39 Best universities for Civil 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 Civil Engineering. A graph of 2.32M citations received by 70.7K 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

#40 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 77,162
Founded: 1853

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#47 in the World

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

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#51 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Civil Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#84 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Civil Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#94 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Civil Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Civil Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Civil Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#176 in the World

Founded: 1887

10. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Civil Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#181 in the World

Founded: 1971

11. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Civil Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Civil Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#196 in the World

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

13. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#199 in the World

Founded: 1965

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Civil Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Civil Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Civil Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#311 in the World

Founded: 1908

17. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Civil Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#332 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

18. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Civil Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#348 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

19. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#355 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Civil Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#383 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Civil Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#471 in the World

Founded: 1970

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Civil Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#473 in the World

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

23. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Civil Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#674 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

24. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Civil Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#678 in the World

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

25. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Civil Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#729 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

26. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Civil Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

27. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Civil Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#840 in the World

Founded: 1966

28. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Civil Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#867 in the World

Founded: 1990

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Civil Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Civil Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#988 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Civil Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Civil Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Civil Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Civil Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1310 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Civil Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1313 in the World

Founded: 1989

36. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Civil Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#1442 in the World

Founded: 1987

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Civil Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#1746 in the World

Founded: 1870

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#46 in Oceania

#1848 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Civil Engineering

#50 in Oceania

#3277 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
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.