Ranked as one of Victoria’s top three universities by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Rankings of 2007, La Trobe University provides the perfect balance: academic challenges, courses that open career doors, the chance to learn from outstanding staff from around the world, and the opportunity to study in a welcoming, cosmopolitan community.

La Trobe’s main campus, the Melbourne (Bundoora) campus, is situated in magnificent parklands just eight miles from Melbourne’s centre. Melbourne was, for three consecutive years, voted the world’s most livable city by the London-based Economic Intelligence Unit. In addition to world-class teaching and research facilities, La Trobe’s on-campus resources include libraries, residential colleges, retail outlets, IT services, sporting facilities and a unique Australian wildlife reserve.

While studying at La Trobe you’ll be able to explore all that Victoria has to offer – a magnificent coastline, glorious beaches, snowfields, rainforests and the beauty of arid, semi-desert areas.

La Trobe is a research focused university and is home to several national and international, university and faculty-based centres and institutes, including the International Centre of Excellence in Asia-Pacific Studies, the National Stroke Research Institute, the Victorian Agribiosciences Centre, the Australian Institute for Primary Care, the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society and the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care. The University was recently given over $60 million of government funding to establish an institute for molecular science and a rural health school.

Undergraduate and postgraduate courses available include:

Humanities and Social Sciences: Aboriginal studies, anthropology, Australian Studies, Asian studies, development studies, gender and diversity studies, languages, linguistics, international relations and international policy, media studies and journalism, peace studies, politics, philosophy, sociology and theatre.

Education: Applied linguistics, outdoor and environmental education, special education, and teacher education.

Business, Law and Management: Business, marketing, accounting, economics, finance, international business, law, global business law, conflict resolution, public interest law, fraud investigation, sport and leisure, hospitality and tourism.

Health Sciences and Social Work: Clinical vision, podiatry, physiology, anatomy, prosthetics and orthotics, Deaf studies and sign language, nursing, midwifery, occupational therapy, physical therapy, public health, health information management, speech pathology, social work and social policy.

Engineering, IT, Sciences & Psychology: Electronic engineering, computer science, mathematical sciences, life sciences, zoology, environmental science, molecular sciences, pyschology, physics and nanotechnology.

 

CAMPUS FACILITIES AND SUPPORT

La Trobe has a full range of services and facilities for students that create a supportive academic environment and a socially vibrant atmosphere. There are over 17,000 students at the Bundoora campus and it is a complete community, providing retail outlets (cafés, restaurants, bars, hairdresser, travel agent, dry cleaners, bookshops and stationers), a weekly flea market, an optometrist, banks, a post office, a theatre and cinema, childcare facilities, chaplains, a dentist, counsellors, a medical centre and an excellent sporting complex.

La Trobe International (LTI) also offers an extensive array of services to support new students, continuing students throughout the duration of their programme, and students preparing to return home. 

La Trobe has excellent on-campus accommodation options, just a few minutes walk from the academic buildings. There are several types available. On-campus housing also offers social activities that help all students meet new friends, and which welcome international students into our community.