Best Universities for Biology 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 Biology. A graph of 51.7M citations received by 1.68M academic papers made by 54 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 Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Biology

#1 in Australia

#48 in the World

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

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Biology

#2 in Australia

#50 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Biology

#3 in Australia

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Biology

#4 in Australia

#90 in the World

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

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Biology

#5 in Australia

#94 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Biology

#6 in Australia

#144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Biology

#7 in Australia

#162 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Biology

#8 in Australia

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Biology

#1 in New Zealand

#207 in the World

Founded: 1883

10. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Biology

#2 in New Zealand

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

11. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Biology

#9 in Australia

#407 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

12. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Biology

#10 in Australia

#427 in the World

Founded: 1971

13. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Biology

#11 in Australia

#445 in the World

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

14. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Biology

#12 in Australia

#448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

15. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Biology

#13 in Australia

#456 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Biology

#14 in Australia

#470 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Biology

#3 in New Zealand

#471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

18. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Biology

#15 in Australia

#476 in the World

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

19. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Biology

#16 in Australia

#484 in the World

Founded: 1970

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Biology

#17 in Australia

#494 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Biology

#18 in Australia

#518 in the World

Founded: 1966

22. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Biology

#19 in Australia

#522 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

23. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Biology

#20 in Australia

#561 in the World

Founded: 1965

24. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Biology

#21 in Australia

#600 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Biology

#22 in Australia

#644 in the World

Founded: 1887

26. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Biology

#4 in New Zealand

#651 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

27. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Biology

#23 in Australia

#667 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

28. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Biology

#24 in Australia

#730 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Biology

#25 in Australia

#797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Biology

#5 in New Zealand

#825 in the World

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

31. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Biology

#26 in Australia

#1011 in the World

Founded: 1908

32. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Biology

#6 in New Zealand

#1026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

33. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Biology

#27 in Australia

#1055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

34. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Biology

#7 in New Zealand

#1105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

35. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Biology

#28 in Australia

#1170 in the World

Founded: 1991

36. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Biology

#29 in Australia

#1214 in the World

Founded: 1990

37. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Biology

#30 in Australia

#1268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

38. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Biology

#31 in Australia

#1361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

39. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Biology

#8 in New Zealand

#1390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

40. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Biology

#32 in Australia

#1425 in the World

Founded: 1989

41. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Biology

#33 in Australia

#1517 in the World

Founded: 1967

42. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Biology

#34 in Australia

#1521 in the World

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

43. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Biology

#35 in Australia

#1666 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

44. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Biology

#36 in Australia

#1794 in the World

Founded: 1991

45. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Biology

#37 in Australia

#1871 in the World

Founded: 1987

46. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Biology

#38 in Australia

#2003 in the World

Founded: 1870

47. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Biology

#39 in Australia

#2566 in the World

Founded: 1989

48. University of the South Pacific

For Biology

#1 in Fiji

#2587 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

49. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Biology

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

50. Fiji National University

For Biology

#2 in Fiji

#4308 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

51. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Biology

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#4423 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

52. National University of Samoa

For Biology

#1 in Samoa

#5614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1984

53. University of Goroka

Papua New Guinea | Goroka

For Biology

#3 in Papua New Guinea

#6312 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1968

54. Divine Word University

Papua New Guinea | Madang

For Biology

#4 in Papua New Guinea

#6569 in the World

Enrollment: 3,185
Founded: 1980