The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (abbreviated as RMIT University) is a

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located in the city of

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, Australia., section 4(b) Established in 1887 by

Francis Ormond Francis Ormond (23 November 1827 – 5 May 1889) was a Scottish-born Australian pastoralist, member of the Parliament of Victoria and philanthropist in the areas of education and religion. Ormond is notable for founding the Working Men's Coll ...

, it is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in Australia, a founding member of the

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(ATN), and a member of

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(UA). RMIT began as a

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offering classes in art, science and technology in response to the

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in Australia. It was a private college for more than a hundred years before merging with the Phillip Institute of Technology to become a

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in 1992. It has an enrolment of around 95,000 higher and

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students. With an annual revenue of around A$1.5 billion. It is ranked 15th in the World for art and design subjects in the

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. The main campus of RMIT is situated on the northern edge of the historic

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in the city centre of Melbourne. It has two satellite campuses in the city's northern suburbs of Brunswick and Bundoora and a training site situated on the

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base in the western suburb of Point Cook. It also has a training site at Bendigo Airport in the

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city of

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and a research site in

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near the

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. In Asia, it has two branch campuses in

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and

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and a training centre in

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as well as teaching partnerships in

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and

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. In Europe, it has a research and collaboration centre in the

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city of

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History

Early history (before 1887)

The antecedent of RMIT, the Working Men's College of Melbourne, was founded by the Scottish-born grazier and politician

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Francis Ormond in the 1880s. Planning began in 1881, with Ormond basing his model for the college on the

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(now a constituent college of the

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), Brighton College of Art (now the

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and the Working Men's College of London. Ormond donated the sum of £5,000 toward the foundation of the college. He was supported in the

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and in the

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by William Emmett Murphy. The workers' unions of Melbourne rallied their members to match Ormond's donation. The site for the college, on the corners of Bowen Street and

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, opposite the Melbourne Public Library, was donated by the

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Working Men's College (1887–1960)

The Working Men's College of Melbourne opened on 4 June 1887 with a gala ceremony at the

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, becoming the fifth tertiary education provider in Victoria (the

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was founded in 1839, the

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in 1853, the Ballarat School of Mines in 1870 and the Bendigo School of Mines in 1873). It took 320 enrollments on its opening night. It opened as a night school for instruction in "art, science and technology"—in the words of its founder—"especially to working men". Ormond was a firm believer in the transformative power of education and believed the college would be of "great importance and value" to the industrialisation of Melbourne during the late-19th century. In 1904, it was incorporated under the ''Companies Act'' as a private college. Between the turn of the 20th century and the 1930s, it expanded over the neighbouring

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and constructed buildings for new art, engineering and radio schools. It also made its first contribution to Australia's war effort through training of returned

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from World War I. Following a petition by students, it officially changed its name to the Melbourne Technical College in 1934. The expanded college made a greater contribution to Australia's effort during World War II by training a sixth of the country's military personnel—including the majority of its Royal Australian Air Force communication officers. It also trained 2000 civilians in

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manufacturing and was commissioned by the

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to manufacture military aircraft parts—including the majority of parts for the Beaufort Bomber.

RMIT (1960–1992)

Following World War II, in 1954 it became the first Australian tertiary education provider to be awarded royal patronage (by

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) for its 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 remains to this day) the only higher education institution in Australia with the right of the prefix "Royal" along with the use of the Australian monarchy's regalia. Its name was officially changed to the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1960. During the mid-20th century, it was restructured as a provider of general higher and vocational education and pioneered dual sector education in Australia. It also began an engagement with

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during this time (under the Australian Government's

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). In 1979, the neighbouring Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy joined with RMIT.

