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The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (often referred to by the abbreviation
Abbreviation

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: "RMIT", which is also used in its post-nominals
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) is a leading Australian public university
Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private university....
 and provider of vocational education
Vocational education

Vocational education or Vocational Education and Training , also called Career and Technical Education , prepares learners for jobs that are based in manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academics and totally related to a specific trade, employment or vocation, hence the term, in which the learner participates....
, located in Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
. It has two main branches, known as: RMIT University (also encompassing RMIT TAFE) and RMIT International University
RMIT International University, Vietnam

The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology is an Australian-based university operating in Vietnam, with its main campus located in Ho Chi Minh City and a second campus in Hanoi....
.

Founded in 1887 by prominent grazier
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 and philanthropist
Philanthropist

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, The Hon.
The Honourable

The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons....
 Francis Ormond
Francis Ormond

Francis Ormond was an Australian grazier, member of parliament of the Parliament of Victoria and philanthropist. He's notable for his philanthropy in the areas of education and religion....
, RMIT is the third-oldest higher education provider in the state of Victoria and the seventh-oldest in Australia.






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The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (often referred to by the abbreviation
Abbreviation

An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase....
: "RMIT", which is also used in its post-nominals
Post-nominal letters

Post-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials or post-nominal titles, are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honour....
) is a leading Australian public university
Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private university....
 and provider of vocational education
Vocational education

Vocational education or Vocational Education and Training , also called Career and Technical Education , prepares learners for jobs that are based in manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academics and totally related to a specific trade, employment or vocation, hence the term, in which the learner participates....
, located in Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
. It has two main branches, known as: RMIT University (also encompassing RMIT TAFE) and RMIT International University
RMIT International University, Vietnam

The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology is an Australian-based university operating in Vietnam, with its main campus located in Ho Chi Minh City and a second campus in Hanoi....
.

Founded in 1887 by prominent grazier
Grazier

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 and philanthropist
Philanthropist

A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable organization....
, The Hon.
The Honourable

The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons....
 Francis Ormond
Francis Ormond

Francis Ormond was an Australian grazier, member of parliament of the Parliament of Victoria and philanthropist. He's notable for his philanthropy in the areas of education and religion....
, RMIT is the third-oldest higher education provider in the state of Victoria and the seventh-oldest in Australia. Its foundation campus, RMIT City
RMIT City

RMIT City is the original and flagship campus of the Australian public university and vocational education provider, the RMIT University . It is located at the northern end of the Melbourne CBD....
, is located at the northern end of the Melbourne CBD.

RMIT is considered to be a selective university; ranked third in the state of Victoria and 10th in Australia - in reference to its research output - and 60th in the World for producing work-ready graduates. It's listed annually as one of the 'Top 200 World Universities', according to the UK THES - QS World University Rankings
THES - QS World University Rankings

The THE - QS World University Rankings is an annual publication that ranks the "Top 200 World Universities", and is published by Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds ....
, and is one of 20 institutes of technology
Institute of technology

Institute of technology, and polytechnic, are designations employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system....
 that regularly feature on the listing.

RMIT pioneered the dual-sector education system in Australia, during the mid-20th Century. Today, it's the largest institution of its kind in Australia, and offers every award level available in the Australian Qualifications Framework
Australian Qualifications Framework

The Australian Qualifications Framework provides the hierarchy of educational qualifications in Australia. It is administered nationally by the Government of Australia Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations....
. Academically, the university focuses on higher education and research while its TAFE focuses on vocational education and training.

It's also a founding member of the Australian Technology Network
Australian Technology Network

The Australian Technology Network is a network of five leading universities from each mainland state of Australia, with a heritage of working closely with industry....
 and the Global U8 Consortium
Global U8 Consortium

The Global U8 Consortium or GU8 is an educational consortium of eight leading universities located in coastal, maritime and seaport cities in Australia, China, France, Israel, South Korea, UK and USA....
.

History


The Working Men's College

In 1881, prominent grazier
Grazier

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 and philanthropist
Philanthropist

A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable organization....
, The Hon. Francis Ormond
Francis Ormond

Francis Ormond was an Australian grazier, member of parliament of the Parliament of Victoria and philanthropist. He's notable for his philanthropy in the areas of education and religion....
, proposed that a technical college would serve "useful" to City of Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
. Ormond - who had donated the majority of funds towards the foundation of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria . The second oldest university in Australia, and the oldest in Victoria, its main campus is in Parkville, Victoria, an inner suburb just north of the Melbourne CBD....
 - offered £5,000 towards the establishment of a college on the proviso that the public contribute a "like sum".

A considerable sum was raised by the Council of the Melbourne Trades Hall, which rallied support amongst its membership of unions. Construction of "The Working Men's College" then began in 1886, on a site provided by the Colony of Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
, next to the Melbourne Magistrates' Court
Melbourne Magistrates' Court

The Melbourne Magistrates' Court is a court in Melbourne, Australia that deals with relatively minor offences, like driving licence matters, money claims and disputes, family law and Specialist Courts like Koori Courts and Drug Courts....
, and adjacent the Melbourne Public Library
State Library of Victoria

The State Library of Victoria is the central library of the States and territories of Australia of Victoria , Australia, located in Melbourne. It is on the block bounded by Swanston Street, La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Russell Street, Melbourne, and Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Streets, in the northern centre of the Melbourne central busi...
 on La Trobe Street
La Trobe Street, Melbourne

La Trobe Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria , Australia. It runs roughly from east to west and forms the northern boundary of the CBD ....
. The College was officially opened during a gala ceremony on June 4, 1887 and, on the night of its opening, took 320 enrollments which increased to over 1000 within its first 12 months of operation. Ormond - who was a staunch believer in the values of education and a tireless campaigner for the College - served as its President till his death in 1889.

The College began offering full-time courses in 1899, and was incorporated under the "Companies Act" as a private college in 1904. Around the turn of the century, it began developing courses in engineering
Engineering

Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
, applied science
Applied science

Applied science is the application of knowledge from one or more natural science fields to solve practical problems. Fields of engineering are closely related to applied sciences....
, chemistry
Chemistry

Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions....
, metallurgy
Metallurgy

Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic Chemical element, their intermetallics, and their mixtures, which are called alloys....
 and mining
Mining

Mining is the extraction of value minerals or other geology materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, Sodium chloride and potash....
. Between the 1900s and the 1920s, the College expanded beyond its foundation building, and constructed two new buildings on nearby Bowen Street, a new Art School and also acquired the neighbouring, and recently decommissioned, Melbourne Gaol site for expansion.

During the 1930s, the College underwent further expansion with the completion of an Engineering School and a Radio School, and two more buildings constructed on Bowen Street. In 1934, the College officially changed its name to the "Melbourne Technical College" (incorporating The Working Men's College), after a representation from its Student's Association.

