Best Universities for Cyber Security 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 Cyber Security. A graph of 2.53M citations received by 114K academic papers made by 50 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 Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#1 in Australia

#32 in the World

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

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#2 in Australia

#50 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#3 in Australia

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Cyber Security

#4 in Australia

#86 in the World

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

5. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Cyber Security

#5 in Australia

#109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Cyber Security

#6 in Australia

#110 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Cyber Security

#7 in Australia

#111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

8. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Cyber Security

#8 in Australia

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

9. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#9 in Australia

#153 in the World

Founded: 1965

10. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Cyber Security

#10 in Australia

#158 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

11. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#11 in Australia

#183 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

12. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Cyber Security

#1 in New Zealand

#206 in the World

Founded: 1883

13. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Cyber Security

#12 in Australia

#240 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

14. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#13 in Australia

#242 in the World

Founded: 1887

15. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Cyber Security

#14 in Australia

#285 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

16. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Cyber Security

#15 in Australia

#296 in the World

Founded: 1908

17. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Cyber Security

#16 in Australia

#315 in the World

Founded: 1991

18. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Cyber Security

#17 in Australia

#349 in the World

Founded: 1971

19. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Cyber Security

#18 in Australia

#366 in the World

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

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#19 in Australia

#369 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Cyber Security

#20 in Australia

#440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

22. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Cyber Security

#2 in New Zealand

#505 in the World

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

23. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Cyber Security

#3 in New Zealand

#528 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

24. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Cyber Security

#4 in New Zealand

#539 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

25. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Cyber Security

#21 in Australia

#547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

26. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Cyber Security

#22 in Australia

#550 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

27. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Cyber Security

#5 in New Zealand

#567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

28. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Cyber Security

#23 in Australia

#589 in the World

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

29. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Cyber Security

#24 in Australia

#616 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Cyber Security

#6 in New Zealand

#660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

31. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Cyber Security

#25 in Australia

#723 in the World

Founded: 1966

32. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Cyber Security

#7 in New Zealand

#736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

33. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Cyber Security

#26 in Australia

#746 in the World

Founded: 1970

34. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Cyber Security

#27 in Australia

#782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

35. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#28 in Australia

#797 in the World

Founded: 1990

36. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Cyber Security

#29 in Australia

#826 in the World

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

37. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Cyber Security

#30 in Australia

#888 in the World

Founded: 1967

38. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Cyber Security

#31 in Australia

#982 in the World

Founded: 1870

39. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Cyber Security

#32 in Australia

#1034 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

40. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Cyber Security

#33 in Australia

#1195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

41. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Cyber Security

#34 in Australia

#1301 in the World

Founded: 1989

42. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Cyber Security

#35 in Australia

#1437 in the World

Founded: 1987

43. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Cyber Security

#36 in Australia

#1508 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

44. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Cyber Security

#37 in Australia

#1533 in the World

Founded: 1991

45. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Cyber Security

#38 in Australia

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

46. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Cyber Security

#8 in New Zealand

#1885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

47. University of the South Pacific

For Cyber Security

#1 in Fiji

#1935 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Cyber Security

#39 in Australia

#2752 in the World

Founded: 1989

49. Fiji National University

For Cyber Security

#2 in Fiji

#3181 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Cyber Security

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3952 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965