38 Best universities for Geotechnical 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 Geotechnical Engineering. A graph of 2.57M citations received by 72.6K academic papers made by 38 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 Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#41 in the World

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

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#47 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#48 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#52 in the World

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

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#69 in the World

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

6. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Geotechnical Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#83 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Geotechnical Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#128 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Geotechnical Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#153 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

9. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Geotechnical Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#160 in the World

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

10. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Geotechnical Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

11. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Geotechnical Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#188 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

12. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Geotechnical Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#220 in the World

Founded: 1965

13. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Geotechnical Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#237 in the World

Founded: 1971

14. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Geotechnical Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#278 in the World

Founded: 1966

15. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#333 in the World

Founded: 1887

16. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Geotechnical Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#357 in the World

Founded: 1970

17. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Geotechnical Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#375 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Geotechnical Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#443 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Geotechnical Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#478 in the World

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

20. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Geotechnical Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#486 in the World

Founded: 1908

21. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Geotechnical Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#543 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

22. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Geotechnical Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#554 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Geotechnical Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#607 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Geotechnical Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Geotechnical Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#708 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Geotechnical Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#800 in the World

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

27. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Geotechnical Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

28. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Geotechnical Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

29. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#886 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

30. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Geotechnical Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

31. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Geotechnical Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1165 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

32. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1247 in the World

Founded: 1990

33. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Geotechnical Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1332 in the World

Founded: 1870

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Geotechnical Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1454 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Geotechnical Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Geotechnical Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#1772 in the World

Founded: 1989

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Geotechnical Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#2486 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Geotechnical Engineering

#50 in Oceania

#3299 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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