39 Best universities for Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications. A graph of 3.17M citations received by 143K 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 Telecommunications

#1 in Oceania

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Telecommunications

#2 in Oceania

#73 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Telecommunications

#3 in Oceania

#76 in the World

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

4. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Telecommunications

#4 in Oceania

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Telecommunications

#5 in Oceania

#138 in the World

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

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Telecommunications

#6 in Oceania

#141 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Telecommunications

#7 in Oceania

#210 in the World

Founded: 1965

8. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Telecommunications

#9 in Oceania

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

9. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Telecommunications

#10 in Oceania

#258 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

10. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Telecommunications

#11 in Oceania

#306 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

11. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Telecommunications

#12 in Oceania

#318 in the World

Founded: 1887

12. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Telecommunications

#13 in Oceania

#331 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

13. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Telecommunications

#14 in Oceania

#346 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

14. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Telecommunications

#15 in Oceania

#374 in the World

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

15. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Telecommunications

#16 in Oceania

#423 in the World

Founded: 1908

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Telecommunications

#17 in Oceania

#431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Telecommunications

#19 in Oceania

#448 in the World

Founded: 1991

18. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Telecommunications

#20 in Oceania

#481 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

19. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Telecommunications

#21 in Oceania

#534 in the World

Founded: 1971

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Telecommunications

#23 in Oceania

#658 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Telecommunications

#24 in Oceania

#704 in the World

Founded: 1990

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Telecommunications

#27 in Oceania

#774 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Telecommunications

#28 in Oceania

#817 in the World

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

24. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Telecommunications

#29 in Oceania

#888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

25. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Telecommunications

#31 in Oceania

#959 in the World

Founded: 1970

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Telecommunications

#33 in Oceania

#1088 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Telecommunications

#34 in Oceania

#1090 in the World

Founded: 1967

28. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Telecommunications

#35 in Oceania

#1111 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Telecommunications

#36 in Oceania

#1122 in the World

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

30. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Telecommunications

#37 in Oceania

#1203 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

31. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Telecommunications

#38 in Oceania

#1589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

32. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Telecommunications

#39 in Oceania

#1776 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

33. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Telecommunications

#40 in Oceania

#1932 in the World

Founded: 1989

34. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Telecommunications

#41 in Oceania

#1942 in the World

Founded: 1870

35. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Telecommunications

#42 in Oceania

#2139 in the World

Founded: 1987

36. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Telecommunications

#44 in Oceania

#2351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

37. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Telecommunications

#45 in Oceania

#2416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Telecommunications

#47 in Oceania

#3042 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Telecommunications

#51 in Oceania

#4231 in the World

Founded: 1989

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