29 Best universities for Automation and Control 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 Automation and Control engineering. A graph of 265K citations received by 11.9K academic papers made by 29 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 Automation and Control engineering

#1 in Oceania

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Automation and Control engineering

#2 in Oceania

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

3. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Automation and Control engineering

#3 in Oceania

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

4. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Automation and Control engineering

#4 in Oceania

#172 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Automation and Control engineering

#5 in Oceania

#180 in the World

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

6. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Automation and Control engineering

#6 in Oceania

#181 in the World

Founded: 1965

7. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Automation and Control engineering

#7 in Oceania

#191 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

8. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Automation and Control engineering

#9 in Oceania

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

9. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Automation and Control engineering

#10 in Oceania

#277 in the World

Founded: 1887

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Automation and Control engineering

#11 in Oceania

#282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Automation and Control engineering

#12 in Oceania

#328 in the World

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

12. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Automation and Control engineering

#13 in Oceania

#330 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

13. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Automation and Control engineering

#14 in Oceania

#344 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

14. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Automation and Control engineering

#15 in Oceania

#367 in the World

Founded: 1908

15. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Automation and Control engineering

#16 in Oceania

#442 in the World

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

16. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Automation and Control engineering

#17 in Oceania

#470 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

17. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Automation and Control engineering

#19 in Oceania

#499 in the World

Founded: 1967

18. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Automation and Control engineering

#20 in Oceania

#611 in the World

Founded: 1971

19. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Automation and Control engineering

#21 in Oceania

#703 in the World

Founded: 1990

20. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Automation and Control engineering

#22 in Oceania

#846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

21. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Automation and Control engineering

#23 in Oceania

#863 in the World

Founded: 1991

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Automation and Control engineering

#24 in Oceania

#866 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Automation and Control engineering

#25 in Oceania

#941 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

24. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Automation and Control engineering

#26 in Oceania

#1025 in the World

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

25. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Automation and Control engineering

#28 in Oceania

#1053 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

26. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Automation and Control engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1314 in the World

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

27. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Automation and Control engineering

#32 in Oceania

#1345 in the World

Founded: 1966

28. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Automation and Control engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1357 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

29. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Automation and Control engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1719 in the World

Founded: 1870

The best cities to study Automation and Control engineering in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Sydney, Callaghan, Canberra, and Melbourne.