39 Best universities for Geography and Cartography 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 Geography and Cartography. A graph of 21.9M citations received by 715K academic papers made by 39 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 Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Geography and Cartography

#1 in Oceania

#37 in the World

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

2. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Geography and Cartography

#2 in Oceania

#42 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

3. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Geography and Cartography

#3 in Oceania

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

4. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Geography and Cartography

#4 in Oceania

#49 in the World

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

5. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Geography and Cartography

#5 in Oceania

#52 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Geography and Cartography

#6 in Oceania

#70 in the World

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

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Geography and Cartography

#8 in Oceania

#119 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Geography and Cartography

#9 in Oceania

#162 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Geography and Cartography

#10 in Oceania

#173 in the World

Founded: 1971

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Geography and Cartography

#11 in Oceania

#220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Geography and Cartography

#12 in Oceania

#248 in the World

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

12. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Geography and Cartography

#13 in Oceania

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

13. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Geography and Cartography

#15 in Oceania

#277 in the World

Founded: 1965

14. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Geography and Cartography

#16 in Oceania

#282 in the World

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

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Geography and Cartography

#17 in Oceania

#284 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Geography and Cartography

#18 in Oceania

#305 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

17. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geography and Cartography

#19 in Oceania

#317 in the World

Founded: 1887

18. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Geography and Cartography

#20 in Oceania

#336 in the World

Founded: 1970

19. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Geography and Cartography

#21 in Oceania

#353 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geography and Cartography

#23 in Oceania

#402 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Geography and Cartography

#25 in Oceania

#417 in the World

Founded: 1991

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Geography and Cartography

#27 in Oceania

#471 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Geography and Cartography

#28 in Oceania

#510 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Geography and Cartography

#29 in Oceania

#566 in the World

Founded: 1908

25. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Geography and Cartography

#31 in Oceania

#610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

26. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Geography and Cartography

#32 in Oceania

#634 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

27. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Geography and Cartography

#33 in Oceania

#647 in the World

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

28. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Geography and Cartography

#34 in Oceania

#735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

29. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Geography and Cartography

#35 in Oceania

#786 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Geography and Cartography

#36 in Oceania

#807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

31. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geography and Cartography

#38 in Oceania

#846 in the World

Founded: 1990

32. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Geography and Cartography

#40 in Oceania

#964 in the World

Founded: 1989

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Geography and Cartography

#41 in Oceania

#999 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Geography and Cartography

#42 in Oceania

#1009 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Geography and Cartography

#43 in Oceania

#1195 in the World

Founded: 1991

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Geography and Cartography

#44 in Oceania

#1239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Geography and Cartography

#45 in Oceania

#1414 in the World

Founded: 1870

38. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Geography and Cartography

#47 in Oceania

#1744 in the World

Founded: 1987

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Geography and Cartography

#48 in Oceania

#3006 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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