Best Art & Design Schools in Oceania

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 4.89M citations received by 279K academic papers made by 51 universities in Oceania 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.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Art & Design

#1 in Australia

#28 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Art & Design

#2 in Australia

#29 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Art & Design

#3 in Australia

#35 in the World

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

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Art & Design

#4 in Australia

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Art & Design

#5 in Australia

#63 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Art & Design

#6 in Australia

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Art & Design

#1 in New Zealand

#86 in the World

Founded: 1883

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Art & Design

#7 in Australia

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Art & Design

#8 in Australia

#159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

10. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Art & Design

#9 in Australia

#161 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

11. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Art & Design

#10 in Australia

#168 in the World

Founded: 1971

12. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Art & Design

#11 in Australia

#174 in the World

Founded: 1970

13. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Art & Design

#12 in Australia

#193 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

14. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Art & Design

#13 in Australia

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

15. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Art & Design

#14 in Australia

#213 in the World

Founded: 1965

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Art & Design

#15 in Australia

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Art & Design

#16 in Australia

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

18. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Art & Design

#2 in New Zealand

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

19. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Art & Design

#17 in Australia

#290 in the World

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

20. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Art & Design

#3 in New Zealand

#297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 21,833
Founded: 1897

21. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Art & Design

#18 in Australia

#310 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

22. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Art & Design

#19 in Australia

#317 in the World

Founded: 1991

23. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Art & Design

#20 in Australia

#319 in the World

Founded: 1887

24. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Art & Design

#21 in Australia

#335 in the World

Founded: 1966

25. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Art & Design

#22 in Australia

#351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

26. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Art & Design

#4 in New Zealand

#352 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

27. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Art & Design

#5 in New Zealand

#369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

28. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Art & Design

#23 in Australia

#385 in the World

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

29. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Art & Design

#6 in New Zealand

#423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

30. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Art & Design

#24 in Australia

#511 in the World

Founded: 1908

31. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Art & Design

#25 in Australia

#522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

32. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Art & Design

#26 in Australia

#588 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

33. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Art & Design

#27 in Australia

#598 in the World

Founded: 1991

34. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Art & Design

#7 in New Zealand

#609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

35. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Art & Design

#28 in Australia

#670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

36. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Art & Design

#29 in Australia

#711 in the World

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

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Art & Design

#30 in Australia

#714 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Art & Design

#31 in Australia

#728 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

39. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Art & Design

#32 in Australia

#752 in the World

Founded: 1990

40. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Art & Design

#33 in Australia

#773 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

41. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Art & Design

#34 in Australia

#908 in the World

Founded: 1967

42. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Art & Design

#35 in Australia

#1191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

43. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Art & Design

#36 in Australia

#1206 in the World

Founded: 1870

44. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Art & Design

#8 in New Zealand

#1261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

45. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Art & Design

#37 in Australia

#1399 in the World

Founded: 1987

46. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Art & Design

#38 in Australia

#1418 in the World

Founded: 1989

47. University of the South Pacific

For Art & Design

#1 in Fiji

#1997 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Art & Design

#39 in Australia

#2074 in the World

Founded: 1989

49. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Art & Design

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3991 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

50. Fiji National University

For Art & Design

#2 in Fiji

#4508 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

51. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Art & Design

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#4619 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965