Deakin University is a

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. Founded in 1974, the university was named after

Alfred Deakin Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was an Australian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of Australia. He was a leader of the movement for Federation, which occurred in 1901. During his three terms as prime ministe ...

, the second

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. Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb,

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

Waurn Ponds Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The suburb is bounded by Rossack Drive, Princes Highway, the Geelong to Warrnambool railway, Reservoir Road, Draytons Road, Pigdons Road, Deakin University and ...

Waterfront and

Warrnambool Warrnambool ( Maar: ''Peetoop'' or ''Wheringkernitch'' or ''Warrnambool'') is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Warrnambool had a population of 35,743. Situated on the Princes Highway, Warrnambool (Al ...

, as well as the online Cloud Campus. Deakin also has learning centres in

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and

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, all in the state of Victoria. As of 2021, Deakin University is ranked among the top 1% of universities in the world, is ranked one of the top 26 young universities in the world, is the 3rd highest ranked university in the world for Sport Science, is one of the top 29 universities in the world for Nursing, is one of the top 32 universities in the world for Education, and is among fewer than 5% of Business Schools worldwide with

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accreditation. Deakin's research activities are growing. 100% of Deakin research was rated at or above world standard in the 2018 Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) ratings. Its combined research funding increased from A$4.5 million in 1997 to A$47.2 million in 2015. In 2020, the university's research income was $87.6 million, with 247 Higher degree by Research completions. Deakin University consistently ranks highly in undergraduate student satisfaction; in the 2019 Student Experience Survey, Deakin had the fourth highest student satisfaction rating nationally, the highest student satisfaction rating out of all Australian public universities and the highest student satisfaction rating out of all Victorian universities. Deakin has had the highest undergraduate student satisfaction ratings out of all Victorian universities every year since 2010 and has consistently placed in the top two for highest postgraduate student satisfaction out of all Victorian universities every year since 2010.

History

Deakin University was formally established in 1974 with the passage of the ''Deakin University Act 1974''. Deakin was Victoria's fourth university, the first to be established in regional Victoria and the first to specialise in distance education. Deakin University's first campus was established at

. The university was the result of a merger between State College of Victoria, Geelong (formerly Geelong Teachers College) and the higher education courses of the Gordon Institute of Technology. Deakin enrolled its first students at

in 1977. The Burwood campus is on the site of the former Burwood Teachers' College, and also takes in the former sites of the Bennettswood Primary School and the Burwood Secondary School. The teachers' college conducted two-year training courses for Primary School teachers, and three year courses for Infant Teachers (females only). It provided live-on-site accommodation for country students. Deakin University archives

As part of the Dawkins education reforms that were announced in 1988 by the Commonwealth government, a merger with

Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education (WIAE) was a college of advanced education in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. It was created in July 1969 after the tertiary section of Warrnambool Technical College (now South West TAFE) was affili ...

took place in 1990, which was followed by a merger with most of Victoria College in 1991, with its campuses in Burwood, Rusden and Toorak. The Rusden Campus was closed in 2003 and all courses were transferred to the Melbourne Burwood campus. Rusden was subsequently acquired by

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for its student accommodation purposes. The former Toorak Campus, located in

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, was offered for sale in 2006 as the university considered the campus surplus to its requirements. The courses and resources were relocated to the Melbourne Burwood campus in November 2007. As a Deakin campus, it was home to the

Deakin Business School Deakin Graduate School of Business provides Deakin University's major postgraduate business programs covering Master of Business Administration, Master of Commerce, Master of International Business, Master of Marketing, and Doctor of Business A ...

, Deakin University English Language Institute (DUELI), and the

Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology Deakin College (formally known as Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology), is an Australian tertiary education provider. Deakin College has been in partnership with Deakin University since 1996. Since then, over 15,000 students have s ...

, which have since relocated to the International Centre and Business Building at the Melbourne Burwood campus.. The main building on the site was the 116-year-old historic

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The sale of

by Deakin provoked public outrage as it involved the mansion which was at risk of redevelopment by property developers. The Stonnington Stables art gallery and the university's contemporary art collection were located here, but has since relocated to the Deakin University Art Gallery at the Melbourne Burwood campus. The university's action of offering the campus, including the mansion, provoked public outrage over the potential privatization of what had been public space. In December 2006, the three-mansion was sold for $33 million to a joint venture between Hamton Property Group and Industry Superannuation Property Trust.Elder, John
"A place to call home? Maybe, prime minister"
, ''

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'', 17 June 2007. Accessed 31 August 2007.

