39 Best universities for Chemistry in Australia

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Chemistry. A graph of 34.7M citations received by 1.07M 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

#66 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

#80 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Chemistry

#107 in the World

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

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Chemistry

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Chemistry

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemistry

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Chemistry

#223 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

#478 in the World

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

11. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Chemistry

#13 in Oceania

#484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

12. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Chemistry

#14 in Oceania

#522 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

13. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Chemistry

#15 in Oceania

#535 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

14. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Chemistry

#16 in Oceania

#540 in the World

Founded: 1965

15. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Chemistry

#17 in Oceania

#548 in the World

Founded: 1971

16. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemistry

#19 in Oceania

#555 in the World

Founded: 1887

17. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Chemistry

#20 in Oceania

#585 in the World

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

18. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Chemistry

#21 in Oceania

#595 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemistry

#22 in Oceania

#609 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemistry

#23 in Oceania

#654 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemistry

#24 in Oceania

#659 in the World

Founded: 1966

22. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Chemistry

#26 in Oceania

#816 in the World

Founded: 1970

23. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Chemistry

#27 in Oceania

#885 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

24. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Chemistry

#28 in Oceania

#920 in the World

Founded: 1908

25. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Chemistry

#29 in Oceania

#957 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

26. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Chemistry

#31 in Oceania

#1114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

27. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemistry

#33 in Oceania

#1355 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Chemistry

#35 in Oceania

#1476 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Chemistry

#36 in Oceania

#1494 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

30. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Chemistry

#37 in Oceania

#1514 in the World

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

31. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Chemistry

#38 in Oceania

#1548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

32. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Chemistry

#39 in Oceania

#1674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

33. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Chemistry

#40 in Oceania

#1864 in the World

Founded: 1967

34. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Chemistry

#42 in Oceania

#2033 in the World

Founded: 1989

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Chemistry

#43 in Oceania

#2240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Chemistry

#44 in Oceania

#2413 in the World

Founded: 1987

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Chemistry

#45 in Oceania

#2505 in the World

Founded: 1870

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Chemistry

#46 in Oceania

#2598 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Chemistry

#48 in Oceania

#3481 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 Engineering25

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 engineering21

Radiochemistry31