38 Best universities for Chemical 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 Chemical Engineering. A graph of 6.59M citations received by 141K 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

#68 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Chemical Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#82 in the World

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

3. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Chemical Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#103 in the World

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

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemical Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 77,162
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

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

7. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Chemical Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

8. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Chemical Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#259 in the World

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

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Chemical Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemical Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#290 in the World

Founded: 1887

11. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemical Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#295 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

12. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemical Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#354 in the World

Founded: 1991

13. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Chemical Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#356 in the World

Founded: 1965

14. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Chemical Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#396 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

15. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Chemical Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#471 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Chemical Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Chemical Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#617 in the World

Founded: 1908

18. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Chemical Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#631 in the World

Founded: 1971

19. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Chemical Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#760 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

20. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemical Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#940 in the World

Founded: 1966

21. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Chemical Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#1032 in the World

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

22. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Chemical Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#1124 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

23. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Chemical Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#1212 in the World

Founded: 1970

24. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Chemical Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#1283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

25. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemical Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1288 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

26. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Chemical Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#1318 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

27. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Chemical Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1521 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemical Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1549 in the World

Founded: 1990

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Chemical Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#2058 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Chemical Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#2074 in the World

Founded: 1967

31. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Chemical Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#2170 in the World

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

32. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Chemical Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#2515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

33. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Chemical Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#2533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

34. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Chemical Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#2646 in the World

Founded: 1870

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Chemical Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#2778 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Chemical Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#3592 in the World

Founded: 1989

37. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Chemical Engineering

#46 in Oceania

#3657 in the World

Founded: 1987

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Chemical Engineering

#47 in Oceania

#3939 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.