39 Best universities for Environmental Management in Australia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Environmental Management. A graph of 6.09M citations received by 136K 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 Environmental Management

#1 in Oceania

#3 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Environmental Management

#2 in Oceania

#23 in the World

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

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Environmental Management

#3 in Oceania

#24 in the World

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

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Environmental Management

#4 in Oceania

#56 in the World

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

5. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Environmental Management

#5 in Oceania

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

6. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Environmental Management

#6 in Oceania

#99 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

7. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Environmental Management

#7 in Oceania

#101 in the World

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

8. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Environmental Management

#8 in Oceania

#116 in the World

Founded: 1970

9. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Environmental Management

#9 in Oceania

#137 in the World

Founded: 1971

10. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Environmental Management

#10 in Oceania

#139 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

11. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Environmental Management

#11 in Oceania

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

12. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Environmental Management

#12 in Oceania

#148 in the World

Founded: 1965

13. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Environmental Management

#14 in Oceania

#200 in the World

Founded: 1887

14. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Environmental Management

#15 in Oceania

#201 in the World

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

15. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Environmental Management

#16 in Oceania

#202 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

16. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Environmental Management

#17 in Oceania

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

17. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Environmental Management

#18 in Oceania

#226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

18. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Environmental Management

#19 in Oceania

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

19. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Environmental Management

#20 in Oceania

#300 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Environmental Management

#22 in Oceania

#356 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

21. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Environmental Management

#23 in Oceania

#379 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Environmental Management

#26 in Oceania

#419 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Environmental Management

#29 in Oceania

#545 in the World

Founded: 1908

24. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Environmental Management

#30 in Oceania

#565 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

25. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Environmental Management

#31 in Oceania

#571 in the World

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

26. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Environmental Management

#32 in Oceania

#620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

27. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Environmental Management

#33 in Oceania

#705 in the World

Founded: 1967

28. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Environmental Management

#34 in Oceania

#739 in the World

Founded: 1966

29. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Environmental Management

#35 in Oceania

#744 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

30. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Environmental Management

#37 in Oceania

#781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

31. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Environmental Management

#38 in Oceania

#889 in the World

Founded: 1989

32. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Environmental Management

#39 in Oceania

#901 in the World

Founded: 1991

33. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Environmental Management

#40 in Oceania

#920 in the World

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

34. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Environmental Management

#41 in Oceania

#938 in the World

Founded: 1990

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Environmental Management

#42 in Oceania

#1000 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Environmental Management

#45 in Oceania

#1710 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Environmental Management

#46 in Oceania

#2191 in the World

Founded: 1987

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Environmental Management

#47 in Oceania

#2962 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Environmental Management

#51 in Oceania

#4013 in the World

Founded: 1989

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