36 Best universities for Environmental 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 Environmental Engineering. A graph of 1.3M citations received by 31.5K 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 Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#5 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#40 in the World

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

3. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#50 in the World

Founded: 1965

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#84 in the World

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

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#115 in the World

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

6. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

7. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

8. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#171 in the World

Founded: 1887

9. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Environmental Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#176 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

10. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Environmental Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#178 in the World

Founded: 1971

11. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Environmental Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#211 in the World

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

12. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Environmental Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#216 in the World

Founded: 1991

13. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Environmental Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

14. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Environmental Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

15. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Environmental Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Environmental Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Environmental Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#506 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

18. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Environmental Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#514 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

19. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Environmental Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#521 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

20. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Environmental Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#528 in the World

Founded: 1970

21. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Environmental Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#533 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

22. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Environmental Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#627 in the World

Founded: 1966

23. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Environmental Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#661 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

24. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Environmental Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#708 in the World

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

25. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Environmental Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#790 in the World

Founded: 1908

26. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Environmental Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#868 in the World

Founded: 1990

27. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Environmental Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

28. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Environmental Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

29. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Environmental Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

30. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Environmental Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1151 in the World

Founded: 1967

31. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Environmental Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1213 in the World

Founded: 1991

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Environmental Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Environmental Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

34. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Environmental Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1727 in the World

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

35. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Environmental Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1917 in the World

Founded: 1989

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Environmental Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#2049 in the World

Founded: 1870

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