Best Universities for Geology 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 Geology. A graph of 29.7M citations received by 808K academic papers made by 52 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 Geology

#1 in Australia

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Geology

#2 in Australia

#42 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Geology

#3 in Australia

#43 in the World

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

4. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Geology

#4 in Australia

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Geology

#5 in Australia

#50 in the World

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

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Geology

#6 in Australia

#81 in the World

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

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Geology

#7 in Australia

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Geology

#8 in Australia

#119 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of Auckland

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Auckland

For Geology

#1 in New Zealand

#171 in the World

Founded: 1883

10. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Geology

#9 in Australia

#225 in the World

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

11. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Geology

#10 in Australia

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

12. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Geology

#11 in Australia

#229 in the World

Founded: 1970

13. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Geology

#12 in Australia

#236 in the World

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

14. University of Otago

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Geology

#2 in New Zealand

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

15. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Geology

#13 in Australia

#283 in the World

Founded: 1971

16. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Geology

#14 in Australia

#313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

17. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Geology

#15 in Australia

#328 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

18. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Geology

#16 in Australia

#344 in the World

Founded: 1965

19. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Geology

#17 in Australia

#366 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

20. Massey University

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Geology

#3 in New Zealand

#399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

21. University of Canterbury

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Geology

#4 in New Zealand

#404 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

22. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geology

#18 in Australia

#433 in the World

Founded: 1887

23. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Wellington

For Geology

#5 in New Zealand

#444 in the World

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

24. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Geology

#19 in Australia

#452 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

25. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geology

#20 in Australia

#462 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Geology

#21 in Australia

#507 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Geology

#22 in Australia

#517 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Geology

#23 in Australia

#571 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

29. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Geology

#24 in Australia

#573 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

30. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Geology

#25 in Australia

#632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

31. University of Waikato

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Geology

#6 in New Zealand

#675 in the World

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

32. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Geology

#26 in Australia

#711 in the World

Founded: 1908

33. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Geology

#27 in Australia

#868 in the World

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

34. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Geology

#7 in New Zealand

#873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

35. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geology

#28 in Australia

#952 in the World

Founded: 1990

36. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Geology

#29 in Australia

#957 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

37. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Geology

#30 in Australia

#996 in the World

Founded: 1991

38. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Geology

#31 in Australia

#1003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

39. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Geology

#32 in Australia

#1008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

40. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Geology

#33 in Australia

#1171 in the World

Founded: 1989

41. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Auckland

For Geology

#8 in New Zealand

#1199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

42. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Geology

#34 in Australia

#1261 in the World

Founded: 1967

43. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Geology

#35 in Australia

#1413 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

44. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Geology

#36 in Australia

#1656 in the World

Founded: 1870

45. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Geology

#37 in Australia

#1829 in the World

Founded: 1987

46. University of the South Pacific

For Geology

#1 in Fiji

#1930 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

47. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Geology

#38 in Australia

#1961 in the World

Founded: 1991

48. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Geology

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

49. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Geology

#39 in Australia

#3271 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Geology

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#3774 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

51. Fiji National University

For Geology

#2 in Fiji

#4293 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

52. National University of Samoa

For Geology

#1 in Samoa

#5475 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1984

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