25 Best universities for Petroleum Engineering in Australia

Updated: July 18, 2023

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 57.1M citations received by 2.28M academic papers made by 25 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

#29 in the World

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

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Petroleum Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#65 in the World

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

4. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Petroleum Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#68 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Petroleum Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#69 in the World

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

6. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Petroleum Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

7. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Petroleum Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#77 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

8. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Petroleum Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#90 in the World

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

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Petroleum Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#93 in the World

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

10. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Petroleum Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#134 in the World

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

11. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Petroleum Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1946

12. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Petroleum Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1965

13. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Petroleum Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1965

14. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Petroleum Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#394 in the World

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

15. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Petroleum Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#401 in the World

Founded: 1887

16. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Petroleum Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#461 in the World

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

17. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Petroleum Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#466 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

18. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Petroleum Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1971

19. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Petroleum Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1908

20. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Petroleum Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#547 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Petroleum Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Founded: 1966

22. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Petroleum Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#573 in the World

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

23. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Petroleum Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#668 in the World

Founded: 1991

24. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Petroleum Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1994

25. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Petroleum Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
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.