Monash University

Our alliance with Warwick University includes mobility, undergraduate research, an online peer-reviewed journal and a joint PhD programme.

Beyond its home in Melbourne, Monash University has a campus in Malaysia, a Joint Graduate School in China, a learning centre in Prato, Italy, and a research centre in Mumbai, India.

So Melbourne needn’t be your only destination. We can support you to take a semester at our other centres and campuses or with one of our international partner universities across the globe in locations including Thailand, Korea, India, Spain, Canada and Chile.

A full range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes are offered across our ten faculties. Most undergraduate degrees are 3-4 years long; most postgraduate courses are 1-2 years, with options to double up degrees or combine coursework and research. You can also take electives in other faculties.

In 2016 Monash attained AU$342 million in research grants from various agencies. Our world-class researchers are having an impact across more than 150 fields of study, including leading capabilities in the following areas:

• Health and wellbeing – injury and trauma, neuroscience, stem cells, reproductive health
• Future technologies – advanced manufacturing, aerospace, nanomaterials
• Sustainable environments – climate change and weather, energy, green chemistry
• Resilient cultures and communities – cultural heritage, economic modelling, mental health law

Many masters by research and PhD programmes at Monash are supported by generous scholarships and bursaries.

Monash invests heavily in teaching and learning facilities all for its students. It boasts state-of-the-art multimedia lecture theatres (recorded lectures can be downloaded as podcasts), over 2,500 computer work stations and eight libraries that contain around three million items (including 350,000 electronic books). And our student/staff ratio remains strong, so you can easily access academic staff to discuss your studies.

But Monash is more than a place to study – it offers you the chance to join a community that supports academic achievement, personal growth and the development of lasting friendships. Orientation Week welcomes all new students from over 100 countries and connects them via a network of 150 clubs and societies, student associations and a host of support services including a campus centre, chaplains, prayer rooms, learning support, and health and disability services.

We understand that the transition to living in another country can be a challenge. Monash Residential Services is a dedicated support unit that can help you find suitable accommodation, whether it is temporary, on-campus Halls of Residence or off-campus lodgings. Prices vary and there are practicality issues if you choose an off-campus option. Staying in Halls offers the greatest flexibility where you can jump from bed to the lecture theatre and enjoy the campus community to the full!

Monash has a proud tradition of working in its communities and we want you to share in that. Students can extend their experience by volunteering in Arts (Oxfam and World Vision), Law (legal advice centres), Engineering (Engineers Without Borders), Art and Design (Monash University Museum of Art volunteer programme) and Monash Sports (support crew), or you can engage through Monash’s Volunteer Gateway.

The Times Higher Education Global Employability ranking places Monash 57 in world. The Group of Eight universities are recognised for teaching and research excellence as well as their ability to produce graduates who find full-time work sooner, and who begin on higher salaries.

For students seeking real-world experience, Monash University offers IBL programmes and internships across most of its degrees. The Faculties of Arts; Business and Economics; Education; Engineering; Information Technology (IT); and Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (MNHS) provide good examples of this cooperative education programme which gives students the opportunity to unleash the knowledge and skills learned at university in the real world.

During their industry placements, students have the opportunity to network with industry representatives, define career directions, gain valuable hands-on work experience and increase their employability before leaving university.

Opportunities exist in all sorts and sizes of organisations. They can occur in the retail, commercial, consulting, industrial, government and not for profit sectors – in small, medium and large entities. For example, Business and Economics partnerships include L’Oreal, Adidas, Deloitte, GM Holden, Mondelez, PWC and EY.

• Top one per cent of world universities – 80 in the world (Times Higher Education, 2018)
• Number 1 in Australia, 57 in the world from which to hire graduates (Global Employability University Rankings, 2017)
• Best university in Australia for engineering and technology (Times Higher Education, 2017)
• 63 in the world for business and economics (Times Higher Education, 2017)
• 41 in the world for clinical, pre-clinical medicine and health (Times Higher Education, 2017)

2018 QS rankings by subject

2 - Pharmacy and Pharmacology

14 - Education

18 - Nursing

23 - Accounting and finance

29 - Medicine