Virtual tour transcript
Follow your curiosity and discover your own path at the University of Melbourne. Explore our seven campuses across Victoria in this virtual tour. Discover an animal hospital, medical centres, fascinating cultural collections, performance spaces, state of the art labs, workshops, robotic 3D printing machines - and that's just the beginning. Hear from students and uncover stories that extend beyond the lecture. Ready to start your adventure? Choose where you'd like to begin.
We acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional owners of the lands on which the University of Melbourne campuses are situated. At Parkville, Southbank, Werribee and Burnley, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung peoples. At Shepparton and Dookie, the Yorta Yorta people. And at Creswick, the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge and pay respects to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, staff, collaborators and Elders, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who visit our campuses from across Australia. We recognise, too, the unique place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples hold as the original custodians of the lands and waterways across the Australian continent, with histories of continuous connection dating back more than sixty thousand years. We also acknowledge that their lands and waterways sustain their lives physically, socially, culturally and spiritually. And, we recognise the profound contributions to the University of our Indigenous students, staff and collaborators.
Architecture, building, planning and design
Glyn Davis Building
Welcome to the Glyn Davis Building, the award-winning home of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning and Melbourne School of Design. Completed in 2014, this building was designed as a living and learning educational tool. Its spaces give insight into construction, design and fabrication techniques, from the exposed structural beams underneath the central Y-shaped staircase, to a viewing window in the basement's plan room that allows you to observe the internal workings of the building. Our building is home to the Bachelor of Design, eight masters by coursework programs and our research degrees. It's also home to nine research hubs, centres and institutes that help solve real world problems. Our researchers work on topics as diverse as affordable housing, greening our cities, bushfire prevention, planning driverless cities and hospital design. As a student, you can access advanced fabrication and 3D printing technologies, laser cutting, robotic arms and power tools in our large-scale workshop with the guidance of skilled lab staff. Upstairs the studios and teaching spaces are wrapped around a four-story atrium. Bathed in natural light, the atrium is the creative and social heart of our building - and one of the most popular spaces on campus. The spaces in the Glyn Davis building are designed to educate and challenge you, and to encourage you to collaborate, connect, and take the first step to becoming part of the next generation of designers and creators.
NExT Lab
Welcome to the New Experimental Technology Lab – or NExT Lab. Technology is rapidly shaping our future industries, so this makerspace is open to all staff and students at the University. Here, you can explore, experience, experiment and push the boundaries of new and disruptive technologies.
The NExT Lab has a farm of 32 Makerbot 3D printers, accessible to everyone at the University. You can also access 3D scanning, augmented reality and virtual reality facilities, with hands-on support and resources to integrate these technologies into your design projects.
FabLab
Here in the Fabrication Lab and Workshop, design students have access to our state-of-the-art machines and technology, including 3D printing and scanning machines, robotics, and the machine workshop - a hands-on construction zone with large scale power tools and hand tools. Under the supervision of expert technicians, it's here that students build their projects and improve their technical skills.
Dulux Gallery
ABP Library
Brian Lewis Atrium
The breathtaking Brian Lewis Atrium is the ‘heart of our award-winning Melbourne School of Design building. It has the appearance of an indoor plaza, with sliding doors that open to design studios and walls that act as pop-up display boards for student work. The Atrium takes its name from our former Professor Architect and Dean of the Faculty, Brian Lewis.
Arts, humanities and social sciences
Arts West
This our Arts West building, the home of the Bachelor of Arts. The Bachelor of Arts is one of the largest programs at the University of Melbourne, with over 40 areas of study and around 6 000 students. Although we're one of the oldest universities in Australia, we're home to some of the most cutting-edge contemporary spaces, such as Arts West. Whether your passion lies in history, languages, creative writing, politics, Asian studies, cultural studies or criminology - or one of the many areas of study you might not have encountered yet - Arts West provides an engaging learning environment to foster your exploration of the arts, humanities and social sciences. The building is full of surprises and contrasts - corridors and informal spaces, quiet study alcoves, a digital studio, media lab and lecture theatres, as well as interactive spaces for discussion and group work, traditional desks for study and bean bags for relaxation. Artwork and antiquities are woven throughout the building to encourage enquiry and to allow you to immerse yourself in the discovery of new things just as you will in your BA, while object-based learning labs allow you to interact with authentic artefacts from ancient cultures, bringing to life worlds of the past and adding a physical dimension to your learning. Although Arts West is home of the BA, you'll also meet students from across the whole University here. With a wide range of breadth subjects in all areas of the arts, social sciences and humanities, it's a great place for all students to gain new perspectives - whether their future is in science, business or engineering. The spaces in Arts West are designed to bring you together, to encourage collaboration, to set your minds thinking and to make connections. Here you'll find a place to talk and a place to ponder, a place to discover, a place to learn and a place to grow.
Atrium
The Atrium in Arts West is both a meeting place and place for informal study, echoing a renaissance courtyard. The ground floor is the home of our Melbourne Arts Student Society. MASS, one of the largest clubs on campus, is open to all students studying subjects across the humanities and social sciences. From within the Atrium you might notice the hanging staircase - a place for the perfect selfie.
OBL Lab
In our object-based learning labs, lectures and readings are complimented by interacting with real, rare and ancient objects from our vast cultural collections. Whether you're studying History, Ancient World Studies, Classics, Art History, languages, or English and Theatre Studies you'll be able to get up close with natural history specimens, works of art, archaeological relics, manuscripts, rare books, archival documents and historical artefacts. We even have a copy of William Shakespeare's Second Folio from 1632.
Forum
Inspired by the Ancient Greek amphitheater, the Forum Theatre is built in a semi-circular design to improve the lecture experience and encourage discussion. If you study a Bachelor of Arts with us, you'll probably have classes here as it's one of our key spaces. Oh, and notice the floral wallpaper up the back? It's just one of a whole range of designs across the entire building that creates a truly unique experience.
Business and economics
Giblin Eunson Library
Welcome to the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne. This is the Giblin Eunson Library, a three-level hub for students of Business, Economics and Education. Here you'll be able to access digital collections of business and economics media, databases, academic journals and other key resources - as well as take advantage of modern facilities including project rooms and eLearning studios. The University of Melbourne has been teaching economics since 1855, and in 2020 is Australia's #1 university for business and management. If you're a Bachelor of Commerce student, you can choose to major in accounting, actuarial studies, economics, finance, management or marketing to become career-ready in just three years. If you're a new graduate, early career professional or someone looking to take the next step in leadership, Melbourne Business School can offer you opportunities to upskill, build on a business undergraduate degree, or gain a business qualification to take your career in a new direction. The student experience extends beyond the classroom, offering opportunities to connect with peers through student societies and case competitions, or to gain real-world experience and start building a professional network through practicum subjects and mentorship programs. You'll be part of a vibrant community of students and academics from all around the globe. In fact, the Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School have over 60 000 alumni from over 100 countries, so you'll join a valuable network of peers from the day you start.
The Spot - Student Lounge
Education
studioFive - Visual Arts Studio
The Faculty of Education is the largest school of arts education specialists in the country, and studioFive is the hub of teaching, learning and research in this field.
studioFive is an award-winning learning space where education students can learn, grow and extend their skills in a purpose-built environment. It is divided into five specialised studios designed for Visual Arts, Music, Drama, Dance and Multimedia. If you're studying a Master of Education or Master of Teaching, you'll undertake classes in this enlightening space.
studioFive is also home to the Melbourne UNESCO Observatory of Arts Education, where we support UNESCO in international knowledge-sharing by providing world-class research, analysis and resources, and advocating for arts in education in the Asia-Pacific region.
studioFive - Drama Studio 505
studioFive - Drama Studio 506
studioFive - Media Studio
studioFive - Study area
studioFive - Student Lounge
Kwong Lee Dow Building
Welcome to the Faculty of Education, ranked in 2021 as Australia's leading university for Education.
Whether you aspire to teach in early childhood, primary or secondary settings, or specialise in arts, mathematics or language education, the Faculty of Education will equip you not just to succeed, but to excel. With direct access to world leading researchers and educators and substantial classroom experience, you will graduate thoroughly prepared for practice.
If you're an undergraduate student considering teaching as a future career, you can take a breadth subject to enrich and complement your studies. If you're a professional looking to upskill or move into leadership, our courses will help you extend your expertise.
