36 Best universities for Automotive 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 Automotive Engineering. A graph of 470K citations received by 15.9K academic papers made by 36 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 Automotive Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#81 in the World

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

2. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Automotive Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#125 in the World

Founded: 1965

3. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Automotive Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#128 in the World

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

4. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Automotive Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Automotive Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Automotive Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

7. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Automotive Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#165 in the World

Founded: 1887

8. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Automotive Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#186 in the World

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

9. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Automotive Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#192 in the World

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

10. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Automotive Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

11. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Automotive Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#263 in the World

Founded: 1991

12. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Automotive Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#297 in the World

Founded: 1967

13. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Automotive Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#325 in the World

Founded: 1908

14. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Automotive Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#367 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

15. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Automotive Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#379 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

16. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Automotive Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#454 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

17. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Automotive Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#507 in the World

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

18. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Automotive Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#562 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

19. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Automotive Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#582 in the World

Founded: 1971

20. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Automotive Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

21. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Automotive Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#723 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

22. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Automotive Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#761 in the World

Founded: 1990

23. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Automotive Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#797 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

24. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Automotive Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#848 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Automotive Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#871 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Automotive Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#878 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

27. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Automotive Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#916 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

28. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Automotive Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1121 in the World

Founded: 1966

29. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Automotive Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1172 in the World

Founded: 1870

30. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Automotive Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

31. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Automotive Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1320 in the World

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

32. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Automotive Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1358 in the World

Founded: 1970

33. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Automotive Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1515 in the World

Founded: 1991

34. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Automotive Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Automotive Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#1742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Automotive Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#1921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

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