18 Best universities for Industrial 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 Industrial Engineering. A graph of 41.8K citations received by 2.03K 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

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Industrial Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Industrial Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

4. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Industrial Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Industrial Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#178 in the World

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

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Industrial Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Industrial Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#209 in the World

Founded: 1991

8. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Industrial Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#214 in the World

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

9. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Industrial Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#300 in the World

Founded: 1887

10. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Industrial Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#363 in the World

Founded: 1965

11. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Industrial Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

12. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Industrial Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#428 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Industrial Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#433 in the World

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

14. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Industrial Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#448 in the World

Founded: 1908

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Industrial Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Industrial Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#578 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Industrial Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#581 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Industrial Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#627 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.