Here you’ll be challenged by a diverse and engaged cohort and enjoy contemporary facilities designed to meet your learning and social needs. The collaborative spaces bring people together, the low impact sensory space supports neuro-diversity, and indoor green spaces enable all to recharge and connect with nature.
Education is the profession on which all other professions rest. Your study at the Faculty of Education will be a contribution to the world.
Engineering
Tucker Lab
Welcome to Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, a leading institution in Australia for engineering and IT. Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology educates the innovators of the future, working with industry, government and entrepreneurs to solve real-world challenges. If you're an undergraduate student considering a future career in engineering, choose an engineering systems major in the Bachelor of Science, Design or Biomedicine. If you already hold an undergraduate degree, our Master of Engineering can offer you many career pathways through thirteen specialisations from biomedical, chemical and civil engineering to electrical, mechanical and software engineering. At Melbourne, you'll join a vibrant and diverse engineering and information technology community. We have over 4,000 students from over 100 countries, and our network of nearly 38,000 alumni spans the globe. The strength of our research, teaching and practice is helping to define engineering and IT for the 21st century. Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology works with a range of partners from academia, government and industry to address some of society's critical problems, such as water resource management, infrastructure protection, sustainable energy and targeted drug delivery for cancer treatment. Explore Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology and discover how you can realise your career goals and engineer a more sustainable future.
The Tucker laboratory houses the state-of-the-art high-speed optoelectronics characterisation facility to support a wide range of optical communication and sensing research activities. Facilities such as the Tucker laboratory support our researchers in advancing the frontiers in electronics and photonics, and the development of novel devices and systems to solve real world challenges.
Telstra Creator Space
Telstra Creator Space is an accessible fabrication lab in the Melbourne Connect innovation precinct, where technology and creativity combine to pioneer imaginative solutions.
Here, you can design, build and innovate in a free-flowing, hands-on environment. You’ll learn to use industry-grade equipment through online and face-to-face training, backed by a team of fabrication professionals who are available to support your project from idea to prototype.
Telstra Creator Space offers a unique opportunity to learn, play and come together as a community. It is innovation through collaboration at its finest. Enter the future of creation and see what you can make.
Telstra Creator Space – Workshops
Human Computer Interaction Labs - IxT Lab
The Human Computer Interaction Labs, also known as the X Labs, is an experimentation hub for capturing and analysing data to help students and researchers explore the growing sector of interactive technologies.
There are two main areas: the User Experience Lab for usability testing and interaction research, and the Interactive Technologies Lab, for developing novel interactions.
The User Experience Lab is a specialist laboratory featuring four observation rooms equipped with technology for capturing audio, visual and eye-tracking data to discover real-world user interactions and insights. The rooms can be configured to suit different experiments and are monitored from the central control room.
The Interactive Technologies Lab is a state-of-the-art facility allowing researchers and students to explore, design and develop novel interactions using cutting-edge technologies such as motion-capture, voice assistants, augmented reality, virtual reality and Kinects. It is equipped with an advanced motion capture system called ‘The Rig’ that tracks objects and humans with sub-millimeter accuracy.
The lab has a multitude of co-working spaces, equipment and tools. It also acts as a mini makerspace, with a range of electronic kits and software for designing and building prototypes. The lab is kept up to date with emerging technologies and houses the latest devices and gadgets that redefine user interfaces and experiences.
Human Computer Interaction Labs - UX Lab
Smart Grid Lab
In our Smart Grid lab, we research different types of affordable, reliable and clean energy technologies. The lab consists of Real-Time Digital Simulators, which can mimic the real-time behavior of electricity networks, a control room-style demonstration room for live demonstrations, and high-performance computing units.
CAREN Lab
Our Virtual Reality CAREN lab is the only one of its kind in Australia. CAREN stands for computer assisted rehabilitation environment, and it's where researchers from biomechanics, computer science and neuroscience come together to examine human movement and how to treat and prevent injuries. It can be used for rehabilitation, sports medicine, orthopedics, defence, and neuroscience.
MUR Garage
Welcome to the Melbourne University Racing garage. Each year, our mechanical engineering students can take part in designing, building and testing a race car and enter it into the Formula SAE-Australasian competition. Here in the Racing Car Garage is where our Formula SAE team manufacture and assemble their vehicles - doing everything from engine building to welding and carbon fibre manufacture.
Health
Webs Foyer
Welcome to the Western Edge Biosciences building – or WEBS – a world-class precinct for teaching, research and training for the next generation of bioscientists, veterinarians and medical professionals. It is designed as a cohesive precinct for students from Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and Science within a flexible learning environment. This approach, known as One Health, reflects the growing awareness of the connection between human, animal and environmental health. By bringing scientists from these disciplines together we can tackle major global challenges relating to ecology, evolution, and molecular and cellular biology, such as COVID-19.
The $100 million WEBS building is Australia’s most sophisticated STEMM teaching precinct. Here, you’ll join a community of experts who are considered some of the world’s best. With its cutting-edge facilities, wet and dry laboratories, plus a mixture of formal and informal learning spaces, this is the perfect environment to discover what you’re truly capable of.
Webs Lab 204
Nursing Simulation Labs
It might look like we’re in a hospital ward, but this life-like facility is one of our Nursing Simulation Labs, a highly realistic teaching environment where our nursing and physiotherapy students can hone their clinical skills. The facility is designed to simulate a clinical ward setting in a modern hospital as accurately as possible.
Here, students get hands-on experience and develop skills they’ll need every day in practice. They learn to use equipment such as ECG machines, patient lifters, and intravenous pumps, while practicing their skills on the lab’s high fidelity simulated patients.
Physiotherapy students also use the Nursing Simulation Labs to train in best-practice cardio-respiratory patient care and rehabilitation.
The benefits of a learning environment that so closely resembles the real thing are multi-dimensional, providing students with skill development in a safe environment, preparing them for both clinical placements and their future career.
The Nursing School offers accredited programs for both entry-to-practice and post-graduate specialty study students, tailored to national and international workforce needs. Our graduates leave their studies as competent and effective health professionals who are work-ready and eligible for registration.
Dental Clinic
Here at the Melbourne Dental Clinic, our students gain experience treating patients in all specialties of dentistry. Under supervision from qualified dental professions, patients get the same level of care from our students that they can expect from any fully qualified dental practice. Our Doctor of Dental Surgery is Australia's first professional-entry, master's-level dental degree.
Eye Clinic
Our EyeCare Clinic gives students of the Doctor of Optometry the opportunity to manage real patients under expert supervision. By practicing the highest standard of patient care and using the latest cutting-edge technology, our graduates enter the workforce well-equipped and confident in their expertise. The clinic runs fourteen consulting rooms, including a specialist Pediatric, Contact lens, Glaucoma and Occupational Vision rooms.
EyeCare Lab
Audiology Clinic
Our audiology graduates are highly desirable in the job market, with most gaining employment within three months of graduating. This is in part due to the experience they gain in our audiology clinic treating patients under the supervision of fully qualified clinicians. From hearing and balance assessments to aural rehabilitation for infants and adults, our students gain a wide range of hands-on experience before entering the workforce.
Audiology Lecture Theatre
Physiotherapy Lab
Our Physiotherapy students spend a lot of time here, in the Physiotherapy Lab, developing their skills and knowledge for a career in healthcare. Our master's-level Doctor of Physiotherapy degree is the only one of its kind in Australia. Those who study it with us graduate work-ready, with expertise in chronic disease management, health promotion and prevention, emergency medicine, acute care and private practice.
Brownless Library Medical History Museum
Welcome to the Medical History Museum. This is where our students get the unique opportunity to appreciate and understand the history of medicine and its role in society. It's a hub that stimulates active learning through research, teaching, and dialogue among communities of students, faculty, scholars, alumni, and the wider public. The Medical History Museum is a part of The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, which is ranked #1 in Australia and #14 globally in clinical, pre-clinical and health. We offer over 160 courses covering the breadth of health and biomedicine. As a student, you'll learn from award-winning teachers, researchers and clinicians while studying in one of the world's top five biomedical precincts. The Melbourne Biomedical Precinct nurtures the next generation of outstanding achievers. The University's research centres within the precinct include The Peter Doherty Institute, the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Bio21 Institute and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, among others. Whether you're a Bachelor of Biomedicine student or undertaking one of our many graduate programs, The Medical History Museum is just one of the unique spaces that will help you to understand the history and scholarship of medicine and health sciences, collaborate with your peers, and play your part in leading the fight against current and future health challenges.
