35 Best universities for Architectural 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 Architectural Engineering. A graph of 342K citations received by 13.7K academic papers made by 35 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 Architectural Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#24 in the World

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

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Architectural Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#49 in the World

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

4. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Architectural Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#63 in the World

Founded: 1887

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Architectural Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#91 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Architectural Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

7. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Architectural Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#114 in the World

Founded: 1965

8. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Architectural Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#126 in the World

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

9. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Architectural Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#144 in the World

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

10. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Architectural Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#165 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

11. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Architectural Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#166 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

12. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Architectural Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

13. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Architectural Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Architectural Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Architectural Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#220 in the World

Founded: 1971

16. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Architectural Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Architectural Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Architectural Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#267 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Architectural Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#332 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

20. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Architectural Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#365 in the World

Founded: 1908

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Architectural Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#600 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Architectural Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#664 in the World

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

23. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Architectural Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#705 in the World

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

24. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Architectural Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#816 in the World

Founded: 1990

25. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Architectural Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#837 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Architectural Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#894 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Architectural Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#937 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Architectural Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#939 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Architectural Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#948 in the World

Founded: 1967

30. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Architectural Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#961 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

31. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Architectural Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1206 in the World

Founded: 1987

32. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Architectural Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

33. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Architectural Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

34. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Architectural Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

35. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Architectural Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1537 in the World

Founded: 1989

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