36 Best universities for Automotive 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 Automotive Engineering. A graph of 314K citations received by 14K 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

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Automotive Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

3. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Automotive Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#123 in the World

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

4. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Automotive Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#138 in the World

Founded: 1965

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Automotive Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#141 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Automotive Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#156 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

7. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Automotive Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#186 in the World

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

8. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Automotive Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#195 in the World

Founded: 1887

9. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Automotive Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#197 in the World

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

10. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Automotive Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#216 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

11. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Automotive Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#250 in the World

Founded: 1991

12. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Automotive Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#301 in the World

Founded: 1967

13. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Automotive Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#339 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

14. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Automotive Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#344 in the World

Founded: 1908

15. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Automotive Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#409 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

16. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Automotive Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#425 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Automotive Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Automotive Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#559 in the World

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

19. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Automotive Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#584 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

20. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Automotive Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#610 in the World

Founded: 1971

21. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Automotive Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#699 in the World

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

22. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Automotive Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#735 in the World

Founded: 1990

23. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Automotive Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#743 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

24. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Automotive Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#871 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

25. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Automotive Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#898 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

26. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Automotive Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#933 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

27. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Automotive Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#935 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Automotive Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1058 in the World

Founded: 1966

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Automotive Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Automotive Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1189 in the World

Founded: 1870

31. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Automotive Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

32. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Automotive Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1417 in the World

Founded: 1970

33. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Automotive Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1492 in the World

Founded: 1991

34. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Automotive Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

35. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Automotive Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#1672 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

36. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Automotive Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#1905 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, Brisbane, Clayton, and St Lucia.