Best Universities for Microbiology 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 Microbiology. A graph of 3.14M citations received by 78.5K 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.

1. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Microbiology

#1 in Australia

#26 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Microbiology

#2 in Australia

#43 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Microbiology

#3 in Australia

#56 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Microbiology

#4 in Australia

#80 in the World

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

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Microbiology

#5 in Australia

#122 in the World

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

6. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Microbiology

#6 in Australia

#176 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Microbiology

#7 in Australia

#188 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Otago

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Microbiology

#1 in New Zealand

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

9. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Microbiology

#8 in Australia

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

10. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Microbiology

#9 in Australia

#302 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

11. University of Auckland

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Auckland

For Microbiology

#2 in New Zealand

#305 in the World

Founded: 1883

12. Massey University

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Microbiology

#3 in New Zealand

#335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

13. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Microbiology

#10 in Australia

#378 in the World

Founded: 1971

14. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Microbiology

#11 in Australia

#445 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

15. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Microbiology

#12 in Australia

#478 in the World

Founded: 1965

16. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Microbiology

#13 in Australia

#530 in the World

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

17. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Microbiology

#14 in Australia

#532 in the World

Founded: 1970

18. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Microbiology

#15 in Australia

#554 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

19. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Microbiology

#16 in Australia

#576 in the World

Founded: 1966

20. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Microbiology

#17 in Australia

#631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

21. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Microbiology

#18 in Australia

#658 in the World

Founded: 1991

22. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Microbiology

#19 in Australia

#660 in the World

Founded: 1887

23. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Microbiology

#20 in Australia

#704 in the World

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

24. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Microbiology

#21 in Australia

#736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

25. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Microbiology

#22 in Australia

#765 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

26. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Microbiology

#23 in Australia

#813 in the World

Founded: 1989

27. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Microbiology

#24 in Australia

#891 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

28. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Microbiology

#25 in Australia

#900 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

29. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Microbiology

#26 in Australia

#957 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

30. University of Waikato

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Microbiology

#4 in New Zealand

#989 in the World

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

31. University of Canterbury

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Microbiology

#5 in New Zealand

#1034 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Microbiology

#27 in Australia

#1052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Microbiology

#6 in New Zealand

#1215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

34. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Microbiology

#28 in Australia

#1267 in the World

Founded: 1908

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Microbiology

#29 in Australia

#1303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Microbiology

#30 in Australia

#1392 in the World

Founded: 1990

37. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Wellington

For Microbiology

#7 in New Zealand

#1404 in the World

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

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Microbiology

#31 in Australia

#1485 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Microbiology

#32 in Australia

#1658 in the World

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

40. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Microbiology

#33 in Australia

#1957 in the World

Founded: 1991

41. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Microbiology

#34 in Australia

#1994 in the World

Founded: 1967

42. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Auckland

For Microbiology

#8 in New Zealand

#2092 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

43. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Microbiology

#35 in Australia

#2245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

44. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Microbiology

#36 in Australia

#2246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

45. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Microbiology

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#2347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

46. University of the South Pacific

For Microbiology

#1 in Fiji

#2450 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

47. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Microbiology

#37 in Australia

#2798 in the World

Founded: 1991

48. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Microbiology

#38 in Australia

#2817 in the World

Founded: 1870

49. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Microbiology

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#3055 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

50. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Microbiology

#39 in Australia

#3111 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

51. Fiji National University

For Microbiology

#2 in Fiji

#3431 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010