39 Best universities for Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications. A graph of 4.98M citations received by 162K 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

#73 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Telecommunications

#2 in Oceania

#74 in the World

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

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Telecommunications

#3 in Oceania

#80 in the World

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

4. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Telecommunications

#4 in Oceania

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Telecommunications

#5 in Oceania

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Telecommunications

#6 in Oceania

#141 in the World

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

7. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Telecommunications

#7 in Oceania

#198 in the World

Founded: 1965

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Telecommunications

#9 in Oceania

#242 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Telecommunications

#10 in Oceania

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Telecommunications

#11 in Oceania

#273 in the World

Founded: 1887

11. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Telecommunications

#12 in Oceania

#312 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

12. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Telecommunications

#13 in Oceania

#345 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Telecommunications

#14 in Oceania

#366 in the World

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

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Telecommunications

#15 in Oceania

#367 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Telecommunications

#16 in Oceania

#390 in the World

Founded: 1908

16. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Telecommunications

#17 in Oceania

#439 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Telecommunications

#18 in Oceania

#446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Telecommunications

#19 in Oceania

#480 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Telecommunications

#21 in Oceania

#535 in the World

Founded: 1971

20. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Telecommunications

#22 in Oceania

#598 in the World

Founded: 1990

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Telecommunications

#25 in Oceania

#689 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Telecommunications

#27 in Oceania

#739 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Telecommunications

#28 in Oceania

#796 in the World

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

24. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Telecommunications

#29 in Oceania

#949 in the World

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

25. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Telecommunications

#31 in Oceania

#974 in the World

Founded: 1970

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Telecommunications

#33 in Oceania

#1066 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Telecommunications

#34 in Oceania

#1124 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Telecommunications

#35 in Oceania

#1144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

29. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Telecommunications

#36 in Oceania

#1168 in the World

Founded: 1967

30. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Telecommunications

#37 in Oceania

#1294 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

31. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Telecommunications

#38 in Oceania

#1568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

32. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Telecommunications

#39 in Oceania

#1691 in the World

Founded: 1989

33. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Telecommunications

#40 in Oceania

#1870 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

34. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Telecommunications

#41 in Oceania

#1940 in the World

Founded: 1870

35. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Telecommunications

#42 in Oceania

#2071 in the World

Founded: 1987

36. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Telecommunications

#43 in Oceania

#2341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

37. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Telecommunications

#45 in Oceania

#2426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Telecommunications

#46 in Oceania

#2781 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Telecommunications

#50 in Oceania

#3935 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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