Contribution to WWI and WWII

The College contributed to Australia's war efforts both in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 and in World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. Initially, between 1917 and 1919, it trained over 1500 returned ANZAC
Anzac

ANZAC is an acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, an army corps that fought at the Battle of Gallipoli in World War I and was disbanded in 1916....
 service men from World War I in vocational qualifications for post-war life in Australia. Between 1939 and 1945, during World War II, it made a greater contribution to Australia's war efforts by training 23,000 service men and women (approximately one-sixth of all trained in Australia), mainly Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force is the Air Force branch of the Australian Defence Force. The RAAF began in March 1912 as the Australian Flying Corps and became a fully independent Air Force in March 1921....
 personnel in radio communications, as well as 2,000 civilians in munitions manufacturing. The Government of Australia
Government of Australia

The Australia is a federation constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 as a result of an agreement between six self-governing British colonies, which became the six states....
 also commissioned the College to manufacture parts for the Air Force's DAP Beaufort Bomber
Bristol Beaufort

The Bristol Type 152 Beaufort was a United Kingdom large twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from the earlier Bristol Blenheim light bomber....
.

After World War II, and during the 1950s, the College again trained returned service men and women for post-war life, which prompted the development of courses in food technology
Food technology

Food technology, or Food tech for short is the application of food science to the selection, food preservation, Food processing, packaging, Food distribution, and use of safety, nutrition, and Healthy diet....
, transport studies
Logistics

Logistics is the management of the flow of goods, information and other resources, including energy and people, between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of consumers ....
, accountancy
Accountancy

Accountancy or accounting is the system of recording, verifying, and reporting of the value of assets, liabilities, income, and expenses in the books of account to which debit and credit entries are chronologically posted to record changes in value ....
 and advertising
Advertising

Advertising is a form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to Purchasing or to consume more of a particular brand of Product or Service ....
, and the revision of its art syllabuses. During this time, the College also embraced the Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
' newly devised Colombo Plan
Colombo Plan

The Colombo Plan is a regional organization that embodies the concept of collective inter-governmental effort to strengthen economic and social development of member countries in the Asia-Pacific Region....
, which increased its intake of South East Asian students greatly.

Royal patronage and birth of RMIT

In 1954, the College was awarded royal patronage by Queen Elizabeth II for its great service to the Commonwealth in the area of education and for its contribution to the war effort; and was officially renamed the "Royal Melbourne Technical College". It became (and it remains to this day) the only higher education institution in Australia with the right of the prefix "Royal" along with the use of the Monarchy of England's regalia
Regalia

Regalia is Latin plurale tantum for the privileges and the insignia characteristic of a Sovereignty.The word stems from the Latin substantivation of the adjective regalis, 'regal', itself from Rex, 'king'....
.

In 1960, it was voted by the Council of the College to begin the process of reconstituting itself as a tertiary institution, and the name of the College was then officially changed to the "Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology".

During the late 1950s and 1960s, the non-tertiary branch of RMIT was reconstituted as the "Technical College" (TAFE), and it was believed the Institute and the College would eventually separate. However, the two have remained as incorporated branches of RMIT to the present day. Also during the early 1960s, RMIT's Art School established its reputations as an Australian leader in its field.

During the 1970s and early 1980s, the Institute expanded its degrees in business
Business

A business is a legally recognized organization designed to provide good s and/or Service to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalism economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners....
 and engineering
Engineering

Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
, and the College expanded its courses in technology
Technology

Technology is a broad concept that deals with an animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects an animal species' ability to control and adapt to its Natural environment....
 and general studies. In 1979, the neighbouring Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy
Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy

The Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy was an Australian family and consumer science college for women, in Melbourne, Victoria .It was officially opened on April 27, 1927 by Her Royal Highness Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Duchess of York, and later Queen Consort....
 on Russell Street
Russell Street, Melbourne

Russell Street is a north-south street in the Melbourne central business district of Melbourne, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837....
 amalgamated with RMIT, bringing its long-standing reputation in fashion design
Fashion design

Fashion design is the applied art dedicated to clothing and lifestyle accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time....
 and food technology
Food technology

Food technology, or Food tech for short is the application of food science to the selection, food preservation, Food processing, packaging, Food distribution, and use of safety, nutrition, and Healthy diet....
. RMIT's Aeronautics School also established its reputation as an Australian leader in its field, during the late 1970s.

RMIT celebrated its centenary in 1987, with a year-long calendar of events staged across the City of Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, a time capsule
Time capsule

A time capsule is a historic cache of goods and/or information, usually intended as a method of communication with people in the future. Time capsules are sometimes created and buried during celebrations such as a World Fair, cornerstone laying for a building or other event....
 set in the Bowen Street courtyard of The Working Men's College's foundation building on La Trobe Street
La Trobe Street, Melbourne

La Trobe Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria , Australia. It runs roughly from east to west and forms the northern boundary of the CBD ....
, and a book documenting RMIT's complete 100 years of history, called "The Tech: A Centenary History of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology", is also published.

In 1992, RMIT was granted full public university
Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private university....
 status by the Parliament of Victoria
Parliament of Victoria

The Parliament of Victoria is a bicameral, or two-house, legislature. It comprises the Monarchy of Australia, the Victorian Legislative Assembly or Lower House and the Victorian Legislative Council or Upper House....
 under the "Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Act". RMIT's newly appointed Chancellery then officially adopted the names "RMIT University" for its Institute branch and "RMIT TAFE" for its College branch, during the early 1990s, and its Design School also established its reputation as an international leader in eco-friendly design.

Expansion for the 21st Century

Following its reconstitution as a public university, RMIT then underwent a large and rapid expansion where a number of other institutes and colleges became amalgamated with it, between 1993 and 1999, which included: Phillip Institute of Technology, Melbourne College of Decoration and Design, Melbourne College of Printing and Graphic Art and Melbourne Institute of Textiles.

In 1995, RMIT acquired the neighbouring, and recently vacated, former Melbourne Magistrates' Court
Former Melbourne Magistrates' Court

The Former Melbourne Magistrates' Court building, located on the corner of La Trobe Street, Melbourne and Lonsdale Street, Melbourne streets in the Melbourne CBD, was the original home of the City of Melbourne's City Court and District Court, and also housed an emergency court....
 and City Watch House buildings, on the corner of La Trobe Street
La Trobe Street, Melbourne

La Trobe Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria , Australia. It runs roughly from east to west and forms the northern boundary of the CBD ....
 and Russell Street
Russell Street, Melbourne

Russell Street is a north-south street in the Melbourne central business district of Melbourne, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837....
, and renamed its expanding campus in Melbourne the "City campus
RMIT City

RMIT City is the original and flagship campus of the Australian public university and vocational education provider, the RMIT University . It is located at the northern end of the Melbourne CBD....
". It also established a new enivronmentally sustainable "country campus" around 20 km from the City campus, in Bundoora
Bundoora, Victoria

Bundoora is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 19 km north-east from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Area are the cities of City of Banyule, City of Darebin and City of Whittlesea....
, which opened in 1995.

