39 Best universities for Civil 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 Civil Engineering. A graph of 1.6M citations received by 63K academic papers made by 39 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 Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#39 in the World

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

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#43 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Civil Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#80 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Civil Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#89 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Civil Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#131 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Civil Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

9. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Civil Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

10. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Civil Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#183 in the World

Founded: 1971

11. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Civil Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#200 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

12. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Civil Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#213 in the World

Founded: 1887

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Civil Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#214 in the World

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

14. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#215 in the World

Founded: 1965

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Civil Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Civil Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#340 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

17. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#357 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

18. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Civil Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#358 in the World

Founded: 1908

19. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Civil Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#375 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Civil Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#409 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Civil Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#487 in the World

Founded: 1970

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Civil Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#502 in the World

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

23. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Civil Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#668 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

24. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Civil Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#680 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

25. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Civil Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#693 in the World

Founded: 1966

26. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Civil Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#698 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

27. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Civil Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#738 in the World

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

28. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Civil Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#887 in the World

Founded: 1990

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Civil Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Civil Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1008 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Civil Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1092 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

32. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Civil Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Civil Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Civil Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1237 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Civil Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#1299 in the World

Founded: 1989

36. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Civil Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#1377 in the World

Founded: 1987

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#1575 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Civil Engineering

#46 in Oceania

#1722 in the World

Founded: 1870

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Civil Engineering

#50 in Oceania

#3087 in the World

Founded: 1989

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