39 Best universities for Chemistry in Australia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Chemistry. A graph of 45M citations received by 1.17M academic papers made by 39 universities in Australia 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 Chemistry

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemistry

#70 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Chemistry

#81 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Chemistry

#110 in the World

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

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Chemistry

#112 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Chemistry

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemistry

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Chemistry

#224 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Chemistry

#11 in Oceania

#427 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

10. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Chemistry

#12 in Oceania

#472 in the World

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

11. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Chemistry

#13 in Oceania

#482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

12. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Chemistry

#14 in Oceania

#503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

13. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemistry

#15 in Oceania

#509 in the World

Founded: 1887

14. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Chemistry

#16 in Oceania

#519 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

15. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Chemistry

#17 in Oceania

#535 in the World

Founded: 1965

16. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Chemistry

#18 in Oceania

#550 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Chemistry

#20 in Oceania

#582 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

18. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Chemistry

#21 in Oceania

#589 in the World

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

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemistry

#22 in Oceania

#612 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemistry

#23 in Oceania

#651 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemistry

#24 in Oceania

#674 in the World

Founded: 1966

22. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Chemistry

#26 in Oceania

#813 in the World

Founded: 1970

23. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Chemistry

#27 in Oceania

#877 in the World

Founded: 1908

24. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Chemistry

#28 in Oceania

#893 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

25. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Chemistry

#29 in Oceania

#951 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

26. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Chemistry

#31 in Oceania

#1155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

27. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemistry

#33 in Oceania

#1322 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Chemistry

#34 in Oceania

#1472 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Chemistry

#36 in Oceania

#1491 in the World

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

30. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Chemistry

#37 in Oceania

#1538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

31. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Chemistry

#38 in Oceania

#1601 in the World

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

32. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Chemistry

#39 in Oceania

#1707 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

33. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Chemistry

#40 in Oceania

#1905 in the World

Founded: 1967

34. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Chemistry

#42 in Oceania

#2039 in the World

Founded: 1989

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Chemistry

#43 in Oceania

#2248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Chemistry

#44 in Oceania

#2321 in the World

Founded: 1987

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Chemistry

#45 in Oceania

#2518 in the World

Founded: 1870

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Chemistry

#46 in Oceania

#2538 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Chemistry

#48 in Oceania

#3607 in the World

Founded: 1989

The best cities to study Chemistry in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are St Lucia, Melbourne, Sydney, and Clayton.

Chemistry subfields in Australia

Biochemical Engineering27

Chemical Engineering38

Computational Chemistry31

Environmental Chemistry36

Inorganic Chemistry34

Materials Science39

Nanotechnology36

Nutrition and Food Science38

Organic Chemistry39

Petrology and Geochemistry37

Physical chemistry38

Polymer science and Plastics engineering20

Radiochemistry31