RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a

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, Australia. Founded 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 Col ...

, 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

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to become a

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

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students, making it the largest dual-sector education institution in Australia. With an annual revenue of around A$1.5 billion, it is also one of the wealthiest universities in Australia. It is rated a five star university by

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(QS) and is ranked 15th in the World for art and design subjects in the

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, making it the top art and design university in Australia and

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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

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. It also has a training site at Bendigo Airport in the Victorian city of Bendigo and a research site in Hamilton near the

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. In Asia, it has two branch campuses in Ho Chi Minh City and

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and a training centre in Da Nang in

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as well as teaching partnerships in

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

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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 The Hon. Francis Ormond in the 1880s. Planning began in 1881, with Ormond basing his model for the college on the Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution (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 £5000 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

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, 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".Ross, C. Stuart (1912). Francis Ormond Pioneer, Patriot, Philanthropist. London: Melville and Mullen. pp 76–84 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

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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.Our heritage
, RMIT International University, retrieved 27 September 2012 Its first

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opened in Ho Chi Minh City in 2001 with a second in

in 2004. 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 interwar period 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 Queen Victoria Market 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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, 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 State Library of Victoria as well as the adjacent

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and its City Loop 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 National Trust of Australia, 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 former Melbourne Magistrates' Court (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 aerospace engineering, electrical engineering,

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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 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

. 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 Hamilton. It is located 300 km north-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

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, 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
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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 Dinh District, Hanoi. In 2007, it also acquired a building in the

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to accommodate rising student numbers. It consolidated its two buildings in a newly built tower overlooking Ngoc Khanh Lake in the Ba Dinh District in 2010.

Other partners

RMIT teaches and/or accredits programs for the Hong Kong Art School and Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade in China,

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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

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's participation in the reconstruction of Antoni Gaudí's

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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 Chancellor who is an ex officio member 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. The RMIT Chancellor and Governor of the RMIT Council, since 1 January 2011, is

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s businessman and nuclear physicist

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AO.

Vice-Chancellor

The RMIT Council grants power over all academic and administrative affairs of the university to the RMIT 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. The RMIT Vice-Chancellor and President, since 1 February 2015, is

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businessman and former Vice-Chancellor of the

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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 post-nominal letters "RMIT" with the abbreviation of their degree title.

Colleges and schools

SAB, Melbourne CBD, as viewed from Swanston Street

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 University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, scienc ...

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* RMIT School of Graduate Business and Law *

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College of Design and Social Context *

RMIT School of Architecture and Urban Design RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, scienc ...

RMIT School of Art The RMIT School of Art is an Australian university art school located in Melbourne, Victoria, which is responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate education and research in fine art and photography at RMIT University. Established in 1917, i ...

RMIT School of Design RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, scienc ...

RMIT School of Education RMIT's School of Education is an Australian tertiary education school within the College of Design and Social Context at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), located in Melbourne, Victoria. See also *RMIT University Ref ...

RMIT School of Fashion and Textiles RMIT's School of Fashion and Textiles is an Australian tertiary education school within the College of Design and Social Context at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ( RMIT University), located in Melbourne, Victoria Victoria most com ...

RMIT School of Global, Urban and Social Studies RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies is an Australian tertiary education school within the College of Design and Social Context at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ( RMIT University), located in Melbourne, Victoria Victo ...

RMIT School of Media and Communication RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, scienc ...

RMIT School of Property, Construction and Project Management RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, scienc ...

STEM College *

RMIT School of Computing Technologies The RMIT School of Computer Technologies is an Australian tertiary education school within the STEM College of RMIT University. Location The school is located in Building 14 (levels 8 to 11) in Swanston Street at the RMIT City campus. Previously ...

RMIT School of Engineering The RMIT School of Engineering is an Australian tertiary education school within the College of Science Engineering and Health of RMIT University. It was created in 2016 from the former schools of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineer ...

RMIT School of Health and Biomedical Sciences The RMIT School of Health and Biomedical Sciences is an Australian tertiary education school within the College of Science Engineering and Health of RMIT University. It was created in 2016 from the former schools of Health Sciences, Life and Phy ...

RMIT School of Science The RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) School of Science is an Australian tertiary education school within the College of Science Engineering and Health of RMIT University. It was created in 2016 from the former schools of Applied Sci ...

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.

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

online database An online database is a database accessible from a local network or the Internet, as opposed to one that is stored locally on an individual computer or its attached storage (such as a CD). Online databases are hosted on websites, made available as s ...

of research from across Australia and the

Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific (APAC) is the part of the world near the western Pacific Ocean. The Asia-Pacific region varies in area depending on context, but it generally includes East Asia, Russian Far East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and Pacific Isla ...

