37 Best universities for Horticulture in Australia

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Horticulture. A graph of 2.25M citations received by 56.7K academic papers made by 37 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 Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Horticulture

#39 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Horticulture

#48 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

3. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Horticulture

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Horticulture

#88 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 77,162
Founded: 1853

5. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Horticulture

#99 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Horticulture

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Horticulture

#145 in the World

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

8. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Horticulture

#11 in Oceania

#300 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

9. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Horticulture

#12 in Oceania

#307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 63,864
Founded: 1949

10. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Horticulture

#13 in Oceania

#346 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

11. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Horticulture

#14 in Oceania

#350 in the World

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

12. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Horticulture

#15 in Oceania

#367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

13. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Horticulture

#16 in Oceania

#427 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

14. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Horticulture

#17 in Oceania

#440 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

15. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Horticulture

#19 in Oceania

#519 in the World

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

16. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Horticulture

#20 in Oceania

#548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

17. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Horticulture

#22 in Oceania

#665 in the World

Founded: 1970

18. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Horticulture

#23 in Oceania

#723 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

19. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Horticulture

#24 in Oceania

#735 in the World

Founded: 1965

20. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Horticulture

#25 in Oceania

#818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

21. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Horticulture

#26 in Oceania

#863 in the World

Founded: 1887

22. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Horticulture

#27 in Oceania

#866 in the World

Founded: 1971

23. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Horticulture

#28 in Oceania

#875 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

24. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Horticulture

#29 in Oceania

#919 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

25. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Horticulture

#30 in Oceania

#943 in the World

Founded: 1966

26. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Horticulture

#31 in Oceania

#1008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

27. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Horticulture

#32 in Oceania

#1082 in the World

Founded: 1967

28. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Horticulture

#35 in Oceania

#1185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

29. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Horticulture

#36 in Oceania

#1234 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Horticulture

#37 in Oceania

#1314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

31. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Horticulture

#38 in Oceania

#1527 in the World

Founded: 1990

32. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Horticulture

#39 in Oceania

#1746 in the World

Founded: 1991

33. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Horticulture

#40 in Oceania

#1778 in the World

Founded: 1989

34. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Horticulture

#41 in Oceania

#1785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 17,576
Founded: 1967

35. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Horticulture

#42 in Oceania

#1989 in the World

Founded: 1908

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Horticulture

#45 in Oceania

#2215 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Horticulture

#49 in Oceania

#3456 in the World

Founded: 1991

The best cities to study Horticulture in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are St Lucia, Crawley, Adelaide, and Melbourne.