39 Best universities for Aerospace 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 Aerospace Engineering. A graph of 4.28M citations received by 128K 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

#46 in the World

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

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#52 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#57 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#104 in the World

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

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Aerospace Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Aerospace Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Aerospace Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#261 in the World

Founded: 1887

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Aerospace Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Aerospace Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#350 in the World

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

12. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Aerospace Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#366 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

13. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Aerospace Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#417 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

14. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Aerospace Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#436 in the World

Founded: 1965

15. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Aerospace Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#449 in the World

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

16. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Aerospace Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#501 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Aerospace Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#526 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Aerospace Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#546 in the World

Founded: 1908

19. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Aerospace Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#552 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Aerospace Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#589 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Aerospace Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#658 in the World

Founded: 1970

22. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Aerospace Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#666 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Aerospace Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#687 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Aerospace Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#737 in the World

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

25. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Aerospace Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#909 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

26. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Aerospace Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

27. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Aerospace Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1078 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Aerospace Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1166 in the World

Founded: 1967

29. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Aerospace Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1234 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Aerospace Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1276 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

31. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Aerospace Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1331 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

32. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Aerospace Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1512 in the World

Founded: 1989

33. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Aerospace Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1668 in the World

Founded: 1870

34. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Aerospace Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

35. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Aerospace Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1833 in the World

Founded: 1991

36. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Aerospace Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#1856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

37. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Aerospace Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#1947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Aerospace Engineering

#47 in Oceania

#2323 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Aerospace Engineering

#48 in Oceania

#3203 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
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.