Best Materials Science Schools in Oceania

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Materials Science. A graph of 20.7M citations received by 570K academic papers made by 51 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 Materials Science

#1 in Australia

#74 in the World

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

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Materials Science

#2 in Australia

#89 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Materials Science

#3 in Australia

#107 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Materials Science

#4 in Australia

#117 in the World

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

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#5 in Australia

#127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 77,162
Founded: 1853

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Materials Science

#6 in Australia

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Materials Science

#7 in Australia

#247 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Materials Science

#8 in Australia

#248 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Materials Science

#9 in Australia

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. University of Auckland

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Auckland

For Materials Science

#1 in New Zealand

#287 in the World

Founded: 1883

11. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#10 in Australia

#318 in the World

Founded: 1887

12. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Materials Science

#11 in Australia

#361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

13. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Materials Science

#12 in Australia

#374 in the World

Founded: 1965

14. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Materials Science

#13 in Australia

#380 in the World

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

15. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Materials Science

#14 in Australia

#452 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Materials Science

#15 in Australia

#514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Materials Science

#16 in Australia

#552 in the World

Founded: 1908

18. University of Otago

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Materials Science

#2 in New Zealand

#579 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

19. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Materials Science

#17 in Australia

#601 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Materials Science

#18 in Australia

#603 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

21. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Materials Science

#19 in Australia

#610 in the World

Founded: 1971

22. University of Canterbury

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Materials Science

#3 in New Zealand

#696 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

23. Massey University

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Materials Science

#4 in New Zealand

#725 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

24. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Materials Science

#20 in Australia

#753 in the World

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

25. Victoria University of Wellington

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New Zealand | Wellington

For Materials Science

#5 in New Zealand

#931 in the World

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

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Materials Science

#21 in Australia

#1007 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#22 in Australia

#1010 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

28. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Materials Science

#23 in Australia

#1012 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

29. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Materials Science

#24 in Australia

#1044 in the World

Founded: 1970

30. University of Waikato

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New Zealand | Hamilton

For Materials Science

#6 in New Zealand

#1052 in the World

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

31. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Materials Science

#25 in Australia

#1053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

32. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Materials Science

#26 in Australia

#1301 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

33. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#27 in Australia

#1402 in the World

Founded: 1990

34. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Materials Science

#28 in Australia

#1458 in the World

Founded: 1991

35. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Materials Science

#29 in Australia

#1528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

36. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Materials Science

#30 in Australia

#1623 in the World

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

37. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Materials Science

#7 in New Zealand

#1959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

38. Auckland University of Technology

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New Zealand | Auckland

For Materials Science

#8 in New Zealand

#1969 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

39. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Materials Science

#31 in Australia

#2041 in the World

Founded: 1967

40. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Materials Science

#32 in Australia

#2066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

41. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Materials Science

#33 in Australia

#2393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

42. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Materials Science

#34 in Australia

#2412 in the World

Founded: 1989

43. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Materials Science

#35 in Australia

#2657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

44. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Materials Science

#36 in Australia

#2703 in the World

Founded: 1870

45. University of the South Pacific

For Materials Science

#1 in Fiji

#3224 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

46. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Materials Science

#37 in Australia

#3269 in the World

Founded: 1991

47. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Materials Science

#38 in Australia

#3568 in the World

Founded: 1987

48. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Materials Science

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#4273 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

49. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Materials Science

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#4612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

50. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Materials Science

#39 in Australia

#4617 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

51. Fiji National University

For Materials Science

#2 in Fiji

#4858 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

Chemistry subfields in Oceania

Biochemical Engineering32

Chemical Engineering49

Computational Chemistry37

Environmental Chemistry46

Inorganic Chemistry43

Nanotechnology48

Nutrition and Food Science48

Organic Chemistry51

Petrology and Geochemistry47

Physical chemistry48

Polymer science and Plastics engineering24

Radiochemistry38