List of universities in Melanesia

This is a list of universities and other higher education institutions in Melanesia.

Regional

• University of the South Pacific, Emalus (Port Vila, Vanuatu) and Laucala (Suva, Fiji)

Fiji

• Fiji College of Advanced Education
• Fiji College of Agriculture
• Fiji Institute of Technology
• Fiji National University
• Fiji School of Medicine, Suva
• Fiji School of Nursing
• Fulton Adventist University College, Sabeto
• Lautoka Teachers College
• Pacific Flying School
• South Pacific Bible College
• University of Fiji, Saweni
• University of the South Pacific, Suva

New Caledonia

• University of New Caledonia, Nouméa

Papua New Guinea

• Divine Word University, Madang
• Pacific Adventist University, Boroko
• PNG University of Technology, Lae
• University of Goroka, Goroka
• University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby
• IBS University, Port Moresby
• University of Natural Resources and Environment, Vudal
• Christian Leadership Training College, Banz
• Port Moresby Business College, Port Moresby

Solomon Islands

• Solomon Islands National University, Honiara
• University of the South Pacific, Honiara
• Atoifi College of Nursing, Malaita

Vanuatu

• University of the South Pacific, Port Vila

Rankings of universities

2008 Ranking Web of World Universities

Currently the Webometrics Ranking is the only that covers Melanesian universities. Most of them are provided in the Oceania section but Indonesian ones are provided under the Asia entry.

2006 Shanghai Jiao Tong University's academic ranking of world universities

As yet, no Melanesian universities appear in the Academic Ranking of World Universities^[1] produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Institute of Higher Education.

2006 Times Higher Education Supplement Melanesian Rankings

Two universities were ranked in the Times Higher Education Supplement, both from Indonesia:

• Airlangga University
• Bandung Institute of Technology

Asiaweek's Melanesian top ranking universities

In 2000, Asiaweek ranked Asia's universities and grouped them according to whether they were a generalist multi-disciplinary or a science and technology university.^[2]

Multi-disciplinary
Rank	University
75	Airlangga University
73	Diponegoro University
68	Gadjah Mada University
61	University of Indonesia

Science and technology
Rank	University
21	Bandung Institute of Technology

In 1999, Asiaweek released the first regional listing of Asia's best universities.^[3] Melanesian universities in the list and their rankings were:

Rank	University
67	Gadjah Mada University
70	University of Indonesia
77	Diponegoro University
79	Airlangga University

References

1. "Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2005". Archived from the original on 2005-12-04. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
2. "Southeast Asia's Airlines Are Pretty Much No More Dangerous Than American Ones".
3. "Southeast Asia's Airlines Are Pretty Much No More Dangerous Than American Ones".

• Ranking Web of World Universities

See also

• List of colleges and universities
• List of colleges and universities by country