| Location | Melbourne, Australia | Funding Type | Public |
|---|---|---|---|
| No of Students | 86000 | Establishment | University |
| Founded In | 1958 | Estimated Cost of Living | 24505 AUD |
| Address | Wellington Rd, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia |
Monash University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Monash is a modern, global, research-intensive university, delivering education and research excellence in Australia and across the Indo-Pacific.
We’re making a positive impact on today's global challenges – whether that’s by mitigating climate change, easing geopolitical insecurity or fostering healthy communities.
A proud history
When our first students began their studies at our foundation campus in Clayton in 1961, we became the first university established in the state of Victoria in over 100 years. From a single campus with fewer than 400 students, Monash has grown into a network of campuses, education centres and partnerships spanning the globe.
Early years
The early vision was to create a research-focused tertiary institution with an emphasis on science and technology.
As Monash has always done, though, we quickly moved beyond the bounds of expectation. Free from tradition and convention, we were within just a few years of our first intake of a mere 347 students, offering courses in arts, economics, education, engineering, law, medicine, politics and science.
Creativity, innovation and activism
The focus on research excellence remained, but what grew around it was a culture of creativity, innovation and irreverence.
In the 1970s the foundation campus at Clayton became the centre for student protest in Australia, and this philosophy of challenging the status quo permeated the University. It remains to this day, although where once it was the Vietnam war and second-wave feminism that occupied activists' attention, today it is global poverty and sustainability, among many other causes.
Growth
The growth from technology/science specialists to general university was rapid. It was accelerated by a merger with Chisholm Institute in 1990, which saw the Caulfield and Peninsula campuses become a part of the University.
A year later the Victorian College of Pharmacy entered into a partnership with Monash that allowed us to bring Parkville into our portfolio of campuses. The growth continued apace with the establishment of a new campus within the south-eastern growth corridor of Melbourne in 1994 - our (now former) Berwick campus.
International reach
In 1998, the Malaysian Ministry of Education invited Monash to set up a campus in Malaysia in collaboration with the Sunway Group. Monash University Malaysia was established in the same year, the first Monash campus outside Australia and the first "foreign" university in Malaysia.
From 2001 until 2014, Monash University opened and operated a campus in South Africa.
In 2001 Prato, Italy was added to the growing list of Monash campuses.
In 2020, Monash University’s Indonesia campus became an official legal entity in Indonesia and was granted a licence to operate by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. Monash University will be Indonesia’s first international, foreign owned University with an in-country campus.
Group of Eight
To underscore the reputation that the University had earned, in 1999 we were invited to be a founding member of the Group of Eight, the coalition of Australia's most prestigious research-intensive universities.
Monash had been around for just four decades, and yet was demonstrably holding its own against universities that had had well over a century to establish themselves.
Today
The New Horizons initiative is a platform for excellence in future manufacturing research and teaching.
From a single campus at Clayton with fewer than 400 students, Monash has grown into a network of campuses, education centres and partnerships spanning the globe. With well in excess of 60,000 students (and 350,000 alumni) from over 170 countries, we are today Australia's largest university.
The University now offers a broad selection of courses within 10 faculties: Art, Design and Architecture; Arts; Business and Economic; Education; Engineering; Information Technology; Law; Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences; Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; and Science.
Our impact and focus
The global challenges of climate change, fostering thriving communities and preserving geopolitical security are core focus areas for Monash. Our Strategic Plan, Impact 2030, charts the path for how the University will actively contribute to addressing these challenges through its research and education, and in collaboration with government, industry, alumni, donors, and community.
Learn how Monash is already making a global impact, from preventing the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, tackling human rights and social justice to finding green energy solutions and more.
Excellent
Education and research is at the heart of what we do – and both are celebrated and recognised for their excellence. For more than 60 years our future oriented education and research is, and continues to be recognised amongst the best in the world. This is why we are able to address, impact and change the course of the great challenges of our times – locally, nationally and globally.
Our rankings
The Global Immersion Guarantee, a funded overseas study program for first year Monash Arts students, awarded Best Practice in International Education by International Educational Association of Australia IEAA (2020).
International
We have a network of campuses covering the Indo-pacific and into Europe, and partnerships globally, including with many UK and US institutions. This is underpinned by the way we always think internationally and address the global challenges of our age. Diversity and inclusion are core to our values. Each campus is a global community in itself.
Together with our alumni who span the globe, our transcontinental community creates a mix of people and ideas to create education, research collaborations, networks, commercial opportunities and engagement that is truly global - like minded students and partners seek us out. This means our perspective is wide, our minds remain open and we can engage with challenges and opportunities to change communities locally, nationally and globally.
Our global reach
Enterprising
Think enterprising and you think Monash. We have a long and proud distinguished history of ground breaking translational research, that together with our partners, has changed the world. The enviable list includes IVF, Monash FODMAP diet, development of rapid blood tests to diagnose COVID 19 and in the energy field the paradigm changing development of green ammonia for energy storage - just to name a few.
Our research results in commercial success because of our world leading research, research platforms, and engagement with world leading partners to create these opportunities. Many successes seem to happen overnight and some are many years in the making.
Partners choose to be based on or near, our campuses to be at the forefront of opportunity. Formed in partnership with the Victorian government, this is known as the Monash Technology Precinct.
In addition to commercial success, start-ups are nurtured, entrepreneurialism is encouraged and students gain valuable learning and professional experience and talent pools are cultivated for future workforces.
Our research and partnerships
150+ active fields of research supported by 30+ research platforms encouraging research translation and commercialisation.
The Monash Technology Precinct contributes $9.4 billion annually to the Victorian economy. The Precinct hosts a number of hubs and cluster.
A significant area of expertise is the Monash Health Translation Hub boasting partners including the Victorian Heart Hospital, Monash Health, The Alfred Hospital, Peninsula Health. Another cluster is the Monash Smart Manufacturing Hub and we are very proud that this includes major industry partnerships with Engie and the Woodside Monash Energy Partnership.
Monash University reported a research income of $539.3 million in 2020. (Based on income reported to Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC).
Inclusive
How Monash responds to the greatest challenges of our time is deepened and enriched because of the contributions of our diverse community. We value this so much, we have policy and practices in place so that it can grow and be truly inclusive.
In our quest to seek talented staff and students to make the most valuable impacts; we provide educational opportunities to those who may not have it available, support research that needs to be undertaken, and undertake work to improve economic, social and justice outcomes for all. We do this to advance our communities. We will continue to forge pathways so that we can create abundant opportunities.
Our community includes:
Figures quoted based on 2020 statistics. Domestic and international student figures do not include online students, non-campus teaching locations and teach-outs at former campuses.
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