Best Universities for Ecology 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 Ecology. A graph of 26.7M citations received by 693K academic papers made by 53 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 Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Ecology

#1 in Australia

#17 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Ecology

#2 in Australia

#30 in the World

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

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Ecology

#3 in Australia

#37 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Ecology

#4 in Australia

#52 in the World

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

5. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Ecology

#5 in Australia

#53 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

6. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Ecology

#6 in Australia

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

7. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Ecology

#7 in Australia

#89 in the World

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

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Ecology

#8 in Australia

#97 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Ecology

#9 in Australia

#109 in the World

Founded: 1970

10. University of Auckland

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Auckland

For Ecology

#1 in New Zealand

#144 in the World

Founded: 1883

11. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Ecology

#10 in Australia

#155 in the World

Founded: 1971

12. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Ecology

#11 in Australia

#183 in the World

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

13. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Ecology

#12 in Australia

#188 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

14. University of Otago

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Ecology

#2 in New Zealand

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

15. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Ecology

#13 in Australia

#255 in the World

Founded: 1965

16. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Ecology

#14 in Australia

#260 in the World

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

17. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Ecology

#15 in Australia

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

18. Massey University

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Ecology

#3 in New Zealand

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

19. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Ecology

#16 in Australia

#298 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

20. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Ecology

#17 in Australia

#319 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

21. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Ecology

#18 in Australia

#350 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

22. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Ecology

#19 in Australia

#351 in the World

Founded: 1887

23. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Ecology

#20 in Australia

#357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

24. University of Canterbury

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Ecology

#4 in New Zealand

#376 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

25. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Ecology

#21 in Australia

#389 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

26. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Ecology

#22 in Australia

#417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

27. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Ecology

#23 in Australia

#422 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

28. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Ecology

#24 in Australia

#428 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Wellington

For Ecology

#5 in New Zealand

#444 in the World

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

30. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Ecology

#25 in Australia

#481 in the World

Founded: 1966

31. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Ecology

#6 in New Zealand

#521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

32. University of Waikato

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Ecology

#7 in New Zealand

#634 in the World

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

33. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Ecology

#26 in Australia

#649 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

34. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Ecology

#27 in Australia

#694 in the World

Founded: 1908

35. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Ecology

#28 in Australia

#729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

36. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Ecology

#29 in Australia

#732 in the World

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

37. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Ecology

#30 in Australia

#735 in the World

Founded: 1989

38. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Ecology

#31 in Australia

#852 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Ecology

#32 in Australia

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

40. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Ecology

#33 in Australia

#916 in the World

Founded: 1967

41. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Auckland

For Ecology

#8 in New Zealand

#1003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

42. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Ecology

#34 in Australia

#1017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

43. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Ecology

#35 in Australia

#1057 in the World

Founded: 1990

44. University of the South Pacific

For Ecology

#1 in Fiji

#1647 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

45. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Ecology

#36 in Australia

#1651 in the World

Founded: 1870

46. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Ecology

#37 in Australia

#1882 in the World

Founded: 1991

47. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Ecology

#38 in Australia

#2114 in the World

Founded: 1987

48. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Ecology

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

49. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Ecology

#39 in Australia

#3397 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Ecology

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#3602 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

51. Fiji National University

For Ecology

#2 in Fiji

#3802 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

52. National University of Samoa

For Ecology

#1 in Samoa

#5604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1984

53. University of Goroka

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Goroka

For Ecology

#3 in Papua New Guinea

#5970 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1968

Environmental Science subfields in Oceania

Agricultural Science50

Earth science and Geophysics49

Environmental Chemistry46

Environmental Engineering45

Environmental Management51

Geography and Cartography54

Geotechnical Engineering50

Hydrology and Water resources management36

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science51

Mining Engineering34

Petrology and Geochemistry47

Urban and Regional planning45

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation50