38 Best universities for Systems 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 Systems Engineering. A graph of 1.79M citations received by 52K academic papers made by 38 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 Systems Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#51 in the World

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

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Systems Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#63 in the World

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

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Systems Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#68 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Systems Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#80 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Systems Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#97 in the World

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

6. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Systems Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#157 in the World

Founded: 1965

7. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Systems Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

8. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Systems Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

9. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Systems Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#227 in the World

Founded: 1887

10. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Systems Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#229 in the World

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

11. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Systems Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#240 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

12. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Systems Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

13. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Systems Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#283 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Systems Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#296 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Systems Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#303 in the World

Founded: 1991

16. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Systems Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#347 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Systems Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Systems Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#366 in the World

Founded: 1971

19. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Systems Engineering

#20 in Oceania

#450 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

20. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Systems Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#456 in the World

Founded: 1908

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Systems Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#495 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Systems Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#705 in the World

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

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Systems Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#715 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Systems Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#744 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Systems Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#750 in the World

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

26. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Systems Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#777 in the World

Founded: 1990

27. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Systems Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

28. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Systems Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#860 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

29. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Systems Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#952 in the World

Founded: 1967

30. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Systems Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1034 in the World

Founded: 1970

31. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Systems Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1218 in the World

Founded: 1987

32. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Systems Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1240 in the World

Founded: 1991

33. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Systems Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

34. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Systems Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Systems Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Systems Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#1613 in the World

Founded: 1989

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Systems Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#1707 in the World

Founded: 1870

38. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Systems Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#1866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

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