34 Best universities for Architectural Engineering in Australia

Updated: March 02, 2025

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 306K citations received by 12.8K academic papers made by 34 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

#32 in the World

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

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#36 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Architectural Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#54 in the World

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

4. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Architectural Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#78 in the World

Founded: 1887

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Architectural Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#94 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

#123 in the World

Founded: 1965

8. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Architectural Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#142 in the World

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

9. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Architectural Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#147 in the World

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

10. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Architectural Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#170 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

11. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Architectural Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

12. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Architectural Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

13. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Architectural Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

14. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Architectural Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#226 in the World

Founded: 1971

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Architectural Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Architectural Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Architectural Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#272 in the World

Founded: 1991

18. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Architectural Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#296 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

19. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Architectural Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#346 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

20. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Architectural Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#409 in the World

Founded: 1908

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Architectural Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#624 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Architectural Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#681 in the World

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

23. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Architectural Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#811 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

24. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Architectural Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#815 in the World

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

25. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Architectural Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#861 in the World

Founded: 1990

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Architectural Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#896 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Architectural Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#943 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Architectural Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#981 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Architectural Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#983 in the World

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

30. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Architectural Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#986 in the World

Founded: 1967

31. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Architectural Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1146 in the World

Founded: 1987

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Architectural Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Architectural Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

34. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Architectural Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1572 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.