RMIT University (1992)

After merging with the Phillip Institute of Technology in 1992,History of RMIT
, RMIT Institute, retrieved 22 September 2012 it became a public university by act of the Victorian Government under the ''Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Act 1992'',

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(1992)
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Act 1992
(repealed), section 1,

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(online), retrieved 22 September 2012 and changed its name to RMIT University. During the 1990s, the university underwent a rapid expansion and amalgamated with a number of nearby colleges and institutes. The Melbourne College of Decoration and Design joined RMIT in 1993, to create a new dedicated vocational design school, followed by the Melbourne College of Printing and Graphic Arts in 1995. That same year, it opened its first radial campus in Bundoora in the northern Melbourne metropolitan area. In 1999, it acquired the Melbourne Institute of Textiles campus in Brunswick in the inner-northern Melbourne metropolitan area for its vocational design schools.

Recent history (2000–present)

At the turn of the 21st century, it was invited by the

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to become the country's first foreign-owned university. Its first

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opened in

in 2001 with a second in

in 2004.Our heritage
, RMIT International University, retrieved 27 September 2012 In 2013, it established a presence in Europe by opening a centre in

, Spain.RMIT Europe launches in style
". RMIT University (11 July 2013), retrieved 3 July 2013

Campuses

Australia

Melbourne City

Located in the Melbourne city centre, the historic City campus of RMIT is the foundation campus of the university as well as its largest and most recognisable. It is known for its striking

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as well as its well-preserved

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and

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buildings.RMIT's historic buildings
, RMIT University, retrieved 23 September 2012 Founded in 1887, the City campus began as the Working Men's College of Melbourne. Its original building is situated on the corner of Bowen Street and

, and the campus has since grown to 87 buildings in 2016.Melbourne City campus map
. RMIT University. Retrieved 11 December 2016 The campus has no perimeter walls. As such, its buildings are contiguous with the surrounding city. Most of its buildings are spread across six city blocks covering approximately . It is roughly bound by La Trobe Street to the south, Elizabeth Street to the south-east and

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to the north-east (connected by Franklin Street), Queensberry Street to the north,

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to the north-west and Russell Street to the south-west. The campus area is situated between the two oldest sections of the city; the northern edge of the Hoddle Grid to its south and the

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to its south-west. The area is sometimes referred to as the "RMIT quarter" of the city.Webb, Carolyn (14 July 2012),
RMIT's wave of progress
", ''

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'',

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, retrieved 27 September 2012O'Neill, Tamsin (ed.) (24 July 2008),
RMIT University's landmark building
", ''Green Magazine'', retrieved 27 September 2012 At the intersection of La Trobe Street and Swanston Street, the campus also benefits from its proximity to the

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as well as the adjacent

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and its

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underground railway station. It is also well-serviced by the city tram network along La Trobe Street and Swanston Street and has its own tram stop (Stop 7 RMIT University/Swanston Street) in the densest section of the campus. The city block bound by Bowen Street, Franklin Street, La Trobe Street and Russell Street, served as the justice precinct of the city for over 100 years. While it is mostly occupied by campus buildings today, which were constructed over the site of the demolished Old Melbourne Gaol, some original buildings from the precinct remain and are used by the university. From the Old Melbourne Gaol, they include its east wing cell block (1854) which is now operated as a museum by the

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, its former chapel and gatehouse (1860) which are now used as a multi-faith place of worship for the campus, and the site of its former hospital which is now used as a landscaped space known as Alumni Courtyard. Other buildings from the precinct that remain are the former Melbourne City Watchhouse (1904) which is also operated as a museum by the National Trust, and the

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(1914) which is now used to house university administration. Other notable buildings on the City campus include Storey Hall original section (1887), Forresters' Hall (1888), Capitol Theatre (1924), Emily McPherson College (1927), Building 8 (1993), Storey Hall annex (1995), Singer Building "green brain" (2010), Design Hub (2011) and Swanston Academic Building (2012).

