Best Universities for Paleontology 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 Paleontology. A graph of 19.6M citations received by 526K academic papers made by 52 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 Paleontology

#1 in Australia

#31 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Paleontology

#2 in Australia

#32 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Paleontology

#3 in Australia

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Paleontology

#4 in Australia

#44 in the World

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

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Paleontology

#5 in Australia

#64 in the World

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

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Paleontology

#6 in Australia

#75 in the World

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

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Paleontology

#7 in Australia

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Paleontology

#8 in Australia

#112 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of Auckland

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New Zealand | Auckland

For Paleontology

#1 in New Zealand

#151 in the World

Founded: 1883

10. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Paleontology

#9 in Australia

#183 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

11. University of Otago

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Paleontology

#2 in New Zealand

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Paleontology

#10 in Australia

#248 in the World

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

13. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Paleontology

#11 in Australia

#257 in the World

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

14. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Paleontology

#12 in Australia

#268 in the World

Founded: 1970

15. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Paleontology

#13 in Australia

#309 in the World

Founded: 1971

16. Massey University

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Paleontology

#3 in New Zealand

#324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

17. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Paleontology

#14 in Australia

#340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

18. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Paleontology

#15 in Australia

#344 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Paleontology

#16 in Australia

#371 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Paleontology

#17 in Australia

#389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Wellington

For Paleontology

#4 in New Zealand

#395 in the World

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

22. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Paleontology

#18 in Australia

#399 in the World

Founded: 1965

23. University of Canterbury

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Paleontology

#5 in New Zealand

#402 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

24. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Paleontology

#19 in Australia

#449 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

25. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Paleontology

#20 in Australia

#483 in the World

Founded: 1887

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Paleontology

#21 in Australia

#499 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Paleontology

#22 in Australia

#502 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

28. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Paleontology

#23 in Australia

#538 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Paleontology

#24 in Australia

#553 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

30. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Paleontology

#25 in Australia

#556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

31. University of Waikato

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Paleontology

#6 in New Zealand

#649 in the World

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

32. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Paleontology

#26 in Australia

#803 in the World

Founded: 1908

33. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Paleontology

#27 in Australia

#893 in the World

Founded: 1990

34. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Paleontology

#28 in Australia

#897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

35. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Paleontology

#7 in New Zealand

#903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

36. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Paleontology

#29 in Australia

#933 in the World

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

37. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Paleontology

#30 in Australia

#996 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Paleontology

#31 in Australia

#1058 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Auckland

For Paleontology

#8 in New Zealand

#1141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

40. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Paleontology

#32 in Australia

#1153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

41. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Paleontology

#33 in Australia

#1319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

42. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Paleontology

#34 in Australia

#1363 in the World

Founded: 1967

43. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Paleontology

#35 in Australia

#1375 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

44. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Paleontology

#36 in Australia

#1557 in the World

Founded: 1987

45. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Paleontology

#37 in Australia

#1720 in the World

Founded: 1991

46. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Paleontology

#38 in Australia

#1725 in the World

Founded: 1870

47. University of the South Pacific

For Paleontology

#1 in Fiji

#2175 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

48. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Paleontology

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#2845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

49. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Paleontology

#39 in Australia

#2968 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Paleontology

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#3998 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

51. Fiji National University

For Paleontology

#2 in Fiji

#4340 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

52. National University of Samoa

For Paleontology

#1 in Samoa

#5454 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1984