Victoria University is a diverse, multi-sector university which is based in Melbourne, Victoria. It is not only one of Australia’s largest universities, but has one of the greatest international student mixes at any Australian tertiary institution. Victoria’s and Australia’s fastest developing area, the West of Melbourne (also including the north-west and the south-west), is our heartland. It has a significant presence in the western par t of Melbourne’s CBD and a spine of campuses through the West of Melbourne, centered on Footscray and St Albans, with small campuses and partnerships in other parts of the west, south-west and north-west. It operates on a trans-national basis with partners in Asia (for instance China, India and Malaysia), America and Europe.
We have more than 53,000 enrolled students, including more than 14,000 international students studying onshore and of abroad, more than 4,500 staff and 10 locations – three in Melbourne’s CBD and seven across the western region. In the year 2011, 5421 higher education; VU presented 16,037 awards: and 10,616 vocational and higher educations (TAFE). The Victoria University is satisfied by its leadership role in the west of Melbourne. It services a much diverse student cohort, with a large range of countries, socio economic cultures, and educational backgrounds represented. In the globalised world, cross cultural skills are at a premium, and Victoria University is placed to be the leader in fostering them. We also have a well recognized reputation for increasing opportunity for participation in tertiary education among students from low socio economic backgrounds; this is now regarded as a major national priority.
Connected with the diversity of educational backgrounds of its students, Victoria University offers programs at all levels of the Australian Qualifications Framework, with a comprehensive range of degree and vocational options from certificates and diplomas through to bachelor degrees and PhDs.
It has stronger connections with industry, the professions and trades than most universities, and it shape offer to students around industry needs. Work integrated learning is essential for this, as is Victoria University’s assurance to knowledge exchange (including applied research) in a number of industry sectors. It is strengthening the focus as an international university which is responsive to the changing nature of the work and the workplace, with the dedication of making a real difference to the lives of people in Melbourne’s west.
Our vision is to be excellent, engaged and accessible, and to be internationally recognized for our leadership in empowering a diverse community of students to grow their capabilities and transform their lives. It also aims to engage with industry and community to make the world a better place, through the sharing, creation, and use of new knowledge. The graduates will leave Victoria University having been exposed to engaged learning and teaching, and with reach to diverse learning pathways.
As a university, and as a prosperous and dynamic organization, we pursue our mission with courage and innovation, boldness, and agility.
Campus Locations
City Flinders
City King
City Queen
Footscray Nicholson
Footscray Park
Melton
Newpor t
St Albans
Sunshine
Werribee
Contact Details
Ballarat Road
Footscray VIC 3011
Majors Courses Offered
Computer and Information Sciences, Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, Engineering, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering,French Studies, German Studies, Italian Studies, African-American/Black Studies, Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies, Asian-American Studies, Women's Studies, Dance, Film/Cinema/Video Studies, Art History, Criticism and Conservation, Music, Visual and Performing Arts, History Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, Humanities/Humanistic Studies, Biology/Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Philosophy, Astrophysics, Planetary Astronomy and Science, Chemistry, Geology/Earth Science, Geochemistry, Geophysics and Seismology, Social Sciences, Economics, Political Science and Government, Philosophy of Science and Technology.
Minors Courses Offered
Aerospace,Engineering Mechanics, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Research, East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics,Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Latin Language, English Language and Literature, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering,French Language and Literature, Spanish Language and Literature, Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Computer Engineering, Humanities/Humanistic Studies, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Technology