Best Universities for Mechanical Engineering in Oceania

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 4.86M citations received by 215K academic papers made by 51 universities in Oceania 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 Australia

#55 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Australia

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Australia

#77 in the World

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

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Australia

#85 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Australia

#96 in the World

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

6. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in New Zealand

#137 in the World

Founded: 1883

7. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Australia

#155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in Australia

#211 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in Australia

#238 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

10. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Mechanical Engineering

#9 in Australia

#264 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

11. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in Australia

#276 in the World

Founded: 1965

12. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in Australia

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

13. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#12 in Australia

#314 in the World

Founded: 1887

14. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Mechanical Engineering

#13 in Australia

#371 in the World

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

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Mechanical Engineering

#14 in Australia

#402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Mechanical Engineering

#15 in Australia

#408 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

17. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Mechanical Engineering

#16 in Australia

#413 in the World

Founded: 1991

18. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in New Zealand

#436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

19. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Mechanical Engineering

#17 in Australia

#438 in the World

Founded: 1971

20. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Mechanical Engineering

#18 in Australia

#486 in the World

Founded: 1908

21. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in New Zealand

#523 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

22. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in New Zealand

#537 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

23. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#19 in Australia

#575 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

24. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Mechanical Engineering

#20 in Australia

#581 in the World

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

25. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#21 in Australia

#631 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

26. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in New Zealand

#633 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

27. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Mechanical Engineering

#22 in Australia

#702 in the World

Founded: 1966

28. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Mechanical Engineering

#23 in Australia

#734 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

29. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in New Zealand

#802 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

30. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in New Zealand

#825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 21,833
Founded: 1897

31. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Mechanical Engineering

#24 in Australia

#940 in the World

Founded: 1991

32. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Mechanical Engineering

#25 in Australia

#954 in the World

Founded: 1970

33. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#26 in Australia

#1031 in the World

Founded: 1990

34. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Mechanical Engineering

#27 in Australia

#1042 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 18,388
Founded: 1967

35. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Mechanical Engineering

#28 in Australia

#1099 in the World

Founded: 1967

36. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Mechanical Engineering

#29 in Australia

#1165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

37. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Mechanical Engineering

#30 in Australia

#1272 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

38. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Mechanical Engineering

#31 in Australia

#1302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

39. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Mechanical Engineering

#32 in Australia

#1524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

40. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Mechanical Engineering

#33 in Australia

#1741 in the World

Founded: 1870

41. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#34 in Australia

#1754 in the World

Founded: 1991

42. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Mechanical Engineering

#35 in Australia

#1865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

43. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Mechanical Engineering

#36 in Australia

#1888 in the World

Founded: 1987

44. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Mechanical Engineering

#37 in Australia

#2038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

45. University of the South Pacific

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Fiji

#2094 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

46. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Mechanical Engineering

#38 in Australia

#2223 in the World

Founded: 1989

47. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in New Zealand

#2327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Mechanical Engineering

#39 in Australia

#3282 in the World

Founded: 1989

49. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#3638 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

51. Fiji National University

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Fiji

#3935 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

Engineering subfields in Oceania

Acoustical Engineering50

Aerospace Engineering50

Agricultural Engineering32

Applied/Engineering Physics30

Architectural Engineering40

Automation and Control engineering34

Automotive Engineering44

Biochemical Engineering29

Biomedical Engineering35

Biotechnology48

Chemical Engineering48

Civil Engineering50

Computer Engineering40

Computer Networking50

Construction Management34

Electrical Engineering51

Electronic Engineering45

Engineering Management38

Environmental Engineering45

Firefighting and Fire Science41

Geotechnical Engineering47

Human-Computer Interaction46

Industrial Engineering30

Landscape Architecture41

Marine Engineering33

Materials Science51

Metallurgical Engineering51

Mining Engineering32

Nanotechnology45

Nuclear Engineering20

Operations Research41

Optical Engineering51

Petroleum Engineering32

Polymer science and Plastics engineering25

Product and Industrial Design31

Reliability and Quality Engineering40

Remote Sensing45

Renewable Energy Engineering43

Structural Engineering50

Systems Engineering47

Technical Drawing22

Telecommunications51

Transportation Engineering40