39 Best universities for Electrical 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 Electrical Engineering. A graph of 7.32M citations received by 221K 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 New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Electrical Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#61 in the World

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

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Electrical Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Electrical Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

4. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Electrical Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#127 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Electrical Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#144 in the World

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

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Electrical Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#170 in the World

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

7. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Electrical Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#235 in the World

Founded: 1965

8. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Electrical Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#246 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Electrical Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Electrical Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#283 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

11. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Electrical Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#300 in the World

Founded: 1887

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Electrical Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#373 in the World

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

13. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Electrical Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#379 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

14. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Electrical Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#380 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Electrical Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Electrical Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#491 in the World

Founded: 1908

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Electrical Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#513 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Electrical Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#525 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

19. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Electrical Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#627 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Electrical Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#728 in the World

Founded: 1990

21. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Electrical Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#850 in the World

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

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Electrical Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#939 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Electrical Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#1022 in the World

Founded: 1967

24. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Electrical Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#1031 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

25. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Electrical Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#1032 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Electrical Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1067 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Electrical Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#1107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Electrical Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1147 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Electrical Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1207 in the World

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

30. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Electrical Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1280 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Electrical Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1930 in the World

Founded: 1989

32. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Electrical Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#2057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

33. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Electrical Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#2239 in the World

Founded: 1870

34. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Electrical Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#2240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Electrical Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#2575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Electrical Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#2871 in the World

Founded: 1987

37. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Electrical Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#2915 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Electrical Engineering

#47 in Oceania

#3359 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Electrical Engineering

#51 in Oceania

#4557 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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