Best Universities for Physics 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 Physics. A graph of 30.5M citations received by 1.12M 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 New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Physics

#1 in Australia

#69 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Physics

#2 in Australia

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Physics

#3 in Australia

#83 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

4. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Physics

#4 in Australia

#84 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

5. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Physics

#5 in Australia

#99 in the World

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

6. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Physics

#6 in Australia

#125 in the World

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

7. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Physics

#7 in Australia

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Physics

#8 in Australia

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Physics

#1 in New Zealand

#258 in the World

Founded: 1883

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Physics

#9 in Australia

#331 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Physics

#10 in Australia

#333 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

12. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Physics

#11 in Australia

#384 in the World

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

13. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Physics

#12 in Australia

#395 in the World

Founded: 1965

14. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Physics

#13 in Australia

#445 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

15. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Physics

#14 in Australia

#465 in the World

Founded: 1887

16. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Physics

#15 in Australia

#500 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Physics

#16 in Australia

#504 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

18. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Physics

#2 in New Zealand

#506 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

19. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Physics

#17 in Australia

#534 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

20. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Physics

#18 in Australia

#562 in the World

Founded: 1908

21. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Physics

#3 in New Zealand

#573 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

22. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Physics

#19 in Australia

#592 in the World

Founded: 1991

23. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Physics

#20 in Australia

#633 in the World

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

24. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Physics

#4 in New Zealand

#661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

25. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Physics

#21 in Australia

#697 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

26. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Physics

#22 in Australia

#707 in the World

Founded: 1966

27. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Physics

#5 in New Zealand

#747 in the World

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

28. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Physics

#23 in Australia

#879 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

29. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Physics

#24 in Australia

#923 in the World

Founded: 1970

30. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Physics

#6 in New Zealand

#946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

31. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Physics

#25 in Australia

#1102 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

32. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Physics

#26 in Australia

#1180 in the World

Founded: 1990

33. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Physics

#27 in Australia

#1194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

34. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Physics

#28 in Australia

#1197 in the World

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

35. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Physics

#29 in Australia

#1236 in the World

Founded: 1991

36. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Physics

#30 in Australia

#1271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

37. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Physics

#7 in New Zealand

#1324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

38. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Physics

#31 in Australia

#1535 in the World

Founded: 1967

39. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Physics

#32 in Australia

#1581 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

40. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Physics

#8 in New Zealand

#1730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

41. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Physics

#33 in Australia

#1850 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

42. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Physics

#34 in Australia

#2057 in the World

Founded: 1989

43. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Physics

#35 in Australia

#2149 in the World

Founded: 1991

44. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Physics

#36 in Australia

#2189 in the World

Founded: 1870

45. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Physics

#37 in Australia

#2389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

46. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Physics

#38 in Australia

#2506 in the World

Founded: 1987

47. University of the South Pacific

For Physics

#1 in Fiji

#2713 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Physics

#39 in Australia

#3728 in the World

Founded: 1989

49. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Physics

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#4147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

50. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Physics

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#4276 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

51. Fiji National University

For Physics

#2 in Fiji

#4955 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

52. National University of Samoa

For Physics

#1 in Samoa

#6517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1984

Physics subfields in Oceania

Acoustical Engineering50

Applied/Engineering Physics30

Astrophysics and Astronomy50

Atomic and Molecular physics34

Condensed Matter Physics38

Materials Science51

Medical Physics33

Nanotechnology45

Nuclear Physics45

Optical Engineering51

Quantum and Particle physics51

Theoretical Physics37