In 1999, it acquired the derilect state heritage-listed Capitol Theatre
Capitol Theatre, Melbourne

The Capitol Theatre of Melbourne is a building located on Swanston Street, opposite the Melbourne Town Hall.It was commissioned by a group of Melbourne businessmen including the Greek Consul General Anthony JJ Lucas and designed by the renowned architect Walter Burley Griffin....
 in the Melbourne CBD, and refurbished it to its original design. It also established a specialised fashion
Fashion

Fashion refers to the styles and customs prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage, "fashion" exemplifies the appearances of clothing, but the term encompasses more....
 and printing
Printing

Printing is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing....
 campus in Brunswick
Brunswick, Victoria

Brunswick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 6 km north from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Areas of Victoria is the City of Moreland....
, on the site of the former Melbourne Institute of Textiles in 1999, and became a founding member of the Australian Technology Network
Australian Technology Network

The Australian Technology Network is a network of five leading universities from each mainland state of Australia, with a heritage of working closely with industry....
, a coalition of leading Australian universities working with industry.

At the turn of the century, RMIT was invited by the Government of Vietnam
Politics of Vietnam

The politics of Vietnam takes place in a framework of a single-party socialist republic. The central role of the Communist Party of Vietnam is reaffirmed in the current Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, adopted in April 1992....
 to establish Vietnam
Vietnam

Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
's first foreign-owned university. In 2001, it established "RMIT International University, Vietnam
RMIT International University, Vietnam

The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology is an Australian-based university operating in Vietnam, with its main campus located in Ho Chi Minh City and a second campus in Hanoi....
" near the centre of Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam. Under the name Prey Nokor it was the main port of Cambodia, before being annexed by the Vietnamese in the 17th century....
, and a second campus in the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi
Hanoi

Hanoi , estimated population 3,398,889 , is the Capital of Vietnam. From 1010 until 1802, with a few brief interruptions, it was the political centre of an independent Vietnam....
 in 2004. In its years of operation, the Government of Vietnam has awarded RMIT International University five Golden Dragon Awards for Education.

During the mid 2000s, RMIT experienced financial problems, partly due to problems associated with its student administration system upgrade (AU$47 million was spent in this effort). The financial problems eventually claimed the then Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ruth Dunkin. In 2005, RMIT appointed a new Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Margaret Gardner
Margaret Gardner

Professor Margaret Elaine Gardner, Order of Australia is an Anglo-Celtic Australian economist and academic.Prof. Gardner is the current Vice-Chancellor of the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia and the President of RMIT International University, Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam....
 AO
Order of Australia

The Order of Australia is an Order established by Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"....
 and, between 2006 and 2007, posted operating profits of AU$50.1 million and AU$109.5 million each year respectively. In 2006, it also became a founding member of the Global U8 Consortium
Global U8 Consortium

The Global U8 Consortium or GU8 is an educational consortium of eight leading universities located in coastal, maritime and seaport cities in Australia, China, France, Israel, South Korea, UK and USA....
, an international group of leading "coastal" universities.

Admission and rankings

As with all universities in Australia, entry to RMIT's tertiary programs, and some of its TAFE programs, are determined by the Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank
Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank

The Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank is the national Australian tertiary entrance score, administered by Universities Australia . It is designed to make it easy to compare entrance scores for students educated in different process of admission for university applicants from interstate....
 (ENTER) scoring system. Non-school leavers, and those without a sufficient ENTER score, may also sit the Special Tertiary Admissions Test
Special Tertiary Admissions Test

The Special Tertiary Admissions Test is a scholastic aptitude test, used for entry into undergraduate programs at List of universities in Australia for people without a recent Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank ....
 (STAT) to gain entry to RMIT. Prospective students make their applications through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre
Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre

The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre is the administrative body which processes applications for universities in the state of Victoria . VTAC also calculates the Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank for Victorian Year 12 students....
 (VTAC) and, in some cases, directly to RMIT via a portfolio submission.

In Australia, RMIT is considered to be a selective university; and is ranked 10th in the nation and third in the state of Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
, in reference to its research output. In a global survey of employers, it was ranked 60th in the World for producing work-ready graduates.

RMIT was ranked 206th in the World by the THES - QS World University Rankings
THES - QS World University Rankings

The THE - QS World University Rankings is an annual publication that ranks the "Top 200 World Universities", and is published by Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds ....
, down six places in 2008; which is the first time it has not ranked in the "Top 200 World Universities". RMIT's Vice-Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor

A Vice-Chancellor of a university in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, India other Commonwealth of Nations countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the chief executive of the University....
, Prof.
Professor

The meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the Academic department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual....
 Margaret Gardner
Margaret Gardner

Professor Margaret Elaine Gardner, Order of Australia is an Anglo-Celtic Australian economist and academic.Prof. Gardner is the current Vice-Chancellor of the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia and the President of RMIT International University, Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam....
, said the university's lower ranking was "in common with many Australian universities". RMIT, however, remains in the top ten Australian universities according to the ranking. Globally, it is ranked 94th in Engineering & IT, 149th in Arts & Humanities and 196th in both Life Sciences & Biomedicine and Social Sciences.

The following publications ranked universities worldwide. RMIT ranked:
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Times Higher Education Supplement 137.8 5582146200206
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most influential universities in People's Republic of China. The university is under the jurisdiction of both the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and Shanghai Government....
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Newsweek
Newsweek

Newsweek is an United States weekly newsmagazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally....
 
The Economist
The Economist

The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international relations publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in London....
 
Financial Times
Financial Times

The Financial Times is a United Kingdom international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and is printed at 24 sites....
 MBA rank
 
Economist Intelligence Unit
Economist Intelligence Unit

The Economist Intelligence Unit is part of The Economist Group.It is a research and advisory company providing country, industry and management analysis worldwide and incorporates the former Business International Corporation, a U.S....
's MBA rank
 
Webometrics
Webometrics

The science of webometrics tries to measure the World Wide Web to get knowledge about the number and types of hyperlinks, structure of the World Wide Web and usage patterns....
:
346 299360379
1u/r = unranked.

Organisation

RMIT University is structured as 25 separate schools, which offer courses at a vocational (TAFE), undergraduate and postgraduate level. RMIT's schools are then grouped into one of three academically-contextual colleges, known as: Business, Design and Social Context and Science, Engineering and Technology. Its research institutes and centres are also grouped into each college, according to their academic context, to allow for greater cross-field research.

