26 Best universities for Petroleum 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 Petroleum Engineering. A graph of 214K citations received by 10.2K academic papers made by 26 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 Petroleum Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#20 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Petroleum Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#31 in the World

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

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Petroleum Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#69 in the World

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

4. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Petroleum Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#74 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Petroleum Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#91 in the World

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

6. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Petroleum Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#92 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Petroleum Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#98 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Petroleum Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#99 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Petroleum Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#120 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Petroleum Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

11. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Petroleum Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#148 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

12. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Petroleum Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

13. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Petroleum Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#396 in the World

Founded: 1887

14. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Petroleum Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#417 in the World

Founded: 1965

15. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Petroleum Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#448 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

16. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Petroleum Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#454 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

17. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Petroleum Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#493 in the World

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

18. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Petroleum Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#504 in the World

Founded: 1908

19. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Petroleum Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#509 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Petroleum Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#510 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Petroleum Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#581 in the World

Founded: 1966

22. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Petroleum Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#668 in the World

Founded: 1971

23. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Petroleum Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

24. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Petroleum Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#714 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Petroleum Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#765 in the World

Founded: 1970

26. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Petroleum Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#789 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

The best cities to study Petroleum Engineering in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, and Brisbane.