25 Best universities for Marine 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 Marine Engineering. A graph of 114K citations received by 6.04K academic papers made by 25 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 Marine Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Marine Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#46 in the World

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

3. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Marine Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#50 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Marine Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#127 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Marine Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Marine Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Marine Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#168 in the World

Founded: 1887

8. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Marine Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#176 in the World

Founded: 1971

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Marine Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Marine Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#196 in the World

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

11. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Marine Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Marine Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#219 in the World

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

13. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Marine Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#250 in the World

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

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Marine Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Marine Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#265 in the World

Founded: 1970

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Marine Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Marine Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#437 in the World

Founded: 1965

18. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Marine Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#456 in the World

Founded: 1908

19. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Marine Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#464 in the World

Founded: 1966

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Marine Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#486 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Marine Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#536 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

22. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Marine Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#562 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

23. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Marine Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#596 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

24. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Marine Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#660 in the World

Founded: 1967

25. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Marine Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#824 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

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