Duncan Maskell VC of Melbourne University shares his passion for the public good purpose of our universities and his thanks for the commitment of his staff to keeping the university going as he enters the fifth year of his tenure at ...

Victoria’s top universities recorded a healthy billion-dollar surplus during the second half of the pandemic despite a steep decline in international student enrolments.   According to a report tabled in state parliament on Friday, Victorian universities collectively generated $1.2 billion during ...

Melbourne has been recognised as Australia’s top study destination for the eighth year in a row.  In the 2023 QS Best Student Cities Ranking, only two Australian cities ranked among the world's top 10, with Melbourne leading in fifth place ...

Melbourne University's Business School has been recognised for having the most prestigious executive MBA program in Australia for the third year in a row. The sixth round of the QS Global Executive MBA Rankings, released yesterday, recognised only five Australian ...

Melbourne university students, affiliates and alumni have now the opportunity to bring their research to life thanks to two major funding partnerships, which UniMelb calls a first in Australia at this scale.  The university has secured two partnerships with Breakthrough ...

Distinguished academic and longtime university head professor Glyn Davis has been chosen as the new secretary for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Davis was vice-chancellor of Melbourne University between 2005 to 2018 and was previously head of ...

The influential Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 have been released, with 12 Australian Universities making the top 200. The rankings take in over 1,600 institutions across 99 countries and is measured on 13 performance indicators that measure an ...

The Victorian government will invest $155 million to establish an Australian Institute of Infectious Disease in Melbourne. Premier Daniel Andrews made the funding announcement, which will form part of this month’s state budget, on Friday morning. The total cost of ...

Australian universities have missed out on a spot among the top 20 in a ranking of scientific impact, as the list compilers add two new indicators covering "heavily debated" topics. China and the United States dominated the CWTS Leiden Ranking’s ...

For a university publishing house, it was shocking. On Wednesday, Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) chief executive Louise Adler resigned after the university announced it would change its focus from commercial to academic publishing. She was hastily followed out by Chairman Laurie ...