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Monash University, Caulfield campus is a campus of Monash University located in Caulfield East, which is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. The campus comprises 13,400 students of which 52.8% are female and 57.1% of students are enrolled in undergraduate courses. Before its incorporation into Monash University, it was the Caulfield campus of Chisholm Institute of Technology, which was created from the union of Caulfield Institute of Technology and the State College of Victoria at Frankston.''
The campus was founded as the Caulfield Technical School in 1922, making it the second oldest campus of Monash University (after the Victorian College of Pharmacy). A Junior Technical High School was added in the 1950s, with the Technical School becoming a Senior Technical High School. They separated in 1958 with the junior school absorbed by other technical schools in the area and the senior school became Caulfield Technical College. In 1968 it became the Caulfield Institute of Technology. In 1982 the Caulfield Institute of Technology amalgamated with the State College of Victoria at Frankston to form the Chisholm Institute of Technology. This Institution merged with Monash University in 1990 and became Monash University, Caulfield campus.
MONSU Caulfield (Monash Student Union) is the current name of the
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Monash University, Caulfield campus is a campus of Monash University located in Caulfield East, which is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. The campus comprises 13,400 students of which 52.8% are female and 57.1% of students are enrolled in undergraduate courses. Before its incorporation into Monash University, it was the Caulfield campus of Chisholm Institute of Technology, which was created from the union of Caulfield Institute of Technology and the State College of Victoria at Frankston.''
History
The campus was founded as the Caulfield Technical School in 1922, making it the second oldest campus of Monash University (after the Victorian College of Pharmacy). A Junior Technical High School was added in the 1950s, with the Technical School becoming a Senior Technical High School. They separated in 1958 with the junior school absorbed by other technical schools in the area and the senior school became Caulfield Technical College. In 1968 it became the Caulfield Institute of Technology. In 1982 the Caulfield Institute of Technology amalgamated with the State College of Victoria at Frankston to form the Chisholm Institute of Technology. This Institution merged with Monash University in 1990 and became Monash University, Caulfield campus.
Location
Caulfield campus is located 10 kilometres from Melbourne's city centre on Dandenong Road (Princes Highway
Princes Highway is a major road in Australia, extending from Sydney via Melbourne to Adelaide through the states of New South Wales, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and South Australia. It has a length of (along Highway 1) or via the former ...
). The trip from Melbourne will take about 25 minutes in peak hour and 15 minutes at other times. The university is on Melbourne tram route 3 and the journey takes about 35 minutes from the city centre.
Caulfield railway station is only a hundred metres from the university and is located on the Frankston- Pakenham- Cranbourne line. Trains depart at least every 15 minutes from Flinders Street station in the Melbourne CBD during weekdays.
Faculties at the Caulfield campus
The following faculties have a teaching or research presence at Caulfield Campus. * Arts * Monash Art Design & Architecture (MADA) * Monash University Business and Economics Faculty * Information Technology * Monash University Faculty of MedicineMonash University Museum of Art
The Monash University Museum of Art has been situated on Caulfield campus since 2010, when an existing modernist building was remodelled to house it.Student life
Student organisations
MONSU Caulfield (Monash Student Union) is the current name of the student union
A students' union, also known by many other names, is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, ...
representing students at the Caulfield Campus.
Previous Student Unions organisations include:
*Caulfield Institute of Technology Students' Representative Council;
*Caulfield Institute of Technology Student Union;
*Chisholm Institute of Technology Student Union;
*MONSU Caulfield
The Business & Commerce Students' Society (BCSS) is the largest faculty based student club on campus, with over 1300 members.
The Monash Marketing Students' Society (MMSS) is the second largest academic society with just over 500 members.
The Caulfield Arts Society (CAS) is the Arts Faculty club with currently just over 300 members.
References
External links
*Monash Caulfield