39 Best universities for Software 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 Software Engineering. A graph of 901K citations received by 31.6K 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 Software Engineering

#56 in the World

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

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Software Engineering

#58 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Software Engineering

#63 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Software Engineering

#90 in the World

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

5. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Software Engineering

#104 in the World

Founded: 1965

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Software Engineering

#126 in the World

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

7. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Software Engineering

#149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

8. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Software Engineering

#224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

9. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Software Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#225 in the World

Founded: 1908

10. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Software Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#238 in the World

Founded: 1887

11. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Software Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#257 in the World

Founded: 1971

12. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Software Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#295 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

13. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Software Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#300 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

14. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Software Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#301 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

15. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Software Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#364 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

16. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Software Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#384 in the World

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

17. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Software Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#396 in the World

Founded: 1991

18. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Software Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#411 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

19. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Software Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#471 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Software Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Software Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#576 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Software Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#577 in the World

Founded: 1990

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Software Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#618 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Software Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#730 in the World

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

25. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Software Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#792 in the World

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

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Software Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#827 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Software Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#829 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Software Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#864 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Software Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#919 in the World

Founded: 1870

30. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Software Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#931 in the World

Founded: 1967

31. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Software Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#932 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

32. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Software Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1004 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

33. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Software Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1154 in the World

Founded: 1991

34. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Software Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1248 in the World

Founded: 1989

35. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Software Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1271 in the World

Founded: 1987

36. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Software Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#1366 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

37. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Software Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#1656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

38. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Software Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#1663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Software Engineering

#48 in Oceania

#2398 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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