Best Business Schools 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 Business. A graph of 12.1M citations received by 578K 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

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#2 in Australia

#39 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#3 in Australia

#42 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Business

#4 in Australia

#50 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Business

#5 in Australia

#52 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Business

#6 in Australia

#76 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Auckland

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

#109 in the World

Founded: 1971

10. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#9 in Australia

#147 in the World

Founded: 1965

11. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Business

#10 in Australia

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

12. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Business

#11 in Australia

#183 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

13. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#12 in Australia

#200 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

14. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Business

#13 in Australia

#203 in the World

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

15. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Business

#14 in Australia

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Business

#15 in Australia

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Business

#16 in Australia

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#17 in Australia

#252 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#18 in Australia

#255 in the World

Founded: 1887

20. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Business

#2 in New Zealand

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

21. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#19 in Australia

#303 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

22. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Business

#3 in New Zealand

#336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Business

#20 in Australia

#341 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Business

#4 in New Zealand

#351 in the World

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

25. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Business

#5 in New Zealand

#427 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

26. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Business

#21 in Australia

#438 in the World

Founded: 1908

27. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Business

#22 in Australia

#468 in the World

Founded: 1966

28. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Business

#23 in Australia

#493 in the World

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

29. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Business

#6 in New Zealand

#503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

30. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Business

#7 in New Zealand

#536 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

31. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Business

#24 in Australia

#593 in the World

Founded: 1990

32. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Business

#25 in Australia

#595 in the World

Founded: 1991

33. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Business

#26 in Australia

#598 in the World

Founded: 1970

34. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Business

#27 in Australia

#624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

35. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Business

#28 in Australia

#680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

36. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Business

#29 in Australia

#689 in the World

Founded: 1967

37. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Business

#30 in Australia

#706 in the World

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

38. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Business

#31 in Australia

#745 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

39. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Business

#32 in Australia

#778 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

40. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Business

#33 in Australia

#863 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

41. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Business

#34 in Australia

#879 in the World

Founded: 1987

42. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Business

#35 in Australia

#956 in the World

Founded: 1991

43. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Business

#8 in New Zealand

#1000 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

44. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Business

#36 in Australia

#1141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

45. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Business

#37 in Australia

#1201 in the World

Founded: 1870

46. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Business

#38 in Australia

#1407 in the World

Founded: 1989

47. University of the South Pacific

For Business

#1 in Fiji

#1638 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Business

#39 in Australia

#2114 in the World

Founded: 1989

49. Fiji National University

For Business

#2 in Fiji

#3833 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Business

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#4140 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

51. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Business

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#4161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

52. National University of Samoa

For Business

#1 in Samoa

#5804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1984