List of 59 best universities in Oceania

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Top 59 universities in Oceania ranked by EduRank based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence. The rankings are determined by analyzing 105M citations received by 3.36M academic publications made by 59 universities from Oceania, the popularity of 5,370 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.

1. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

#1 in Australia

#49 in the World

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

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

#2 in Australia

#55 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

#3 in Australia

#63 in the World

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

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

#4 in Australia

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

#5 in Australia

#77 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

#6 in Australia

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Auckland

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New Zealand | Auckland

#1 in New Zealand

#168 in the World

Founded: 1883

8. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

#7 in Australia

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

9. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

#8 in Australia

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

#9 in Australia

#270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

#10 in Australia

#284 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

12. University of Otago

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New Zealand | Dunedin

#2 in New Zealand

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

13. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

#11 in Australia

#316 in the World

Founded: 1971

14. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

#12 in Australia

#331 in the World

Founded: 1965

15. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

#13 in Australia

#332 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

16. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

#14 in Australia

#358 in the World

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

17. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

#15 in Australia

#359 in the World

Founded: 1887

18. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

#16 in Australia

#381 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

19. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

#17 in Australia

#412 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

20. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

#18 in Australia

#418 in the World

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

21. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

#19 in Australia

#421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

22. University of Canterbury

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New Zealand | Christchurch

#3 in New Zealand

#457 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

23. Massey University

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New Zealand | Palmerston North

#4 in New Zealand

#470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

24. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

#20 in Australia

#481 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

#21 in Australia

#486 in the World

Founded: 1966

26. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

#22 in Australia

#523 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

27. Victoria University of Wellington

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New Zealand | Wellington

#5 in New Zealand

#524 in the World

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

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

#23 in Australia

#554 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

#24 in Australia

#584 in the World

Founded: 1908

30. University of Waikato

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New Zealand | Hamilton

#6 in New Zealand

#635 in the World

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

31. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

#25 in Australia

#661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

32. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

#26 in Australia

#677 in the World

Founded: 1991

33. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

#27 in Australia

#695 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

34. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

#28 in Australia

#782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

35. Auckland University of Technology

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New Zealand | Auckland

#7 in New Zealand

#804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

36. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

#29 in Australia

#836 in the World

Founded: 1990

37. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

#30 in Australia

#883 in the World

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

38. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

#31 in Australia

#1034 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

#32 in Australia

#1041 in the World

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

40. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

#33 in Australia

#1101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

41. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

#34 in Australia

#1189 in the World

Founded: 1967

42. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

#35 in Australia

#1246 in the World

Founded: 1989

43. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

#36 in Australia

#1255 in the World

Founded: 1987

44. Lincoln University, New Zealand

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New Zealand | Christchurch

#8 in New Zealand

#1308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

45. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

#37 in Australia

#1344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

46. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

#38 in Australia

#1466 in the World

Founded: 1870

47. University of the South Pacific

#1 in Fiji

#1870 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

#39 in Australia

#2089 in the World

Founded: 1989

49. University of Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#4071 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

50. Fiji National University

#2 in Fiji

#4315 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

51. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

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Papua New Guinea | Lae

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#5045 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

52. National University of Samoa

#1 in Samoa

#6562 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1984

53. Divine Word University

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Papua New Guinea | Madang

#3 in Papua New Guinea

#7001 in the World

Enrollment: 3,185
Founded: 1980

54. University of Goroka

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Papua New Guinea | Goroka

#4 in Papua New Guinea

#7432 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1968

55. Torrens University Australia

Australia | Adelaide

#40 in Australia

#7478 in the World

Founded: 2012

56. Pacific Adventist University

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Papua New Guinea | Boroko

#5 in Papua New Guinea

#9630 in the World

Founded: 1984

57. University of Fiji

#3 in Fiji

#10714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 2,253
Founded: 2004

58. Solomon Islands National University

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Solomon Islands | Honiara

#1 in the Solomon Islands

#12108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 2012

59. PNG University of Natural Resources and Environment

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Papua New Guinea | Vudal

#6 in Papua New Guinea

#12320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1965