38 Best universities for Systems Engineering 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 Systems Engineering. A graph of 1.18M citations received by 46.2K 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

#43 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Systems Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#63 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Systems Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#65 in the World

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

4. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Systems Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#74 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Systems Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#91 in the World

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

6. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Systems Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#142 in the World

Founded: 1965

7. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Systems Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

8. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Systems Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

9. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Systems Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#221 in the World

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

10. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Systems Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

11. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Systems Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#238 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

12. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Systems Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#251 in the World

Founded: 1887

13. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Systems Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#276 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

14. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Systems Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#278 in the World

Founded: 1991

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Systems Engineering

#16 in Oceania

#303 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Systems Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#334 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Systems Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Systems Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#364 in the World

Founded: 1971

19. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Systems Engineering

#21 in Oceania

#445 in the World

Founded: 1908

20. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Systems Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#475 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Systems Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#493 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Systems Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#668 in the World

Founded: 1966

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Systems Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#681 in the World

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

24. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Systems Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#711 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Systems Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

26. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Systems Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#765 in the World

Founded: 1990

27. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Systems Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#871 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

28. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Systems Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#889 in the World

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

29. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Systems Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#976 in the World

Founded: 1967

30. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Systems Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#999 in the World

Founded: 1970

31. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Systems Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1128 in the World

Founded: 1987

32. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Systems Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1183 in the World

Founded: 1991

33. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Systems Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

34. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Systems Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Systems Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Systems Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#1656 in the World

Founded: 1989

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Systems Engineering

#44 in Oceania

#1759 in the World

Founded: 1870

38. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Systems Engineering

#45 in Oceania

#1999 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, St Lucia, Melbourne, and Clayton.