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Murdoch was established in 1973 as a research university. It is 20 minutes by car from Perth, and 10 minutes from the port of Fremantle. It is committed to the pursuit of excellence and has an international reputation for quality teaching and research. Murdoch is proud to have some of the best-qualified academic staff in Australia. Almost 70 per cent hold a PhD, compared to the Australian average of 50 per cent. The University also prides itself on the caring attitude of its staff, who give students the extra support and attention they need to succeed.

As a highly ranked teaching campus, we can certainly offer the best education possible. But teaching is not the only factor in deciding where to go to university. Where you live, the friends you make, and the courses you study are just as important to us as they are to you. Murdoch will help you to make the most of your time at university, and offers opportunities to make it truly memorable and worthwhile.

TOP TEACHING

The Good Universities Guide has awarded Murdoch University the highest graduate satisfaction rating for thirteen out of the past fifteen years, an achievement unmatched by any other Australian university. Murdoch is also consistently rated one of the top teaching universities in Government student surveys and was recently rated the top teaching campus in the state of Western Australia. 

QUALITY SERVICES AND FACILITIES

Murdoch provides excellent services for international students, including an intensive orientation programme, international student advisers who are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, social events and accommodation assistance.

The University also provides a Worship Centre for all religious denominations, catering facilities, a health service, a childcare centre, computing facilities, sport and recreation facilities, banking and an extensive library.

AWARD-WINNING TEACHING FACILITIES

• Purpose built facilities on campus include an AU$3.7million law building, including an electronic Moot Court and Law Clinic. In its first five graduating classes the Law School produced a Rhodes Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, a Lionel Murphy Scholar and several winners of the Rotary Graduate Fellowship.
• Murdoch is one of only four educational institutions in the world to have a state-of-the-art engineering pilot plant.
• Murdoch's veterinary science course was the first in Australia to achieve American Veterinary Medical Association accreditation. Murdoch also hosts a veterinary hospital, a 24 hour clinic and is the only university in Australia with a large animal farm on campus.
  
• The University is home to a state-of-the-art Media Arts Centre, featuring two digital TV studios, a newsroom, print journalism space, radio studios, video edit suites, recording studios, surround sound suites and more.
• Murdoch is home to the Research Institute for Sustainable Energy.

STUDY AREAS

Creative Technologies and Media 

• Games art and design
• Gender and cultural studies
• Journalism
• Public relations
• Screen production
• Online communication and management
• Computer science
• Cyberforensics information security and management
• Internetworking and security
• Media production

Arts and Education

• Early childhood and primary education
• Primary and secondary teacher education
• Community development
• Asia studies
• Creative arts
• Politics and international studies
• Sociology
• Theology
• Tourism
• Ethics
• Security (terrorism and counter-terrorism)

Health Sciences

• Biomedical science
• Animal science
• Veterinary science
• Conservation medicine
• Chiropractic
• Exercise physiology
• Sports science
• Nursing
• Psychology
• Applied psychology
• Counselling

Law and Business

• Accounting
  
• Entrepreneurship and innovation
• Business law
• Economics
• Hospitality and tourism management
• MBA
• International business
• Marketing management
• Human resource management
• Criminology
• Law
• Legal Studies
• Migration Law
  

Science, Engineering and Sustainability

• Electrical process engineering
• Medical engineering
• Renewable energy engineering
• Sustainable energy engineering
• Energy studies
• Environmental architecture
• Extractive metallurgy
• Chemistry, maths and statistics
• Biological sciences
• Biotechnology, forensic biology and toxicology
• Marine science, conservation and wildlife biology
• Molecular biology
• Environmental science, management and impact assessment
  
• Climate change management
• International aid and development
• Policy studies
• Urban and regional planning.
  

 

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