Bundoora

The Bundoora campus was established in 1992. It is located 18 km from the City campus in the outer northern suburb of Bundoora. The campus is divided into 'East' and 'West' by Plenty Road. In a contrast to the urban City campus, the Bundoora West campus is set amongst almost of parkland.Bundoora campus
, RMIT University, retrieved 27 September 2012 Programs in

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mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

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s and

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s are offered at the Bundoora campus.

Brunswick

The Brunswick campus became a part of RMIT in 1999 as a dedicated site for its vocational design schools. It is located 6 km from the City campus in the inner northern suburb of Brunswick. Prior to its annexation by RMIT, it was the campus of the former Melbourne Institute of Textiles for nearly 50 years. Programs in product design, fashion design, graphic design, printing, publishing and textiles are offered at the Brunswick campus.

Other sites

RMIT's flight training programs are conducted from its site at the

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's (RAAF) historic Williams base. It is located from the City campus in the outer south-western suburb of Point Cook. RAAF Williams is the world's oldest operating air force base and the birthplace of the Royal Australian Air Force. The university also has a regional research site in the rural town of

. It is located 300 km west of the City campus in regional Victoria—just south of the

. The Potter Rural Community Research Centre at the site focuses on rural and regional issues in a global context. RMIT Training also offers English Language Tests for Aviation or RELTA.

Asia

Ho Chi Minh City

In 1998, RMIT was invited by the Vietnamese Government to establish the country's first foreign-owned university. In 2001, it purchased and restored a 19th-century

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building and grounds in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City. The building, located on Pham Ngoc Thach Street, is informally referred to as "the Castle" by students.Pham Ngoc Thach site
, RMIT International University, retrieved 27 September 2012 Today, the Pham Ngoc Thach site remains a radial site of the present Ho Chi Minh City campus. The present Ho Chi Minh City campus is located in the Phu My Hung area of the Saigon South development in

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. The first academic buildings on the large purpose-built campus opened in 2005. In 2011, its recreation complex and residential centres opened.

Hanoi

The Hanoi campus was established in 2004. It was initially located in the Van Phuc Diplomatic Compound in the government precinct of the Ba Đình district, Hanoi. In 2007, it also acquired a building in the Đống Đa district to accommodate rising student numbers. It consolidated its two buildings in a newly built tower overlooking Ngọc Khánh Lake in the Ba Đình district in 2010.

Other partners

RMIT teaches and/or accredits programs for the

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and Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade in

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, SIM Global Education in

and

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.Study an RMIT program in your country
, RMIT University, retrieved 22 September 2012

Europe

Barcelona

In 2013, RMIT established a coordinating centre in Barcelona, Spain. The centre offers a variety of programs in conjunction with RMIT's partners in Europe, including a double master's degree in architecture which facilitates the RMIT School of Architecture and Design's participation in the reconstruction of

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.RMIT University de Australia se expande en Europa
, PR Newswire (5 April 2013), retrieved 20 April 2013 (in Spanish).

Organisation and governance

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology is a public university created under the ''Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Act 1992'' by the Government of Victoria,, section 4(1) and continues in accordance with the ''Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Act 2010''., section 1 The university trades under the name "RMIT University" which is a registered business name and trademark. It is composed of the academic colleges and schools, research centres and institutes of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,Organisational Chart
, RMIT University, retrieved 30 August 2014 and is governed by the RMIT Council and is managed by the RMIT Chancellery., section 8(2)(a)(b)RMIT Council Governance Charter
, RMIT University, retrieved 30 August 2014

Divisions

RMIT University is separated into two divisions: the Higher Education Division and the Vocational Education and Training (VET) Division. The divisions are responsible for the 17 academic schools of RMIT—which are grouped into three academic portfolios referred to as colleges. The higher education schools offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, while the VET schools offer vocational certificates and diplomas.