List of antecedent institutions

Antecedent institutions with records held by the university library include: *

* Geelong Teachers’ College * The Gordon Institute * Victoria College * Burwood Teachers’ College * Burwood State College * Glendonald *

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* Toorak Teachers’ College * Toorak State College * Mercer House (first Associated Teachers' Training Institution, or ATTI, later absorbed into Toorak Teachers College) * Monash Teachers’ College *

Rusden State College Victoria College was a College of Advanced Education (CAE) in Melbourne, Australia. It was created as a result of the merger on 23 December 1981 of the State College of Victoria colleges at Burwood, Rusden and Toorak with the Prahran College o ...

Prahran Technical School The Prahran College of Advanced Education, formerly Prahran College of Technology, was a late-secondary and tertiary institution with a business school, a trade school, and a multi-disciplinary art school that dated back to the 1860s, populated ...

* Prahran College of Advanced Education

Governance

The Deakin University Council is the governing body of the university and is chaired by the

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John Stanhope AM
The council is responsible for the general direction and oversight of the university and is publicly accountable for the university's actions. Aerial photo of Deakin University's Building C

Aerial photo of Deakin University's Building C

The vice-chancellor is the chief executive officer of the university and is responsible to the council. Professor Iain Martin is vice-chancellor and president of Deakin University and is Deakin's 7th vice-chancellor.

Vice-Chancellors

* 1977–1985 – Frederic Jevons * 1986–1991 – Malcolm Skilbeck * 1992–1996 – John A. Hay * 1997–2002 – Geoff Wilson * 2003–2010 – Sally Walker * 2010–2019 – Jane den Hollander *2019–Present – Iain Martin

Organisational structure

The university is divided into four faculties, covering arts and education, business and law, health, and science, engineering and built environment. Within the Faculty of Arts and Education the three schools cover education, social sciences, humanities, communication and the creative arts. The Institute of Koorie Education also falls under the Faculty of Arts and Education. The Faculty of Health has the School of Medicine, along with schools covering nursing and midwifery, exercise and nutrition sciences, psychology, and incorporates subjects such as occupational therapy, social work, and health economics into the School of Health and Social Development. The

Deakin University School of Law Deakin Law School is a school of law associated with Deakin University, operating at campuses in Geelong, Melbourne and Warrnambool in Australia. It offers a four-year Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree. The School also offers postgraduate educ ...

and the

both fall under the Faculty of Business and Law, and the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment encompasses architecture, information technology, engineering, and life and environmental sciences.

Research

The university has seven research institutes: *Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI); *Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A²I²); *Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM); *Institute for Health Transformation (IHT); *Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI); *Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT); and the *Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN). There are also 6 Strategic Research and Innovation Centres (SRICs): * Centre for Integrative Ecology (CIE); * Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CSRI); * Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development (SEED); * Centre for Regional and Rural Futures (CeRRF); * Centre for Sports Research (CSR); and * Research for Educational Impact (REDI).

Campuses

Melbourne Burwood Campus

The university's largest campus is in Burwood about 45 minutes by tram ( route 75) from the Melbourne CBD. Located alongside Gardiner's Creek parklands between Elgar Road on the north-west border and

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on the east border. The campus has around 31,975 (2020) undergraduate and postgraduate on-campus students.

Waurn Ponds Campus

Aerial panorama of Deakin University's Waurn Pond Campus

The original campus of Deakin University is located in the regional city of

in the suburb of

, 72 kilometres south west of

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. The campus, serviced by the Princes Highway and the Geelong Ring Road. It has a student population of more than 8,382 (2020). The campus is home to the Geelong Technology Precinct, which provides research and development capabilities and opportunities for university–industry partnerships and new enterprises in the region. The Elite Sports Precinct is used as an alternate training facility by the

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. The Waurn Ponds Deakin Residence houses 800 students in shared dorms, shared units, town houses and studio apartments. The residence is made up of Alfred Deakin College,

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, and Parkes College. The Deakin Medical School opened in 2008 and is the first rural and regional medical school in Victoria. Deakin's Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery MBBS is a four-year, graduate-entry program which prepares students for practice in a range of health care settings.

Warrnambool Campus

The

Campus was created in 1990 when the university absorbed the

. It is situated on the banks of the Hopkins River in the coastal city of

, close to local surf beaches and popular tourist attractions in close proximity to the

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and The Twelve Apostles. The site is approximately from the Warrnambool CBD, serviced by the

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and by its own railway station, and bus services from Melbourne and Geelong, as well as locally in Warrnambool between the campus and the city. There is an on-campus student population of more than 520 (2020) pursuing courses in arts, business, education, environment, health sciences, law, management, marine biology, nursing and psychology.

