Best Business Schools in Oceania

Updated: July 18, 2023

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Business. A graph of 64.5M citations received by 2.6M 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

#35 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#2 in Australia

#37 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1853

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#3 in Australia

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Business

#4 in Australia

#45 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Business

#5 in Australia

#49 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 1958

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Business

#6 in Australia

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1946

7. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Business

#7 in Australia

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

8. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Business

#1 in New Zealand

#99 in the World

Founded: 1883

9. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Business

#8 in Australia

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1971

10. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#9 in Australia

#146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1965

11. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Business

#10 in Australia

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

12. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Business

#11 in Australia

#171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Business

#12 in Australia

#193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 58,216
Founded: 1966

14. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#13 in Australia

#195 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Business

#14 in Australia

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Business

#15 in Australia

#220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1965

17. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#16 in Australia

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#17 in Australia

#238 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Business

#2 in New Zealand

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

20. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#18 in Australia

#268 in the World

Founded: 1887

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#19 in Australia

#283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Business

#3 in New Zealand

#302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1963

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Business

#20 in Australia

#306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Business

#4 in New Zealand

#378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1897

25. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Business

#5 in New Zealand

#403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

26. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Business

#21 in Australia

#411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1908

27. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#22 in Australia

#452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Founded: 1966

28. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Business

#6 in New Zealand

#459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1964

29. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Business

#23 in Australia

#475 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 33,879
Founded: 1890

30. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Business

#7 in New Zealand

#542 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2000

31. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Business

#24 in Australia

#579 in the World

Founded: 1991

32. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Business

#25 in Australia

#586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1970

33. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#26 in Australia

#608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1990

34. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Business

#27 in Australia

#640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

35. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Business

#28 in Australia

#653 in the World

Founded: 1967

36. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Business

#29 in Australia

#659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1938

37. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Business

#30 in Australia

#676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 18,388
Founded: 1967

38. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Business

#31 in Australia

#753 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

39. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Business

#32 in Australia

#785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1989

40. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Business

#33 in Australia

#822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1994

41. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Business

#34 in Australia

#846 in the World

Founded: 1987

42. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Business

#35 in Australia

#987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1991

43. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Business

#8 in New Zealand

#1007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

44. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Business

#36 in Australia

#1125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1994

45. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Business

#37 in Australia

#1202 in the World

Founded: 1870

46. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Business

#38 in Australia

#1442 in the World

Founded: 1989

47. University of the South Pacific

For Business

#1 in Fiji

#1623 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Business

#39 in Australia

#2033 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1989

49. Fiji National University

For Business

#2 in Fiji

#3824 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

50. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Business

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#4028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

51. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Business

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#4138 in the World

Founded: 1965

52. National University of Samoa

For Business

#1 in Samoa

#5810 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1984