39 Best universities for Acoustical 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 Acoustical Engineering. A graph of 2.9M citations received by 111K 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 Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#69 in the World

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

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Acoustical Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#71 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Acoustical Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#72 in the World

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

5. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Acoustical Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Acoustical Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#123 in the World

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

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Acoustical Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Acoustical Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#232 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Acoustical Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#283 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

10. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Acoustical Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#302 in the World

Founded: 1965

11. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Acoustical Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#317 in the World

Founded: 1887

12. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Acoustical Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

13. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Acoustical Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#368 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

14. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Acoustical Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#413 in the World

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

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Acoustical Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Acoustical Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#427 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Acoustical Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#489 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

18. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Acoustical Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#560 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

19. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Acoustical Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#577 in the World

Founded: 1908

20. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Acoustical Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#588 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

21. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Acoustical Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#683 in the World

Founded: 1991

22. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Acoustical Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#725 in the World

Founded: 1966

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Acoustical Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#729 in the World

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

24. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Acoustical Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#878 in the World

Founded: 1990

25. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Acoustical Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1016 in the World

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

26. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Acoustical Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1085 in the World

Founded: 1970

27. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Acoustical Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

28. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Acoustical Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1239 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Acoustical Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

30. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Acoustical Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1281 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

31. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Acoustical Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

32. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Acoustical Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1451 in the World

Founded: 1967

33. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Acoustical Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1504 in the World

Founded: 1991

34. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Acoustical Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1770 in the World

Founded: 1870

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Acoustical Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#2105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Acoustical Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#2158 in the World

Founded: 1989

37. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Acoustical Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#2259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Acoustical Engineering

#46 in Oceania

#2617 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Acoustical Engineering

#48 in Oceania

#3431 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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