Council

RMIT is governed by a council consisting of 21 members, which is responsible for the "general direction and superintendence of the University". The RMIT Council is led by the RMIT

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who is an

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and serves as its Governor-in-Council. The RMIT vice-chancellor and president, as well as the chair of the RMIT Academic Board, are also ex officio members of the council. Five members of the RMIT Council are elected by direct ballot of the staff and students of the university. They consist of three staff members elected to represent the higher education, vocational education and general staff of the university, and two students elected to represent higher education and vocational education students. The remaining members are appointed directly by the RMIT Chancellor and Governor, or by a vote of the sitting council members. Members appointed directly to the council are required to possess a substantial expertise in academic or financial management, vocational education or training experience, and be drawn from beyond the university community.

Vice-chancellor

The RMIT Council grants power over all academic and administrative affairs of the university to the vice-chancellor and president—who is the

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of the university. The vice-chancellor and president is "responsible for the conduct of the University's affairs in all matters". Management of RMIT's colleges and portfolios is then delegated by the vice-chancellor and president to a team of deputy and pro vice-chancellors as well as senior executives.

Academic board

The requirements for the conferring of an academic degree of the university is determined and approved by the RMIT Academic Board. The board consists of the RMIT Chancellery as ex officio members, and up to a further 46 members—34 of which must be elected by staff and students. Those conferred an academic degree of the university may use the

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"RMIT" with the abbreviation of their degree title.

Colleges and schools

The four academic colleges housing the schools of RMIT are the College of Business and Law (BUSL), College of Design and Social Context (DSC) and College of Vocational Education and the STEM College (incorporating the fields of sciences, engineering, computing technologies and health and medical sciences (STEM). College of Business and Law * RMIT School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain * RMIT School of Economics, Finance and Marketing * RMIT School of Graduate Business and Law * RMIT School of Management College of Design and Social Context *

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* RMIT School of Design * RMIT School of Education *

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* RMIT School of Global, Urban and Social Studies *

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* RMIT School of Property, Construction and Project Management STEM College * RMIT School of Computing Technologies * RMIT School of Engineering * RMIT School of Health and Biomedical Sciences * RMIT School of Science College of Vocational Education incorporates the fields of business, design and technology, media, art and communication, social care, engineering technology, nursing, computer science, myotherapy, dental studies, trades and the built environment. * RMIT School of Vocational Business Education * RMIT School of Vocational Engineering, Health and Sciences

Commercial subsidiaries

"RMIT Group" is the business unit of the university and consists of the entities controlled by RMIT University, including wholly owned subsidiaries such as: * RMIT Training, and its sub-entities, which include: ** Informit (for online publication); which owns and operates the Informit database, the largest

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of research from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific; RMIT Vietnam, and there were other commercial interests and sub-entities.Annual Report 2013
, p. 30, RMIT University, retrieved 30 August 2014 , RMIT has two campuses in Vietnam and one in Spain.

Academics

Academic reputation

In the 2024 ''Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities'', which measures aggregate performance across the QS, THE and ARWU rankings, the university attained a position of #199 (14th nationally). ; National publications In the Australian Financial Review">''Australian Financial Review'' Best Universities Ranking 2024, the university was ranked #23 amongst Australian universities. ; Global publications In the 2025 ''

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(published 2024), the university attained a tied position of #123 (10th nationally). In the ''Times Higher Education'' World University Rankings 2025 (published 2024), the university attained a position of #251–300 (tied 14–19th nationally). In the 2024 ''

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'', the university attained a position of #301–400 (tied 16–21st nationally). In the 2024–2025 ''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Global Universities, the university attained a position of #195 (15th nationally). In the ''

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'' 2024, the university attained a position of #239 (11th nationally).

Student outcomes

The Australian Government's QILT conducts national surveys documenting the student life cycle from enrolment through to employment. These surveys place more emphasis on criteria such as student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction than perceived reputation, research output and citation counts. In the 2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey, graduates of the university had an overall employer satisfaction rate of 84.7%. In the 2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey, graduates of the university had a full-time employment rate of 71.8% for undergraduates and 98% for postgraduates. The initial full-time salary was for undergraduates and for postgraduates. In the 2023 Student Experience Survey, undergraduates at the university rated the quality of their entire educational experience at 73.9% meanwhile postgraduates rated their overall education experience at 77.9%.

Research

RMIT focuses on applied research as well as outcome-related research and consultancy services, and has extensive partnerships with government and industry. It mainly focuses its research in the areas of design, technology, health,

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and

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. Its Portfolio of Research and Innovation operates on a similar scale to its colleges, and also contains a specialist research school in order to foster excellence in research methodology and pedagogy. In addition to the Portfolio of Research and Innovation, over 50 research centres operate independently within RMIT's colleges and schools as well as a large number of smaller research groups.

Collections

Libraries

RMIT Library is the central libraries network of the university. It has four locations across RMIT's three Australian campuses.About the University Library
, RMIT University, retrieved 28 September 2012 Swanston Library is the largest in the network, and is located in Building 8 at the City campus. Swanston Library is also reported to be amongst the top five libraries in all of Melbourne. Other libraries in the network are the Brunswick Library, Bundoora West Library and Carlton Library (the latter of which is also at the City campus). The City campus also benefits from its proximity to the State Library of Victoria—the central public reference library and the largest library in Melbourne. In addition to its libraries network, RMIT schools also maintain their own specialised collections. Notable examples of school-maintained collections are the AFI Research Collection,AFI Research Collection
, RMIT University, retrieved 30 September 2012 RMIT Design Archives and National Aerospace Resource.RMIT Design Archives
, RMIT University, retrieved 28 September 2012National Aerospace Resource Centre
, RMIT University, retrieved 28 September 2012 Two libraries are located at RMIT's Vietnam campuses; Beanland Library and Hanoi Library. The Beanland Library is the larger of the two libraries, and is located at the Ho Chi Minh City campus.

Online databases

Selected research of RMIT academics and postgraduate students can be accessed through the RMIT Research Repository—an open access database of peer-reviewed published articles, conference papers, books and chapters, etc.Research Repository
, RMIT University, retrieved 8 March 2013 Documents held by the RMIT Research Repository are also indexed by

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and

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. As of March 2013, there are more than 19,000 records in the Repository. The university's subsidiary, RMIT Training, also owns and operates the Informit online library database (see

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), which is the largest database of research from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific.

Galleries

The major public art gallery of the university is RMIT Gallery, located at the City campus. The gallery runs a highly regarded program of Australian and international exhibitions, and focuses on

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, design and

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. It is located in the historic original section of Storey Hall on Swanston Street and is considered to be one of Melbourne's most vibrant art galleries. The gallery also publishes widely on art and design research in partnership with RMIT Publishing.About Us
, RMIT Publishing, retrieved 28 September 2012 RMIT First Site Gallery at the City campus is the main gallery of the RMIT Link campus union,First Site Gallery
RMIT Link, retrieved 30 September 2012 and focuses on emerging artists and is located beneath RMIT Gallery. The campus union also manages the Artland program at the Brunswick campus.
RMIT Link, retrieved 30 September 2012 Artland consists of 16 sites around the campus and Brunswick streets showcasing work of design students. In addition to the Story Hall galleries, many of RMIT's schools also manage their own discipline-relevant galleries. Notable examples are the School of Art's main gallery and Project Space / Spare Room Gallery, the School of Media and Communication's Field36 Gallery, and the School of Architecture and Design's Virtual Reality Centre and Design Hub Gallery. The acclaimed

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program of the School of Art also produces art in public spaces around RMIT's campuses as well as the greater Melbourne city centre and metropolitan area.