RMIT's schools also maintain their own field-relevant research collections, which are in addition to RMIT University's central library network. Also, in line with its industry-relevant ethos
Ethos

Ethos is a Ancient Greek word originally meaning "accustomed place" , "custom, habit", that can be translated into English language in different ways....
, a number of organisations are also partnered with RMIT's schools and institutes for research, including: Airbus
Airbus

Airbus Soci?t? par actions simplifi?e is an Aerospace manufacturer subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace company. Based in Toulouse, France, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces around half of the world's jet airliners....
, Australian Defence Force
Australian Defence Force

The Australian Defence Force is the Armed forces responsible for the defence of Australia. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Air Force and a number of 'tri-service' units....
, BMW
BMW

, is an independent German automotive industry founded in 1916. It also produces BMW Motorrad, is the owner of the MINI brand and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars....
, Boeing Company, Country Road
Country Road

Country Road is an Australian clothing retailer, with 56 freestanding stores and 77 department store concessions. It is traded on the Australian Stock Exchange, with South African company Woolworths Holdings owning 88%....
, Deloitte, Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services firms in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and KPMG....
, Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
, Guess, IBM
IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" , is a multinational corporation computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, New York, United States....
, Luxottica
Luxottica

Luxottica Group S.p.A. is the world's biggest glasses company. Its best known brands include Ray-Ban, Sunglass Hut International, Persol and the recently acquired Oakley, Inc.....
, Pacific Brands
Pacific Brands

Pacific Brands is a major Australian company marketing Berlei, Bonds , Clarks , Dunlop Sport , Everlast, Grosby, Holeproof, Hush Puppies, King Gee, Sheridan, Slazenger, Sleepmaker and Tontine Group ....
, Siemens
Siemens

Siemens AG is a German electrical and telecommunications companysiemens may refer to*siemens , the SI unit of electrical conductance, equivalent to 1 ampere/volt...
, Tenix, United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
 and Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen Group

Volkswagen Group, or Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft , is a German automotive industry group, currently the automotive industry#World's largest vehicle manufacturing groups , and the largest in Europe....
, to name a few.

Colleges and schools

College of Business
  • RMIT School of Accounting and Law
  • RMIT School of Business Information Technology
    RMIT School of Business Information Technology

    RMIT School of Business Information Technology, also known as SBIT is a part of the College of Business at RMIT University.The current Head of School is Professor Brian Corbitt....
  • RMIT TAFE School of Business
  • RMIT School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
  • RMIT Graduate School of Business
  • RMIT School of Management


College of Design and Social Context
  • RMIT School of Applied Communication
    RMIT School of Applied Communication

    The RMIT School of Applied Communication is an academic school in the College of Design and Social Context of RMIT University, located in Melbourne, Australia....
  • RMIT School of Architecture and Design
  • RMIT School of Art
  • RMIT School of Creative Media
    RMIT School of Creative Media

    The RMIT School of Creative Media is an academic school in the College of Design and Social Context of RMIT University, located in Melbourne, Australia....
  • RMIT TAFE School of Design
  • RMIT School of Education
  • RMIT School of Fashion and Textiles
  • RMIT School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning
  • RMIT School of Property, Construction and Project Management


College of Science, Engineering and Technology
  • RMIT School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
    RMIT School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

    The RMIT School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering is an academic school in the College of Science Engineering and Technology of RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia....
  • RMIT School of Applied Sciences
  • RMIT School of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
  • RMIT School of Computer Science and Information Technology
    RMIT School of Computer Science and Information Technology

    The RMIT School of Computer Science and Information Technology is an academic school in the College of Science Engineering and Technology of RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia....
  • RMIT School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • RMIT TAFE School of Engineering
  • RMIT School of Health Sciences
  • RMIT School of Life and Physical Sciences
  • RMIT School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences
    RMIT School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences

    The RMIT School of Mathematical and Geospatial Science is an academic school in the College of Science Engineering and Technology of RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia....
  • RMIT School of Medical Sciences


Research

Over 30 centres of excellence are operated within RMIT's schools and colleges, notably the Australian Centre for Human Rights Education, Centre for Design, Globalism Research Centre, International Centre for Environmental and Bio-Ethics, International Centre for Housing and Urban Research and Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Centre
RMIT School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

The RMIT School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering is an academic school in the College of Science Engineering and Technology of RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia....
. RMIT also has industrial research partnerships with the Government of Victoria
Government of Victoria

The Government of Victoria , under the Constitution of Australia, ceded certain legislative and judicial powers to the Commonwealth, but retained complete independence in all other areas....
 in Design Victoria - a centre for the advancement of the state's design industry, the Boeing Company in the Boeing-RMIT Phantom Works - an aerospace systems development centre - and the Government of Australia
Government of Australia

The Australia is a federation constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 as a result of an agreement between six self-governing British colonies, which became the six states....
 in eight national Cooperative Research Centre
Cooperative Research Centre

Cooperative Research Centres are key bodies for Australian science research. The Cooperative Research Centres Programme was established in 1990 to enhance Australia's industrial, commercial and economic growth through the development of sustained, user-driven, cooperative public-private research centres that achieve high levels of outcomes i...
s (CRCs).

Four major research institutes are operated by RMIT, independently of its schools and colleges, which reflect the university's areas of stregnth, and are the RMIT Design Research Institute, RMIT Global Cities Research Institute, RMIT Platform Technologies Research Institute and RMIT Health Innovations Research Institute; all established in 2006, and conduct research at an international standard. A number of semi-autonomous research institutes are also based at RMIT, including the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute's Victorian branch and the Australian branch of the US-based Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability.

Campuses

RMIT University maintains three campuses in Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
 - City
RMIT City

RMIT City is the original and flagship campus of the Australian public university and vocational education provider, the RMIT University . It is located at the northern end of the Melbourne CBD....
, Bundoora and Brunswick. It also operates a number of specialised "sites" in metropolitan Melbourne and in rural Victoria. RMIT International University maintains two campuses in Vietnam
Vietnam

Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
 - Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. RMIT also offers distance/online education through Open Universities Australia and is partnered with over 190 educational institutions around the World. In 2003 over 58,000 students studied at RMIT and, currently, prospective students of RMIT have a choice of over 700 higher education and TAFE programs located across all campuses, sites, by distance/online education and with partner institutions.

Australian campuses


RMIT City
The City campus is RMIT's original and flagship campus. It was established in 1887, as "The Working Men's College", in a single building on the corner of La Trobe
La Trobe Street, Melbourne

La Trobe Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria , Australia. It runs roughly from east to west and forms the northern boundary of the CBD ....
 and Bowen streets. It's currently the largest of RMIT's campuses, in both Australia and Vietnam, and occupies nearly four city blocks at the northern end of the Melbourne CBD; which is often referred to as the "RMIT Quarter" of the city.

It's the only university campus entirely located within the Melbourne CBD and spans an area loosely bordered to the north by Queensberry Street, the east by Lygon
Lygon Street, Melbourne

Lygon Street is a street in inner northern Melbourne, Australia running through the suburbs of Carlton, Victoria, Carlton North, Victoria, Princes Hill, Victoria and Brunswick East, Victoria....
 and Russell
Russell Street, Melbourne

Russell Street is a north-south street in the Melbourne central business district of Melbourne, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837....
 streets, the south by La Trobe Street
La Trobe Street, Melbourne

La Trobe Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria , Australia. It runs roughly from east to west and forms the northern boundary of the CBD ....
 and the west by Elizabeth Street
Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

Elizabeth Street is one of the main north-south streets in the Melbourne central business district of Melbourne, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837....
. It's divided into four precincts referred to as: the "Art Precinct", "Carlton Precinct", "Justice Precinct" and "Swanston Precinct". Also, some buildings are not located in the immediate proximity of the campus, which include: the entire College of Business, located on nearby Bourke Street
Bourke Street, Melbourne

Bourke Street is a major road in the Melbourne central business district of Melbourne, Victoria , Australia. Bourke Street is named for Sir Richard Bourke, the Governor of New South Wales in 1837, when the Hoddle Grid was drawn up....
, and the Capitol Theatre
Capitol Theatre, Melbourne

The Capitol Theatre of Melbourne is a building located on Swanston Street, opposite the Melbourne Town Hall.It was commissioned by a group of Melbourne businessmen including the Greek Consul General Anthony JJ Lucas and designed by the renowned architect Walter Burley Griffin....
 on southern Swanston Street
Swanston Street, Melbourne

Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Melbourne, Australia. It is the main street of Melbourne and is part of the Hoddle Grid, the layout of major streets that makes up the central business district, which was laid out in 1837 by Robert Hoddle....
.