Geelong Waterfront Campus

The Geelong Waterfront Campus is Deakin's newest campus, located on

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, in the central business district of

. Originally built as the Dalgety's Woolstores in 1893, the buildings have been extensively renovated. More than 5,362 (2020) students are based at the Geelong Waterfront Campus, which hosts the schools of Architecture and Built Environment, Health and Social Development, Psychology, and Nursing and Midwifery, as well as the Faculty of Business and Law. A $37 million redevelopment of the Dennys Lascelles Building has increased the capacity of this campus, allowing the university to provide an expanded range of courses. The building houses the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library and the

Alfred Deakin Institute Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia. Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb, Geelong Waurn Pon ...

. This campus houses Costa Hall, a 1422-seat concert auditorium, which is used for the university's graduation ceremonies and is part of

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Schools and divisions

* Deakin Law School * Deakin University School of medicine * School of Nursing and Midwifery * School of Architecture and Built Environment * School of Engineering * School of Information Technology * School of Life and Environmental Sciences * School of Communication and Creative Arts * School of Education * School of Humanities and Social Sciences * Deakin University English Language Institute

Deakin University Student Association

The Deakin University Student Association (DUSA) is the dominant student representative organisation operating across all campuses and courses. As well as representation, DUSA provides a range of services and benefits to members, and coordinates all other clubs and societies operating on campus. There is a wide range of groups/clubs for students to join and these groups vary from campus to campus. DUSA is also made up o
student representatives
who are elected by Deakin University students, with the current president of DUSA being Georgie Brimer. DUSA is affiliated at a national level to the National Union of Students.

Research

Deakin is one of Australia's fastest-growing research universities. Its combined research funding had increased from A$4.5 million in 1997 to A$47.2 million in 2015. 100% of Deakin research was rated at or above world standard in the 2018 ERA ratings, a quality evaluation of all research produced in Australian universities. In 2018, the

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awarded Deakin University $8.42 million in funding for 23 new research projects in its 2019 funding announcement. This included 15 Discovery Projects and 8 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) projects, six of which were from the university's Faculty of Arts and Education. The

awarded Deakin University 5 Linkage Projects in the 2016 ARC Linkage Programme rounds, and 3 Linkage Grants in its 2013 allocations. In its 2010 allocations, the

awarded Deakin 13 Discovery and 10 Linkage Round 1 awards. Deakin was also one of only six universities to be awarded funding for an ITTC, and received 100% of the amount requested. The Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library is named after the early Australian Prime Minister and statesman, Alfred Deakin (1856–1919), and provides opportunities for research and learning. Researchers at Deakin University developed the Motorcycle Clothing Assessment Program (MotoCAP) used by Australian and New Zealand government and related organisations. In 2019, it won the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme road safety award. Deakin University Burwood Campus Aerial Panorama

Deakin University Burwood Campus Aerial Panorama

Rankings

In 2020, the ''Times Higher Education'' 100 Under 50 ranked Deakin University 55th in the World among the top Universities under 50 years old; Deakin was ranked 10th in Australia and 1st in Victoria under this category. In 2020, the ''QS'' Top 50 Under 50 (universities which are under 50 years old) ranked Deakin University 26th in the World among the top Universities under 50 years old; Deakin was ranked 6th in Australia and 2nd in Victoria under this category. In 2009, 2013 and 2015 the ''Graduate Management Association of Australia (GMAA)'' awarded Deakin's Master of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration (International) courses the maximum score of five stars, placing them in the top rank of Australia's MBA courses. In 2018, and 2020, Deakin's Master of Business Administration was ranked amongst the world's top 200 by

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. Since 2016, Deakin has been ranked in the top 2% of the world's universities in the Shanghai Ranking's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Times Higher Education and QS World University Rankings. Deakin ranks 3rd in Victoria, 15 in Australia, 16 in

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, and 272 in the world in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.

Student well-being

Reports of on-campus sexual assault and harassment

Between 2011 and 2016 the university reported there were 40 officially cases of sexual abuse and harassment on campus, resulting in 12 staff members being disciplined or sacked for sexual misconduct and no student expulsions or suspensions. The 2017

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report on sexual assault and harassment surveyed 649 Deakin students, and reported somewhat higher figures than this, finding that 2.8% of those surveyed claimed to have been assaulted on campus, and 21% had been sexually harassed.

Notable alumni

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Geoff Hunt Geoffrey Brian Hunt, (born 11 March 1947), is a retired Australian Squash (sport), squash player who is widely considered to be one of the greatest squash players in history. He was ranked the World No.1 squash player from 1975 to 1980. He ...

, World Champion squash player: Charles William apeGrad Dip (Nutrition) * Major General Mark Kelly, Officer of the

Australian Army The Australian Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (Austral ...

