18 Best universities for Nuclear Engineering in Australia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Nuclear Engineering. A graph of 86.1K citations received by 3.62K 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 Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#72 in the World

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

2. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

3. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Nuclear Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#184 in the World

Founded: 1887

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Nuclear Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Nuclear Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#259 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

6. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Nuclear Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#300 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

7. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Nuclear Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#313 in the World

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

8. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Nuclear Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#315 in the World

Founded: 1991

9. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Nuclear Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#359 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

10. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Nuclear Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#398 in the World

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

11. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Nuclear Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#437 in the World

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

12. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Nuclear Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

13. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Nuclear Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#543 in the World

Founded: 1908

14. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Nuclear Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

15. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Nuclear Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#591 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

16. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Nuclear Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#732 in the World

Founded: 1965

17. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Nuclear Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#779 in the World

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

18. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Nuclear Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#827 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

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