Best Universities for Civil Engineering in Oceania

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Civil Engineering. A graph of 1.82M citations received by 72.7K academic papers made by 50 universities in Oceania 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 Australia

#39 in the World

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

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Australia

#43 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Australia

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Australia

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Civil Engineering

#5 in Australia

#80 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Civil Engineering

#6 in Australia

#89 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Civil Engineering

#1 in New Zealand

#111 in the World

Founded: 1883

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Civil Engineering

#7 in Australia

#131 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Civil Engineering

#8 in Australia

#132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Civil Engineering

#9 in Australia

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

11. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Civil Engineering

#10 in Australia

#183 in the World

Founded: 1971

12. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Civil Engineering

#11 in Australia

#200 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

13. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Civil Engineering

#2 in New Zealand

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

14. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Civil Engineering

#12 in Australia

#213 in the World

Founded: 1887

15. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Civil Engineering

#13 in Australia

#214 in the World

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

16. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#14 in Australia

#215 in the World

Founded: 1965

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Civil Engineering

#15 in Australia

#313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Civil Engineering

#16 in Australia

#340 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

19. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#17 in Australia

#357 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

20. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Civil Engineering

#18 in Australia

#358 in the World

Founded: 1908

21. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Civil Engineering

#19 in Australia

#375 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

22. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Civil Engineering

#3 in New Zealand

#408 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

23. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Civil Engineering

#20 in Australia

#409 in the World

Founded: 1991

24. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Civil Engineering

#4 in New Zealand

#464 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 21,833
Founded: 1897

25. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Civil Engineering

#21 in Australia

#487 in the World

Founded: 1970

26. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Civil Engineering

#22 in Australia

#502 in the World

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

27. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Civil Engineering

#5 in New Zealand

#667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

28. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Civil Engineering

#23 in Australia

#668 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

29. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Civil Engineering

#24 in Australia

#680 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

30. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Civil Engineering

#25 in Australia

#693 in the World

Founded: 1966

31. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Civil Engineering

#26 in Australia

#698 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

32. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Civil Engineering

#6 in New Zealand

#733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

33. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Civil Engineering

#27 in Australia

#738 in the World

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

34. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Civil Engineering

#28 in Australia

#887 in the World

Founded: 1990

35. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Civil Engineering

#29 in Australia

#914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

36. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Civil Engineering

#7 in New Zealand

#969 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

37. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Civil Engineering

#30 in Australia

#1008 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Civil Engineering

#31 in Australia

#1092 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

39. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Civil Engineering

#32 in Australia

#1115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

40. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Civil Engineering

#33 in Australia

#1181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

41. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Civil Engineering

#34 in Australia

#1237 in the World

Founded: 1967

42. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Civil Engineering

#8 in New Zealand

#1258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

43. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Civil Engineering

#35 in Australia

#1299 in the World

Founded: 1989

44. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Civil Engineering

#36 in Australia

#1377 in the World

Founded: 1987

45. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Civil Engineering

#37 in Australia

#1575 in the World

Founded: 1991

46. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Civil Engineering

#38 in Australia

#1722 in the World

Founded: 1870

47. University of the South Pacific

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Fiji

#2325 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

48. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#2626 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

49. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#2896 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

50. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Civil Engineering

#39 in Australia

#3087 in the World

Founded: 1989

Engineering subfields in Oceania

Acoustical Engineering50

Aerospace Engineering50

Agricultural Engineering32

Applied/Engineering Physics30

Architectural Engineering40

Automation and Control engineering34

Automotive Engineering44

Biochemical Engineering29

Biomedical Engineering35

Biotechnology48

Chemical Engineering48

Computer Engineering40

Computer Networking50

Construction Management34

Electrical Engineering51

Electronic Engineering45

Engineering Management38

Environmental Engineering45

Firefighting and Fire Science41

Geotechnical Engineering47

Human-Computer Interaction46

Industrial Engineering30

Landscape Architecture41

Marine Engineering33

Materials Science51

Mechanical Engineering51

Metallurgical Engineering51

Mining Engineering32

Nanotechnology45

Nuclear Engineering20

Operations Research41

Optical Engineering51

Petroleum Engineering32

Polymer science and Plastics engineering25

Product and Industrial Design31

Reliability and Quality Engineering40

Remote Sensing45

Renewable Energy Engineering43

Structural Engineering50

Systems Engineering47

Technical Drawing22

Telecommunications51

Transportation Engineering40