39 Best universities for Optical 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 Optical Engineering. A graph of 7.55M citations received by 263K 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 Optical Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#56 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#70 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#81 in the World

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

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#110 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Optical Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#153 in the World

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

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Optical Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Optical Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Optical Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Optical Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#330 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

11. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Optical Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#353 in the World

Founded: 1965

12. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Optical Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#395 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

13. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Optical Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#453 in the World

Founded: 1887

14. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Optical Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#524 in the World

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

15. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Optical Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#530 in the World

Founded: 1908

16. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Optical Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#613 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Optical Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Optical Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#716 in the World

Founded: 1966

19. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Optical Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#753 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Optical Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#758 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Optical Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#784 in the World

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

22. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Optical Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#868 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

23. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Optical Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#1019 in the World

Founded: 1970

24. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Optical Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#1033 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

25. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Optical Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

26. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Optical Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#1280 in the World

Founded: 1991

27. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Optical Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1306 in the World

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

28. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Optical Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1342 in the World

Founded: 1990

29. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Optical Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1476 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

30. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Optical Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

31. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Optical Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

32. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Optical Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1783 in the World

Founded: 1989

33. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Optical Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#2036 in the World

Founded: 1967

34. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Optical Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#2431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

35. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Optical Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#2575 in the World

Founded: 1991

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Optical Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#2667 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Optical Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#2720 in the World

Founded: 1987

38. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Optical Engineering

#46 in Oceania

#2814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Optical Engineering

#48 in Oceania

#3383 in the World

Founded: 1989

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