Best Universities for Microbiology 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 Microbiology. A graph of 2.31M citations received by 68.3K academic papers made by 50 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

#25 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Microbiology

#2 in Australia

#42 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Microbiology

#3 in Australia

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Microbiology

#4 in Australia

#83 in the World

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

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Microbiology

#5 in Australia

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

6. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Microbiology

#6 in Australia

#160 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Microbiology

#7 in Australia

#183 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Microbiology

#1 in New Zealand

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

9. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Microbiology

#8 in Australia

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

10. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Microbiology

#9 in Australia

#276 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

11. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Microbiology

#2 in New Zealand

#310 in the World

Founded: 1883

12. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Microbiology

#3 in New Zealand

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

13. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Microbiology

#10 in Australia

#404 in the World

Founded: 1971

14. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Microbiology

#11 in Australia

#431 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

15. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Microbiology

#12 in Australia

#491 in the World

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

16. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Microbiology

#13 in Australia

#514 in the World

Founded: 1965

17. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Microbiology

#14 in Australia

#537 in the World

Founded: 1970

18. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Microbiology

#15 in Australia

#549 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

19. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Microbiology

#16 in Australia

#556 in the World

Founded: 1966

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Microbiology

#17 in Australia

#633 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Microbiology

#18 in Australia

#636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

22. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Microbiology

#19 in Australia

#692 in the World

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

23. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Microbiology

#20 in Australia

#712 in the World

Founded: 1887

24. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Microbiology

#21 in Australia

#739 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

25. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Microbiology

#22 in Australia

#806 in the World

Founded: 1989

26. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Microbiology

#23 in Australia

#813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

27. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Microbiology

#24 in Australia

#849 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

28. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Microbiology

#25 in Australia

#859 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

29. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Microbiology

#4 in New Zealand

#915 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

30. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Microbiology

#5 in New Zealand

#953 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

31. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Microbiology

#26 in Australia

#967 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

32. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Microbiology

#27 in Australia

#980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

33. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Microbiology

#6 in New Zealand

#1103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

34. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Microbiology

#28 in Australia

#1129 in the World

Founded: 1908

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Microbiology

#29 in Australia

#1232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Microbiology

#30 in Australia

#1289 in the World

Founded: 1990

37. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Microbiology

#7 in New Zealand

#1487 in the World

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

38. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Microbiology

#31 in Australia

#1539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

39. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Microbiology

#32 in Australia

#1620 in the World

Founded: 1987

40. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Microbiology

#33 in Australia

#1929 in the World

Founded: 1967

41. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Microbiology

#34 in Australia

#1971 in the World

Founded: 1991

42. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Microbiology

#8 in New Zealand

#2023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

43. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Microbiology

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#2060 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

44. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Microbiology

#35 in Australia

#2136 in the World

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

45. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Microbiology

#36 in Australia

#2227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

46. University of the South Pacific

For Microbiology

#1 in Fiji

#2376 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

47. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Microbiology

#37 in Australia

#2683 in the World

Founded: 1991

48. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Microbiology

#38 in Australia

#2725 in the World

Founded: 1870

49. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Microbiology

#39 in Australia

#3031 in the World

Founded: 1989

50. Fiji National University

For Microbiology

#2 in Fiji

#3275 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010