37 Best Forestry schools 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 Forestry. A graph of 1.4M citations received by 36.9K 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

#24 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#41 in the World

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

3. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Forestry

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

4. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Forestry

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

5. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#72 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

#127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

8. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Forestry

#10 in Oceania

#142 in the World

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

9. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Forestry

#11 in Oceania

#173 in the World

Founded: 1970

10. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#12 in Oceania

#181 in the World

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

11. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Forestry

#13 in Oceania

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

12. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Forestry

#14 in Oceania

#246 in the World

Founded: 1971

13. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Forestry

#15 in Oceania

#260 in the World

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

14. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Forestry

#16 in Oceania

#261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

15. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Forestry

#17 in Oceania

#334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

16. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Forestry

#19 in Oceania

#357 in the World

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

17. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#20 in Oceania

#360 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

18. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Forestry

#22 in Oceania

#397 in the World

Founded: 1989

19. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Forestry

#23 in Oceania

#426 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

20. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Forestry

#24 in Oceania

#435 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

21. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Forestry

#26 in Oceania

#502 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

22. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#27 in Oceania

#516 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

23. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Forestry

#28 in Oceania

#576 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

24. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Forestry

#29 in Oceania

#588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

25. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Forestry

#30 in Oceania

#595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

26. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#31 in Oceania

#602 in the World

Founded: 1965

27. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#32 in Oceania

#620 in the World

Founded: 1887

28. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Forestry

#34 in Oceania

#778 in the World

Founded: 1967

29. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Forestry

#35 in Oceania

#786 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#36 in Oceania

#856 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Forestry

#37 in Oceania

#914 in the World

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

32. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Forestry

#38 in Oceania

#976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

33. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#40 in Oceania

#1072 in the World

Founded: 1966

34. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Forestry

#42 in Oceania

#1265 in the World

Founded: 1870

35. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Forestry

#43 in Oceania

#1279 in the World

Founded: 1908

36. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#44 in Oceania

#1313 in the World

Founded: 1990

37. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Forestry

#48 in Oceania

#1986 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 Engineering29

Petrology and Geochemistry37

Urban and Regional planning36

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation39