33 Best universities for Transportation 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 Transportation Engineering. A graph of 309K citations received by 15.8K academic papers made by 33 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. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Transportation Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#10 in the World

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

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Transportation Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#33 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Transportation Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Transportation Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#53 in the World

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

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Transportation Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Transportation Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Transportation Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#184 in the World

Founded: 1887

8. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Transportation Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#205 in the World

Founded: 1971

9. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Transportation Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#206 in the World

Founded: 1991

10. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Transportation Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#253 in the World

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

11. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Transportation Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#287 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

12. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Transportation Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

13. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Transportation Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#305 in the World

Founded: 1965

14. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Transportation Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#313 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

15. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Transportation Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#366 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Transportation Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#379 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Transportation Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#420 in the World

Founded: 1908

18. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Transportation Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#496 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

19. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Transportation Engineering

#23 in Oceania

#550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

20. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Transportation Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#612 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

21. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Transportation Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

22. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Transportation Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#673 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

23. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Transportation Engineering

#28 in Oceania

#693 in the World

Founded: 1967

24. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Transportation Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#697 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

25. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Transportation Engineering

#30 in Oceania

#707 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

26. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Transportation Engineering

#32 in Oceania

#801 in the World

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

27. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Transportation Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#963 in the World

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

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Transportation Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#970 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Transportation Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#1050 in the World

Founded: 1966

30. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Transportation Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1071 in the World

Founded: 1990

31. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Transportation Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1113 in the World

Founded: 1870

32. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Transportation Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1139 in the World

Founded: 1991

33. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Transportation Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1436 in the World

Founded: 1991

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