There are 37 accredited engineering programs at schools all across Australia. This offers a great deal of choice to students looking to study in the country in terms of both course content and lifestyle. Most programs offer specialist teaching in a specific branch of engineering, and different cities offer different lifestyles in this huge country. Students could choose to study in the tropics, in a rural setting or in a larger metropolitan school. Some courses are heavily researched based, and others are based around practical work experience.
A program accredited by Engineers Australia leads to an internationally recognized qualification. Countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand all recognize the qualification as a part of a joint recognition agreement in place between the countries. The process of accreditation is carried out every five years by the Institutes Accreditation Board. The list of all accredited programs can be found at engineersaustralia.org.au.
The University of Melbourne is consistently ranked among the top schools in Australia and regularly places in the top 100 universities in the world. It is currently recognized as Australia's best school for students of engineering and heads the top 12, which are: 1. University of Melbourne; 2. University of New South Wales; 3. University of Sydney; 4. Monash University; 5. University of Queensland; 6. Australian National University; 7. University of Western Australia; 8. University of Newcastle; 9. University of Adelaide; 10. RMIT University; 11. Queensland University of Technology; 12. University of Wollongong
Engineering has been taught at the University of Melbourne since 1861. It leads the nation in terms of engineering programs and attracts many students and teachers from around the world. More than 4,500 students attend the university's school of engineering, which specializes in research excellence and counts companies such as Ford, Microsoft and Google among its partners. Like many top Australian universities, the school is well respected in the English speaking academic world and works at the forefront of Australia's regional influence in Oceania and Asia.