39 Best universities for 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 Engineering. A graph of 29.4M citations received by 1.09M 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 New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Engineering

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Engineering

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Engineering

#75 in the World

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

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Engineering

#76 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Engineering

#106 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Engineering

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Engineering

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Engineering

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

11. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#325 in the World

Founded: 1965

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#360 in the World

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

13. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#380 in the World

Founded: 1887

14. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#458 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#471 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#478 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#513 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#593 in the World

Founded: 1908

20. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#620 in the World

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

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#681 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#727 in the World

Founded: 1966

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#797 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#837 in the World

Founded: 1970

25. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1014 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

26. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#1126 in the World

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

27. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1130 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

29. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1227 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1400 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1997 in the World

Founded: 1989

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#2136 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#2210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#2245 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Engineering

#46 in Oceania

#2439 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Engineering

#48 in Oceania

#3798 in the World

Founded: 1989

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

Engineering subfields in Australia

Acoustical Engineering39

Aerospace Engineering39

Agricultural Engineering27

Applied/Engineering Physics24

Architectural Engineering33

Automation and Control engineering29

Automotive Engineering36

Biochemical Engineering25

Biomedical Engineering29

Biotechnology39

Chemical Engineering38

Civil Engineering39

Computer Engineering32

Computer Networking39

Construction Management27

Electrical Engineering39

Electronic Engineering35

Engineering Management31

Environmental Engineering36

Firefighting and Fire Science34

Geotechnical Engineering37

Human-Computer Interaction38

Industrial Engineering23

Landscape Architecture33

Marine Engineering25

Materials Science39

Mechanical Engineering39

Metallurgical Engineering39

Mining Engineering27

Nanotechnology36

Nuclear Engineering18

Operations Research34

Optical Engineering39

Petroleum Engineering26

Polymer science and Plastics engineering21

Product and Industrial Design25

Reliability and Quality Engineering33

Remote Sensing36

Renewable Energy Engineering35

Structural Engineering39

Systems Engineering38

Technical Drawing19

Telecommunications39

Transportation Engineering33