The City campus is notable for its mix of modern
Modern architecture

Modern architecture is a set of building styles with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and the elimination of Ornament ....
 and contemporary architecture
Contemporary architecture

Contemporary architecture is the architecture being made at the present time. It also includes that of the last few decades, from the 1980s to the present....
 as well as Victorian
Victorian architecture

The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. As with the latter, the period of building that it covers may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 ? 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom after whom it is named....
 and gothic revival architecture
Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an Architectural style which began in the 1740s in England. Its popularity grew rapidly in the early nineteenth century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-Gothic styles sought to revive Middle Ages forms in contrast to the Neoclassical architecture styles which were then prevalent....
. As of 2007, the campus is also undergoing a AU$500 million redevelopment in accordance with RMIT's "2007 - 2010 Infrastructure Plan".

RMIT City offers programs university-wide.

RMIT Bundoora
Established in 1995, RMIT Bundoora is the award-winning "country campus" of RMIT. It's RMIT's second oldest and second largest campus and is located in Bundoora
Bundoora, Victoria

Bundoora is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 19 km north-east from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Area are the cities of City of Banyule, City of Darebin and City of Whittlesea....
, 20 km from the City campus. RMIT Bundoora is divided into two campuses by Plenty Road, known as East and West. The older East campus was the former site of the Phillip Institute of Technology, which amalgamated with RMIT in 1992, and shares a southern border with the locality of University Hill. The campuses have their own transport interchange, served by a dedicated tram
Tram

A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railroad car, of lighter weight and construction than a train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets....
 route (86
Melbourne tram route 86

Tram route 86 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia. It runs from Waterfront City Docklands in the city to Bundoora, Victoria in the northern suburbs....
/RMIT Bundoora-Docklands
Melbourne Docklands

Melbourne Docklands is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 2 km west from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Areas of Victoria is the City of Melbourne....
) and bus route (570/RMIT Bundoora-Thomastown
Thomastown, Victoria

Thomastown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 17 km north from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Area is the City of City of Whittlesea....
). The nearest train station to RMIT Bundoora is Thomastown station
Thomastown railway station, Melbourne

Thomastown is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, located in the suburb of Thomastown, Victoria, on the Epping railway line, Melbourne....
.

Unlike the urban RMIT City
RMIT City

RMIT City is the original and flagship campus of the Australian public university and vocational education provider, the RMIT University . It is located at the northern end of the Melbourne CBD....
 campus in Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, the West campus is set in 42 ha of parklands and was designed to be eco-friendly and sustainable. RMIT has sought to preserve the natural heritage of both campuses, most notably the "Keelbundoora Scarred Tree Trail", a collection of 800+ year old trees with significant Indigenous Australian markings and heritage, located within the grounds of the West campus, and the natural lake which is also situated within the campus grounds.

The smaller East campus has a specific focus on engineering, and is home to the RMIT Renewable Energy Park, RMIT Wind Tunnel testing facility and the RMIT Racing
Rmit racing

RMIT Racing is a voluntary student run engineering unit that competes in the Australian and worldwide competition of Formula sae. Based on the RMIT Bundoora campus in Melbourne, their aim is to design a car that is not only light-weight and fast, but to have the whole process of manufacturing, overheads, and fuel economy all reflect realist...
 team. The larger West campus has a general focus on sciences, and is home to RMIT's state-of-the-art bioscience
BioScience

BioScience is the flagship publication of the American Institute of Biological Sciences . It is a peer-reviewed, heavily cited, monthly science journal with content written and edited for accessibility to researchers, educators, and students alike....
s buildings and the Bundoora Netball and Sports Centre, an environmentally sustainable sport centre with world-class facilities. The West campus consists mainly of contemporary architecture
Contemporary architecture

Contemporary architecture is the architecture being made at the present time. It also includes that of the last few decades, from the 1980s to the present....
, as it was established in 1995 and continues to be developed, and many of its buildings have gone on to win national awards for architectural and sustainable design.

RMIT Bundoora offers programs in aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering

Aerospace engineering is the branch of engineering behind the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. Aerospace engineering has broken into two major and overlapping branches: Aeronautics engineering and Astronautics engineering....
, electrical engineering
Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering, sometimes referred to as electrical and electronic engineering, is a field of engineering that deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism....
, mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering

Mechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the application of physics#branches of physics for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of machine....
, medical sciences and social sciences.

RMIT Brunswick
The Brunswick campus is RMIT's specialised design campus, and is located 5 km from the City campus, in Brunswick
Brunswick, Victoria

Brunswick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 6 km north from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Areas of Victoria is the City of Moreland....
. Situated on Dawson Street, the campus is near Sydney Road
Sydney Road, Melbourne

Sydney Road is a major urban arterial in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Victoria, Australia, Australia....
, one of outer Melbourne's most multicultural shopping strips and the site of many art and music festivals. It is well serviced by train via the close by Jewell station
Jewell railway station, Melbourne

Jewell is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, located in the suburb of Brunswick, Victoria, on the Upfield railway line, Melbourne railway line....
 and by a number of tram
Tram

A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railroad car, of lighter weight and construction than a train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets....
s that run along Sydney Road.

Established in 1999, it is RMIT's smallest and youngest campus, although the history of RMIT Brunswick can be dated back over 50 years prior to the former Melbourne Institute of Textiles, which amalgamated with RMIT in 1998, and originally occupied the site of the campus. RMIT Brunswick is the home of the International Centre for Graphic Technology, RMIT Printing Centre and RMIT Textile Centre, and the campus is a combination of industrial and contemporary architecture
Contemporary architecture

Contemporary architecture is the architecture being made at the present time. It also includes that of the last few decades, from the 1980s to the present....
.

RMIT Brunswick offers programs in fashion design
Fashion design

Fashion design is the applied art dedicated to clothing and lifestyle accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time....
, graphic design
Graphic design

The term graphic design can refer to a number of artistic and professional disciplines which focus on visual communication and presentation. Various methods are used to create and combine symbols, images and/or words to create a visual representation of ideas and messages....
, printing
Printing

Printing is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing....
, publishing
Publishing

Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information – the activity of making information available for public view....
 and textiles.

Other sites
Fisherman's Bend
The Fishermen's Bend aerospace district, in Port Melbourne
Port Melbourne, Victoria

Port Melbourne is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 5 km south-west from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Areas of Victoria are the Cities of City of Port Phillip and City of Melbourne....
, is the site of RMIT's award-winning Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Centre
RMIT School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

The RMIT School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering is an academic school in the College of Science Engineering and Technology of RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia....
. It was established in 1991, and moved to new facilities at its current site in 2007.

