Best Universities for Oceanography 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 Oceanography. A graph of 5.83M citations received by 176K academic papers made by 51 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 Oceanography

#1 in Australia

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Oceanography

#2 in Australia

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

3. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Oceanography

#3 in Australia

#55 in the World

Founded: 1970

4. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Oceanography

#4 in Australia

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

5. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Oceanography

#5 in Australia

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

6. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Oceanography

#6 in Australia

#69 in the World

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

7. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Oceanography

#7 in Australia

#81 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

8. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Oceanography

#8 in Australia

#105 in the World

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

9. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Oceanography

#9 in Australia

#113 in the World

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

10. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Oceanography

#10 in Australia

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

11. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Oceanography

#1 in New Zealand

#179 in the World

Founded: 1883

12. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Oceanography

#11 in Australia

#199 in the World

Founded: 1971

13. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Oceanography

#2 in New Zealand

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Oceanography

#12 in Australia

#215 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Oceanography

#13 in Australia

#241 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

16. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Oceanography

#14 in Australia

#280 in the World

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

17. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Oceanography

#15 in Australia

#291 in the World

Founded: 1965

18. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Oceanography

#3 in New Zealand

#311 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

19. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Oceanography

#16 in Australia

#350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

20. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Oceanography

#17 in Australia

#374 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

21. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Oceanography

#4 in New Zealand

#399 in the World

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

22. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Oceanography

#18 in Australia

#415 in the World

Founded: 1887

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Oceanography

#19 in Australia

#443 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Oceanography

#20 in Australia

#445 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

25. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Oceanography

#21 in Australia

#482 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

26. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Oceanography

#5 in New Zealand

#487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

27. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Oceanography

#22 in Australia

#547 in the World

Founded: 1991

28. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Oceanography

#23 in Australia

#562 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

29. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Oceanography

#6 in New Zealand

#563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

30. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Oceanography

#24 in Australia

#612 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

31. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Oceanography

#25 in Australia

#630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

32. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Oceanography

#26 in Australia

#645 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

33. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Oceanography

#27 in Australia

#674 in the World

Founded: 1908

34. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Oceanography

#28 in Australia

#800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

35. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Oceanography

#29 in Australia

#867 in the World

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

36. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Oceanography

#30 in Australia

#943 in the World

Founded: 1991

37. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Oceanography

#7 in New Zealand

#975 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Oceanography

#31 in Australia

#977 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Oceanography

#32 in Australia

#1025 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

40. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Oceanography

#33 in Australia

#1035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

41. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Oceanography

#34 in Australia

#1038 in the World

Founded: 1967

42. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Oceanography

#35 in Australia

#1152 in the World

Founded: 1990

43. University of the South Pacific

For Oceanography

#1 in Fiji

#1200 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

44. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Oceanography

#8 in New Zealand

#1334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

45. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Oceanography

#36 in Australia

#1811 in the World

Founded: 1870

46. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Oceanography

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#2654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

47. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Oceanography

#37 in Australia

#2770 in the World

Founded: 1991

48. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Oceanography

#38 in Australia

#2903 in the World

Founded: 1987

49. Fiji National University

For Oceanography

#2 in Fiji

#3509 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Oceanography

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#3546 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

51. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Oceanography

#39 in Australia

#3891 in the World

Founded: 1989

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