39 Best universities for 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 Engineering. A graph of 42.5M citations received by 1.25M 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

#62 in the World

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

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Engineering

#63 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Engineering

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 77,162
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

#110 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Engineering

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Engineering

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Engineering

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#303 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

11. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#307 in the World

Founded: 1965

12. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#321 in the World

Founded: 1887

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#342 in the World

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

14. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#446 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

15. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#453 in the World

Founded: 1971

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#454 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#459 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#509 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#558 in the World

Founded: 1908

20. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#609 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

#27 in Oceania

#733 in the World

Founded: 1966

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#751 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#839 in the World

Founded: 1970

25. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1024 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

26. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#1052 in the World

Founded: 1990

27. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1100 in the World

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

29. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1186 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1404 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1843 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1973 in the World

Founded: 1989

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#2109 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#2138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#2170 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Engineering

#46 in Oceania

#2411 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Engineering

#48 in Oceania

#3732 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
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 Engineering26

Applied/Engineering Physics27

Architectural Engineering35

Automation and Control engineering30

Automotive Engineering36

Biochemical Engineering27

Biomedical Engineering29

Biotechnology39

Chemical Engineering38

Civil Engineering39

Computer Engineering32

Computer Networking39

Construction Management27

Electrical Engineering39

Electronic Engineering36

Engineering Management32

Environmental Engineering36

Firefighting and Fire Science34

Geotechnical Engineering38

Human-Computer Interaction38

Industrial Engineering23

Landscape Architecture30

Marine Engineering26

Materials Science39

Mechanical Engineering39

Metallurgical Engineering39

Mining Engineering29

Nanotechnology37

Nuclear Engineering18

Operations Research35

Optical Engineering39

Petroleum Engineering29

Polymer science and Plastics engineering20

Product and Industrial Design24

Reliability and Quality Engineering35

Remote Sensing36

Renewable Energy Engineering35

Structural Engineering39

Systems Engineering38

Technical Drawing19

Telecommunications39

Transportation Engineering36