; 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

Rankings

According to the QS World University Rankings, RMIT is ranked as a five star university in the areas of: research, employability, teaching, facilities, internationalisation, innovation, engagement, specialisation. According to the 2021 QS World University Rankings, RMIT was ranked 15th in the world for art and design subjects, making it the top art and design school in Australia and Oceania. RMIT is ranked 16th in the world and 3rd in Australia among universities less than 50 years old in the 2016–17 QS Top 50 Under 50 index.Top 50 under 50
.

. Retrieved 3 December 2016 Times Higher Education rankings placed RMIT in the 55th position of 100 universities under 50 years old. RMIT is ranked 28th in the world for Architecture and the Built Environment (4th highest in Australia) in the 2017 ''QS World University Rankings by Subject''.

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, globalisation and sustainability. 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 University City Campus (Building 8)

Former hibernian hall swanston street melbourne

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

Google Scholar Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes p ...

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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 above), which is the largest database of research from across Australia and the

Galleries

The major public art gallery of the university is

RMIT Gallery RMIT Gallery is an Australian public art gallery located in Melbourne, Victoria. It is the main art gallery of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). RMIT Gallery opened on 16 March 1977. It is housed in the historic section of St ...

, located at the City campus. The gallery runs a highly regarded program of Australian and international exhibitions, and focuses on

contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...

, design and

visual culture Visual culture is the aspect of culture expressed in visual images. Many academic fields study this subject, including cultural studies, art history, critical theory, philosophy, media studies, Deaf Studies, and anthropology. The field of ...

. 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 RMIT Link is a division of RMIT University around student life and historically was an unincorporated entity, the campus union of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was formed in 1968 and cur ...

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 An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art – especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools can offer elementary, secondary, post-second ...

'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

public art Public art is art in any Media (arts), media whose form, function and meaning are created for the general public through a public process. It is a specific art genre with its own professional and critical discourse. Public art is visually and phy ...

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.

University Art Collection

RMIT Gallery is also charged as the caretaker of RMIT's permanent art collection. It includes the substantial Linsday Edward Collection of fine art and invaluable 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

Australian art Australian art is any art made in or about Australia, or by Australians overseas, from prehistoric times to the present. This includes Aboriginal, Colonial, Landscape, Atelier, early-twentieth-century painters, print makers, photographers, and ...

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

Howard Arkley Howard Arkley (5 May 1951 – 22 July 1999) was an Australian artist, born in Melbourne, known for his airbrushed paintings of houses, architecture and suburbia. His parents were Australian, and had British ancestry. Early career John Brack wa ...

John Brack John Brack (10 May 1920 – 11 February 1999) was an Australian painter, and a member of the Antipodeans group. According to one critic, Brack's early works captured the idiosyncrasies of their time "more powerfully and succinctly than any Aust ...

Leonard French Leonard William French OBE (8 October 1928 – 10 January 2017) was an Australian artist, known principally for major stained glass works. French was born in Brunswick, Victoria to a family of Cornish origin. His stained glass creation ...

Roger Kemp Francis Roderick Kemp AO, OBE, (Eaglehawk, 3 July 1908 - Melbourne 14 September 1987), known as Roger, was one of Australia's foremost practitioners of transcendental abstraction. Kemp developed a system of symbols and motifs which were deployed ...

Inge King Ingeborg Viktoria "Inge" King (; 26 November 1915 – 23 April 2016) was a German-born Australian sculptor. She received many significant public commissions. Her work is held in public and private collections. Her best known work is ''Forward S ...

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 a former 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, C ...

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 st ...

, 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

extra-curricular An extracurricular activity (ECA) or extra academic activity (EAA) or cultural activities is an activity, performed by students, that falls outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school, college or university education. Such activities ...

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

semi-professional Semi-professional sports are sports in which athletes are not participating on a full-time basis, but still receive some payment. Semi-professionals are not amateur because they receive regular payment from their team, but generally at a consid ...

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

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

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

Mount Buller Mount Buller is primarily a resort town on the slopes of Mount Buller in the Shire of Mansfield of the Australian state of Victoria. It is located approximately northeast of Melbourne. It is popular with snowsports enthusiasts in winter due t ...

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

environmental responsibility Environmentalism or environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health se ...

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

international student International students, or foreign students, are students who undertake all or part of their tertiary education in a country other than their own and move to that country for the purpose of studying. In 2019, there were over 6 million internati ...

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

rights of women Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

*Realfoods – RUSU's organic

fair trade Fair trade is an arrangement designed to help producers in developing countries achieve sustainable and equitable trade relationships. The fair trade movement combines the payment of higher prices to exporters with improved social and enviro ...

vegetarian cafe, located in the main cafeteria at the City campus Student media:
The Swanston Gazette
–

Student newspaper A student publication is a media outlet such as a newspaper, magazine, television show, or radio station produced by students at an educational institution. These publications typically cover local and school-related news, but they may also repor ...