Art collection

RMIT Gallery is the caretaker of RMIT's permanent art collection. It includes the substantial Linsday Edward Collection of fine art and W. E. Macmillan Collection of gold and silver as well as a number of other sub-collections.Skilled Hand and Cultivated Mind
RMIT University, retrieved 30 September 2012 The Linsday Edwards Collection has a strong focus on

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and holds work by leading Australian artists (including RMIT alumni or former faculty) such as Howard Arkley,

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, Leonard French,

Roger Kemp Roger Kemp AO OBE (3 July 1908 – 14 November 1987) was an Australian modernist painter, and printmaker, recognized as one of the leading figures in Australian abstraction. He pioneered transcendental abstraction, developing a personal symbo ...

, Inge King,

Max Meldrum Duncan Max Meldrum (3 December 1875 – 6 June 1955) was a Scottish-born Australian artist and art teacher, best known as the founder of Australian tonalism, a representational painting style that became popular in Melbourne during the interwa ...

John Olsen John Wayne Olsen AO (born 7 June 1945) is an Australian politician, diplomat and football commissioner. He was Premier of South Australia between 28 November 1996 and 22 October 2001. He is now President of the Federal Liberal Party, Chairma ...

Lenton Parr Thomas Lenton Parr AM (11 September 1924 – 8 August 2003) was an Australian sculptor and teacher . Sculptor Born in East Coburg, Victoria, Lenton Parr spent eight years in the Royal Australian Air Force (Svc No. A33223) before enrolling to s ...

and Fred Williams. A history of the art collection is documented in the publication ''A Skilled Hand and Cultivated Mind: A Guide to the Architecture and Art of RMIT''.

Student life

Link (campus union)

RMIT Link is the university's campus union.About us
RMIT Link, retrieved 30 September 2012 It exists to sponsor and promote social, cultural, educational, sporting and recreational programs and activities among the RMIT community, and to provide such facilities and services at RMIT's Australian campuses. Link is separated into two divisions: Arts & Culture and Sports & Recreation. It is a controlled entity under the authority of RMIT's Council. Arts & Culture manages a number of

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arts collectives. It also offers workshop and seminars as well as funding for arts initiatives, and runs a free cinema program at the City and Bundoora campuses. Sports & Recreation manages the university's

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sports teams, which are collectively known as the Redbacks, and has an elite athlete funding program. It offers funding for community and social

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s on RMIT's Australian campuses, and also runs community and charity sporting events and tournaments. It also operates the City campus gym, and co-owns a ski lodge on

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RUSU (student union)

RMIT's University Student Union (RUSU) is the independent body representing students enrolled at RMIT. It was founded in 1944 by John Storey Jr., after whom Storey Hall at the City campus is named. The objective of RUSU is to safeguard the interests and rights of students, and to advance education, welfare, social life and cultural activities of students. RUSU has a number of departments advocating various elements of student life, and it also supports academic, cultural, political, spiritual and special interest clubs and societies run by students. Portal Cafe

Departments: * Activities – manages events, festivals, markets and parties on all RMIT's campuses * Campuses – representation of students on general matters relating to RMIT's campuses * Clubs and societies * Education – campaigns on education matters and is run in collaboration with other departments * Environment – advocates

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and sustainability on RMIT's campuses * International Students – supports and advocates the rights of

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s * Postgraduate Students – the representative body of postgraduate students * Queer – supports and advocates the rights of RMIT's

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community * Women's – supports and advocates the

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* Realfoods – RUSU's organic fair trade vegetarian cafe, located in the main cafeteria at the City campus Student media: * The Swanston Gazette –

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established in 2019 by the RMIT Journalism Society as an independent alternative unaffiliated with the university or student union. * ''

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'' – Student magazine, distributed free every month of the academic year since 1944 *

RMITV RMITV is a not-for-profit, community access television production facility based at RMIT University City Campus in Melbourne, Australia. It is a full member of the Melbourne Community Television Consortium, a not-for-profit consortium that o ...

