26 Best universities for Marine 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 Marine Engineering. A graph of 171K citations received by 7.11K academic papers made by 26 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 Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Marine Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#48 in the World

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

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Marine Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#51 in the World

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

3. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Marine Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#55 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Marine Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#128 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Marine Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#150 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

#165 in the World

Founded: 1887

8. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Marine Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#170 in the World

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

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Marine Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Marine Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#202 in the World

Founded: 1971

11. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Marine Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#212 in the World

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

12. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Marine Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#221 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

13. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Marine Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#278 in the World

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

14. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Marine Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Marine Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#291 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Marine Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#319 in the World

Founded: 1970

17. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Marine Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#404 in the World

Founded: 1965

18. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Marine Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#434 in the World

Founded: 1966

19. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Marine Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#460 in the World

Founded: 1908

20. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Marine Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#524 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

21. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Marine Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#537 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

22. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Marine Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#566 in the World

Founded: 1991

23. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Marine Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#655 in the World

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

24. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Marine Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#708 in the World

Founded: 1967

25. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Marine Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#814 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

26. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Marine Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#857 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

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