Best Universities for Chemistry 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 Chemistry. A graph of 38.8M citations received by 1.21M academic papers made by 52 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 Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Chemistry

#1 in Australia

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemistry

#2 in Australia

#70 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Chemistry

#3 in Australia

#80 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Chemistry

#4 in Australia

#107 in the World

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

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Chemistry

#5 in Australia

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Chemistry

#6 in Australia

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemistry

#7 in Australia

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Chemistry

#8 in Australia

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Chemistry

#1 in New Zealand

#262 in the World

Founded: 1883

10. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Chemistry

#2 in New Zealand

#372 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

11. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Chemistry

#9 in Australia

#427 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Chemistry

#10 in Australia

#478 in the World

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

13. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Chemistry

#11 in Australia

#484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

14. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Chemistry

#12 in Australia

#522 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Chemistry

#13 in Australia

#535 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Chemistry

#14 in Australia

#540 in the World

Founded: 1965

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Chemistry

#15 in Australia

#548 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Chemistry

#3 in New Zealand

#549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

19. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemistry

#16 in Australia

#555 in the World

Founded: 1887

20. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Chemistry

#17 in Australia

#585 in the World

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

21. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Chemistry

#18 in Australia

#595 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

22. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemistry

#19 in Australia

#609 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

23. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemistry

#20 in Australia

#654 in the World

Founded: 1991

24. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Chemistry

#21 in Australia

#659 in the World

Founded: 1966

25. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Chemistry

#4 in New Zealand

#735 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

26. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Chemistry

#22 in Australia

#816 in the World

Founded: 1970

27. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Chemistry

#23 in Australia

#885 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

28. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Chemistry

#24 in Australia

#920 in the World

Founded: 1908

29. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Chemistry

#25 in Australia

#957 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

30. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Chemistry

#5 in New Zealand

#1006 in the World

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

31. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Chemistry

#26 in Australia

#1114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

32. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Chemistry

#6 in New Zealand

#1153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

33. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Chemistry

#27 in Australia

#1355 in the World

Founded: 1990

34. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Chemistry

#7 in New Zealand

#1424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

35. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Chemistry

#28 in Australia

#1476 in the World

Founded: 1991

36. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Chemistry

#29 in Australia

#1494 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

37. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Chemistry

#30 in Australia

#1514 in the World

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

38. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Chemistry

#31 in Australia

#1548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

39. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Chemistry

#32 in Australia

#1674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

40. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Chemistry

#33 in Australia

#1864 in the World

Founded: 1967

41. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Chemistry

#8 in New Zealand

#1914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

42. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Chemistry

#34 in Australia

#2033 in the World

Founded: 1989

43. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Chemistry

#35 in Australia

#2240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

44. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Chemistry

#36 in Australia

#2413 in the World

Founded: 1987

45. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Chemistry

#37 in Australia

#2505 in the World

Founded: 1870

46. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Chemistry

#38 in Australia

#2598 in the World

Founded: 1991

47. University of the South Pacific

For Chemistry

#1 in Fiji

#2988 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Chemistry

#39 in Australia

#3481 in the World

Founded: 1989

49. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Chemistry

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Chemistry

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#4291 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

51. Fiji National University

For Chemistry

#2 in Fiji

#4578 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

52. National University of Samoa

For Chemistry

#1 in Samoa

#5992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1984

Chemistry subfields in Oceania

Biochemical Engineering29

Chemical Engineering48

Computational Chemistry37

Environmental Chemistry45

Inorganic Chemistry42

Materials Science51

Nanotechnology45

Nutrition and Food Science48

Organic Chemistry51

Petrology and Geochemistry47

Physical chemistry48

Polymer science and Plastics engineering25

Radiochemistry38