35 Best universities for Electronic 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 Electronic Engineering. A graph of 1.12M citations received by 53.1K academic papers made by 35 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

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Electronic Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#106 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Electronic Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#121 in the World

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

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Electronic Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#137 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Electronic Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#167 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Electronic Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Electronic Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

8. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Electronic Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#276 in the World

Founded: 1965

9. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Electronic Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#328 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

10. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Electronic Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#358 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

11. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Electronic Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#375 in the World

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

12. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Electronic Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#386 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

13. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Electronic Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#420 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

14. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Electronic Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#422 in the World

Founded: 1887

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Electronic Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Electronic Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#520 in the World

Founded: 1991

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Electronic Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#584 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Electronic Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#599 in the World

Founded: 1908

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Electronic Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#682 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Electronic Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#798 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

21. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Electronic Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#841 in the World

Founded: 1990

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Electronic Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#912 in the World

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

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Electronic Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#1006 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Electronic Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#1091 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Electronic Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#1113 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Electronic Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#1154 in the World

Founded: 1970

27. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Electronic Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1173 in the World

Founded: 1967

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Electronic Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Electronic Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1358 in the World

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

30. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Electronic Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1460 in the World

Founded: 1966

31. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Electronic Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#2164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Electronic Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#2188 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Electronic Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#2255 in the World

Founded: 1870

34. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Electronic Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#2332 in the World

Founded: 1989

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Electronic Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#2999 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

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