37 Best Forestry schools in Australia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Forestry. A graph of 1.29M citations received by 35.5K 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

#28 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#41 in the World

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

3. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Forestry

#49 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

4. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Forestry

#56 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

5. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#74 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

6. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

7. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Forestry

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

8. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Forestry

#10 in Oceania

#153 in the World

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

9. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Forestry

#11 in Oceania

#174 in the World

Founded: 1970

10. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#12 in Oceania

#188 in the World

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

11. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Forestry

#13 in Oceania

#241 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

12. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Forestry

#14 in Oceania

#256 in the World

Founded: 1971

13. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Forestry

#15 in Oceania

#263 in the World

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

14. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Forestry

#16 in Oceania

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

15. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Forestry

#17 in Oceania

#328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

16. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Forestry

#19 in Oceania

#358 in the World

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

17. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#20 in Oceania

#365 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

18. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Forestry

#22 in Oceania

#409 in the World

Founded: 1989

19. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Forestry

#24 in Oceania

#452 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

20. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Forestry

#25 in Oceania

#468 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

21. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Forestry

#26 in Oceania

#516 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

22. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#27 in Oceania

#522 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

23. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Forestry

#28 in Oceania

#588 in the World

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

24. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Forestry

#29 in Oceania

#603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

25. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#31 in Oceania

#615 in the World

Founded: 1965

26. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Forestry

#32 in Oceania

#621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

27. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#33 in Oceania

#636 in the World

Founded: 1887

28. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Forestry

#34 in Oceania

#793 in the World

Founded: 1967

29. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Forestry

#35 in Oceania

#797 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#36 in Oceania

#882 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Forestry

#37 in Oceania

#969 in the World

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

32. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Forestry

#38 in Oceania

#979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

33. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#40 in Oceania

#1085 in the World

Founded: 1966

34. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Forestry

#42 in Oceania

#1268 in the World

Founded: 1908

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Forestry

#43 in Oceania

#1275 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#44 in Oceania

#1302 in the World

Founded: 1990

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Forestry

#48 in Oceania

#1990 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 Geophysics38

Environmental Chemistry36

Environmental Engineering36

Environmental Management39

Geography and Cartography39

Geotechnical Engineering38

Hydrology and Water resources management31

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science39

Mining Engineering27

Petrology and Geochemistry37

Urban and Regional planning36

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation39