29 Best universities for Biomedical 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 Biomedical Engineering. A graph of 567K citations received by 16.8K 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. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Biomedical Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#47 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Biomedical Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#81 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Biomedical Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#83 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Biomedical Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#94 in the World

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

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Biomedical Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#98 in the World

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

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Biomedical Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#117 in the World

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

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Biomedical Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#179 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Biomedical Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#216 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

9. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Biomedical Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#306 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

10. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Biomedical Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#362 in the World

Founded: 1887

11. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Biomedical Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#397 in the World

Founded: 1971

12. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Biomedical Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#466 in the World

Founded: 1908

13. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Biomedical Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#475 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

14. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Biomedical Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#507 in the World

Founded: 1991

15. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Biomedical Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#508 in the World

Founded: 1965

16. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Biomedical Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#555 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

17. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Biomedical Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#571 in the World

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

18. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Biomedical Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

19. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Biomedical Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#613 in the World

Founded: 1966

20. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Biomedical Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#705 in the World

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

21. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Biomedical Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#781 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

22. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Biomedical Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

23. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Biomedical Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#868 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

24. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Biomedical Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#947 in the World

Founded: 1970

25. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Biomedical Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#992 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

26. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Biomedical Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1264 in the World

Founded: 1991

27. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Biomedical Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#1284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

28. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Biomedical Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1543 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Biomedical Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1568 in the World

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

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