36 Best universities for Automotive 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 Automotive Engineering. A graph of 429K citations received by 15.2K 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

#84 in the World

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

2. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Automotive Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#130 in the World

Founded: 1965

3. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Automotive Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#131 in the World

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

4. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Automotive Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Automotive Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Automotive Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#161 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

7. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Automotive Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#170 in the World

Founded: 1887

8. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Automotive Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#184 in the World

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

9. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Automotive Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#193 in the World

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

10. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Automotive Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#211 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

#305 in the World

Founded: 1967

13. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Automotive Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#344 in the World

Founded: 1908

14. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Automotive Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#382 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

15. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Automotive Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#393 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

16. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Automotive Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#451 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

17. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Automotive Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#525 in the World

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

18. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Automotive Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

19. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Automotive Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#612 in the World

Founded: 1971

20. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Automotive Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#716 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

21. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Automotive Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#727 in the World

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

22. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Automotive Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#753 in the World

Founded: 1990

23. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Automotive Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#796 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

24. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Automotive Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#875 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

25. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Automotive Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#924 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

26. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Automotive Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#927 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

27. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Automotive Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#932 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Automotive Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1135 in the World

Founded: 1966

29. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Automotive Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1162 in the World

Founded: 1870

30. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Automotive Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

31. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Automotive Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1361 in the World

Founded: 1970

32. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Automotive Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1400 in the World

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

33. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Automotive Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1578 in the World

Founded: 1991

34. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Automotive Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Automotive Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#1756 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Automotive Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#1925 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.