Best Materials Science 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 Materials Science. A graph of 14.8M citations received by 505K 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

#76 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Materials Science

#2 in Australia

#85 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Materials Science

#3 in Australia

#102 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Materials Science

#4 in Australia

#114 in the World

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

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#5 in Australia

#136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 49,000
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 Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Materials Science

#7 in Australia

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Materials Science

#8 in Australia

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Materials Science

#9 in Australia

#290 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Materials Science

#1 in New Zealand

#291 in the World

Founded: 1883

11. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Materials Science

#10 in Australia

#361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

12. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#11 in Australia

#367 in the World

Founded: 1887

13. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Materials Science

#12 in Australia

#377 in the World

Founded: 1965

14. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Materials Science

#13 in Australia

#395 in the World

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

15. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Materials Science

#14 in Australia

#475 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Materials Science

#15 in Australia

#553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Materials Science

#2 in New Zealand

#562 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

18. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Materials Science

#16 in Australia

#604 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

19. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Materials Science

#17 in Australia

#609 in the World

Founded: 1908

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Materials Science

#18 in Australia

#613 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Materials Science

#19 in Australia

#633 in the World

Founded: 1971

22. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Materials Science

#3 in New Zealand

#670 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

23. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Materials Science

#4 in New Zealand

#701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

24. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Materials Science

#20 in Australia

#739 in the World

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

25. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Materials Science

#5 in New Zealand

#929 in the World

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

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Materials Science

#21 in Australia

#981 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#22 in Australia

#985 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Materials Science

#23 in Australia

#1015 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Materials Science

#6 in New Zealand

#1041 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

30. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Materials Science

#24 in Australia

#1048 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

31. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Materials Science

#25 in Australia

#1106 in the World

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

32. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Materials Science

#26 in Australia

#1268 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

33. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Materials Science

#27 in Australia

#1432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

34. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Materials Science

#28 in Australia

#1453 in the World

Founded: 1990

35. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Materials Science

#29 in Australia

#1522 in the World

Founded: 1991

36. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Materials Science

#30 in Australia

#1630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

37. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Materials Science

#7 in New Zealand

#1920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

38. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Materials Science

#8 in New Zealand

#1995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

39. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Materials Science

#31 in Australia

#2030 in the World

Founded: 1967

40. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Materials Science

#32 in Australia

#2051 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

41. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Materials Science

#33 in Australia

#2349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

42. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Materials Science

#34 in Australia

#2450 in the World

Founded: 1989

43. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Materials Science

#35 in Australia

#2640 in the World

Founded: 1870

44. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Materials Science

#36 in Australia

#2699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

45. University of the South Pacific

For Materials Science

#1 in Fiji

#3124 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

46. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Materials Science

#37 in Australia

#3454 in the World

Founded: 1991

47. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Materials Science

#38 in Australia

#3588 in the World

Founded: 1987

48. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Materials Science

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#4160 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

49. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Materials Science

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#4392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

50. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Materials Science

#39 in Australia

#4771 in the World

Founded: 1989

51. Fiji National University

For Materials Science

#2 in Fiji

#5149 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

Chemistry subfields in Oceania

Biochemical Engineering29

Chemical Engineering48

Computational Chemistry37

Environmental Chemistry45

Inorganic Chemistry42

Nanotechnology45

Nutrition and Food Science48

Organic Chemistry51

Petrology and Geochemistry47

Physical chemistry48

Polymer science and Plastics engineering25

Radiochemistry38