Best Forestry Schools 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 Forestry. A graph of 1.61M citations received by 44K academic papers made by 49 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 Forestry

#1 in Australia

#24 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#2 in Australia

#41 in the World

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

3. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Forestry

#3 in Australia

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

4. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Forestry

#4 in Australia

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

5. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#5 in Australia

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

6. Massey University

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Forestry

#1 in New Zealand

#90 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

7. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Forestry

#2 in New Zealand

#111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#6 in Australia

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Forestry

#7 in Australia

#127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

10. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Forestry

#8 in Australia

#142 in the World

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

11. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Forestry

#9 in Australia

#173 in the World

Founded: 1970

12. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#10 in Australia

#181 in the World

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

13. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Forestry

#11 in Australia

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

14. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Forestry

#12 in Australia

#246 in the World

Founded: 1971

15. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Forestry

#13 in Australia

#260 in the World

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

16. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Forestry

#14 in Australia

#261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

17. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Forestry

#15 in Australia

#334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

18. University of Canterbury

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Forestry

#3 in New Zealand

#349 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

19. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Forestry

#16 in Australia

#357 in the World

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

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#17 in Australia

#360 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. University of Auckland

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Auckland

For Forestry

#4 in New Zealand

#366 in the World

Founded: 1883

22. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Forestry

#18 in Australia

#397 in the World

Founded: 1989

23. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Forestry

#19 in Australia

#426 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

24. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Forestry

#20 in Australia

#435 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

25. University of Otago

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Forestry

#5 in New Zealand

#456 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

26. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Forestry

#21 in Australia

#502 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

27. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#22 in Australia

#516 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

28. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Forestry

#23 in Australia

#576 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

29. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Forestry

#24 in Australia

#588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

30. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Forestry

#25 in Australia

#595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

31. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#26 in Australia

#602 in the World

Founded: 1965

32. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#27 in Australia

#620 in the World

Founded: 1887

33. University of Waikato

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New Zealand | Hamilton

For Forestry

#6 in New Zealand

#623 in the World

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

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Forestry

#28 in Australia

#778 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Forestry

#29 in Australia

#786 in the World

Founded: 1991

36. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#30 in Australia

#856 in the World

Founded: 1991

37. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Forestry

#31 in Australia

#914 in the World

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

38. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Forestry

#32 in Australia

#976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

39. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Auckland

For Forestry

#7 in New Zealand

#993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

40. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#33 in Australia

#1072 in the World

Founded: 1966

41. Victoria University of Wellington

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New Zealand | Wellington

For Forestry

#8 in New Zealand

#1201 in the World

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

42. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Forestry

#34 in Australia

#1265 in the World

Founded: 1870

43. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Forestry

#35 in Australia

#1279 in the World

Founded: 1908

44. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#36 in Australia

#1313 in the World

Founded: 1990

45. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Forestry

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#1545 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

46. University of the South Pacific

For Forestry

#1 in Fiji

#1677 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

47. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Forestry

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#1895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

48. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Forestry

#37 in Australia

#1986 in the World

Founded: 1991

49. Fiji National University

For Forestry

#2 in Fiji

#2203 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

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