38 Best universities for Chemical 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 Chemical Engineering. A graph of 6.06M citations received by 138K academic papers made by 38 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 Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Chemical Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Chemical Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#80 in the World

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

3. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Chemical Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#101 in the World

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

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemical Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#153 in the World

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

5. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Chemical Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

6. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Chemical Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

7. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Chemical Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

8. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Chemical Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#263 in the World

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

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Chemical Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemical Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#296 in the World

Founded: 1887

11. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemical Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

12. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemical Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#351 in the World

Founded: 1991

13. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Chemical Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#358 in the World

Founded: 1965

14. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Chemical Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#409 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

15. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Chemical Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#467 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Chemical Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Chemical Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#615 in the World

Founded: 1908

18. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Chemical Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#645 in the World

Founded: 1971

19. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Chemical Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#751 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

20. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemical Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#924 in the World

Founded: 1966

21. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Chemical Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#1010 in the World

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

22. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Chemical Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#1120 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

23. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Chemical Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#1205 in the World

Founded: 1970

24. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemical Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#1249 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

25. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Chemical Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1305 in the World

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

26. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Chemical Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#1313 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

27. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemical Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1533 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Chemical Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1549 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Chemical Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#2026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Chemical Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#2105 in the World

Founded: 1967

31. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Chemical Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#2215 in the World

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

32. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Chemical Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#2504 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

33. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Chemical Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#2517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

34. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Chemical Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#2635 in the World

Founded: 1870

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Chemical Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#2775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Chemical Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#3626 in the World

Founded: 1989

37. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Chemical Engineering

#46 in Oceania

#3631 in the World

Founded: 1987

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Chemical Engineering

#47 in Oceania

#3960 in the World

Founded: 1991

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