Best Universities for Finance 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 Finance. A graph of 2.92M citations received by 163K academic papers made by 51 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. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Finance

#1 in Australia

#37 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Finance

#2 in Australia

#39 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Finance

#3 in Australia

#44 in the World

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

4. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Finance

#4 in Australia

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Finance

#5 in Australia

#58 in the World

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

6. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Finance

#6 in Australia

#69 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

7. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Finance

#1 in New Zealand

#145 in the World

Founded: 1883

8. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Finance

#7 in Australia

#149 in the World

Founded: 1965

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Finance

#8 in Australia

#165 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Finance

#9 in Australia

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

11. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Finance

#10 in Australia

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

12. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Finance

#11 in Australia

#178 in the World

Founded: 1971

13. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Finance

#12 in Australia

#219 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

14. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Finance

#13 in Australia

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Finance

#14 in Australia

#259 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Finance

#15 in Australia

#270 in the World

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

17. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Finance

#2 in New Zealand

#301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

18. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Finance

#16 in Australia

#318 in the World

Founded: 1887

19. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Finance

#3 in New Zealand

#345 in the World

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

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Finance

#17 in Australia

#356 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Finance

#18 in Australia

#369 in the World

Founded: 1991

22. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Finance

#4 in New Zealand

#386 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

23. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Finance

#19 in Australia

#406 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

24. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Finance

#20 in Australia

#430 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

25. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Finance

#5 in New Zealand

#478 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

26. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Finance

#6 in New Zealand

#494 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

27. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Finance

#21 in Australia

#508 in the World

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

28. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Finance

#22 in Australia

#577 in the World

Founded: 1908

29. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Finance

#7 in New Zealand

#605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

30. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Finance

#23 in Australia

#681 in the World

Founded: 1966

31. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Finance

#24 in Australia

#700 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

32. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Finance

#25 in Australia

#707 in the World

Founded: 1970

33. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Finance

#26 in Australia

#710 in the World

Founded: 1987

34. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Finance

#27 in Australia

#721 in the World

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

35. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Finance

#28 in Australia

#784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

36. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Finance

#29 in Australia

#791 in the World

Founded: 1991

37. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Finance

#30 in Australia

#904 in the World

Founded: 1990

38. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Finance

#31 in Australia

#916 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

39. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Finance

#32 in Australia

#1022 in the World

Founded: 1967

40. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Finance

#33 in Australia

#1049 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

41. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Finance

#34 in Australia

#1055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

42. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Finance

#8 in New Zealand

#1080 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

43. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Finance

#35 in Australia

#1178 in the World

Founded: 1870

44. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Finance

#36 in Australia

#1197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

45. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Finance

#37 in Australia

#1447 in the World

Founded: 1991

46. University of the South Pacific

For Finance

#1 in Fiji

#1487 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

47. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Finance

#38 in Australia

#1494 in the World

Founded: 1989

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Finance

#39 in Australia

#2251 in the World

Founded: 1989

49. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Finance

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

50. Fiji National University

For Finance

#2 in Fiji

#3767 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

51. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Finance

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#4344 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

Economics subfields in Oceania

Actuarial Science38

Agricultural Economics39

Development Studies52

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics47

Environmental Economics43

International Economics42

International Relations and Diplomacy37

International Trade45

Investment Banking and Stock trading43

Political Economy43