Best Business Schools in Oceania

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Business. A graph of 17M citations received by 634K 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 New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#1 in Australia

#41 in the World

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

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#2 in Australia

#43 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#3 in Australia

#45 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Business

#4 in Australia

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Business

#5 in Australia

#59 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Business

#6 in Australia

#74 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Auckland

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New Zealand | Auckland

For Business

#1 in New Zealand

#100 in the World

Founded: 1883

8. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Business

#7 in Australia

#102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

9. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Business

#8 in Australia

#114 in the World

Founded: 1971

10. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#9 in Australia

#147 in the World

Founded: 1965

11. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Business

#10 in Australia

#182 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

12. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Business

#11 in Australia

#184 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Business

#12 in Australia

#201 in the World

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

14. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#13 in Australia

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

15. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#14 in Australia

#212 in the World

Founded: 1887

16. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#15 in Australia

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

17. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Business

#16 in Australia

#224 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

18. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Business

#17 in Australia

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

19. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#18 in Australia

#256 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. University of Otago

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New Zealand | Dunedin

For Business

#2 in New Zealand

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

21. Victoria University of Wellington

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New Zealand | Wellington

For Business

#3 in New Zealand

#307 in the World

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

22. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#19 in Australia

#311 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

23. Massey University

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New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Business

#4 in New Zealand

#335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

24. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Business

#20 in Australia

#343 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

25. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Business

#21 in Australia

#406 in the World

Founded: 1908

26. University of Canterbury

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New Zealand | Christchurch

For Business

#5 in New Zealand

#429 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

27. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Business

#22 in Australia

#482 in the World

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

28. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#23 in Australia

#486 in the World

Founded: 1966

29. Auckland University of Technology

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New Zealand | Auckland

For Business

#6 in New Zealand

#496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

30. University of Waikato

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New Zealand | Hamilton

For Business

#7 in New Zealand

#505 in the World

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

31. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#24 in Australia

#588 in the World

Founded: 1990

32. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Business

#25 in Australia

#602 in the World

Founded: 1970

33. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Business

#26 in Australia

#605 in the World

Founded: 1991

34. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Business

#27 in Australia

#645 in the World

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

35. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Business

#28 in Australia

#713 in the World

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

36. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Business

#29 in Australia

#716 in the World

Founded: 1967

37. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Business

#30 in Australia

#718 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

38. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Business

#31 in Australia

#774 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

39. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Business

#32 in Australia

#807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

40. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Business

#33 in Australia

#896 in the World

Founded: 1987

41. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Business

#34 in Australia

#905 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

42. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Business

#35 in Australia

#939 in the World

Founded: 1991

43. Lincoln University, New Zealand

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New Zealand | Christchurch

For Business

#8 in New Zealand

#1010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

44. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Business

#36 in Australia

#1112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

45. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Business

#37 in Australia

#1239 in the World

Founded: 1870

46. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Business

#38 in Australia

#1424 in the World

Founded: 1989

47. University of the South Pacific

For Business

#1 in Fiji

#1693 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Business

#39 in Australia

#2237 in the World

Founded: 1989

49. Fiji National University

For Business

#2 in Fiji

#3834 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

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Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Business

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#4247 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

51. University of Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Business

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#4442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

52. National University of Samoa

For Business

#1 in Samoa

#5830 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1984