Best Forestry Schools in Oceania

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Forestry. A graph of 1.09M citations received by 37.8K 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

#23 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#2 in Australia

#37 in the World

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

3. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Forestry

#3 in Australia

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

4. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Forestry

#4 in Australia

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

5. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#5 in Australia

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

6. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Forestry

#1 in New Zealand

#81 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

7. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Forestry

#2 in New Zealand

#104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#6 in Australia

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Forestry

#7 in Australia

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

10. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Forestry

#8 in Australia

#148 in the World

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

11. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Forestry

#9 in Australia

#171 in the World

Founded: 1970

12. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#10 in Australia

#191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

13. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Forestry

#11 in Australia

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

14. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Forestry

#12 in Australia

#241 in the World

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

15. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Forestry

#13 in Australia

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

16. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Forestry

#14 in Australia

#249 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Forestry

#3 in New Zealand

#317 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

18. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#15 in Australia

#320 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

19. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Forestry

#4 in New Zealand

#325 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

20. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Forestry

#16 in Australia

#335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

21. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Forestry

#17 in Australia

#339 in the World

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

22. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Forestry

#5 in New Zealand

#347 in the World

Founded: 1883

23. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Forestry

#18 in Australia

#410 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

24. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Forestry

#19 in Australia

#418 in the World

Founded: 1989

25. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Forestry

#20 in Australia

#433 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

26. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#21 in Australia

#441 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

27. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Forestry

#22 in Australia

#478 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

28. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Forestry

#23 in Australia

#569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

29. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Forestry

#6 in New Zealand

#585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

30. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Forestry

#24 in Australia

#614 in the World

Founded: 1965

31. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Forestry

#25 in Australia

#622 in the World

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

32. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Forestry

#26 in Australia

#660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

33. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#27 in Australia

#665 in the World

Founded: 1887

34. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Forestry

#28 in Australia

#726 in the World

Founded: 1991

35. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Forestry

#29 in Australia

#747 in the World

Founded: 1967

36. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#30 in Australia

#796 in the World

Founded: 1991

37. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Forestry

#31 in Australia

#885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

38. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Forestry

#7 in New Zealand

#899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

39. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Forestry

#32 in Australia

#1006 in the World

Founded: 1966

40. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Forestry

#33 in Australia

#1015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

41. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Forestry

#34 in Australia

#1177 in the World

Founded: 1990

42. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Forestry

#35 in Australia

#1182 in the World

Founded: 1870

43. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Forestry

#36 in Australia

#1238 in the World

Founded: 1908

44. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Forestry

#8 in New Zealand

#1358 in the World

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

45. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Forestry

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#1470 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

46. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Forestry

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#1585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

47. University of the South Pacific

For Forestry

#1 in Fiji

#1655 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

48. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Forestry

#37 in Australia

#1778 in the World

Founded: 1991

49. Fiji National University

For Forestry

#2 in Fiji

#2163 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

Environmental Science subfields in Oceania

Agricultural Science50

Earth science and Geophysics48

Environmental Chemistry45

Environmental Engineering45

Environmental Management51

Geography and Cartography52

Geotechnical Engineering47

Hydrology and Water resources management36

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science51

Mining Engineering32

Petrology and Geochemistry47

Urban and Regional planning44

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation50