Australia

University of Australia

University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne

      Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne is a public-spirited institution that makes distinctive contributions to society in research, teaching and knowledge transfer.Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne is a public-spirited institution that makes distinctive contributions to society in research, teaching and knowledge transfer.

As a fine academic institution, Melbourne honours its traditional promise to uphold the scholarly values of intellectual freedom, honesty, openness and rigour.

As a fine research institution, Melbourne seeks to strengthen its core intellectual disciplines, open new paths to scientific understanding and support critical and creative endeavour in fields that do not fit conventional research paradigms.

As a fine teaching institution, Melbourne aims to attract the brightest student cohorts from the widest range of backgrounds, offering an outstanding educational experience.

As a public-spirited institution, Melbourne declares its intention to make research, student learning and external engagement serve public ends. This includes taking up pressing societal problems in research, producing graduates prepared for responsibility, and promoting inquiry and open debate based on evidence and reason.

As an internationally engaged institution, Melbourne undertakes to work with overseas colleagues and students to meet global challenges with intelligence, ingenuity and respect for humanity.

As a university with a strong sense of place, Melbourne reaffirms the unique virtues of its campus locale, where face-to-face teaching remains the norm, where scholars gather from across the globe, and where learning communities embrace evolving technologies. This is a place where great scholars lead talented students to open their minds, share wisdom and face the great unknowns: a place where each new generation can define a future that it values.

The University of Melbourne must be attuned to shifts in national policy settings and international standards, the emergence of rankings, new market conditions and new players in higher education....

The University's future will depend on its ability to combine a 'triple helix' of academic programs... Melbourne will be an institution that excels not just at research, but in bringing ideas to life and making knowledge work for its students, staff and a broader public.

Parkville - University of Melbourne

      The default skin changed recently from Monobook to Vector. For more information, please refer to the FAQ. Please leave feedback or bug reports here in whatever language you prefer.

The June Picture of the Day setup page is currently serving as a test of the new Media of the Day plan to have a combined translation page: As discussed in the original proposal, the translation work is best kept in one place. Also, please add translations to Template:Change media file, which is used to translate the link that allows you to swap the proposed MotD for a different file.

University Club

General Information

University Club, University House, is a private licensed club. The objectives of our club are:
To foster and maintain contacts and the exchange of ideas between the various disciplines represented by staff of The University of Melbourne.
To provide facilities for members of the academic and administrative staff of other universities and kindred organisations while they are working at The University of Melbourne.
To maintain and manage a club house at The University of Melbourne for members of the club.

University House is a club for members of the University staff. It was instituted for the purpose of creating within the University a wider and more varied society than any single Department can offer, and in the hope that it would promote friendship and the fruitful exchange of ideas between people whose work is varied but has a common objective. It is also intended to provide members with meals in pleasant surroundings, to serve as a place where colleagues from other Universities might be entertained and to assist members in their private entertaining.

University of Melbourne Announces Winners / John Wardle Architects + Office dA

A few months ago, we shared the University of Melbourne’s six short-listed finalists for their new Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning building (short list can be read here).  Of the six finalists, the team of Melbourne-based John Wardle Architects and Boston-based Office dA have been named the winners.  Professor Tom Kvan, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, stated, “The winning design showed a detailed understanding of the teaching and research activities of the Faculty and the potential for contribution to research across the campus.”

More images and more about the winning project after the break.

The winning building shows a “strong understanding of educational, environmental, and social issues” that will enable to the school to prosper.  The building will provide lecture theaters, a library, exhibition and workshop stations in addition to offices for the staff.  The structure will be able to accommodate students enrolled in the Bachelor of Environments, a new degree formed under the Melbourne Model.  Specific spaces will be used to research environmentally friendly precedent designs and performance, emphasizing the need to learn and understand the latest in sustainability.

Presentation boards from each of six short listed finalists will be on display in the Wunderlich Gallery at the Parkville campus throughout September.

As seen on bustler.