36 Best universities for Remote Sensing 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 Remote Sensing. A graph of 626K citations received by 22.8K 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

#35 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Oceania

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Oceania

#65 in the World

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

4. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Oceania

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Oceania

#82 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Oceania

#125 in the World

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

7. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Oceania

#188 in the World

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

8. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Oceania

#215 in the World

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

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Oceania

#242 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Oceania

#251 in the World

Founded: 1887

11. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Oceania

#265 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

12. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Remote Sensing

#14 in Oceania

#338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

13. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Remote Sensing

#15 in Oceania

#347 in the World

Founded: 1965

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Remote Sensing

#16 in Oceania

#440 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Remote Sensing

#17 in Oceania

#441 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

16. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Remote Sensing

#18 in Oceania

#454 in the World

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

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Remote Sensing

#20 in Oceania

#486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Remote Sensing

#21 in Oceania

#491 in the World

Founded: 1970

19. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Remote Sensing

#22 in Oceania

#498 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Remote Sensing

#23 in Oceania

#510 in the World

Founded: 1971

21. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Remote Sensing

#24 in Oceania

#534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

22. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Remote Sensing

#26 in Oceania

#697 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

23. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Remote Sensing

#27 in Oceania

#712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

24. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Remote Sensing

#28 in Oceania

#772 in the World

Founded: 1966

25. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Remote Sensing

#31 in Oceania

#859 in the World

Founded: 1989

26. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Remote Sensing

#32 in Oceania

#881 in the World

Founded: 1908

27. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Remote Sensing

#33 in Oceania

#907 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

28. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Remote Sensing

#35 in Oceania

#966 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

29. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Remote Sensing

#36 in Oceania

#1102 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

30. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Remote Sensing

#37 in Oceania

#1132 in the World

Founded: 1967

31. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Remote Sensing

#38 in Oceania

#1188 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

32. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Remote Sensing

#40 in Oceania

#1571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Remote Sensing

#41 in Oceania

#1651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Remote Sensing

#42 in Oceania

#1681 in the World

Founded: 1991

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Remote Sensing

#43 in Oceania

#1820 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Remote Sensing

#45 in Oceania

#1883 in the World

Founded: 1990

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.