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Engineering research in Australia

UNSW Sydney ranks first in Australia for Engineering research in 2022-now (#53 worldwide), followed by Monash University and RMIT University.

Australia's world rank
#5
of 131 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
37k
Top-10% rate
16.2%
Ranked institutions
45

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Engineering in Australia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1UNSW SydneySydney #5354.317.4%3,206
2Monash UniversityMelbourne #7550.318.1%1,944
3RMIT UniversityMelbourne #10946.018.4%2,021
4The University of QueenslandBrisbane #11245.714.3%1,911
5University of Technology SydneySydney #12144.820.5%2,178
6The University of SydneySydney #12544.416.1%1,986
7The University of MelbourneMelbourne #14242.914.4%1,751
8Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane #16341.317.2%1,073
9The University of AdelaideAdelaide #19139.518.0%1,247
10University of WollongongWollongong #20438.817.6%1,314
11Australian National UniversityCanberra #23936.913.4%910
12Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationCanberra #32833.312.3%1,943
13Curtin UniversityPerth #35032.517.4%1,195
14Swinburne University of TechnologyMelbourne #39231.217.9%1,422
15Deakin UniversityBurwood #42630.316.9%1,197
16The University of Western AustraliaPerth #43130.111.7%974
17Griffith UniversityBrisbane #49028.717.3%782
18Macquarie UniversitySydney #50228.414.6%660
19Edith Cowan UniversityPerth #51528.125.7%401
20University of South AustraliaAdelaide #53027.815.5%558
21La Trobe UniversityMelbourne #57926.716.8%330
22University of TasmaniaHobart #58626.616.5%414
23University of Newcastle AustraliaNewcastle #60726.216.2%649
24Western Sydney UniversityRichmond #68324.818.3%629
25Australian Nuclear Science and Technology OrganisationSydney #72924.117.7%190
26University of Southern QueenslandToowoomba #81822.819.4%372
27University of CanberraCanberra #86022.220.3%375
28Australian Research CouncilCanberra #97320.814.1%77
29Central Queensland UniversityRockhampton #1,00420.420.1%299
30Flinders UniversityAdelaide #1,07719.612.7%271
31Federation UniversityBallarat #1,12619.116.8%219
32Murdoch UniversityPerth #1,14018.915.3%218
33Charles Darwin UniversityDarwin #1,33317.114.7%134
34Victoria UniversityMelbourne #1,40916.521.5%199
35James Cook UniversityTownsville #1,54615.415.8%180
36Defence Science and Technology GroupCanberra #1,82813.56.7%214
37Torrens University AustraliaAdelaide #1,91013.025.9%62
38University of the Sunshine CoastSunshine Coast #2,26011.115.4%152
39Boeing (Australia)Brisbane #2,39310.42.1%115
40Queensland GovernmentBrisbane #2,47710.013.0%95
41Government of Western AustraliaPerth #3,3206.66.6%232
42Charles Sturt UniversityBathurst #3,3736.411.9%103
43Geoscience AustraliaCanberra #3,9294.74.9%107
44IP AustraliaCanberra #5,0101.96.5%77
45Institute of Industrial EngineeringCanberra #5,299124.06.4%61

Institutions in Australia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Engineering researchers in Australia?

Shi Xue Dou, Huan Liu and Guoxiu Wang rank highest among researchers based in Australia, on their papers in Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Shi Xue Dou#14,905 worldwide overall399.4 of 791 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Huan Liu#25,487 worldwide overall427.9 of 1,232 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Guoxiu Wang#535 worldwide overall280.7 of 495 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Shulei Chou#90 worldwide overall257.9 of 414 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Peng Shi#46,106 worldwide overall396.6 of 888 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Zhao Yang Dong#16,517 worldwide overall267.0 of 821 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Pathegama Gamage Ranjith#7,642 worldwide overall207.4 of 522 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Qing Li#52,484 worldwide overall193.8 of 682 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Martin Andrew Green#38,609 worldwide overall185.1 of 606 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Aibing Yu#140,204 worldwide overall253.7 of 870 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Stefan Iglauer#1,996 worldwide overall152.1 of 296 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Shi‐Zhang Qiao#130 worldwide overall141.6 of 226 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Xinghuo Yu#38,550 worldwide overall178.7 of 582 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Yi Min Xie#12,202 worldwide overall162.6 of 424 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Jay Sanjayan#16,988 worldwide overall157.8 of 450 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Australia on their work in Engineering alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Australia compares with other countries in Engineering