Shepparton Medical Centre - Reception
Shepparton Medical Centre - Small Consulting Room
Shepparton Medical Centre - Family Consulting Room
Shepparton Medical Centre - Procedure Room
Shepparton Medical Centre - Student Hub
Department of Rural Health - Foyer
Welcome to the Department of Rural Health, part of the Melbourne Medical School at the University of Melbourne.
From its base in Shepparton, the Department of Rural Health provides professional health education and research training across the Goulburn Valley and northeastern Victoria, encompassing rural training and experience for dental, nursing and allied health students, health promotion, rural research, and Indigenous Health.
A key part of this training is provided through The Rural Clinical School. If you're a Doctor of Medicine student, you'll be able to gain experience in the medical, surgical and emergency departments of rural health services such as Goulburn Valley Health, Northeast Health Wangaratta and Echuca Regional Health, with the support of clinical education facilitators. Small group sizes mean that you'll have valuable opportunities for one-on-one interaction with clinicians, and your rural placements will give you a wide range of experience and diversity in disease and pathology in your patients.
You'll be able to live with other students in the nearby student accommodation, providing you with a supportive home environment while studying.
Your training will be enriched by The Shepparton Medical Centre, a purpose-built, multidisciplinary teaching clinic established in 2010 to increase the quality and capacity of medical education in a rural setting. At the medical centre, you'll be able to access world-class clinical training opportunities as part of your studies.
Department of Rural Health - Lecture Theatre
Department of Rural Health - Reception
Department of Rural Health - Tutorial Room 1
Department of Rural Health - Tutorial Room 2
Department of Rural Health - Conference Room 1
Department of Rural Health - Conference Room 2
Department of Rural Health - Student Lounge
Information Technology & Computer Science
The Tucker Lab
Welcome to Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, a leading institution in Australia for engineering and IT. Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology educates the innovators of the future, working with industry, government and entrepreneurs to solve real-world challenges. If you're an undergraduate student considering a future career in engineering, choose an engineering systems major in the Bachelor of Science, Design or Biomedicine. If you already hold an undergraduate degree, our Master of Engineering can offer you many career pathways through thirteen specialisations from biomedical, chemical and civil engineering to electrical, mechanical and software engineering. At Melbourne, you'll join a vibrant and diverse engineering and information technology community. We have over 4,000 students from over 100 countries, and our network of nearly 38,000 alumni spans the globe. The strength of our research, teaching and practice is helping to define engineering and IT for the 21st century. Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology works with a range of partners from academia, government and industry to address some of society's critical problems, such as water resource management, infrastructure protection, sustainable energy and targeted drug delivery for cancer treatment. Explore Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology and discover how you can realise your career goals and engineer a more sustainable future.
The Tucker laboratory houses the state-of-the-art high-speed optoelectronics characterisation facility to support a wide range of optical communication and sensing research activities. Facilities such as the Tucker laboratory support our researchers in advancing the frontiers in electronics and photonics, and the development of novel devices and systems to solve real world challenges.
Telstra Creator Space
Telstra Creator Space is an accessible fabrication lab in the Melbourne Connect innovation precinct, where technology and creativity combine to pioneer imaginative solutions.
Here, you can design, build and innovate in a free-flowing, hands-on environment. You’ll learn to use industry-grade equipment through online and face-to-face training, backed by a team of fabrication professionals who are available to support your project from idea to prototype.
Telstra Creator Space offers a unique opportunity to learn, play and come together as a community. It is innovation through collaboration at its finest. Enter the future of creation and see what you can make.
Telstra Creator Space - Workshops
Human Computer Interaction Labs - IxT Lab
The Human Computer Interaction Labs, also known as the X Labs, is an experimentation hub for capturing and analysing data to help students and researchers explore the growing sector of interactive technologies.
There are two main areas: the User Experience Lab for usability testing and interaction research, and the Interactive Technologies Lab, for developing novel interactions.
The User Experience Lab is a specialist laboratory featuring four observation rooms equipped with technology for capturing audio, visual and eye-tracking data to discover real-world user interactions and insights. The rooms can be configured to suit different experiments and are monitored from the central control room.
The Interactive Technologies Lab is a state-of-the-art facility allowing researchers and students to explore, design and develop novel interactions using cutting-edge technologies such as motion-capture, voice assistants, augmented reality, virtual reality and Kinects. It is equipped with an advanced motion capture system called ‘The Rig’ that tracks objects and humans with sub-millimeter accuracy.
The lab has a multitude of co-working spaces, equipment and tools. It also acts as a mini makerspace, with a range of electronic kits and software for designing and building prototypes. The lab is kept up to date with emerging technologies and houses the latest devices and gadgets that redefine user interfaces and experiences.
Human Computer Interaction Labs - UX Lab
Law
Melbourne Law School
Welcome to Melbourne Law School. Established in 1857, we are Australia's leading law school. Consistently ranked as the Number 1 law school in Australia and one of the top 10 law schools in the world, we pride ourselves on our world-leading teaching, research and engagement.
Melbourne Law School is a leader and innovator in legal education, and a vibrant place of learning that values ideas, excellence and intellectual exchange.
This is the western foyer of the Melbourne Law School ground floor. The room here is the G01 classroom designed for collaborative learning and is a multi-purpose learning space. The G08 theatre is one of the larger theatres in the law school, which also runs many public lecture events.
Students have the option to study in our different academic programs, including the Melbourne JD, Melbourne Law Masters and Graduate Research Degrees. Undergraduate students can take breadth subjects to explore the challenging world of law, the legal system and legal thinking.
The Law School building is always bustling with members of our diverse and active community of students, expert and award-winning teaching staff, a strong alumni network, dedicated mentors, and visiting scholars from across the globe.
Prime Ministers Alfred Deakin, Robert Menzies, Harold Holt and Julia Gillard, Victorian Premier Rupert Hamer and Chief Justice of Australia Sir Owen Dixon all studied here at Melbourne Law School, acquiring an in-depth understanding of the legal system, as well as developing the skills to become leaders in their fields. It’s a tradition of excellence we continue today. With an education from Melbourne Law School, you may just change the world, too.
Law Library
Welcome to Melbourne Law School. Established in 1857, we are Australia's leading law school. Consistently ranked as the Number 1 law school in Australia and one of the top 10 law schools in the world, we pride ourselves on our world-leading teaching, research and engagement. Melbourne Law School is a leader and innovator in legal education, and a vibrant place of learning that values ideas, excellence and intellectual exchange. As a student at Melbourne Law School, you have the option to study in our different academic programs, which includes the Melbourne JD, Melbourne Law Masters and Graduate Research Degrees. If you're an undergraduate student considering a future career in law, you can take breadth subjects to explore the challenging world of law, the legal system and legal thinking. The Law School building is always bustling with members of our vibrant and active community. This community is made up of our diverse students, expert and award-winning teaching staff, a strong alumni network, dedicated mentors, visiting scholars from across the globe, leading research centres and institutions. Opened in May 2002, it's located on Pelham Street, Carlton, south of University Square. This location means we are just a stone's throw away from some of the most vibrant spots that Melbourne City has to offer, this includes the Queen Victoria Markets, the famous Lygon Street and of course the bustling Melbourne CBD.
The Law Library has one of the best law collections in Australia. Located within the Law School building, the Law Library has an historically rich collection of legal texts including approximately 180 000 printed volumes, 30 000 volumes in microfiche or microfilm.
Moot Court
The 60-seat Moot Court gives Law Students the opportunity to participate in simulated court proceedings, so they can put into practice the skills they've learnt. The Melbourne Law Student SocietyBALL offers a wide range of competitions, including the International Humanitarian Moot, for students to take part in. They're a lot of fun and look great on your resume.
