39 Best universities for Aerospace Engineering in Australia

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Aerospace Engineering. A graph of 3.03M citations received by 112K 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 Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#51 in the World

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

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#54 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#58 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#100 in the World

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

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#117 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Aerospace Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Aerospace Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Aerospace Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#296 in the World

Founded: 1887

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Aerospace Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#323 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Aerospace Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Aerospace Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#362 in the World

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

13. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Aerospace Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#414 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

14. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Aerospace Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#466 in the World

Founded: 1965

15. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Aerospace Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#483 in the World

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

16. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Aerospace Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#503 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Aerospace Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#547 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Aerospace Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#573 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

19. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Aerospace Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#574 in the World

Founded: 1908

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Aerospace Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#606 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Aerospace Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#654 in the World

Founded: 1970

22. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Aerospace Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#689 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Aerospace Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#701 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Aerospace Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

25. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Aerospace Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#934 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

26. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Aerospace Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#1001 in the World

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

27. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Aerospace Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1071 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Aerospace Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1226 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Aerospace Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Aerospace Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1281 in the World

Founded: 1967

31. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Aerospace Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1332 in the World

Founded: 1991

32. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Aerospace Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1493 in the World

Founded: 1989

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Aerospace Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Aerospace Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Aerospace Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#1846 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Aerospace Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#1881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Aerospace Engineering

#46 in Oceania

#2017 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Aerospace Engineering

#47 in Oceania

#2290 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Aerospace Engineering

#48 in Oceania

#3624 in the World

Founded: 1989

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