Best Universities for Geology 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 Geology. A graph of 20.9M citations received by 708K 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

#32 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Geology

#2 in Australia

#38 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: 49,000
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

#49 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
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

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Geology

#8 in Australia

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Geology

#1 in New Zealand

#167 in the World

Founded: 1883

10. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Geology

#9 in Australia

#215 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

11. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Geology

#2 in New Zealand

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Geology

#10 in Australia

#233 in the World

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

13. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Geology

#11 in Australia

#237 in the World

Founded: 1970

14. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Geology

#12 in Australia

#246 in the World

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

15. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Geology

#13 in Australia

#302 in the World

Founded: 1971

16. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Geology

#14 in Australia

#320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

17. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Geology

#15 in Australia

#327 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

18. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Geology

#16 in Australia

#359 in the World

Founded: 1965

19. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Geology

#3 in New Zealand

#389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Geology

#17 in Australia

#396 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Geology

#4 in New Zealand

#399 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

22. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geology

#18 in Australia

#453 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

23. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Geology

#19 in Australia

#463 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

24. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geology

#20 in Australia

#474 in the World

Founded: 1887

25. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Geology

#5 in New Zealand

#482 in the World

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

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Geology

#21 in Australia

#498 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Geology

#22 in Australia

#500 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Geology

#23 in Australia

#535 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Geology

#24 in Australia

#595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Geology

#25 in Australia

#596 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

31. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Geology

#6 in New Zealand

#649 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

32. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Geology

#26 in Australia

#728 in the World

Founded: 1908

33. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Geology

#7 in New Zealand

#819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

34. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Geology

#27 in Australia

#876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

35. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Geology

#28 in Australia

#941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

36. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Geology

#29 in Australia

#971 in the World

Founded: 1990

37. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Geology

#30 in Australia

#1000 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

38. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Geology

#31 in Australia

#1007 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Geology

#32 in Australia

#1037 in the World

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

40. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Geology

#33 in Australia

#1167 in the World

Founded: 1989

41. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Geology

#8 in New Zealand

#1205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

42. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Geology

#34 in Australia

#1239 in the World

Founded: 1967

43. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Geology

#35 in Australia

#1424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

44. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Geology

#36 in Australia

#1669 in the World

Founded: 1870

45. University of the South Pacific

For Geology

#1 in Fiji

#1906 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

46. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Geology

#37 in Australia

#1952 in the World

Founded: 1991

47. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Geology

#38 in Australia

#1961 in the World

Founded: 1987

48. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Geology

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#2800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

49. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Geology

#39 in Australia

#3201 in the World

Founded: 1989

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Geology

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#3625 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

51. Fiji National University

For Geology

#2 in Fiji

#4204 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

52. National University of Samoa

For Geology

#1 in Samoa

#5493 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1984

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