38 Best universities for Nutrition and Food Science 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 Nutrition and Food Science. A graph of 1.51M citations received by 48K academic papers made by 38 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 Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Oceania

#40 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Oceania

#61 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in Oceania

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

4. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Nutrition and Food Science

#5 in Oceania

#108 in the World

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

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Nutrition and Food Science

#8 in Oceania

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

6. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Nutrition and Food Science

#9 in Oceania

#179 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

7. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Nutrition and Food Science

#10 in Oceania

#203 in the World

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

8. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Nutrition and Food Science

#11 in Oceania

#278 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

9. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Nutrition and Food Science

#12 in Oceania

#409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

10. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Nutrition and Food Science

#13 in Oceania

#414 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

11. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Nutrition and Food Science

#14 in Oceania

#447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

12. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Nutrition and Food Science

#15 in Oceania

#464 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

13. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Nutrition and Food Science

#16 in Oceania

#476 in the World

Founded: 1887

14. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Nutrition and Food Science

#17 in Oceania

#477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

15. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Nutrition and Food Science

#18 in Oceania

#478 in the World

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

16. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Nutrition and Food Science

#19 in Oceania

#496 in the World

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

17. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Nutrition and Food Science

#20 in Oceania

#497 in the World

Founded: 1990

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Nutrition and Food Science

#22 in Oceania

#560 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Nutrition and Food Science

#23 in Oceania

#566 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

20. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Nutrition and Food Science

#24 in Oceania

#646 in the World

Founded: 1966

21. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Nutrition and Food Science

#25 in Oceania

#696 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

22. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Nutrition and Food Science

#26 in Oceania

#714 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

23. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Nutrition and Food Science

#27 in Oceania

#768 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

24. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Nutrition and Food Science

#28 in Oceania

#795 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

25. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Nutrition and Food Science

#30 in Oceania

#855 in the World

Founded: 1971

26. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Nutrition and Food Science

#31 in Oceania

#900 in the World

Founded: 1970

27. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Nutrition and Food Science

#33 in Oceania

#1129 in the World

Founded: 1965

28. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Nutrition and Food Science

#34 in Oceania

#1280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

29. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Nutrition and Food Science

#36 in Oceania

#1454 in the World

Founded: 1967

30. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Nutrition and Food Science

#37 in Oceania

#1473 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Nutrition and Food Science

#38 in Oceania

#1666 in the World

Founded: 1908

32. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Nutrition and Food Science

#39 in Oceania

#1669 in the World

Founded: 1870

33. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Nutrition and Food Science

#40 in Oceania

#1679 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

34. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Nutrition and Food Science

#41 in Oceania

#1752 in the World

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

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Nutrition and Food Science

#43 in Oceania

#1973 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Nutrition and Food Science

#45 in Oceania

#2489 in the World

Founded: 1989

37. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Nutrition and Food Science

#46 in Oceania

#2529 in the World

Founded: 1987

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Nutrition and Food Science

#48 in Oceania

#3184 in the World

Founded: 1991

The best cities to study Nutrition and Food Science in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are St Lucia, Sydney, Adelaide, and Melbourne.