Hamilton
Hamilton
Hamilton, Victoria

Hamilton is a city in western Victoria, Australia, Australia. It is located at the intersection of the Glenelg Highway and the Henty Highway . The Hamilton Highway connects it to Geelong, Victoria....
 is the site of RMIT's Regional Education and Community Development Centre and is known as "RMIT Hamilton" for short. It was established in 2000, and conducts research into rural development, and partners with local farmers and businesses to assist with the development of Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
's western region. RMIT Hamilton also grants degrees in rural nursing and education, to assist with dire regional requirements.

Bullock Island
Bullock Island is the site of RMIT's Marine Research and Education Centre and the RMIT Aquaculture Research Facility, and is located near Lakes Entrance
Lakes Entrance, Victoria

Lakes Entrance is a tourist resort and fishing port in eastern Victoria , Australia. It is situated 320 kilometres east of Melbourne, Victoria near a managed, man-made channel connecting the Gippsland Lakes to the Bass Strait....
. It was established in 2004, and is contiguous with the South-East Australia Maritime Centre. RMIT has provided training in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
's eastern region since 1994 (through its partner institutions), and continues to assist with the development of the region.

Point Cook
The Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force is the Air Force branch of the Australian Defence Force. The RAAF began in March 1912 as the Australian Flying Corps and became a fully independent Air Force in March 1921....
 base "Williams
RAAF Williams

RAAF Williams comprises the two bases of Point Cook, Victoria and Laverton, Victoria. Both establishments previously existed as separate RAAF Bases until 1999 when they were amalgamated to form RAAF Williams....
" at Point Cook
Point Cook, Victoria

Point Cook is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 25 km south-west from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Areas of Victoria is the City of Wyndham....
 is the site of the RMIT Flight Training Facility. The base is the World's oldest operational military airfield and the birthpace of Australia's Air Force. RMIT has shared a historical association with the Royal Australian Air Force, which dates back to World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

International University

RMIT International University in Vietnam
Vietnam

Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
, also known as "RMIT Vietnam" for short, was established in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam. Under the name Prey Nokor it was the main port of Cambodia, before being annexed by the Vietnamese in the 17th century....
 in 2001. It's Vietnam's first fully foreign-owned university and RMIT's second major international venture (a Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
n site known as "RMIT Penang" operated between 1996 and 1999). In 2004, a second campus was established in the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi
Hanoi

Hanoi , estimated population 3,398,889 , is the Capital of Vietnam. From 1010 until 1802, with a few brief interruptions, it was the political centre of an independent Vietnam....
.

Currently, RMIT Vietnam's campuses in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi have a combined population of over 3,800 students from Vietnam, Australia and various other countries.

All degrees at RMIT Vietnam are recognised by the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and are awarded by RMIT University in Australia.

Libraries, collections and galleries


RMIT University Library

RMIT University Library gives RMIT students access to electronic and print resources, computers and software, technologically enhanced group study spaces, individual desks for quiet study, skilled staff and library skills training, ambience and extended opening hours to help maximise their potential. It has six sites across RMIT's Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
 campuses. Collections at each Library site reflect programs offered at that campus. The Library invests heavily in electronic resources, and a substantial part of the collection is now available online, giving RMIT students and staff access to more than 400 databases containing collections of e-journals, reports, conference papers, e-books and more. A strong print and AV collection to support RMIT’s programs is also available at Library sites.
Green Building Swanston Street Melbourne

Notable school collections

AFI Research Collection
The Australian Film Institute
Australian Film Institute

The Australian Film Institute , established in 1958, is an organisation that promotes Australian film and television through the annual Australian Film Institute Awards, a membership program and AFI film events throughout the year....
 (AFI) Research Collection is a non-lending, specialist film and television industry resource. It opened in the mid-1970s, as a joint venture between the AFI and the Victorian Federation of Film Societies. It became an auspice of the RMIT School of Applied Communication
RMIT School of Applied Communication

The RMIT School of Applied Communication is an academic school in the College of Design and Social Context of RMIT University, located in Melbourne, Australia....
, in conjunction with the AFI, in 2002. The collection has particular strengths in screen history and theory and in Australian cinema, and features a diverse range of books, journals, film scripts, film directories, reports and film festival catalogues. It also includes the valuable David Francis
David Francis

David Francis may refer to:*David "Panama" Francis, American drummer*David R. Francis, American politician*David Hywel Francis, known as Hywel Francis, Welsh politician...
 Collection and the notable Henry Mayer Collection and Wayne Royal Levy Collection.

Fashion and Textiles
RMIT's huge fashion
Fashion

Fashion refers to the styles and customs prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage, "fashion" exemplifies the appearances of clothing, but the term encompasses more....
 and textiles collection is held by the RMIT School of Fashion and Textiles, "to preserve and record artifacts of design practice", and focuses on Australian designers. It includes the notable W.J. Ackland Collection, Alfredo Bouret Collection (illustration), Bee Taplin Collection, Cash's Australian Collection, Fashion Design Council of Australia Collection, Frances Burke Collection (textiles), Louis Kahan Collection (costume
Costume

The term costume can refer to Wardrobe and style of dress in general, or to the distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period....
), Hall Ludlow Collection (couture
Couture

Couture is the name or part of the name of several commune in France in France:*Couture, Charente, in the Charente d?partement in France*Couture-d'Argenson, in the Deux-S?vres d?partement...
), Prue Acton
Prue Acton

Prue Acton, Order of the British Empire is an Australian fashion designer, and is often referred to as Australia's "golden girl" of fashion' during the 60's....
 Collection, Robert Maltus Collection, amongst others. These collections are in addition to the school's substantial archives, and are housed in the Frances Burke Centre at RMIT's fashion campus in Brunswick
Brunswick, Victoria

Brunswick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 6 km north from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Areas of Victoria is the City of Moreland....
.

National Aerospace Resource Centre
The National Aerospace Resource Centre collection is a joint initiative of the RMIT School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
RMIT School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

The RMIT School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering is an academic school in the College of Science Engineering and Technology of RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia....
 and the Royal Aeronautical Society
Royal Aeronautical Society

Founded in 1866 The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a multidisciplinary professional institution dedicated to the entire global aerospace community....
. It consists of approximately 100,000 volumes, including: technical reports (from NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
, NACA
NACA

NACA may refer to:*Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America a non-profit community advocacy and homeownership organization helping victims of predatory mortgages....
, AMRL, DSTO
Defence Science and Technology Organisation

The Defence Science and Technology Organisation is a branch of the Department of Defence which researches and develops technology for use in the Australian Defence Industry....
 and other aerospace organisations), conference proceedings, books, videos, aircraft manuals and journals.

