- Country : Australia
- Phone : 61 3 83444000
- Address : Richard Berry Building, Parkville 3010 Australia
Profile
Melbourne is a leading international university with a tradition of excellence in teaching, research and engagement. Established in 1853, it is the oldest university in Victoria. It is a publically funded institution with a number of closely affiliated research institutes, situated within the heart of a vibrant research precinct in Parkville, adjacent to the central business district.
Melbourne offers broad undergraduate degrees and world-leading graduate programs in professional and scholarly disciplines to over 40,000 students each year.
Melbourne’s outstanding performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education globally. It is currently ranked 6 in the Asia Pacific region, 75 world-wide on the Shanghai Jiao Tong scale and 51th in the Taiwan (HEEACT) ranking. In the Times Higher Education World’s Best University, it ranks 36th overall, 6th for employability of its graduates, and 20th by international colleagues (peer review). Melbourne is the sole Australian university ranked among the top 30 for all five core subject areas, with three subject areas ranked in the top 20. Melbourne is a member of the Group of Eight research intensive universities.
Melbourne offers broad undergraduate degrees and world-leading graduate programs in professional and scholarly disciplines to over 40,000 students each year.
Melbourne’s outstanding performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education globally. It is currently ranked 6 in the Asia Pacific region, 75 world-wide on the Shanghai Jiao Tong scale and 51th in the Taiwan (HEEACT) ranking. In the Times Higher Education World’s Best University, it ranks 36th overall, 6th for employability of its graduates, and 20th by international colleagues (peer review). Melbourne is the sole Australian university ranked among the top 30 for all five core subject areas, with three subject areas ranked in the top 20. Melbourne is a member of the Group of Eight research intensive universities.
University mission
Through its Growing Esteem strategy, Melbourne has set out a long term plan to strengthen its research capacity and reputation and to transform its provision of undergraduate and graduate education. The ‘Melbourne Model’ has created a suite of six broadly based undergraduate degrees followed by a professional graduate degree, or a research higher degree. The undergraduate degrees are: Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music, and Science. All students are required to undertake breadth study alongside developing disciplinary depth within the major study area.
Growing Esteem has three interlinked strands:
Research And Research Training
Melbourne earns the highest level of research grants and allocations in Australia. Melbourne has active researchers across the spectrum of research fields and in 2009 established a series of cross-disciplinary research institutes designed to more effectively deal with societal challenges: Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society, Melbourne Brain Institute, Melbourne Energy Institute, Melbourne Materials Institute and Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. Affiliated research institutes undertake world class and leading edged research in partnership with the University.
Melbourne provides the leading national environment for graduate research with the largest research student cohort and completions in Australia. Scholarships funding and funding for the Commercialisation Training Scheme is also the highest nationally. RHD students are considered to be the research engine of the University, and a range of programs and measures have been put in place to drive high quality outcomes and student engagement.
Learning And Teaching
Melbourne offers an outstanding education designed to equip students to succeed in a globalised environment, meeting societal challenges with intelligence and ingenuity and with respect for humanity. Seventy percent of Melbourne’s student population is at undergraduate level, with 20% graduate coursework and 9% research higher degree load. The spread is distinctive, particularly the relatively high level of research students, reflecting the prime emphasis on creation and dissemination of knowledge. As the Melbourne Model takes effect the balance will shift further towards graduate and research students, including many with first degrees from other universities. Melbourne seeks out the brightest students from the widest range of backgrounds and facilitates the entry of students from under-represented areas.
The University is pioneering initiatives that will ensure that the composition of the professional workforce, including professions such as medicine and law, is more representative of the wider-community. Through Access Melbourne and other programs, Melbourne seeks to increase by 2015 the number of low socio-economic status and disadvantaged students admitted to its undergraduate courses by 50% and to maintain its national leadership in undergraduate progression and success rates.
Engagement
The engagement strand encompasses interaction between academia and wider society – including knowledge partnership, advancement and international activities. Through this strand, the University engages in public debate, influences policy of government, links research and teaching with industry and communities, develops deep beneficial relationships with alumni, and performs as a truly international institution.
Through its Growing Esteem strategy, Melbourne has set out a long term plan to strengthen its research capacity and reputation and to transform its provision of undergraduate and graduate education. The ‘Melbourne Model’ has created a suite of six broadly based undergraduate degrees followed by a professional graduate degree, or a research higher degree. The undergraduate degrees are: Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music, and Science. All students are required to undertake breadth study alongside developing disciplinary depth within the major study area.
Growing Esteem has three interlinked strands:
Research And Research Training
Melbourne earns the highest level of research grants and allocations in Australia. Melbourne has active researchers across the spectrum of research fields and in 2009 established a series of cross-disciplinary research institutes designed to more effectively deal with societal challenges: Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society, Melbourne Brain Institute, Melbourne Energy Institute, Melbourne Materials Institute and Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. Affiliated research institutes undertake world class and leading edged research in partnership with the University.
Melbourne provides the leading national environment for graduate research with the largest research student cohort and completions in Australia. Scholarships funding and funding for the Commercialisation Training Scheme is also the highest nationally. RHD students are considered to be the research engine of the University, and a range of programs and measures have been put in place to drive high quality outcomes and student engagement.
Learning And Teaching
Melbourne offers an outstanding education designed to equip students to succeed in a globalised environment, meeting societal challenges with intelligence and ingenuity and with respect for humanity. Seventy percent of Melbourne’s student population is at undergraduate level, with 20% graduate coursework and 9% research higher degree load. The spread is distinctive, particularly the relatively high level of research students, reflecting the prime emphasis on creation and dissemination of knowledge. As the Melbourne Model takes effect the balance will shift further towards graduate and research students, including many with first degrees from other universities. Melbourne seeks out the brightest students from the widest range of backgrounds and facilitates the entry of students from under-represented areas.
The University is pioneering initiatives that will ensure that the composition of the professional workforce, including professions such as medicine and law, is more representative of the wider-community. Through Access Melbourne and other programs, Melbourne seeks to increase by 2015 the number of low socio-economic status and disadvantaged students admitted to its undergraduate courses by 50% and to maintain its national leadership in undergraduate progression and success rates.
Engagement
The engagement strand encompasses interaction between academia and wider society – including knowledge partnership, advancement and international activities. Through this strand, the University engages in public debate, influences policy of government, links research and teaching with industry and communities, develops deep beneficial relationships with alumni, and performs as a truly international institution.
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