Music, Visual & Performing Arts
The Stables - Art Studios
Welcome to The Stables. Following a multimillion-dollar makeover, the former Victoria Police Mounted Branch stables have been reimagined as a best-in-class facility for learning and creative collaboration at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. Here, you'll find VCA Art students working in their studios and mounting exhibitions, and staff working side by side with the visual artists of the future. You'll also find students training and performing in Dance, Music Theatre, Music and Production. Designed by Kerstin Thompson Architects, and opened in 2019, the visual arts wing features 170 studios and flexible exhibition spaces. The heritage features of the original stables have been retained through the bluestone mounting yards, red brick façade and unique octagonal roof and skylight. In 2019 the Green Building Council of Australia awarded The Stables a 5 Star Green Star Rating, making The Stables the University of Melbourne's first ever ‘As-Built' Green Star certified project. With offices for staff and research students, the Stables and the iconic VCA Art Studios on Dodds Street are the key locations for the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music's end-of-year art exhibitions. The Martyn Myer Arena, launched as part of the Stables redevelopment in 2019, is situated in the former police riding school. It still boasts many of the building's original features as well as state-of-the art technology and a sprung floor for dancing and other physical performances. This 260-seat multipurpose arts wing is used for theatre, dance, music theatre and music.
Kenneth Myer Auditorium (Ian Potter Southbank Centre)
Welcome to our state-of-the-art acoustics space for solo, ensemble and orchestral performances. It was opened in 2019 and can accommodate a 120-piece orchestra and 180 audience members. Passersby can glimpse inside via the pavement level portholes and the 6-meter wide oculus window - one of the largest in the world.
Hanson Dyer Hall
Hanson Dyer Hall is the main performance and lecture space in the newly opened Ian Potter Southbank Centre and is as stunning visually as it is acoustically. It is designed as a flexible performance space that feels intimate with a single performer and small audience, or a full house. The gravity-defying audience section takes music appreciation to new heights, with the cantilevered seating area dramatically suspended over Linear Park below.
Students attend lectures and performances in this space, and you can see how easy it would be to find inspiration in such a captivating environment.
While the Ian Potter Southbank Centre only opened in 2019, it has already hosted many notable musicians including Artistic Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and lead violin, Richard Tognetti, and Brazilian guitarist and composer Yamandu Costa.
Print Workshop – Etching
Now we’re in the Print Workshop, a complex which provides our Fine Arts students with modern facilities to explore and experiment with a wide range of artistic media and technologies.
Combining industry process with expert knowledge, the recently remodeled Print Workshop includes an etching workshop, a lithographic workshop and a screen printing workshop, all of which have been designed with students and their work in mind.
As well as the main workshop spaces, there are also six processing rooms, providing facilities for photographic plate making, plate graining, stone graining, a smoke room for preparing ground etching plates, a corrosive room for etching intaglio plates, and a spray booth for aquatinting and other processes.
While the modern workshops operate at very low toxicity levels, safety features are carefully considered and provided in all areas, with high-efficiency ventilation built into every room. Like many spaces within the University, the Print Workshop is designed with holistic student wellbeing in mind, so you can let your creativity soar.
Print Workshop - Lithography
Print Workshop - Screen Printing
Space 28, performance space
Space 28 is used by our performing arts students and for art exhibitions. Opened in 2004, it's had significant upgrades since, including improved technology and a newly expanded space for teaching Music Theatre. When you graduate with us, you'll be joining a list of alumni that includes television presenter Julia Zemiro, Elizabeth Debicki - from the film, Great Gatsby - and Manali Datar, who was in the Australian production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Film & Television - Studio 1
Studio 1 is used by our Film and Television students for filming, creating visual effects and for lighting and camera workshops. The green screen lets students superimpose their subjects onto any virtual background. They can bring in film sets too - we've seen apartments, kitchens and tunnels in the studio, as well as horses and dogs... and plenty of blood and gore scenes shot here too. The only limit, really, is students' imagination.
Film & Television – Animation Workshop
Welcome to the animation workshop, where you won’t just be following in the footsteps of Oscar-winning animator Adam Elliot, you’ll be drawing the path to your future career as you master a range of animation techniques including charcoal, digital, stop-motion, rotoscoping, visual effects and motion graphics.
Students here also learn critical animation production elements such as screenwriting, storyboarding, character design and expression, editing, sound and music design, and much more.
Science
Tiegs Museum
We're within one of our BioSciences buildings, located along the western corridor of the Parkville campus. Here you'll find plant scientists, geneticists, zoologists and marine biologists studying and working collaboratively. But Science isn't confined to these spaces - our buildings are spread across this campus, and beyond. Graduate horticulture students are situated on our Burnley campus, and graduate forestry students can study subjects out of the city at our rural Creswick campus. The exteriors of our buildings represent the evolution of our University and our city - from the ivy-covered heritage façade of Old Botany, built in 1928, to the modernist style of the McCoy Building from 1977, which connects to the campus via a bridge over Swanston St. Inside, you'll find state-of-the-art wet labs, comfy and creative study spaces, advanced equipment like mass spectrometers, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance machines and quantum microscopes, and specimen collections of everything from fossils to ferns. We need this diversity in our spaces because of the diversity in our discipline. The Bachelor of Science lets you choose from 43 majors and, as you narrow down your choices from biochemistry or physics to environmental science or geography, you'll also find your home in one of our scientific hubs on campus.
The Tiegs Museum is the oldest university museum of zoology in Australia. Here, you'll find specimens that represent the whole animal kingdom, including a giraffe skull, an African lion whole-mount, and the skeleton of an extinct New Zealand moa. We also have a scapula of a replica chimpanzee skeleton signed by Dame Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert in chimpanzees who gave a lecture at the University in 2006.
WEBS Collaborative Learning Space
Welcome to the Western Edge Biosciences building – or WEBS – a world-class precinct for teaching, research and training for the next generation of bioscientists, veterinarians and medical professionals. It is designed as a cohesive precinct for students from Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and Science within a flexible learning environment. This approach, known as One Health, reflects the growing awareness of the connection between human, animal and environmental health. By bringing scientists from these disciplines together we can tackle major global challenges relating to ecology, evolution, and molecular and cellular biology, such as COVID-19.
The $100 million WEBS building is Australia’s most sophisticated STEMM teaching precinct. Here, you’ll join a community of experts who are considered some of the world’s best. With its cutting-edge facilities, wet and dry laboratories, plus a mixture of formal and informal learning spaces, this is the perfect environment to discover what you’re truly capable of.
Green Roof (Burnley)
Welcome to our spectacular green roof at the Burnley Campus, where we've been teaching and researching horticulture for over 120 years. Green roofs have a range of environmental, social and economic benefits. That's why we built ours as a teaching space for urban horticulture students and for research by the pioneering Green Infrastructure Research Group.
McCoy Building
A large Foucault pendulum hangs in the stairwell, here. It demonstrates the Earth's rotation, a fitting installation for the School of Earth Sciences. This is the main point of entry to our building, where we explore climate science, meteorology and geoscience, with a particular emphasis on sustainability and the environment. It's also an informal study space, where students gather before classes in the Fritz Lowe Theatre or labs down the hall.
Veterinary, agricultural and food sciences
WEBS Collaborative Learning Space
Welcome to the Western Edge Biosciences building – or WEBS – a world-class precinct for teaching, research and training for the next generation of bioscientists, veterinarians and medical professionals. It is designed as a cohesive precinct for students from Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and Science within a flexible learning environment. This approach, known as One Health, reflects the growing awareness of the connection between human, animal and environmental health. By bringing scientists from these disciplines together we can tackle major global challenges relating to ecology, evolution, and molecular and cellular biology, such as COVID-19.
The $100 million WEBS building is Australia’s most sophisticated STEMM teaching precinct. Here, you’ll join a community of experts who are considered some of the world’s best. With its cutting-edge facilities, wet and dry laboratories, plus a mixture of formal and informal learning spaces, this is the perfect environment to discover what you’re truly capable of.
WEBS B1
WEBS L1 Foyer
WEBS L2 Foyer
WEBS Garden
WEBS Classroom
J.A. Gilruth Library
The J.A. Gilruth Library supports teaching, learning and research in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, the wider University of Melbourne community and members of the veterinary profession. It was recently redesigned and now has 94 study spaces, including a project rooms, and collaborative learning spaces.
Werribee Common Spaces
The Melbourne Veterinary School building is brand new and designed to give our veterinary students a world-leading learning and teaching environment. It's located adjacent to the U-Vet Werribee Animal Hospital, one of the leading veterinary hospitals in the country. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students learn at our clinical campus and at U-Vet Animal Hospital, giving them hands-on experience to a wide range of real cases so they graduate as skilled and competent clinicians.
