Best Universities for Horticulture in Oceania

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Horticulture. A graph of 2.6M citations received by 67.4K academic papers made by 49 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.

1. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Horticulture

#1 in Australia

#39 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Horticulture

#2 in Australia

#48 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

3. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Horticulture

#3 in Australia

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Horticulture

#4 in Australia

#88 in the World

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

5. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Horticulture

#5 in Australia

#99 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Horticulture

#6 in Australia

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Horticulture

#7 in Australia

#145 in the World

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

8. University of Auckland

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New Zealand | Auckland

For Horticulture

#1 in New Zealand

#212 in the World

Founded: 1883

9. Massey University

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New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Horticulture

#2 in New Zealand

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

10. Lincoln University, New Zealand

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New Zealand | Christchurch

For Horticulture

#3 in New Zealand

#241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

11. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Horticulture

#8 in Australia

#300 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

12. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Horticulture

#9 in Australia

#307 in the World

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

13. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Horticulture

#10 in Australia

#346 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

14. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Horticulture

#11 in Australia

#350 in the World

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

15. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Horticulture

#12 in Australia

#367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

16. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Horticulture

#13 in Australia

#427 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

17. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Horticulture

#14 in Australia

#440 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

18. University of Otago

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New Zealand | Dunedin

For Horticulture

#4 in New Zealand

#490 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

19. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Horticulture

#15 in Australia

#519 in the World

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

20. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Horticulture

#16 in Australia

#548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

21. University of Canterbury

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New Zealand | Christchurch

For Horticulture

#5 in New Zealand

#552 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

22. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Horticulture

#17 in Australia

#665 in the World

Founded: 1970

23. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Horticulture

#18 in Australia

#723 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

24. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Horticulture

#19 in Australia

#735 in the World

Founded: 1965

25. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Horticulture

#20 in Australia

#818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

26. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Horticulture

#21 in Australia

#863 in the World

Founded: 1887

27. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Horticulture

#22 in Australia

#866 in the World

Founded: 1971

28. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Horticulture

#23 in Australia

#875 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

29. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Horticulture

#24 in Australia

#919 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

30. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Horticulture

#25 in Australia

#943 in the World

Founded: 1966

31. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Horticulture

#26 in Australia

#1008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

32. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Horticulture

#27 in Australia

#1082 in the World

Founded: 1967

33. Victoria University of Wellington

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New Zealand | Wellington

For Horticulture

#6 in New Zealand

#1092 in the World

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

34. University of Waikato

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New Zealand | Hamilton

For Horticulture

#7 in New Zealand

#1139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 10,537
Founded: 1964

35. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Horticulture

#28 in Australia

#1185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

36. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Horticulture

#29 in Australia

#1234 in the World

Founded: 1991

37. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Horticulture

#30 in Australia

#1314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

38. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Horticulture

#31 in Australia

#1527 in the World

Founded: 1990

39. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Horticulture

#32 in Australia

#1746 in the World

Founded: 1991

40. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Horticulture

#33 in Australia

#1778 in the World

Founded: 1989

41. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Horticulture

#34 in Australia

#1785 in the World

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

42. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Horticulture

#35 in Australia

#1989 in the World

Founded: 1908

43. Auckland University of Technology

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New Zealand | Auckland

For Horticulture

#8 in New Zealand

#2051 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

44. University of the South Pacific

For Horticulture

#1 in Fiji

#2095 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

45. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Horticulture

#36 in Australia

#2215 in the World

Founded: 1870

46. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

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Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Horticulture

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#2664 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

47. Fiji National University

For Horticulture

#2 in Fiji

#3166 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

48. University of Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Horticulture

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#3232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

49. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Horticulture

#37 in Australia

#3456 in the World

Founded: 1991