24 Best universities for Applied/Engineering Physics 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 Applied/Engineering Physics. A graph of 234K citations received by 6.64K academic papers made by 24 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 Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Oceania

#30 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Oceania

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#4 in Oceania

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#5 in Oceania

#155 in the World

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

5. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#6 in Oceania

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#7 in Oceania

#190 in the World

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

7. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#8 in Oceania

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

8. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#9 in Oceania

#329 in the World

Founded: 1991

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#10 in Oceania

#374 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#11 in Oceania

#380 in the World

Founded: 1965

11. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#12 in Oceania

#384 in the World

Founded: 1887

12. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#13 in Oceania

#454 in the World

Founded: 1971

13. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#14 in Oceania

#459 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

14. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#15 in Oceania

#482 in the World

Founded: 1908

15. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#16 in Oceania

#496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

16. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#17 in Oceania

#541 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

17. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#18 in Oceania

#586 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

18. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#21 in Oceania

#726 in the World

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

19. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#23 in Oceania

#787 in the World

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

20. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#24 in Oceania

#812 in the World

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

21. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#26 in Oceania

#841 in the World

Founded: 1966

22. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#27 in Oceania

#890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

23. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#29 in Oceania

#1120 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

24. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#30 in Oceania

#1230 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

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

Physics subfields in Australia

Acoustical Engineering39

Astrobiology28

Astrophysics and Astronomy39

Atomic and Molecular physics28

Biophysics28

Condensed Matter Physics32

Optical Engineering39

Quantum and Particle physics39

Theoretical Physics30