39 Best universities for Electrical 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 Electrical Engineering. A graph of 4.87M citations received by 196K 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

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Electrical Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Electrical Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Electrical Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#128 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Electrical Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#139 in the World

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

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Electrical Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#176 in the World

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

7. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Electrical Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

8. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Electrical Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#251 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

9. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Electrical Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#252 in the World

Founded: 1965

10. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Electrical Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#295 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

11. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Electrical Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#325 in the World

Founded: 1887

12. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Electrical Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#365 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

13. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Electrical Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#378 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

14. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Electrical Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#393 in the World

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

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Electrical Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Electrical Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#525 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Electrical Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#549 in the World

Founded: 1908

18. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Electrical Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#573 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

19. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Electrical Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#616 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Electrical Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#878 in the World

Founded: 1990

21. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Electrical Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#879 in the World

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

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Electrical Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#936 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Electrical Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#975 in the World

Founded: 1967

24. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Electrical Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#1017 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

25. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Electrical Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#1019 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Electrical Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1021 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Electrical Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1118 in the World

Founded: 1970

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Electrical Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Electrical Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1182 in the World

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

30. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Electrical Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1285 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Electrical Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

32. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Electrical Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#2081 in the World

Founded: 1989

33. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Electrical Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#2326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

34. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Electrical Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#2342 in the World

Founded: 1870

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Electrical Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#2540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Electrical Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#2868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Electrical Engineering

#46 in Oceania

#2929 in the World

Founded: 1987

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Electrical Engineering

#48 in Oceania

#3595 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Electrical Engineering

#51 in Oceania

#4680 in the World

Founded: 1989

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