Best Universities for Physical 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 Physical chemistry. A graph of 4.51M citations received by 130K academic papers made by 48 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 Physical chemistry

#1 in Australia

#71 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Physical chemistry

#2 in Australia

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

3. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Physical chemistry

#3 in Australia

#116 in the World

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

4. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Physical chemistry

#4 in Australia

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Physical chemistry

#5 in Australia

#162 in the World

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

6. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Physical chemistry

#6 in Australia

#172 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

7. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Physical chemistry

#7 in Australia

#212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Physical chemistry

#8 in Australia

#251 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Physical chemistry

#9 in Australia

#277 in the World

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

10. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Physical chemistry

#1 in New Zealand

#330 in the World

Founded: 1883

11. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Physical chemistry

#10 in Australia

#435 in the World

Founded: 1965

12. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Physical chemistry

#11 in Australia

#436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

13. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Physical chemistry

#12 in Australia

#449 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

14. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Physical chemistry

#13 in Australia

#471 in the World

Founded: 1991

15. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Physical chemistry

#14 in Australia

#479 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Physical chemistry

#15 in Australia

#483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Physical chemistry

#16 in Australia

#511 in the World

Founded: 1887

18. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Physical chemistry

#17 in Australia

#578 in the World

Founded: 1971

19. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Physical chemistry

#2 in New Zealand

#697 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

20. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Physical chemistry

#3 in New Zealand

#725 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

21. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Physical chemistry

#4 in New Zealand

#743 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Physical chemistry

#18 in Australia

#839 in the World

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

23. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Physical chemistry

#19 in Australia

#874 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

24. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Physical chemistry

#20 in Australia

#893 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

25. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Physical chemistry

#21 in Australia

#896 in the World

Founded: 1908

26. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Physical chemistry

#22 in Australia

#960 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

27. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Physical chemistry

#23 in Australia

#969 in the World

Founded: 1966

28. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Physical chemistry

#5 in New Zealand

#1082 in the World

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

29. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Physical chemistry

#24 in Australia

#1263 in the World

Founded: 1970

30. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Physical chemistry

#6 in New Zealand

#1292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

31. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Physical chemistry

#25 in Australia

#1321 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

32. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Physical chemistry

#26 in Australia

#1550 in the World

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

33. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Physical chemistry

#27 in Australia

#1581 in the World

Founded: 1991

34. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Physical chemistry

#28 in Australia

#1772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

35. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Physical chemistry

#29 in Australia

#1802 in the World

Founded: 1990

36. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Physical chemistry

#30 in Australia

#1826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

37. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Physical chemistry

#31 in Australia

#1963 in the World

Founded: 1967

38. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Physical chemistry

#32 in Australia

#1981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

39. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Physical chemistry

#33 in Australia

#2139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

40. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Physical chemistry

#7 in New Zealand

#2157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

41. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Physical chemistry

#8 in New Zealand

#2332 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

42. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Physical chemistry

#34 in Australia

#2462 in the World

Founded: 1989

43. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Physical chemistry

#35 in Australia

#2575 in the World

Founded: 1870

44. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Physical chemistry

#36 in Australia

#3008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

45. University of the South Pacific

For Physical chemistry

#1 in Fiji

#3152 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

46. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Physical chemistry

#37 in Australia

#3156 in the World

Founded: 1991

47. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Physical chemistry

#38 in Australia

#3553 in the World

Founded: 1987

48. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Physical chemistry

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3711 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

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

Polymer science and Plastics engineering25

Radiochemistry38