Best Universities for Cyber Security in Oceania

Updated: March 15, 2026

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 4.17M citations received by 135K 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

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 77,162
Founded: 1853

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#2 in Australia

#40 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 63,864
Founded: 1949

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#3 in Australia

#60 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Cyber Security

#4 in Australia

#83 in the World

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

5. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Cyber Security

#5 in Australia

#104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Cyber Security

#6 in Australia

#105 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Cyber Security

#7 in Australia

#106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

8. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#8 in Australia

#126 in the World

Founded: 1965

9. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Cyber Security

#9 in Australia

#131 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

10. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Cyber Security

#10 in Australia

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

11. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Cyber Security

#11 in Australia

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

12. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#12 in Australia

#198 in the World

Founded: 1887

13. University of Auckland

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New Zealand | Auckland

For Cyber Security

#1 in New Zealand

#213 in the World

Founded: 1883

14. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Cyber Security

#13 in Australia

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

15. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Cyber Security

#14 in Australia

#226 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

16. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Cyber Security

#15 in Australia

#237 in the World

Founded: 1908

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Cyber Security

#16 in Australia

#315 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Cyber Security

#17 in Australia

#322 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Cyber Security

#18 in Australia

#345 in the World

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

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#19 in Australia

#352 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Cyber Security

#20 in Australia

#426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 17,576
Founded: 1967

22. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Cyber Security

#21 in Australia

#440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

23. Victoria University of Wellington

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New Zealand | Wellington

For Cyber Security

#2 in New Zealand

#476 in the World

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

24. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Cyber Security

#22 in Australia

#489 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Cyber Security

#23 in Australia

#557 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Cyber Security

#24 in Australia

#560 in the World

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

27. Massey University

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New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Cyber Security

#3 in New Zealand

#570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

28. University of Canterbury

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New Zealand | Christchurch

For Cyber Security

#4 in New Zealand

#576 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

29. University of Otago

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New Zealand | Dunedin

For Cyber Security

#5 in New Zealand

#602 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

30. Auckland University of Technology

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New Zealand | Auckland

For Cyber Security

#6 in New Zealand

#679 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

31. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Cyber Security

#25 in Australia

#700 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

32. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Cyber Security

#26 in Australia

#703 in the World

Founded: 1966

33. University of Waikato

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New Zealand | Hamilton

For Cyber Security

#7 in New Zealand

#732 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 10,537
Founded: 1964

34. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Cyber Security

#27 in Australia

#747 in the World

Founded: 1990

35. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Cyber Security

#28 in Australia

#753 in the World

Founded: 1970

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Cyber Security

#29 in Australia

#843 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Cyber Security

#30 in Australia

#861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

38. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Cyber Security

#31 in Australia

#897 in the World

Founded: 1967

39. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Cyber Security

#32 in Australia

#1013 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

40. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Cyber Security

#33 in Australia

#1237 in the World

Founded: 1989

41. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Cyber Security

#34 in Australia

#1309 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

42. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Cyber Security

#35 in Australia

#1315 in the World

Founded: 1987

43. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Cyber Security

#36 in Australia

#1452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

44. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Cyber Security

#37 in Australia

#1647 in the World

Founded: 1991

45. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Cyber Security

#38 in Australia

#1732 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

46. University of the South Pacific

For Cyber Security

#1 in Fiji

#2021 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

47. Lincoln University, New Zealand

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New Zealand | Christchurch

For Cyber Security

#8 in New Zealand

#2047 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Cyber Security

#39 in Australia

#2569 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

49. Fiji National University

For Cyber Security

#2 in Fiji

#3279 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

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Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Cyber Security

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3891 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965