39 Best universities for Environmental Science in Australia

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Environmental Science. A graph of 44.3M citations received by 1.3M academic papers made by 39 universities in Australia 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 Environmental Science

#1 in Oceania

#29 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Environmental Science

#2 in Oceania

#38 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Environmental Science

#3 in Oceania

#42 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Environmental Science

#4 in Oceania

#49 in the World

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

5. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Environmental Science

#5 in Oceania

#52 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Environmental Science

#6 in Oceania

#76 in the World

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

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Environmental Science

#7 in Oceania

#103 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Environmental Science

#9 in Oceania

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Environmental Science

#10 in Oceania

#220 in the World

Founded: 1971

10. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Environmental Science

#11 in Oceania

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

11. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Environmental Science

#13 in Oceania

#243 in the World

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

12. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Environmental Science

#14 in Oceania

#249 in the World

Founded: 1970

13. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Environmental Science

#15 in Oceania

#250 in the World

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

14. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Environmental Science

#16 in Oceania

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

15. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Environmental Science

#17 in Oceania

#304 in the World

Founded: 1965

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Environmental Science

#18 in Oceania

#324 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Environmental Science

#19 in Oceania

#360 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

18. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Environmental Science

#21 in Oceania

#372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

19. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Environmental Science

#22 in Oceania

#377 in the World

Founded: 1887

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Environmental Science

#23 in Oceania

#417 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Environmental Science

#26 in Oceania

#459 in the World

Founded: 1991

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Environmental Science

#27 in Oceania

#497 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Environmental Science

#28 in Oceania

#509 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Environmental Science

#29 in Oceania

#519 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

25. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Environmental Science

#30 in Oceania

#595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

26. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Environmental Science

#31 in Oceania

#666 in the World

Founded: 1908

27. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Environmental Science

#34 in Oceania

#794 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

28. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Environmental Science

#35 in Oceania

#798 in the World

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

29. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Environmental Science

#36 in Oceania

#920 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Environmental Science

#37 in Oceania

#940 in the World

Founded: 1990

31. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Environmental Science

#38 in Oceania

#979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

32. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Environmental Science

#39 in Oceania

#987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

33. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Environmental Science

#41 in Oceania

#1042 in the World

Founded: 1989

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Environmental Science

#42 in Oceania

#1084 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Environmental Science

#43 in Oceania

#1294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Environmental Science

#44 in Oceania

#1487 in the World

Founded: 1991

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Environmental Science

#45 in Oceania

#1619 in the World

Founded: 1870

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Environmental Science

#46 in Oceania

#1856 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Environmental Science

#48 in Oceania

#3134 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

The best cities to study Environmental Science in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are St Lucia, Melbourne, Sydney, and Canberra.