Best Surgeons Medical Schools 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 Surgery. A graph of 9.26M citations received by 322K academic papers made by 50 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 Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Surgery

#1 in Australia

#33 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Surgery

#2 in Australia

#60 in the World

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

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Surgery

#3 in Australia

#112 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Surgery

#4 in Australia

#114 in the World

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

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Surgery

#5 in Australia

#118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

6. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Surgery

#6 in Australia

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Surgery

#7 in Australia

#178 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Surgery

#1 in New Zealand

#180 in the World

Founded: 1883

9. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Surgery

#2 in New Zealand

#270 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

10. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Surgery

#8 in Australia

#371 in the World

Founded: 1966

11. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Surgery

#9 in Australia

#381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

12. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Surgery

#10 in Australia

#405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

13. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Surgery

#11 in Australia

#467 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

14. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Surgery

#12 in Australia

#469 in the World

Founded: 1971

15. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Surgery

#13 in Australia

#475 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

16. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Surgery

#14 in Australia

#493 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

17. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Surgery

#15 in Australia

#515 in the World

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

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Surgery

#16 in Australia

#562 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Surgery

#17 in Australia

#588 in the World

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

20. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Surgery

#18 in Australia

#599 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

21. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Surgery

#19 in Australia

#639 in the World

Founded: 1970

22. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Surgery

#20 in Australia

#646 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

23. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Surgery

#21 in Australia

#677 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

24. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Surgery

#3 in New Zealand

#730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

25. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Surgery

#22 in Australia

#756 in the World

Founded: 1965

26. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Surgery

#23 in Australia

#794 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

27. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Surgery

#24 in Australia

#818 in the World

Founded: 1887

28. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Surgery

#4 in New Zealand

#875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

29. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Surgery

#25 in Australia

#933 in the World

Founded: 1991

30. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Surgery

#26 in Australia

#948 in the World

Founded: 1987

31. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Surgery

#27 in Australia

#973 in the World

Founded: 1991

32. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Surgery

#5 in New Zealand

#992 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

33. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Surgery

#28 in Australia

#1029 in the World

Founded: 1989

34. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Surgery

#29 in Australia

#1051 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

35. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Surgery

#30 in Australia

#1071 in the World

Founded: 1990

36. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Surgery

#31 in Australia

#1078 in the World

Founded: 1908

37. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Surgery

#32 in Australia

#1121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

38. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Surgery

#33 in Australia

#1124 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Surgery

#34 in Australia

#1203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

40. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Surgery

#6 in New Zealand

#1257 in the World

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

41. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Surgery

#7 in New Zealand

#1372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

42. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Surgery

#35 in Australia

#1460 in the World

Founded: 1967

43. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Surgery

#36 in Australia

#1555 in the World

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

44. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Surgery

#37 in Australia

#1572 in the World

Founded: 1870

45. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Surgery

#38 in Australia

#1639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

46. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Surgery

#39 in Australia

#1721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

47. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Surgery

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#1738 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

48. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Surgery

#8 in New Zealand

#2231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

49. Fiji National University

For Surgery

#1 in Fiji

#2892 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

50. University of the South Pacific

For Surgery

#2 in Fiji

#3697 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

Medicine subfields in Oceania

Anatomy and Physiology49

Anesthesiology48

Bioethics/Medical Ethics42

Biomedical Engineering35

Clinical Psychology47

Critical Care Nursing47

Family medicine48

Forensic Science38

Gastroenterology and Hepatology39

Health Science50

Healthcare Management (MHA)49

Medical Physics33

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)47

Occupational Therapy44

Oncology and Cancer research47

Ophthalmology42

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine48

Physical Therapy47

Plastic Surgery21

Public Health53

Radiation Therapy31

Radiology and Nuclear medicine49

Respiratory Therapy36

Sonography and Ultrasound31

Sports / Exercise science45

Sports Medicine47