36 Best universities for Electronic Engineering in Australia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Electronic Engineering. A graph of 1.68M citations received by 58.1K academic papers made by 36 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 Electronic Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#88 in the World

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

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Electronic Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#114 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Electronic Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#115 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Electronic Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#133 in the World

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

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Electronic Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#163 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Electronic Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Electronic Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#262 in the World

Founded: 1965

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Electronic Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#311 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Electronic Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Electronic Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#361 in the World

Founded: 1887

11. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Electronic Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#364 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Electronic Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#366 in the World

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

13. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Electronic Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#384 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Electronic Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#436 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Electronic Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Electronic Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#494 in the World

Founded: 1908

17. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Electronic Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#555 in the World

Founded: 1991

18. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Electronic Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#574 in the World

Founded: 1990

19. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Electronic Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#591 in the World

Founded: 1971

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Electronic Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#718 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Electronic Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#775 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Electronic Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#897 in the World

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

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Electronic Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#1008 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Electronic Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#1076 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Electronic Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1139 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Electronic Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1228 in the World

Founded: 1970

27. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Electronic Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1261 in the World

Founded: 1967

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Electronic Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1398 in the World

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

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Electronic Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1435 in the World

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

30. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Electronic Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1443 in the World

Founded: 1966

31. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Electronic Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

32. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Electronic Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1736 in the World

Founded: 1870

33. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Electronic Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#2068 in the World

Founded: 1989

34. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Electronic Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#2164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Electronic Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#3055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Electronic Engineering

#46 in Oceania

#3257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

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