39 Best universities for Structural Engineering in Australia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Structural Engineering. A graph of 2.53M citations received by 94.2K academic papers made by 39 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 Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Structural Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#50 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Structural Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#58 in the World

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

3. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Structural Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#94 in the World

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

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Structural Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#148 in the World

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

5. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Structural Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#154 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Structural Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#156 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Structural Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Structural Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

9. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Structural Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

10. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Structural Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#213 in the World

Founded: 1965

11. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Structural Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#214 in the World

Founded: 1887

12. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Structural Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

13. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Structural Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

14. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Structural Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#283 in the World

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

15. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Structural Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#352 in the World

Founded: 1908

16. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Structural Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#410 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Structural Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#450 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

18. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Structural Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#530 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

19. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Structural Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#720 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Structural Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#727 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Structural Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#754 in the World

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

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Structural Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#779 in the World

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

23. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Structural Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#788 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

24. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Structural Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#798 in the World

Founded: 1990

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Structural Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#896 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Structural Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#972 in the World

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

27. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Structural Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#983 in the World

Founded: 1970

28. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Structural Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#1084 in the World

Founded: 1967

29. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Structural Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#1094 in the World

Founded: 1966

30. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Structural Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1616 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

31. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Structural Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1755 in the World

Founded: 1870

32. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Structural Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Structural Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Structural Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Structural Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#2058 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Structural Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#2218 in the World

Founded: 1987

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Structural Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#2401 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Structural Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#2416 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Structural Engineering

#49 in Oceania

#3726 in the World

Founded: 1989

The best cities to study Structural Engineering in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Sydney, Clayton, Melbourne, and Crawley.