Best Universities for Optical 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 Optical Engineering. A graph of 8.37M citations received by 294K 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 Optical Engineering

#1 in Australia

#56 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Australia

#70 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Australia

#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 Australia

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Australia

#110 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Optical Engineering

#6 in Australia

#153 in the World

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

7. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Optical Engineering

#1 in New Zealand

#247 in the World

Founded: 1883

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Optical Engineering

#7 in Australia

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Optical Engineering

#8 in Australia

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Optical Engineering

#9 in Australia

#286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Optical Engineering

#10 in Australia

#330 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

12. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Optical Engineering

#11 in Australia

#353 in the World

Founded: 1965

13. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Optical Engineering

#12 in Australia

#395 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

14. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Optical Engineering

#13 in Australia

#453 in the World

Founded: 1887

15. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Optical Engineering

#2 in New Zealand

#512 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

16. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Optical Engineering

#14 in Australia

#524 in the World

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

17. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Optical Engineering

#15 in Australia

#530 in the World

Founded: 1908

18. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Optical Engineering

#3 in New Zealand

#602 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

19. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Optical Engineering

#16 in Australia

#613 in the World

Founded: 1971

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Optical Engineering

#17 in Australia

#648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Optical Engineering

#18 in Australia

#716 in the World

Founded: 1966

22. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Optical Engineering

#19 in Australia

#753 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

23. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Optical Engineering

#20 in Australia

#758 in the World

Founded: 1991

24. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Optical Engineering

#4 in New Zealand

#771 in the World

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

25. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Optical Engineering

#21 in Australia

#784 in the World

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

26. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Optical Engineering

#5 in New Zealand

#866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

27. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Optical Engineering

#22 in Australia

#868 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Optical Engineering

#23 in Australia

#1019 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Optical Engineering

#6 in New Zealand

#1029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

30. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Optical Engineering

#24 in Australia

#1033 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

31. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Optical Engineering

#25 in Australia

#1193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

32. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Optical Engineering

#26 in Australia

#1280 in the World

Founded: 1991

33. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Optical Engineering

#27 in Australia

#1306 in the World

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

34. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Optical Engineering

#28 in Australia

#1342 in the World

Founded: 1990

35. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Optical Engineering

#7 in New Zealand

#1443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

36. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Optical Engineering

#29 in Australia

#1476 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

37. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Optical Engineering

#30 in Australia

#1566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

38. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Optical Engineering

#31 in Australia

#1617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

39. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Optical Engineering

#32 in Australia

#1783 in the World

Founded: 1989

40. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Optical Engineering

#8 in New Zealand

#1927 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

41. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Optical Engineering

#33 in Australia

#2036 in the World

Founded: 1967

42. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Optical Engineering

#34 in Australia

#2431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

43. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Optical Engineering

#35 in Australia

#2575 in the World

Founded: 1991

44. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Optical Engineering

#36 in Australia

#2667 in the World

Founded: 1870

45. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Optical Engineering

#37 in Australia

#2720 in the World

Founded: 1987

46. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Optical Engineering

#38 in Australia

#2814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

47. University of the South Pacific

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Fiji

#2962 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Optical Engineering

#39 in Australia

#3383 in the World

Founded: 1989

49. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3884 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#4497 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

51. Fiji National University

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Fiji

#4934 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

Mechanical Engineering51

Metallurgical Engineering51

Mining Engineering32

Nanotechnology45

Nuclear Engineering20

Operations Research41

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