Room 203 is a ‘flipped classroom' environment, a contemporary approach to teaching that allows our students to be active learners, working interactively and collaboratively. Students learn the theory on their own then, under the supervision of lecturers and tutors, work as teams here to solve problems, such as veterinary case studies.
Werribee Clinical Skills Lab
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students are ready to practice the day they graduate, as they spend the final two years of their degree building competency in clinical and professional skills, case management and clinical reasoning. This mock consultation room, for example, is where students develop communication skills by working with animals and their owners through role play in a simulated, safe learning environment under the supervision of veterinary experts.
Werribee Surgical Lab
We're in the anaesthesia induction room, where animals are anaesthetised by veterinary students under expert supervision. Animals are only operated on when it's necessary. The most common procedure is neutering, so animals can be rehomed. A high standard of hygiene is essential to avoid complications, so students undergo a surgical scrub in the green room and wear full surgical scrubs and gowns before beginning any procedure.
Surgical skills are an important part of veterinary practice. Students conduct neutering surgeries in their third year of study so they can build their surgical skills in a controlled surgical environment before carrying out surgeries in veterinary practices and in the U-Vet hospital during their final year of study. Once animals are anaesthetised and intubated in the prep room, they're moved into the Surgery Teaching Theatre and onto an operating table. Students are taught by and operate under the supervision of specialist veterinary surgeons. Each surgical station can be projected to the screen at the end of the room, so students can learn from each other.
Werribee Wet Labs
In this lab, veterinary students learn pathology and anatomy from preserved specimens and ethically sourced animals. The health and safety of students is paramount; those white hoods are for advanced air handling, giving students clean and safe air to breathe. Lecturers can project any of the tables onto the screen, so students can learn from what others are doing or get a clear view of interesting examples without having to crowd around a table.
Dookie - Swinburne Hall
Welcome to the University of Melbourne's Dookie agricultural campus! At 2,440 hectares, Dookie is the largest agricultural education campus in the southern hemisphere. Along with its student and staff community, it is home to around 7000 merinos, a robotic dairy, canola and wheat crops, an orchard, a winery and a variety of research in sustainable agriculture and applications of technology in farming. It also has fantastic natural environmental features including Mount Major and a bushland reserve, and the Goulburn Broken Indigenous Seedbank. Students in the Bachelor of Agriculture and other degrees come to Dookie to get a first-hand experience of agriculture, grow their industry knowledge and build academic ability.
Swinburne Hall is a centrally located teaching and study space, combining modern fittings and teaching practices with its welcoming period architecture. Throughout its history, Swinburne Hall has been the Dookie dining room, library, and after renovations in 2017, is a modern teaching and study space, designed to enable collaborative learning where students work together and with staff to solve problems and learn from both their teachers and each other. While the biggest appeal of Dookie to students is as a real farm and agricultural research campus where students can see the science of agriculture in action, Swinburne Hall combines modern fittings and teaching practices with its heritage of agricultural education stretching back to 1886.
Dookie - "A" Dorm
Dookie - C Lecture Theatre
Dookie - Museum
Dookie campus is part of the lands of the Yorta Yorta, but also to the near south, the Tuangwurrung of the Kulin peoples. Its history as an agricultural college stretches back to 1886.
Dookie - Common Room
Dookie - Dining Room
Dookie - Lounge
Dookie - Winery
Every year, students come to Dookie to study winemaking and craft brewing in the Dookie winery, even making their own vintage or small batch craft beer varieties. These activities are a great opportunity to learn about the scientific processes that drive these industries, with the satisfaction of creating a real product - from harvest to developing a label.
Food and Nutrition - Teaching and Research
The Food and Nutrition Building provides modern teaching and research laboratories designed specifically for food microbiology and chemistry, nutrition and food processing.
In this collaborative environment students learn about food production and health, how to process food for optimal safety and quality, and how to package food to maintain its freshness and minimise waste.
Your studies here will incorporate elements of chemistry, physics, engineering and nutrition to work towards a safe, healthy, and nutritious food supply for people everywhere.
Students can complete a major in Human Nutrition as part of their Science or Biomedicine degree.
Did you know you can also study craft brewing and winemaking at the University of Melbourne? The Food and Nutrition building is equipped with excellent facilities for students to learn to make quality beverages.
Food and Nutrition - Food and Nutritional Sciences Lab
Food and Nutrition - L2
Glasshouse 161, Parkville
The Glasshouse Complex is located above the Zoology Building at our Parkville campus. Here, BioScience, Agriculture and PhD students get a deeper look at the fascinating inner world of plant life. There are nine glasshouses within the complex, as well as growth rooms and cabinets with variable light, heat and humidity that provide carefully controlled environments for plant propagation and experimentation.
Reflecting the critical importance of flora in the ecosystem and the interplay of health and environment, two of the glasshouses within the complex are classed as Physical Containment 1 and are used for plant pathology experiments.
Glasshouse 166, Parkville
Food Sensory Lab - Testing stations
The University of Melbourne’s sensory lab provides invaluable food and beverage testing data to researchers and businesses developing new foods and recipes.
The lab uses biometric data gathering to track test subjects’ unconscious responses to food, including their body temperature, heart rate and micro-expressions. The data is processed in machine learning algorithms to provide researchers with a more objective measurement of people’s enjoyment of food.
Behind the stations is a commercial kitchen so food and beverages can be prepared and stored in ideal conditions.
Campuses
Burnley
We're within one of our BioSciences buildings, located along the western corridor of the Parkville campus. Here you'll find plant scientists, geneticists, zoologists and marine biologists studying and working collaboratively. But Science isn't confined to these spaces - our buildings are spread across this campus, and beyond. Graduate horticulture students are situated on our Burnley campus, and graduate forestry students can study subjects out of the city at our rural Creswick campus. The exteriors of our buildings represent the evolution of our University and our city - from the ivy-covered heritage façade of Old Botany, built in 1928, to the modernist style of the McCoy Building from 1977, which connects to the campus via a bridge over Swanston St. Inside, you'll find state-of-the-art wet labs, comfy and creative study spaces, advanced equipment like mass spectrometers, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance machines and quantum microscopes, and specimen collections of everything from fossils to ferns. We need this diversity in our spaces because of the diversity in our discipline. The Bachelor of Science lets you choose from 43 majors and, as you narrow down your choices from biochemistry or physics to environmental science or geography, you'll also find your home in one of our scientific hubs on campus.
Creswick
Parkville
Old Quad
Our iconic Old Quad is the oldest building at the Parkville campus. Some say it looks like Melbourne's version of Hogwarts, with its Tudor Gothic style, iconic archways and a bold architecture presence. It was the original home for the University's first professors and was the first teaching site on campus. Used by several faculties over the years, today Old Quad is a cultural and community space for art galleries, cultural collection displays and special events.
Melbourne Connect - The Superfloor
Melbourne Connect is a purpose-built innovation precinct that brings together researchers, startups, industry, students, artists and the one-of-a-kind Science Gallery Melbourne. It is a digital and data powerhouse focused on helping to shape the future of technology and industry.
At the heart of this extraordinary precinct is the Superfloor, an expansive meeting and event space designed to create an immersive environment to explore new ideas, showcase work and to collaborate with leading minds in innovation. Here, you can engage with the vibrant activation program, featuring a range of events from hackathons to exhibits, entrepreneurial expos, pitch nights and more. The Superfloor café is always buzzing and is a great place to meet.
The Launch Pad showcases a central open plan area to facilitate ideation and knowledge sharing between the precinct partner community, the University, guests and the business sector. A dynamic space used for creating, prototyping, pitching and testing, it is the hotspot of the Superfloor.
Melbourne Connect is home to the Melbourne Accelerator Program, which is where some of Australia’s most exciting startups, including Nura, Phoria, Carbar, Smileyscope and Acusensus have found their feet.
Creating a collaborative space that has an open dialogue with industry gives students the opportunity to observe the evolution of emerging technologies.
Melbourne Connect - Womin-djerring
The site of Melbourne Connect was a place of significance for the local Wurundjeri people. To reflect this history, an open-air oculus known as womin-djerring, which means ‘come together’ in the Woi Wurrung language, sits in the centre. It is surrounded by laneways that connect the public to the precinct, each named to reflect the area’s ties to the First Nations People who inhabited these lands.
