39 Best universities for Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 6.23M citations received by 218K academic papers made by 39 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 Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#60 in the World

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

3. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#62 in the World

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

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#76 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#103 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#202 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Mechanical Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#256 in the World

Founded: 1965

10. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#259 in the World

Founded: 1887

11. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Mechanical Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#264 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

12. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Mechanical Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Mechanical Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#332 in the World

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

14. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Mechanical Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#370 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Mechanical Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#387 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Mechanical Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#407 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Mechanical Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#411 in the World

Founded: 1991

18. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Mechanical Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#455 in the World

Founded: 1908

19. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Mechanical Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#542 in the World

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

20. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#557 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#576 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Mechanical Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#689 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Mechanical Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#690 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Mechanical Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#933 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Mechanical Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#982 in the World

Founded: 1970

26. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#985 in the World

Founded: 1990

27. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Mechanical Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1042 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Mechanical Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1045 in the World

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

29. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Mechanical Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1086 in the World

Founded: 1967

30. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Mechanical Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1270 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

31. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Mechanical Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

32. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Mechanical Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

33. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1610 in the World

Founded: 1991

34. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Mechanical Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1782 in the World

Founded: 1870

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Mechanical Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1889 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Mechanical Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#1903 in the World

Founded: 1987

37. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Mechanical Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#1962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Mechanical Engineering

#46 in Oceania

#2320 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Mechanical Engineering

#48 in Oceania

#3226 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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