28 Best universities for Optical Engineering in Australia

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 516K citations received by 20.6K academic papers made by 28 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. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#40 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1946

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#53 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1853

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#128 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Optical Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Optical Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#241 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Optical Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Optical Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1908

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Optical Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#332 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Optical Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 1958

12. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Optical Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#374 in the World

Founded: 1887

13. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Optical Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1965

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Optical Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Optical Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1965

16. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Optical Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1990

17. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Optical Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 58,216
Founded: 1966

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Optical Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#747 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Optical Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1971

20. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Optical Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#864 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Optical Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Optical Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#1108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 33,879
Founded: 1890

23. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Optical Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#1117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 18,388
Founded: 1967

24. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Optical Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#1196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Founded: 1966

25. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Optical Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#1351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

26. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Optical Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#1353 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1970

27. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Optical Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#1514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

28. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Optical Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1619 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1938

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