Best Universities for Geotechnical Engineering 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 Geotechnical Engineering. A graph of 2.05M citations received by 74.3K academic papers made by 47 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 New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Australia

#40 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Australia

#43 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Australia

#44 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in Australia

#53 in the World

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

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#5 in Australia

#74 in the World

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

6. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Geotechnical Engineering

#6 in Australia

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Geotechnical Engineering

#7 in Australia

#126 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Geotechnical Engineering

#8 in Australia

#149 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

9. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in New Zealand

#156 in the World

Founded: 1883

10. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Geotechnical Engineering

#9 in Australia

#171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

11. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Geotechnical Engineering

#10 in Australia

#177 in the World

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

12. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Geotechnical Engineering

#11 in Australia

#186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

13. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Geotechnical Engineering

#12 in Australia

#231 in the World

Founded: 1965

14. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Geotechnical Engineering

#13 in Australia

#240 in the World

Founded: 1971

15. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in New Zealand

#261 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

16. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Geotechnical Engineering

#14 in Australia

#281 in the World

Founded: 1966

17. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Geotechnical Engineering

#15 in Australia

#368 in the World

Founded: 1970

18. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#16 in Australia

#371 in the World

Founded: 1887

19. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Geotechnical Engineering

#17 in Australia

#383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Geotechnical Engineering

#18 in Australia

#444 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Geotechnical Engineering

#19 in Australia

#464 in the World

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

22. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Geotechnical Engineering

#20 in Australia

#468 in the World

Founded: 1908

23. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Geotechnical Engineering

#21 in Australia

#528 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

24. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in New Zealand

#530 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

25. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Geotechnical Engineering

#22 in Australia

#561 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

26. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in New Zealand

#562 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

27. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Geotechnical Engineering

#23 in Australia

#619 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

28. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Geotechnical Engineering

#5 in New Zealand

#706 in the World

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

29. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Geotechnical Engineering

#24 in Australia

#734 in the World

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

30. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Geotechnical Engineering

#25 in Australia

#735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

31. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Geotechnical Engineering

#26 in Australia

#761 in the World

Founded: 1991

32. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Geotechnical Engineering

#27 in Australia

#768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

33. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Geotechnical Engineering

#6 in New Zealand

#769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

34. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#28 in Australia

#813 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Geotechnical Engineering

#29 in Australia

#815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Geotechnical Engineering

#7 in New Zealand

#843 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

37. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Geotechnical Engineering

#30 in Australia

#962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

38. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Geotechnical Engineering

#31 in Australia

#1100 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

39. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#32 in Australia

#1181 in the World

Founded: 1990

40. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Geotechnical Engineering

#33 in Australia

#1330 in the World

Founded: 1870

41. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Geotechnical Engineering

#34 in Australia

#1382 in the World

Founded: 1967

42. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Geotechnical Engineering

#35 in Australia

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

43. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Geotechnical Engineering

#36 in Australia

#1773 in the World

Founded: 1989

44. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Geotechnical Engineering

#8 in New Zealand

#1790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

45. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Geotechnical Engineering

#37 in Australia

#2379 in the World

Founded: 1991

46. University of the South Pacific

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Fiji

#2449 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

47. Fiji National University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Fiji

#2863 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

Engineering subfields in Oceania

Acoustical Engineering50

Aerospace Engineering50

Agricultural Engineering32

Applied/Engineering Physics30

Architectural Engineering40

Automation and Control engineering34

Automotive Engineering44

Biochemical Engineering29

Biomedical Engineering35

Biotechnology48

Chemical Engineering48

Civil Engineering50

Computer Engineering40

Computer Networking50

Construction Management34

Electrical Engineering51

Electronic Engineering45

Engineering Management38

Environmental Engineering45

Firefighting and Fire Science41

Human-Computer Interaction46

Industrial Engineering30

Landscape Architecture41

Marine Engineering33

Materials Science51

Mechanical Engineering51

Metallurgical Engineering51

Mining Engineering32

Nanotechnology45

Nuclear Engineering20

Operations Research41

Optical Engineering51

Petroleum Engineering32

Polymer science and Plastics engineering25

Product and Industrial Design31

Reliability and Quality Engineering40

Remote Sensing45

Renewable Energy Engineering43

Structural Engineering50

Systems Engineering47

Technical Drawing22

Telecommunications51

Transportation Engineering40