Galleries and art collection

Former Hibernian Hall Swanston Street Melbourne
RMIT holds a considerable architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
 and Australian art collection. Many of its campuses buildings are part of its architecture collection, along with substantial archives held by the RMIT School of Architecture and Design. RMIT's Australian art collection is maintained by RMIT Gallery
RMIT Gallery

RMIT Gallery is a public art gallery located at 342-344 Swanston Street, Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia. It's a part of the RMIT City campus of the RMIT University ....
 in Story Hall (also part of its architecture collection). The Australian art collection also includes the valuable W.E. Macmillan Collection (gold and silver) and notable Lindsay Edward Collection (fine art
Fine art

Fine art describes any art form developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than utility. This type of art is often expressed in the production of art objects using Visual arts and performing art forms, including painting, sculpture, dance, theatre, architecture, photography and printmaking....
). The history of the collection is documented in the publication: "A Skilled Hand and Cultivated Mind".

The university has six permanent art galleries. Five are located at the City campus
RMIT City

RMIT City is the original and flagship campus of the Australian public university and vocational education provider, the RMIT University . It is located at the northern end of the Melbourne CBD....
, being: RMIT Gallery
RMIT Gallery

RMIT Gallery is a public art gallery located at 342-344 Swanston Street, Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia. It's a part of the RMIT City campus of the RMIT University ....
, RMIT School of Art Gallery, First Site Gallery, Project Space Gallery and Field 36 Gallery; and the Pitspace Gallery is located at the Bundoora campus. A number of smaller "art spaces" are also located across all campuses. The extensive arts program of RMIT often leads to the establishment of temporary galleries and public art exhibitions across all its campuses.

The RMIT School of Art manages its own gallery along with the Project Space Gallery, the latter in conjunction with the RMIT School of Creative Media
RMIT School of Creative Media

The RMIT School of Creative Media is an academic school in the College of Design and Social Context of RMIT University, located in Melbourne, Australia....
, which manages the Field 36 Gallery. RMIT School of Art and RMIT School of Creative Media galleries host exhibitions by RMIT students and its alumni as-well-as renowned Australian and international fine art
Fine art

Fine art describes any art form developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than utility. This type of art is often expressed in the production of art objects using Visual arts and performing art forms, including painting, sculpture, dance, theatre, architecture, photography and printmaking....
ists and media artists. The First Site Gallery and the Pitspace Gallery are managed by the RMIT Union, and have an emphasis on innovative mult-discipline and cross-media exhibitions.

RMIT Gallery
RMIT Gallery is the University's largest public art gallery, and is one of Melbourne's broadest and most unique visual culture exhibition programs, which are all free to the public. It presents exhibitions covering Australian and international design, including: contemporary art, design, fashion, architecture, craft, new media and technology; which reflect the University's strengths in research and cultural production. The gallery is located in the historic original section of Story Hall, on Swanston Street
Swanston Street, Melbourne

Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Melbourne, Australia. It is the main street of Melbourne and is part of the Hoddle Grid, the layout of major streets that makes up the central business district, which was laid out in 1837 by Robert Hoddle....
.

Campus and student life

Most activities, clubs and organisations for RMIT students are managed by either the RMIT Union
RMIT Union

RMIT Union is an unincorporated subsidiary company owned by RMIT University. It was formed in 1968 and currently it consists of Four main branches including RMIT Union Arts, RMIT Sports and Recreation, RMIT City Fitness and RMIT Union Administration....
 or the RMIT Student Union
RMIT Student Union

The RMIT Student Union Council, commonly known as the RMIT Student Union, is the representative body for all students enrolled at RMITUniversity....
. The two unions differ in that RMIT Union is an unincorporated subsidiary body owned by the university that's concerned with campus
Campus

A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes library, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings....
 life, and administers a wide range of arts, sporting and recreational activities and collectives for students; whereas RMIT Student Union is an independent, not-for-profit and student-run organisation that's concerned with student
Student

The word student is etymology derived through Middle English from the Latin Latin conjugation#Principal parts for the active voice Grammatical conjugation verb "studere", Meaning "to direct one's zeal at"; hence a student could be described as 'one who directs zeal at a subject'....
 life, and administers clubs and services in support of students. A number of other activities and clubs are also run independently of RMIT's unions, usually within a school of the university.

RMIT Union

The purpose of the RMIT Union is to contribute positively and enhance the RMIT community by providing valuable learning, development and social opportinities in a co-curricular setting. Its divided into two branches, known as: Union Arts and Union Sports & Recreation, which administer a range of arts, sports and recreation activities and collectives.

Union Arts
  • Projector Obscura
    Projector Obscura

    Projector Obscura is a timebased art collective based in Melbourne, Australia....
     - multimedia
    Multimedia

    Multimedia is media and content that utilizes a combination of different content format. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms....
     exhibitions collective
  • Prolog Writers Collective - creative writing
    Creative writing

    Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional writing, journalistic, Academic writing, and technical forms of literature....
     and play/screenwriting
    Screenwriting

    Screenwriting is the art and craft of writing Screenplay for film, television or video games.Writing for film is potentially one of the most high-profile and best-paying careers available to a writer and, as such, is also perhaps the most sought after....
     development and support collective
  • RMIT Music
    RMIT Music

    RMIT Music is the collective representing all student run musical groups at RMIT University in Melbourne, AustraliaRMIT Music was created in 2004 following the merger of the Concert Band Collective, Stage Band Collective and the RMIT Occasional Choral Society and currently is the largest collective within RMIT Union and currently consists o...
     - the collective representing all of RMIT's music groups, including the RMIT Symphonic Orchestra (RSO)
  • RMIT Performing Arts - the general performing arts
    Performing arts

    The performing arts are those forms of art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical work of art....
     collective, including "RMIT Idol" (singing
    Singing

    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
    ) and theatre performance
  • Stream - audio art and visual art exhibitions collective
  • Theatre in Bars - original theatre production collective


Union Sports & Recreation
Sports
  • Community sports clubs - see: List of clubs and societies of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
    List of clubs and societies of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

    RMIT University has many different types of clubs run by students for students. Most are run or supported by either the RMIT Union or the RMIT Student Union....
  • RMIT Redbacks - the collective of RMIT's sports teams which compete at the Australian University Games
    Australian University Games

    The Australian University Games is a multi-sport competition held annually in September / October between teams fielded from a large number of Australian university and tertiary institutions....