– student television

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, broadcasting since 1987, and co-founder of the C31 community television station * Student Youth Network (SYN) –

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station, broadcasting across the Melbourne metropolitan area on 90.7 FM and on DAB+. Though many RMIT students participate in SYN programs, it is wholly independent of both RMIT and RUSU organisationally *

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– RMIT's former radio station, founded as 3RMT in 1976, now independently funded but still used by the university

Accommodation

RMIT operates several student accommodation facilities including: RMIT Village, Cambridge Court and College Square on the City campus and Walert House on the Bundoora campus—all of which operate as self-catered apartment complexes. Twelve other student hostels are also operated by other providers. Some of the traditional residential colleges of the nearby University of Melbourne also reserve places for RMIT students. The college fees include all catering, utilities, academic and pastoral support. The colleges affiliated with RMIT include: International House,

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, Newman College, Queen's College, St Mary's College,

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and

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Student demographics

In 2014, RMIT's program enrollments by gender were 54% male and 46% female. RMIT's Higher Education student body was 52% male and 48% female while its Vocational Educational student body was 53% male and 47% female. According to a study of over 100 RMIT STEM graduates, male RMIT University STEM graduates outnumber females by 7 to 1.

Spiritual Centre

RMIT's Spiritual Centre is a multi-faith place of worship located on the City campus. It is housed in the historic Old Melbourne Gaol chapel, built in 1860. The centre provides a contemplative space to all staff and students of RMIT, regardless of their faith and without showing favour to any one faith, and houses the RMIT Chaplaincy services. RMIT has

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s that represent

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and

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faiths of various branches as well as for

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spirituality.

People

RMIT graduates are considered to be some of the most employable in the world. In a 2011 survey of 5000 employers by Quacquarelli Symonds, RMIT was ranked 51st in the world for graduate employability. In 2011, the university had an alumni community of around 280,000 graduates in 130 countries. Notable attendees and graduates include: Australian skier and Winter Olympic gold medalist Lydia Lassila; Irish Australian rules footballer and charity worker

Jim Stynes James Peter Stynes OAM (23 April 196620 March 2012) was an Irish footballer who converted from Gaelic football to Australian rules football and the first international player to be inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2003. ...

; Australian film director and writer

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; Australian actor

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(attended); Australian sportsman and three-time Olympic gold medalist James Tomkins; Australian comedian and television host

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; Australian singer and guitarist of the band

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; Australian singer

Judith Durham Judith Mavis Durham (née Cock; 3 July 1943 – 5 August 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian folk music group the Seekers in 1962. The group became the first Australian pop mus ...

; Vietnamese actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder, 2006

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, Mai Phương Thúy; Australian documentary maker

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; Australian artist

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; Australian animator Felix Colgrave; director of photography, Shekhar Bhansali division director in Electrical, Communication and Cyber Systems (ECCS) at the

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and director of the Omani Society for Fine Arts, Maryam Al Zadjali.

Graduation traditions

A notable graduation tradition of RMIT is its graduation parade. The parade is

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-style academic procession which proceeds from the City campus down the major city thoroughfare of Swanston Street to

Federation Square Federation Square (marketed and colloquially known as Fed Square) is a venue for arts, culture and public events on the edge of the Melbourne central business district. It covers an area of at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Street ...

(until 2002 the parade culminated outside the Melbourne Town Hall).Graduation Parade
, RMIT University, retrieved 1 October 2012 Graduands and faculty march in full

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and receive a military escort from the central marching band of the Royal Australian Air Force. The parade is welcomed at Federation Square by the

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—on behalf of the city and its citizens. The mayor grants RMIT's vice-chancellor a "writ of passage" to proceed with the graduation ceremony, which takes place at the

Docklands Stadium Docklands Stadium, known by naming rights sponsorship as Marvel Stadium, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the suburb of Docklands, Victoria, Docklands in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Construction started in October 199 ...

.Melbourne Graduation Ceremony
, RMIT University, retrieved 1 October 2012

Footnotes

References

Citations

Sources

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External links

Official Australian website

Official Vietnamese website

Official European website

Official Chinese website

Official alumni website
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