Facts and figures

Our rankings

How we compare with other universities:

University-wide

Australian ranking World rankingSource
1 34 Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023
 8 QS Graduate Employability 2022

Engineering and IT

Discipline World rankingSource
Engineering and Technology 30 QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022
Computer Science & Information Systems 43 QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022
Chemical Engineering 42 QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022
Civil and Structural Engineering 25 QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 40 QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022
Mining and Mineral Engineering 23 QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022

Accreditation

Our courses have received accreditation from:

AccreditationRecognition
EURACE® Recognised in 28 countries
Euro-Inf® Recognised in 28 countries
Engineers Australia Recognised in 13 countries
iChemE Recognised worldwide
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Recognised worldwide
Australian Computer Society Recognised worldwide

Find out which of our courses is accredited

The School

Academic staff
477
Academic student–staff ratio
24:1
Professional staff
160

Schools and departments

Research centres and institutes

Research centres and institutes

Entrepreneurship

We have one business incubator: Melbourne Accelerator Program.

Visit the MAP website

Students

Engineering female students
3797
Engineering male students
7854
Engineering international students
6753
Engineering female students %
33%
Engineering international students %
58%

Courses

Undergraduate courses

Our majors:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computing & Software Systems
  • Digital Infrastructure Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechatronic Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • User Experience Design

Graduate courses

The number of courses in our key discipline areas:

NumberDiscipline
29 All graduate courses
2 Biomedical engineering
3 Chemical engineering
5 Civil and structural engineering
2Digital infrastructure engineering
2Electrical and electronic engineering
1 Energy
1 Engineering management
2 Environmental engineering
1Industrial engineering
6 Information technology, information systems and computer science
4 Mechanical engineering and mechatronics

Visit our engineering degrees page Visit our IT degrees page

Exchange/Study Abroad

Outbound students
51
Inbound students
321
Partner institutions
180


Exchange options (inbound and outbound)

  • Coursework, research
  • Short term, one semester, two semesters

Group exchange agreements

  • AOTULE
  • GE3

Research

Research income
$62.7 million


We have nine key industry sector research programs:

Alumni

Alumni in Australia
16738
Alumni overseas
4744