37 Best Forestry schools in Australia

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Forestry. A graph of 941K citations received by 31.8K academic papers made by 37 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 Forestry

#23 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#37 in the World

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

3. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Forestry

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

4. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Forestry

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

5. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

6. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

7. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Forestry

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

8. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Forestry

#10 in Oceania

#148 in the World

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

9. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Forestry

#11 in Oceania

#171 in the World

Founded: 1970

10. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#12 in Oceania

#191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

11. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Forestry

#13 in Oceania

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

12. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Forestry

#14 in Oceania

#241 in the World

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

13. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Forestry

#15 in Oceania

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

14. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Forestry

#16 in Oceania

#249 in the World

Founded: 1971

15. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#18 in Oceania

#320 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

16. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Forestry

#20 in Oceania

#335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

17. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Forestry

#21 in Oceania

#339 in the World

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

18. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Forestry

#23 in Oceania

#410 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

19. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Forestry

#24 in Oceania

#418 in the World

Founded: 1989

20. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Forestry

#25 in Oceania

#433 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

21. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#26 in Oceania

#441 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

22. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Forestry

#27 in Oceania

#478 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

23. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Forestry

#28 in Oceania

#569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

24. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#30 in Oceania

#614 in the World

Founded: 1965

25. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Forestry

#31 in Oceania

#622 in the World

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

26. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Forestry

#32 in Oceania

#660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

27. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#33 in Oceania

#665 in the World

Founded: 1887

28. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Forestry

#34 in Oceania

#726 in the World

Founded: 1991

29. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Forestry

#35 in Oceania

#747 in the World

Founded: 1967

30. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#36 in Oceania

#796 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Forestry

#37 in Oceania

#885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

32. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#39 in Oceania

#1006 in the World

Founded: 1966

33. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Forestry

#40 in Oceania

#1015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

34. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#41 in Oceania

#1177 in the World

Founded: 1990

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Forestry

#42 in Oceania

#1182 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Forestry

#43 in Oceania

#1238 in the World

Founded: 1908

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Forestry

#48 in Oceania

#1778 in the World

Founded: 1991

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

Environmental Science subfields in Australia

Agricultural Science38

Earth science and Geophysics37

Environmental Chemistry36

Environmental Engineering36

Environmental Management39

Geography and Cartography39

Geotechnical Engineering37

Hydrology and Water resources management31

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science39

Mining Engineering27

Petrology and Geochemistry37

Urban and Regional planning36

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation39