28 Best universities for Optical Engineering in Australia

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

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Oceania
#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1946

2. University of Sydney

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Oceania
#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

3. University of 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

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Oceania
#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

5. University of Queensland

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Oceania
#128 in the World
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

6. Macquarie University

For Optical Engineering

#6 in Oceania
#180 in the World
Enrollment
38,747
Founded
1964

7. University of Adelaide

For Optical Engineering

#8 in Oceania
#241 in the World
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1874

8. University of Western Australia

For Optical Engineering

#9 in Oceania
#248 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1911

9. Swinburne University of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#10 in Oceania
#315 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1908

10. Queensland University of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#11 in Oceania
#332 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1989

11. Monash University

For Optical Engineering

#12 in Oceania
#371 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

13. University of Technology Sydney

For Optical Engineering

#14 in Oceania
#409 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Founded
1965

14. University of Wollongong

For Optical Engineering

#15 in Oceania
#460 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
31,313
Founded
1975

15. University of Newcastle

For Optical Engineering

#18 in Oceania
#544 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Founded
1965

16. Victoria University

For Optical Engineering

#19 in Oceania
#635 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Founded
1990

17. Curtin University

For Optical Engineering

#20 in Oceania
#714 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Enrollment
58,216
Founded
1966

19. Griffith University

For Optical Engineering

#22 in Oceania
#752 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1971

21. La Trobe University

For Optical Engineering

#24 in Oceania
#866 in the World
Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
7,500
Founded
1964

22. University of Tasmania

For Optical Engineering

#27 in Oceania
#1108 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
33,879
Founded
1890

23. University of Southern Queensland

For Optical Engineering

#28 in Oceania
#1117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
18,388
Founded
1967

24. Flinders University

For Optical Engineering

#29 in Oceania
#1196 in the World
Acceptance Rate
62%
Founded
1966

25. Deakin University

For Optical Engineering

#31 in Oceania
#1351 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
34,616
Founded
1974

26. James Cook University

For Optical Engineering

#32 in Oceania
#1353 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1970

27. Western Sydney University

For Optical Engineering

#33 in Oceania
#1514 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
37,426
Founded
1989

28. University of New England, Australia

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.