Recreation
  • City Fitness - RMIT's main fitness centre located in Building 8, RMIT City
    RMIT City

    RMIT City is the original and flagship campus of the Australian public university and vocational education provider, the RMIT University . It is located at the northern end of the Melbourne CBD....
    ; open to staff, students and the general public
  • Preston Alpine Ski Lodge - RMIT's ski lodge located at Mount Buller Village
    Mount Buller, Victoria

    Mount Buller is a town in Victoria , Australia from Melbourne on the slopes of Mount Buller . Primarily a resort town, Mount Buller is popular with snowsports enthusiasts in winter due to its close location to Melbourne....
    ; available for hire by staff and students only


RMIT Student Union

The RMIT Student Union operates as a not-for-profit organisation and is run entirely by students. It's responsible for RMIT's student media organisations, campus events, student support collectives and welfare groups as-well-as student administered academic and national-based general interest clubs and societies.
Student departments
  • Activities - the department responsible for student activities and events
  • Clubs and Societies - see: List of clubs and societies of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
    List of clubs and societies of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

    RMIT University has many different types of clubs run by students for students. Most are run or supported by either the RMIT Union or the RMIT Student Union....
  • Campaigns Collective - campaigns for education and welfare issues and is run collaboration with the various departments
  • Organarchy - a student-run cooperative social enterprise
    Social enterprise

    Social enterprises are social mission driven organizations which trade in goods or services for a social purpose. Their aim to accomplish targets that are social and environmental as well as financial is often referred to as having a triple bottom line....
     which specialises in the retail of natural and ethical organic food
    Organic food

    Organic foods are made according to certain production standards, meaning they are grown without the use of conventional pesticides and artificial fertilizers, free from contamination by human or industrial waste, and processed without food irradiation or food additives....
  • RMIT Environment Collective - students advocating environmental responsibility and sustainability
    Sustainability

    Sustainability, in a broad sense, is the ability to maintain a certain process or state. It is now most frequently used in connection with biological and human systems....
     within RMIT campuses
  • RMIT International Students Collective - supports and advocates the rights of international student
    International student

    International students are students, usually in early adulthood, who study in foreign educational institutions. While most university have official student exchange programs, some well-funded high schools have them, too....
    s
  • RMIT Postgraduate Students Association (RPA) - the representative body of postgraduate students
  • RMIT Queer Collective - supports and advocates the rights of RMIT's LGBT
    LGBT

    LGBT is an acronym and initialism referring collectively to Lesbian,Gay, Bisexuality, and Transgender people. In use since the 1990s, the term ?LGBT? is an adaptation of the initialism ?LGBT? which itself started replacing the phrase ?gay community? which many within LGBT communities felt did not represent accurately all those to which it...
     community
  • RMIT Womyn's Collective - supports and advocates the rights of women
  • Welfare and Education - the department responsible for issues relating to student welfare and academic program support


Media organisations
Publication
  • Catalyst
    Catalyst (magazine)

    Catalyst is a student newspaper published at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. The magazine is produced by the RMIT Student Union....
     - the RMIT student magazine, distributed free every month of the academic year, since 1944


Radio
  • 3RRR
    3RRR

    3RRR is a popular Australian community radio, based in Melbourne. It is the largest per capita subscribed radio station in the world.3RRR first commenced broadcasting in 1976 from the studios of 3ST, the student radio station of the RMIT University , on an educational licence with the name 3RMT....
     - founded by RMIT in 1976, now funded mainly by subscription but still utilised by the university
  • SYN Radio
    Student Youth Network

    The Student Youth Network is a youth based media organization based at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Commonly referred to as SYN, the organization produces new and independent media that is made by and for Melbourne's young people....
     - RMIT's current radio station, founded in 2001 and broadcast across the state on 90.7FM


Television
  • RMITV
    RMITV

    RMITV is a not-for-profit Community television in Australia television production facility based at RMIT University City Campus in Melbourne, Australia....
     - RMIT's student television production house, broadcasting since 1987, and co-founder of C31
  • SYN TV
    Student Youth Network

    The Student Youth Network is a youth based media organization based at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Commonly referred to as SYN, the organization produces new and independent media that is made by and for Melbourne's young people....
     - live music television production house that works in partnership with SYN Radio and RMITV


Non-union societies and activities

  • RMIT Golden Key - the RMIT chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society
    Golden Key International Honour Society

    The Golden Key International Honour Society is an Atlanta, Georgia-based non-profit organization founded in 1977 to recognise academic achievement among college and university students in all disciplines....
  • RMIT LEAD - student leadership development through volunteer community programs
  • RMIT Racing
    Rmit racing

    RMIT Racing is a voluntary student run engineering unit that competes in the Australian and worldwide competition of Formula sae. Based on the RMIT Bundoora campus in Melbourne, their aim is to design a car that is not only light-weight and fast, but to have the whole process of manufacturing, overheads, and fuel economy all reflect realist...
     - RMIT's Formula SAE
    Formula SAE

    Formula SAE is a student design competition organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers . The competition was started back in 1978 and was originally called ....
     engineering and racing team, which is considered to be one of the best in the world


Graduates

RMIT has produced many notable graduates, with particular strengths in aerospace
Aerospace

Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding outer space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through Aircraft and Space exploration....
, architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
, computer science
Computer science

Computer science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation, and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems....
, engineering
Engineering

Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
, fashion design
Fashion design

Fashion design is the applied art dedicated to clothing and lifestyle accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time....
, fine art
Fine art

Fine art describes any art form developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than utility. This type of art is often expressed in the production of art objects using Visual arts and performing art forms, including painting, sculpture, dance, theatre, architecture, photography and printmaking....
, media
Mass media

Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a mainstream such as the population of a nation state....
 and politics
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
.

Graduation parade

A notable graduation
Graduation

Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, where students become Graduates....
 tradition of RMIT is its annual graduation parade; a town and gown
Town and gown

Town and gown are two distinct communities of a college town; "town" being the non-academic population and "gown" Metonymy being the university community, especially in ancient seats of learning such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and University of St Andrews, though also in more modern university towns such as University of...
-style academic procession
Academic procession

An academic procession is a traditional ceremony in which university dignitaries march together wearing traditional academic dress. An academic procession forms a usual part of college and university graduation exercises....
 along Swanston Street
Swanston Street, Melbourne

Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Melbourne, Australia. It is the main street of Melbourne and is part of the Hoddle Grid, the layout of major streets that makes up the central business district, which was laid out in 1837 by Robert Hoddle....
, a major throughfare in the city of Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
. Graduands march for 1 km in full academic dress
Academic dress

Academic dress or academical dress is a traditional form of clothing for academia settings, primarily Tertiary education and sometimes Secondary schools education, worn mainly by those that have been admitted to a university degree or hold a status that entitles them to assume them ....
 from Bowen Street in the RMIT City campus down Swanston Street, which is closed to traffic during the parade, and culminates at Federation Square
Federation Square

Federation Square is a cultural precinct in the city of Melbourne, Australia. It comprises a series of buildings containing a public broadcaster, art galleries, a museum, cinemas, exhibition spaces, auditoria, restaurants, bars and shops around two major public spaces, one covered , the other open to the sky, and composed of two spaces that...
 (historically the parade culminated at Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne Town Hall

Melbourne Town Hall is the central municipal building of the City of Melbourne, Australia, in the States and territories of Australia of Victoria ....
, until 2002). The parade is traditionally led by the band of the Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force is the Air Force branch of the Australian Defence Force. The RAAF began in March 1912 as the Australian Flying Corps and became a fully independent Air Force in March 1921....
, and graduands are accompanied by staff and alumni.

The procession is welcomed at Federation Square by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, on behalf of the city and its citizens. The Mayor then grants the RMIT Vice-Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor

A Vice-Chancellor of a university in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, India other Commonwealth of Nations countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the chief executive of the University....
 a "writ
Writ

In law, a writ is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction. In modern usage, this public body is generally a court....
 of passage" to proceed with the graduation ceremony, which takes place at the Docklands Stadium and is the largest university graduation ceremony in Australia.

See also

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