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

Catalyst Catalysis () is the process of increasing the rate of a chemical reaction by adding a substance known as a catalyst (). Catalysts are not consumed in the reaction and remain unchanged after it. If the reaction is rapid and the catalyst recyc ...

'' – 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 ...

– student television

production company A production company, production house, production studio, or a production team is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, music, and ...

, broadcasting since 1987, and co-founder of the C31 community television station *

Student Youth Network Student Youth Network Inc., operating as SYN Media , is an Australian youth-run not-for-profit organisation providing media training and broadcasting opportunities for young people. Commonly referred to as SYN, the organisation produces new and ...

(SYN) –

student radio Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution. Programming may be exclusively created or produced ...

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. *

3RRR 3RRR (pronounced "Three Triple R", or simply "Triple R") is an Australian community radio station, based in Melbourne. 3RRR first commenced broadcasting in 1976 from the studios of 3ST, the student radio station of the Royal Melbourne Institut ...

– 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,

Janet Clarke Hall Janet Clarke Hall (JCH) is a residential college of the University of Melbourne in Australia. The college is associated with the Anglican Province of Victoria. JCH is one of the smallest of the colleges of the university and was the first univ ...

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

University College In a number of countries, a university college is a college institution that provides tertiary education but does not have full or independent university status. A university college is often part of a larger university. The precise usage varies ...

and

Whitley College Whitley College is a Baptist theological institute in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The college is associated with the Baptist Union of Victoria (Australian Baptist Ministries) and is one of the theological schools of the University of Divinity ...

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

chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a Minister (Christianity), minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a laity, lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secularity, secular institution (such as a hosp ...

s that represent

Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

and

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

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, Winter Olympic gold medalist, Lydia Lassila; Irish Australian rules footballer and charity worker,

Jim Stynes James Stynes OAM (23 April 196620 March 2012) was an Irish-born footballer who converted from Gaelic football to Australian rules football. Playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), he went on to become o ...

; Australian film director and writer,

James Wan James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter and comic book writer. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the ''Saw'' and ''Insidious'' franchises and the creator of The Conjurin ...

; Australian actor,

Travis Fimmel Travis Fimmel (born 15 July 1979) is an Australian actor and former model. He is known for his role as Ragnar Lothbrok in the History Channel television series ''Vikings'' (2013–2017),Prudom, LaurVikings On History: Travis Fimmel Previews The ...

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

Rove McManus John Henry Michael McManus (born 21 January 1974), better known by the stage name Rove McManus, is an Australian triple Gold Logie award-winning comedian, television and radio presenter, producer and media personality. He was the host of the e ...

; Australian singer and guitarist of the band

Wolfmother Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band from Sydney. Formed in 2004, the group is centred around vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, who is the only constant member of the line-up. The band has been through many personnel changes since ...

Andrew Stockdale Andrew James Kenneth Stockdale (born 20 July 1976) is an Australian singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and only continuous member of the rock band Wolfmother. Early life A ...

; Vietnamese actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder, 2006

Miss Vietnam Miss Vietnam ( Vietnamese: Hoa hậu Việt Nam, formerly Hoa hậu Toàn quốc Báo Tiền phong until 2000) is a beauty contest in Vietnam that has been held biennially since 1988. Along with Miss Universe Vietnam and Miss World Vietnam, Miss ...

Mai Phương Thúy Mai Phương Thúy (August 6, 1988) is a Vietnamese actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned the 10th Miss Vietnam at the Vinpearl Resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam on August 26, 2006. She represented Vietnam at the Miss World ...

; Australian documentary maker,

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; Australian artist, Charles Billich; Australian animator, Felix Colgrave, Director of Photography

Greig Fraser Greig Fraser, , , (born 3 October 1975) is an Australian cinematographer who studied at the RMIT University. His most well-known work includes the films ''Zero Dark Thirty'' (2012), ''Lion'' (2016), ''Rogue One'' (2016), ''Vice'' (2018), ''Dune ...

, 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

town and gown Town and gown are two distinct communities of a university town; 'town' being the non-academic population and 'gown' metonymically being the university community, especially in ancient seats of learning such as Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, and St ...

-style

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. At many U.S. universities ...

which proceeds from the City campus down the major city thoroughfare of Swanston Street to

Federation Square Federation Square (colloquially 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 Streets built above busy ra ...

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

academic regalia Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assum ...

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

Lord Mayor of Melbourne This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Melbourne, a local government area of Victoria, Australia. Mayors (1842–1902) Lord mayors (1902–1980) The title of "Lord Mayor" was conferred on the position of mayor by Ki ...

—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, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Marvel Stadium, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Construction started in October 1997 and was ...

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

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