: Grad.Dip. Defence Studies *

Arthur Vivian Lucas Jones Arthur Lucas Vivian Jones Order of Australia, OAM (11 December 1934 - 11 July 2021) was an Australian Anglican bishop. He was the 9th Diocese of Gippsland, Bishop of Gippsland from 1994 to 2001. Jones was educated at St John's College, Morpeth, ...

, Bishop of the Anglican Church in Australia * James Kilgore, as Charles William Pape, member of the

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: PhD *

Michael Klinger Michael Klinger (born 4 July 1980) is an Australian former first-class cricketer, who held the record for the most runs scored in the Big Bash League when he retired in 2019. Until the 2008–09 season, Klinger played for Victoria and for St ...

, Australian cricketer * Christopher Lynch, former Chief Financial Officer & Former Director of

BHP BHP Group Limited (formerly known as BHP Billiton) is an Australian multinational mining, metals, natural gas petroleum public company that is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Broken Hill Proprietary Company was founded ...

, CEO of

Transurban Transurban is a road operator company that manages and develops urban toll road networks in Australia, Canada and the United States. It is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Transurban is the full owner of CityLink in Melbour ...

BCom A Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated BComm or BCom; also, ''baccalaureates commercii'') is an undergraduate degree in business, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa ...

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Mat McBriar Mat McBriar (born 8 July 1979) is an Australian former American football punter in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers and the San Diego Chargers. He played college football fo ...

, punter for the

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of the

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, Senator for Victoria, former Deputy Leader of the

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, former Chief Executive Officer,

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: MBA *

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, Australia's first ever world taekwondo champion * Lindsay Maxsted, Chairman

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weather presenter: BCom, BA * Henry Playfair,

footballer with the

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: BCom * Nitya Prakash, Bestselling Author * Isabella Rositano, rapper and multi-sport athlete *

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, surfer and celebrity speaker:

in leadership and communications. * Mahmoud Saikal, Permanent representative of Afghanistan to the

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and book writer: Master of International Relations, Brisbane Writers Festival. * Anurag Singh (director), Pollywood and Bollywood director * Tommy Smith, international racing driver *

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, AFL umpire *

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OAM, businessman and Chairman of

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: BEd * Diana Taylor Prominent Businesswoman * Nathan Templeton, former '' 10 News First'' sports reporter and now the Melbourne correspondent on ''

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, indigenous musician, community leader and

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(1992): BA

Notable faculty

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, filmmaker * Kevin Anderson, filmmaker *

Kate Buchanan Katherine Louise "Kate" Buchanan is an avian behavioural ecologist currently working in Deakin University's School of Life and Environment Sciences. Her research focuses on investigating how sexual selection has shaped the evolution of complex s ...

ARC Future Fellow *Tania de Koning-Ward, Commonwealth Health Minister's Medal for Excellence in Health and Medical Research *Peter Hodgson, 2009 Australian Laureate Fellow * John Jonas, Birks Professor of Metallurgy,

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: Visiting Professor. * Caryl Nowson, Chair in Nutrition and Ageing *

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, former

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CEO: Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Business and Law *

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, former coach of

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and

s: Lecturer in Exercise Science. *

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, Chief Justice of Norfolk Island: Adjunct Professor, School of Law. *

Jim Kennan James Harley Kennan SC (25 February 1946 – 4 August 2010) was an Australian politician and later adjunct professor of law at Deakin University. Kennan earned a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. He was a member of parliament b ...

, former politician, Adjunct Professor of Law * Svetha Venkatesh, Director of the Centre for Pattern Recognition and Data Analytics *

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, Australian author and Senior Lecturer

Notable associates

Frank Costa Frank Aloysius Costa (3 February 1938 – 2 May 2021) was an Australian businessman. Costa had been a prominent figure in the Geelong region for more than four decades after inheriting Costa Group, the family's produce business, in the late 1 ...

''Businessman and Philanthropist'' *

Lindsay Fox Lindsay Edward Fox (born ) is an Australian businessman. In 1956, Fox founded the Australian logistics company Linfox, where as of 2015 he serves as non-executive chairman. Early life Lindsay Fox was born around 1937 and brought up in Pra ...

''Businessman and Philanthropist'' *

Brett Lee Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976) is an Australian former international cricketer, who played all three formats of the game. During his international career, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world. In each of his first two ...

''Australian Cricketer and Deakin India Research Institute (DIRI) associate'' *

''Victorian Premier and Politician'' *

''Big Wave Surfer, Adventure Waterman, and Celebrity Speaker''

References

External links

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