You can wander through tongerambi kalk Way – meaning birthing tree; ngang-gak djerring Walk – meaning listening together; yagila-djerring Walk – meaning learning or searching together; and toom-djerring Walk, which means speaking together.
Science Gallery
The Science Gallery at Melbourne Connect is the first and only Australian node in the internationally acclaimed Science Gallery Network, the world’s only university network dedicated to bringing art, science and people together. Science Gallery Melbourne aims to ignite passion and curiosity for new ideas and areas of study in young adults and teenagers, to help them thrive in the knowledge economy.
The gallery is designed to capture the imagination of the next generation and demonstrate the importance of their contribution to the world. It is always free to visit. You can access and learn from the exhibitions, artists and experts as part of your studies in any of the University’s STEM and creative disciplines.
The site of the Science Gallery building was the place for ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal for the Wurundjeri peoples, and Science Gallery Melbourne aims to centre and highlight First Nations People in all of its programs, exhibitions and events.
The award-winning entrance to Science Gallery Melbourne features 226 phone-sized and touch-enabled screens, rendering the building façade an ever-changing canvas for digital media.
Stop 1 – Student Support
At Stop 1, the name says it all. Every question you have during your studies can be asked and answered right here, at our central student services hub. Stop 1 is named for its convenient location at one of the main entrances to the University, and for the Number 1 Swanston Street tram stop on our doorstep.
Need a new student card? Print one at the kiosk. Need help with course enrolment? Our friendly staff members can help. Got a student visa query? We’ll connect you with the right information. Stop 1 can connect you with the full range of student services to support your success while studying.
Students can also access a wide range of workshops, covering everything from studying abroad to academic skills, and even wellbeing. These workshops are designed to provide students with valuable tools and information to help you achieve your full potential.
Stop 1 is also the home of our Careers and Employability Studio, where you can book a one-on-one appointment with a career adviser for guidance in finding your path.
Your first stop is here; your next stop is the world.
Southbank
The Stables - Art Studios
Welcome to The Stables. Following a multimillion-dollar makeover, the former Victoria Police Mounted Branch stables have been reimagined as a best-in-class facility for learning and creative collaboration at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. Here, you'll find VCA Art students working in their studios and mounting exhibitions, and staff working side by side with the visual artists of the future. You'll also find students training and performing in Dance, Music Theatre, Music and Production. Designed by Kerstin Thompson Architects, and opened in 2019, the visual arts wing features 170 studios and flexible exhibition spaces. The heritage features of the original stables have been retained through the bluestone mounting yards, red brick façade and unique octagonal roof and skylight. In 2019 the Green Building Council of Australia awarded The Stables a 5 Star Green Star Rating, making The Stables the University of Melbourne's first ever ‘As-Built' Green Star certified project. With offices for staff and research students, the Stables and the iconic VCA Art Studios on Dodds Street are the key locations for the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music's end-of-year art exhibitions. The Martyn Myer Arena, launched as part of the Stables redevelopment in 2019, is situated in the former police riding school. It still boasts many of the building's original features as well as state-of-the art technology and a sprung floor for dancing and other physical performances. This 260-seat multipurpose arts wing is used for theatre, dance, music theatre and music.
Buxton Contemporary
Visit Buxton Contemporary and you’ll both see and feel the power of public support behind the University of Melbourne’s Fine Arts community. More than just a world-class art gallery, Buxton Contemporary empowers and showcases Australian artists at all stages of their careers.
The gallery was built through the generosity of Michael and Janet Buxton, who donated their collection of over 350 major Australian artworks to the University of Melbourne in 2014, along with funds to build an exceptional space to house them.
This landmark gift allows the University of Melbourne to inspire and support our Fine Art students through exhibitions, performance, research, teaching and publishing, amongst the backdrop of one of the world’s most important collections of contemporary Australian art.
Admission to Buxton Contemporary is always free. Wander the space and soak in the art on display, be inspired, and know that as a student here, extraordinary things are possible.
Kenneth Myer Auditorium (Ian Potter Southbank Centre)
Welcome to our state-of-the-art acoustics space for solo, ensemble and orchestral performances. It was opened in 2019 and can accommodate a 120-piece orchestra and 180 audience members. Passersby can glimpse inside via the pavement level portholes and the 6-meter wide oculus window - one of the largest in the world.
Hanson Dyer Hall
Hanson Dyer Hall is the main performance and lecture space in the newly opened Ian Potter Southbank Centre and is as stunning visually as it is acoustically. It is designed as a flexible performance space that feels intimate with a single performer and small audience, or a full house. The gravity-defying audience section takes music appreciation to new heights, with the cantilevered seating area dramatically suspended over Linear Park below.
Students attend lectures and performances in this space, and you can see how easy it would be to find inspiration in such a captivating environment.
While the Ian Potter Southbank Centre only opened in 2019, it has already hosted many notable musicians including Artistic Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and lead violin, Richard Tognetti, and Brazilian guitarist and composer Yamandu Costa.
Film & Television - Studio 1
Studio 1 is used by our Film and Television students for filming, creating visual effects and for lighting and camera workshops. The green screen lets students superimpose their subjects onto any virtual background. They can bring in film sets too - we've seen apartments, kitchens and tunnels in the studio, as well as horses and dogs... and plenty of blood and gore scenes shot here too. The only limit, really, is students' imagination.
Shepparton
Welcome to the Department of Rural Health, part of the Melbourne Medical School at the University of Melbourne. From its base in Shepparton, the Department of Rural Health provides professional health education and research training across the Goulburn Valley and northeastern Victoria, encompassing rural training and experience for dental, nursing and allied health students, health promotion, rural research, and Indigenous Health. A key part of this training is provided through The Rural Clinical School. If you're a Doctor of Medicine student, you'll be able to gain experience in the medical, surgical and emergency departments of rural health services such as Goulburn Valley Health, Northeast Health Wangaratta and Echuca Regional Health, with the support of clinical education facilitators. Small group sizes mean that you'll have valuable opportunities for one-on-one interaction with clinicians, and your rural placements will give you a wide range of experience and diversity in disease and pathology in your patients. You'll be able to live with other students in the nearby student accommodation, providing you with a supportive home environment while studying. Your training will be enriched by The Shepparton Medical Centre, a purpose-built, multidisciplinary teaching clinic established in 2010 to increase the quality and capacity of medical education in a rural setting. At the medical centre, you'll be able to access world-class clinical training opportunities as part of your studies.
Werribee
Werribee - Clinical Lab
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students are ready to practice the day they graduate, as they spend the final two years of their degree building competency in clinical and professional skills, case management and clinical reasoning. This mock consultation room, for example, is where students develop communication skills by working with animals and their owners through role play in a simulated, safe learning environment under the supervision of veterinary experts.
Werribee - Collaborative Learning Space
The Melbourne Veterinary School building is brand new and designed to give our veterinary students a world-leading learning and teaching environment. It's located adjacent to the U-Vet Werribee Animal Hospital, one of the leading veterinary hospitals in the country. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students learn at our clinical campus and at U-Vet Animal Hospital, giving them hands-on experience to a wide range of real cases so they graduate as skilled and competent clinicians.
Room 203 is a ‘flipped classroom' environment, a contemporary approach to teaching that allows our students to be active learners, working interactively and collaboratively. Students learn the theory on their own then, under the supervision of lecturers and tutors, work as teams here to solve problems, such as veterinary case studies.
Werribee - Surgical Lab
We're in the anaesthesia induction room, where animals are anaesthetised by veterinary students under expert supervision. Animals are only operated on when it's necessary. The most common procedure is neutering, so animals can be rehomed. A high standard of hygiene is essential to avoid complications, so students undergo a surgical scrub in the green room and wear full surgical scrubs and gowns before beginning any procedure.
Surgical skills are an important part of veterinary practice. Students conduct neutering surgeries in their third year of study so they can build their surgical skills in a controlled surgical environment before carrying out surgeries in veterinary practices and in the U-Vet hospital during their final year of study. Once animals are anaesthetised and intubated in the prep room, they're moved into the Surgery Teaching Theatre and onto an operating table. Students are taught by and operate under the supervision of specialist veterinary surgeons. Each surgical station can be projected to the screen at the end of the room, so students can learn from each other.
