39 Best universities for Geology 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 Geology. A graph of 26.2M citations received by 700K 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 Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Geology

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Geology

#42 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Geology

#43 in the World

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

4. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Geology

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Geology

#50 in the World

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

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Geology

#81 in the World

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

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Geology

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Geology

#119 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Geology

#10 in Oceania

#225 in the World

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

10. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Geology

#11 in Oceania

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

11. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Geology

#12 in Oceania

#229 in the World

Founded: 1970

12. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Geology

#13 in Oceania

#236 in the World

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

13. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Geology

#15 in Oceania

#283 in the World

Founded: 1971

14. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Geology

#16 in Oceania

#313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

15. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Geology

#17 in Oceania

#328 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

16. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Geology

#18 in Oceania

#344 in the World

Founded: 1965

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Geology

#19 in Oceania

#366 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geology

#22 in Oceania

#433 in the World

Founded: 1887

19. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Geology

#24 in Oceania

#452 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

20. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geology

#25 in Oceania

#462 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

21. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Geology

#26 in Oceania

#507 in the World

Founded: 1966

22. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Geology

#27 in Oceania

#517 in the World

Founded: 1991

23. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Geology

#28 in Oceania

#571 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

24. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Geology

#29 in Oceania

#573 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

25. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Geology

#30 in Oceania

#632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

26. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Geology

#32 in Oceania

#711 in the World

Founded: 1908

27. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Geology

#33 in Oceania

#868 in the World

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

28. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geology

#35 in Oceania

#952 in the World

Founded: 1990

29. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Geology

#36 in Oceania

#957 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

30. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Geology

#37 in Oceania

#996 in the World

Founded: 1991

31. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Geology

#38 in Oceania

#1003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

32. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Geology

#39 in Oceania

#1008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

33. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Geology

#40 in Oceania

#1171 in the World

Founded: 1989

34. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Geology

#42 in Oceania

#1261 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Geology

#43 in Oceania

#1413 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Geology

#44 in Oceania

#1656 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Geology

#45 in Oceania

#1829 in the World

Founded: 1987

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Geology

#47 in Oceania

#1961 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Geology

#49 in Oceania

#3271 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

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

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