35 Best universities for Renewable Energy Engineering 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 Renewable Energy Engineering. A graph of 831K citations received by 19.7K academic papers made by 35 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 Renewable Energy Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#16 in the World

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

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#43 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#89 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

5. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#120 in the World

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

6. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#122 in the World

Founded: 1965

7. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#138 in the World

Founded: 1887

8. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#147 in the World

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

9. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

10. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

11. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#176 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

12. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#201 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

13. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#213 in the World

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

14. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#238 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

15. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#275 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

16. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#328 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#366 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#388 in the World

Founded: 1967

20. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#396 in the World

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

21. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#460 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

22. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#497 in the World

Founded: 1908

23. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

24. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#594 in the World

Founded: 1970

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#683 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#745 in the World

Founded: 1990

27. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#910 in the World

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

28. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#914 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

29. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1148 in the World

Founded: 1966

30. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1379 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

31. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

32. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

33. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

34. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1839 in the World

Founded: 1870

35. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#2027 in the World

Founded: 1989

The best cities to study Renewable Energy Engineering in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Sydney, St Lucia, Brisbane, and Perth.