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 College
• 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
• 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

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]

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