36 Best universities for Transportation 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 Transportation Engineering. A graph of 479K citations received by 18K academic papers made by 36 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

#14 in the World

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

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Transportation Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#28 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Transportation Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#50 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Transportation Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#55 in the World

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

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Transportation Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#65 in the World

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

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Transportation Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#90 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Transportation Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#160 in the World

Founded: 1887

8. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Transportation Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#198 in the World

Founded: 1971

9. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Transportation Engineering

#10 in Oceania

#211 in the World

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

10. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Transportation Engineering

#11 in Oceania

#224 in the World

Founded: 1991

11. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Transportation Engineering

#12 in Oceania

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

12. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Transportation Engineering

#13 in Oceania

#279 in the World

Founded: 1965

13. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Transportation Engineering

#14 in Oceania

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

14. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Transportation Engineering

#15 in Oceania

#301 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Transportation Engineering

#17 in Oceania

#358 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Transportation Engineering

#18 in Oceania

#359 in the World

Founded: 1908

17. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Transportation Engineering

#19 in Oceania

#381 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

18. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Transportation Engineering

#22 in Oceania

#506 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%
Enrollment: 17,576
Founded: 1967

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Transportation Engineering

#24 in Oceania

#578 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Transportation Engineering

#25 in Oceania

#588 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

22. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Transportation Engineering

#26 in Oceania

#611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

23. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Transportation Engineering

#27 in Oceania

#615 in the World

Founded: 1967

24. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Transportation Engineering

#29 in Oceania

#722 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

25. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Transportation Engineering

#31 in Oceania

#753 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

26. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Transportation Engineering

#33 in Oceania

#844 in the World

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

27. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Transportation Engineering

#34 in Oceania

#962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

28. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Transportation Engineering

#35 in Oceania

#981 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Transportation Engineering

#36 in Oceania

#995 in the World

Founded: 1970

30. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Transportation Engineering

#37 in Oceania

#1074 in the World

Founded: 1870

31. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Transportation Engineering

#38 in Oceania

#1102 in the World

Founded: 1966

32. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Transportation Engineering

#39 in Oceania

#1130 in the World

Founded: 1990

33. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Transportation Engineering

#40 in Oceania

#1537 in the World

Founded: 1991

34. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Transportation Engineering

#41 in Oceania

#1618 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

35. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Transportation Engineering

#42 in Oceania

#1626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

36. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Transportation Engineering

#43 in Oceania

#1636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

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