Werribee - Wet Labs
In this lab, veterinary students learn pathology and anatomy from preserved specimens and ethically sourced animals. The health and safety of students is paramount; those white hoods are for advanced air handling, giving students clean and safe air to breathe. Lecturers can project any of the tables onto the screen, so students can learn from what others are doing or get a clear view of interesting examples without having to crowd around a table.
Campus Life & Culture
Libraries
Baillieu Library
The Baillieu Library is the University's largest discipline library and is central to teaching, learning and research in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It houses the University's special collections, rare books, music, prints; and includes modern, flexible study spaces, bookable computers, project rooms, study booths, and self-serve recording pods.
J.A. Gilruth Library
The J.A. Gilruth Library supports teaching, learning and research in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, the wider University of Melbourne community and members of the veterinary profession. It was recently redesigned and now has 94 study spaces, including a project rooms, and collaborative learning spaces.
Giblin Eunson Library
Our three-level Giblin Euson library is for students of Business, Economics and Education. Students can access digital collections of business and economic s media, databases and academic journals; subject guides curated by librarians; and key resources; as well as our modern facilities including project rooms, and research consultation and eLearning studios.
Museums & Collections
Science Gallery
The Science Gallery at Melbourne Connect is the first and only Australian node in the internationally acclaimed Science Gallery Network, the world’s only university network dedicated to bringing art, science and people together. Science Gallery Melbourne aims to ignite passion and curiosity for new ideas and areas of study in young adults and teenagers, to help them thrive in the knowledge economy.
The gallery is designed to capture the imagination of the next generation and demonstrate the importance of their contribution to the world. It is always free to visit. You can access and learn from the exhibitions, artists and experts as part of your studies in any of the University’s STEM and creative disciplines.
The site of the Science Gallery building was the place for ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal for the Wurundjeri peoples, and Science Gallery Melbourne aims to centre and highlight First Nations People in all of its programs, exhibitions and events.
The award-winning entrance to Science Gallery Melbourne features 226 phone-sized and touch-enabled screens, rendering the building façade an ever-changing canvas for digital media.
Buxton Contemporary 2021
Visit Buxton Contemporary and you’ll both see and feel the power of public support behind the University of Melbourne’s Fine Arts community. More than just a world-class art gallery, Buxton Contemporary empowers and showcases Australian artists at all stages of their careers.
The gallery was built through the generosity of Michael and Janet Buxton, who donated their collection of over 350 major Australian artworks to the University of Melbourne in 2014, along with funds to build an exceptional space to house them.
This landmark gift allows the University of Melbourne to inspire and support our Fine Art students through exhibitions, performance, research, teaching and publishing, amongst the backdrop of one of the world’s most important collections of contemporary Australian art.
Admission to Buxton Contemporary is always free. Wander the space and soak in the art on display, be inspired, and know that as a student here, extraordinary things are possible.
Buxton Contemporary 2020
Located in the heart of Melbourne's art precinct, Buxton Contemporary is used for exhibitions, performance, research, teaching and publishing. It's home to our Michael Buxton Collection, which includes work by Howard Arkley, Ricky Swallow, Bill Henson, Tracey Moffat and Emily Floyd. It's regarded as one of the most significant contemporary Australian art collections in the world.
Sir Joseph Burke Gallery
From rare Indigenous bark paintings to portraits by Archibald Prize winner Nicholas Harding, the Sir Joseph Burke Gallery showcases artwork from its collection as well as curated exhibitions. It's part of Trinity College, which is committed to providing a rich and stimulating cultural environment for students to live and study.
Grainger Museum
Explore our fascinating collection of art, photographs, costumes, music scores and instruments acquired by the twentieth century musical icon, Percy Grainger. Grainger opened this museum in 1938 to celebrate and showcase the process of musical composition. It continues to be used today for teaching, learning and research by our academics and students.
Brownless Library Medical History Museum
Explore the history of medicine and its role in society here, in our Medical History Museum, Among this fascinating collection, you'll find objects of curiosity like our amputation and snake bit kit. The museum stimulates active learning about the history of medicine through research, teaching, and dialogue between our students and academics.
Tiegs Museum
Welcome to the oldest university museum of zoology in Australia. Here, you'll find specimens that represent the whole animal kingdom, including a giraffe skull, an African lion whole-mount, and the skeleton of an extinct New Zealand moa. We also have a scapula of a replica chimpanzee skeleton signed by Dame Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert in chimpanzees who gave a lecture at the University in 2006.
Points of Interest
Clock Tower
We're inside what is probably the most photographed landmark at our Parkville campus, the Clock Tower. Five levels high, the Old Arts Clock Tower contains the foundation stone of the Old Arts building, which was laid in 1921. Rumour has it, back in the 1930s when families still lived on campus, a bunch of rebellious students made the clock toll 466 times from 6.30am. Can you imagine the trouble they got in? Not surprisingly, this room is usually closed off to students and the public.
Old Quadrangle
Our iconic Old Quad is the oldest building at the Parkville campus. Some say it looks like Melbourne's version of Hogwarts, with its Tudor Gothic style, iconic archways and a bold architecture presence. It was the original home for the University's first professors and was the first teaching site on campus. Used by several faculties over the years, today Old Quad is a cultural and community space for art galleries, cultural collection displays and special events.
University Hall
University Hall is a new events space, launched in 2019 after extensive heritage restoration. It's used for the Vice Chancellor's annual address, as well as programs run by Faculties and the University Committee. As you look around, you'll see items from the University's cultural collections on display, such as prints from Professor McCoy's Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria and two copies of his publication.
Wilson Hall
Wilson Hall is where your exams and graduation ceremony will take place. With its grand architecture and large seating capacity, it's the University's premier place for events so you might come here for job fairs, career advice days and academic conferences too. Originally built in gothic style in 1882, Wilson Hall was destroyed by fire in 1952 and rebuilt in the modernist form you see today.
Melba Hall
Melba Hall has the finest acoustics for chamber music in all of Melbourne. It's a much sought-after venue for solo recitals and professional recordings and is a superb performance space for our students. It was opened in 1913 and is named after the great opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, who was instrumental in raising funds for the hall - and who taught singing with us at one point too.
Japanese Room
The Japanese Room is a contemporary interpretation of traditional Japanese interior design, conceived by staff member Professor Shigeru Yura in 1963. It reflects the Faulty of Architecture, Building and Planning's long-standing connection with Asia. Located on the top floor of the Melbourne School of Design building, it's used for meetings and tutorials and opens out to superb views of the campus.
Sports & Lifestyle
Beaurepaire Centre Gym and Pool
Staffed by qualified fitness instructors, our strength and fitness gym offers state-of-the-art cardio, strength and functional training equipment to accommodate the beginner through to elite athletes. Also located within the Beaurepaire Centre is our indoor heated 25m swimming pool, perfect for casual swimming, learning water safety and more.
West & East Stadium
Enjoy our range of stadiums, indoor and outdoor courts to play a match of tennis, squash, badminton, basketball, netball or futsal with your friends. Want to join a club? We have over 45 sporting clubs you can join - from football to fencing, karate to quidditch, we also have several teams that represent the University in intervarsity competition.
Lazer Room
Join us for an hour of power at one of our group fitness classes. There's over 20 to choose from, including HIIT, BodyPump or Pilates. If you're keen to meet like-minded people, we have specific programs for LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous Australians, women who want to build muscle. We even have an Alpine Lodge at Mt Buller you can stay in during the ski season if you're a snow sports enthusiast.
Melbourne Connect
The Superfloor
Melbourne Connect is a purpose-built innovation precinct that brings together researchers, startups, industry, students, artists and the one-of-a-kind Science Gallery Melbourne. It is a digital and data powerhouse focused on helping to shape the future of technology and industry.
At the heart of this extraordinary precinct is the Superfloor, an expansive meeting and event space designed to create an immersive environment to explore new ideas, showcase work and to collaborate with leading minds in innovation. Here, you can engage with the vibrant activation program, featuring a range of events from hackathons to exhibits, entrepreneurial expos, pitch nights and more. The Superfloor café is always buzzing and is a great place to meet.
The Launch Pad showcases a central open plan area to facilitate ideation and knowledge sharing between the precinct partner community, the University, guests and the business sector. A dynamic space used for creating, prototyping, pitching and testing, it is the hotspot of the Superfloor.
