36 Best universities for Remote Sensing in Australia

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Remote Sensing. A graph of 964K citations received by 27K academic papers made by 36 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 Remote Sensing

#1 in Oceania

#37 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 63,864
Founded: 1949

2. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Oceania

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Oceania

#63 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 77,162
Founded: 1853

4. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Oceania

#82 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Oceania

#85 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Oceania

#120 in the World

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

7. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Oceania

#195 in the World

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

8. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Oceania

#216 in the World

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

9. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Oceania

#236 in the World

Founded: 1887

10. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Oceania

#259 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

11. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Oceania

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

12. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Remote Sensing

#13 in Oceania

#320 in the World

Founded: 1965

13. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Remote Sensing

#14 in Oceania

#327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

14. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Remote Sensing

#16 in Oceania

#445 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

15. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Remote Sensing

#17 in Oceania

#459 in the World

Founded: 1971

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Remote Sensing

#18 in Oceania

#465 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Remote Sensing

#19 in Oceania

#470 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

18. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Remote Sensing

#20 in Oceania

#487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

19. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Remote Sensing

#22 in Oceania

#528 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Remote Sensing

#23 in Oceania

#539 in the World

Founded: 1970

21. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Remote Sensing

#24 in Oceania

#611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 17,576
Founded: 1967

22. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Remote Sensing

#25 in Oceania

#676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

23. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Remote Sensing

#27 in Oceania

#679 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

24. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Remote Sensing

#29 in Oceania

#785 in the World

Founded: 1966

25. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Remote Sensing

#31 in Oceania

#860 in the World

Founded: 1908

26. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Remote Sensing

#32 in Oceania

#920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

27. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Remote Sensing

#33 in Oceania

#924 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

28. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Remote Sensing

#35 in Oceania

#981 in the World

Founded: 1989

29. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Remote Sensing

#36 in Oceania

#1083 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

30. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Remote Sensing

#37 in Oceania

#1355 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

31. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Remote Sensing

#38 in Oceania

#1371 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Remote Sensing

#39 in Oceania

#1513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

33. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Remote Sensing

#41 in Oceania

#1659 in the World

Founded: 1991

34. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Remote Sensing

#42 in Oceania

#1669 in the World

Founded: 1990

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Remote Sensing

#43 in Oceania

#1715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Remote Sensing

#44 in Oceania

#1745 in the World

Founded: 1870

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