37 Best universities for Horticulture in Australia

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Horticulture. A graph of 1.68M citations received by 51.8K 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

#36 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Horticulture

#41 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

3. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Horticulture

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Horticulture

#77 in the World

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

5. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Horticulture

#86 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Horticulture

#99 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Horticulture

#133 in the World

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

8. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Horticulture

#11 in Oceania

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

9. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Horticulture

#12 in Oceania

#279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

10. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Horticulture

#13 in Oceania

#300 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

11. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Horticulture

#14 in Oceania

#345 in the World

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

12. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Horticulture

#15 in Oceania

#347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

13. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Horticulture

#16 in Oceania

#386 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

14. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Horticulture

#17 in Oceania

#415 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

15. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Horticulture

#19 in Oceania

#443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

16. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Horticulture

#21 in Oceania

#524 in the World

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

17. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Horticulture

#22 in Oceania

#619 in the World

Founded: 1970

18. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Horticulture

#23 in Oceania

#703 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

19. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Horticulture

#24 in Oceania

#707 in the World

Founded: 1965

20. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Horticulture

#25 in Oceania

#773 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

21. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Horticulture

#26 in Oceania

#823 in the World

Founded: 1971

22. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Horticulture

#27 in Oceania

#843 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

23. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Horticulture

#28 in Oceania

#868 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

24. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Horticulture

#29 in Oceania

#903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

25. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Horticulture

#30 in Oceania

#913 in the World

Founded: 1966

26. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Horticulture

#31 in Oceania

#930 in the World

Founded: 1887

27. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Horticulture

#33 in Oceania

#1083 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Horticulture

#35 in Oceania

#1130 in the World

Founded: 1967

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Horticulture

#36 in Oceania

#1189 in the World

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

30. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Horticulture

#37 in Oceania

#1242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

31. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Horticulture

#38 in Oceania

#1395 in the World

Founded: 1990

32. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Horticulture

#39 in Oceania

#1704 in the World

Founded: 1989

33. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Horticulture

#40 in Oceania

#1712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

34. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Horticulture

#41 in Oceania

#1742 in the World

Founded: 1991

35. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Horticulture

#42 in Oceania

#1912 in the World

Founded: 1908

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Horticulture

#43 in Oceania

#2049 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Horticulture

#49 in Oceania

#3250 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.