. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Computer Engineering

#24 in Australia

#1019 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Computer Engineering

#5 in New Zealand

#1029 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

30. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Computer Engineering

#6 in New Zealand

#1076 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 21,833
Founded: 1897

31. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Computer Engineering

#25 in Australia

#1184 in the World

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

32. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Computer Engineering

#26 in Australia

#1220 in the World

Founded: 1966

33. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Computer Engineering

#27 in Australia

#1276 in the World

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

34. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Computer Engineering

#7 in New Zealand

#1301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 10,537
Founded: 1964

35. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Computer Engineering

#28 in Australia

#1394 in the World

Founded: 1967

36. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Computer Engineering

#29 in Australia

#1428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

37. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Computer Engineering

#30 in Australia

#1529 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

38. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Computer Engineering

#31 in Australia

#1679 in the World

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

39. University of the South Pacific

For Computer Engineering

#1 in Fiji

#1712 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

40. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Computer Engineering

#32 in Australia

#2129 in the World

Founded: 1870