Melbourne Connect is home to the Melbourne Accelerator Program, which is where some of Australia’s most exciting startups, including Nura, Phoria, Carbar, Smileyscope and Acusensus have found their feet.
Creating a collaborative space that has an open dialogue with industry gives students the opportunity to observe the evolution of emerging technologies.
Womin-djerring
The site of Melbourne Connect was a place of significance for the local Wurundjeri people. To reflect this history, an open-air oculus known as womin-djerring, which means ‘come together’ in the Woi Wurrung language, sits in the centre. It is surrounded by laneways that connect the public to the precinct, each named to reflect the area’s ties to the First Nations People who inhabited these lands.
You can wander through tongerambi kalk Way – meaning birthing tree; ngang-gak djerring Walk – meaning listening together; yagila-djerring Walk – meaning learning or searching together; and toom-djerring Walk, which means speaking together.
The Forum
The Forum is located on the Superfloor at Melbourne Connect. Make your way up the stairs to the Mezzanine level and you’ll discover this highly versatile space which can transform from a lecture setting to a dining function room, or be split into three smaller spaces. The Forum looks into Science Gallery Melbourne’s atrium gallery, providing guests with a unique view of the gallery’s art and cultural installations.
Students will have the opportunity to attend events in this space, perhaps rubbing shoulders with notable guests such as Lord Mayor Sally Cap, who appeared on a panel at the very first event hosted here.
The Studio
A light-filled space perfect for workshops and group activities, the Studio is a lively area within the Melbourne Connect innovation precinct. It makes a perfect creative nucleus for project work and the space is often buzzing. Poke your head in as you go past and there’s sure to be an event happening.
STEM Centre
Telstra Creator Space
Telstra Creator Space is an accessible fabrication lab in the Melbourne Connect innovation precinct, where technology and creativity combine to pioneer imaginative solutions.
Here, you can design, build and innovate in a free-flowing, hands-on environment. You’ll learn to use industry-grade equipment through online and face-to-face training, backed by a team of fabrication professionals who are available to support your project from idea to prototype.
Telstra Creator Space offers a unique opportunity to learn, play and come together as a community. It is innovation through collaboration at its finest. Enter the future of creation and see what you can make.
Telstra Creator Space - Workshops
Human Computer Interaction Labs - IxT Lab
The Human Computer Interaction Labs, also known as the X Labs, is an experimentation hub for capturing and analysing data to help students and researchers explore the growing sector of interactive technologies.
There are two main areas: the User Experience Lab for usability testing and interaction research, and the Interactive Technologies Lab, for developing novel interactions.
The User Experience Lab is a specialist laboratory featuring four observation rooms equipped with technology for capturing audio, visual and eye-tracking data to discover real-world user interactions and insights. The rooms can be configured to suit different experiments and are monitored from the central control room.
The Interactive Technologies Lab is a state-of-the-art facility allowing researchers and students to explore, design and develop novel interactions using cutting-edge technologies such as motion-capture, voice assistants, augmented reality, virtual reality and Kinects. It is equipped with an advanced motion capture system called ‘The Rig’ that tracks objects and humans with sub-millimeter accuracy.
The lab has a multitude of co-working spaces, equipment and tools. It also acts as a mini makerspace, with a range of electronic kits and software for designing and building prototypes. The lab is kept up to date with emerging technologies and houses the latest devices and gadgets that redefine user interfaces and experiences.
Human Computer Interaction Labs - UX Lab
Science Gallery
The Science Gallery at Melbourne Connect is the first and only Australian node in the internationally acclaimed Science Gallery Network, the world’s only university network dedicated to bringing art, science and people together. Science Gallery Melbourne aims to ignite passion and curiosity for new ideas and areas of study in young adults and teenagers, to help them thrive in the knowledge economy.
The gallery is designed to capture the imagination of the next generation and demonstrate the importance of their contribution to the world. It is always free to visit. You can access and learn from the exhibitions, artists and experts as part of your studies in any of the University’s STEM and creative disciplines.
The site of the Science Gallery building was the place for ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal for the Wurundjeri peoples, and Science Gallery Melbourne aims to centre and highlight First Nations People in all of its programs, exhibitions and events.
The award-winning entrance to Science Gallery Melbourne features 226 phone-sized and touch-enabled screens, rendering the building façade an ever-changing canvas for digital media.
Student Support
Stop 1 - Pods
At Stop 1, the name says it all. Every question you have during your studies can be asked and answered right here, at our central student services hub. Stop 1 is named for its convenient location at one of the main entrances to the University, and for the Number 1 Swanston Street tram stop on our doorstep.
Need a new student card? Print one at the kiosk. Need help with course enrolment? Our friendly staff members can help. Got a student visa query? We’ll connect you with the right information. Stop 1 can connect you with the full range of student services to support your success while studying.
Students can also access a wide range of workshops, covering everything from studying abroad to academic skills, and even wellbeing. These workshops are designed to provide students with valuable tools and information to help you achieve your full potential.
Stop 1 is also the home of our Careers and Employability Studio, where you can book a one-on-one appointment with a career adviser for guidance in finding your path.
Your first stop is here; your next stop is the world.
Stop 1 - Student Services
Stop 1 - Study Area
Stop 1 - Meeting Room
Accommodation
Lisa Bellear House (Parkville)
Welcome to Lisa Bellear House, where students can enjoy apartment-style living surrounded by leafy parklands and within walking distance of our Parkville Campus. The tram line directly outside the front door is ready to take you into Melbourne’s city center or to the buzzing district of Brunswick in minutes.
There are a variety of living options available, from studios to shared apartments. The facilities are modern, with plenty of common areas, a rooftop terrace, basketball court, study spaces and a gym. There’s even a music room, complete with a baby grand piano.
As a resident of Lisa Bellear House you have access to our Residential Life Program that complements your university experience. The program includes being part of a vibrant community of like-minded students, academic support, and a range of activities and social events to further enrich your time at the University.
Residential Colleges
College is much more than a place to call home. It's a vibrant student community where you will form friendships and lifelong support networks. You'll get your own furnished room and all meals provided. You'll gain access to extensive wellbeing and academic support programs, live alongside expert tutors and staff, and take part in a calendar full of intercollegiate social, cultural, sporting and leadership opportunities. Our Residential Colleges have 140 years or rich heritage. They range in size from 80-400 students, and each has its own unique community spirit and scholarship program. And you can't beat the location. All Colleges are walking distance to the University of Melbourne. Find out which one is best suited to you.
UniLodge Lincoln House (Parkville)
The Lofts at Melbourne Connect
The Lofts at Melbourne Connect is everything you’d expect and more from apartment living in the heart of the new purpose-built innovation precinct, Melbourne Connect. Our newest graduate accommodation offers you an affordable and sustainable home amongst some of the highest calibre researchers, entrepreneurs and thinkers.
Situated meters from our Parkville campus, The Lofts backs onto Melbourne’s popular food and shopping destination – Lygon Street. Enjoy endless opportunities to network and collaborate with your fellow graduates, whether on campus or over the best coffee Melbourne has to offer.
The precinct is designed to achieve a 5-star NABERS energy rating, as well as a 6-star Green Star Design rating. Sustainability initiatives include electric vehicle charging and rooftop solar panels.
Included as part of your stay at The Lofts, you will also have access to the university’s Residential Life Program to help enrich your graduate study experience. You will also have access to support services such as the alumni career skills and employability program, to help elevate your career once you’ve finished your studies.
The Lofts at Melbourne Connect provides innovative living for forward-thinking graduate students.
Little Hall
Little Hall is a world-class hall of residence, offering an unmatched lifestyle that is the first of its kind in Australia. Offering a modern take on a college experience, Little Hall features impressive furnished rooms, abundant shared facilities, and a first-rate academic and enrichment program.
Opened in 2021, Little Hall is perfectly located in Carlton, between the heart of Melbourne and our Parkville Campus, right next door to Lincoln Square.
One of the best parts of student life is getting to know other students and immersing yourself in the vibrant social and academic culture. At Little Hall, you’ll live with like-minded students from all over the world who share your enthusiasm for study and for life.
Little Hall accepts applications for residency from all University of Melbourne students. Little Hall also hosts recipients of the prestigious Hansen Scholarship, which provides financial support and free accommodation to high achieving students.