18 Best universities for Industrial 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 Industrial Engineering. A graph of 63K citations received by 2.27K academic papers made by 18 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 Industrial Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#42 in the World

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

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Industrial Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#134 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Industrial Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

4. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Industrial Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Industrial Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#191 in the World

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

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Industrial Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#202 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Industrial Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#207 in the World

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

8. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Industrial Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#218 in the World

Founded: 1991

9. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Industrial Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#271 in the World

Founded: 1887

10. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Industrial Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#368 in the World

Founded: 1965

11. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Industrial Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Industrial Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#411 in the World

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

13. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Industrial Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#431 in the World

Founded: 1908

14. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Industrial Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#489 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Industrial Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Industrial Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#549 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Industrial Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#639 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Industrial Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#662 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

The best cities to study Industrial Engineering in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Sydney, Brisbane, Geelong, and Clayton.