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{{Short description|Public university in Melbourne, Australia}}
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 | name                   = The University of Melbourne<!--This is according to the University of Melbourne Act 2009, please do not modify unless updated by Act of Parliament of Victoria or legislation at a federal level.-->
 | latin_name             = Universitas Melburniensis<ref>{{Cite book |title=Records of The Tercentenary Festival of Dublin University |date=1894 |publisher=[[Hodges Figgis|Hodges, Figgis & Co.]] |year= |isbn=9781355361602 |publication-place=[[Dublin]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Ireland]] |page=174 |language=en-IE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Record of the Jubilee Celebrations of the University of Sydney |date=1903 |publisher=William Brooks and Co. |isbn=9781112213304 |publication-place=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]] |page=136 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=Peter John |author-link=Peter John Anderson |title=Record of the Celebration of the Quatercentenary of the University of Aberdeen: From 25th to 28th September, 1906 |date=1907 |publisher=Aberdeen University Press ([[University of Aberdeen]]) |isbn=9781363625079 |publication-place=[[Aberdeen]], [[United Kingdom]] |language=en-GB |asin=B001PK7B5G}}</ref>
 | other_name             = Melbourne University<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?keyword=%22Melbourne+University%22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817063733/https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?keyword=%22Melbourne+University%22 |archive-date=17 August 2024 |access-date=17 August 2024 |website=[[Trove]] |publisher=[[National Library of Australia]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref>
 | motto                  = {{langx|la|Postera Crescam Laude}}<ref name="Motto">{{Cite web |date=20 June 2022 |title=From Horace to the digital age |url=https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/3010/from-horace-to-the-digital-age/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107204505/https://mag.alumni.unimelb.edu.au/from-horace-to-the-digital-age/ |archive-date=7 January 2024 |access-date=2 November 2024 |website=3010 |publisher=The University of Melbourne |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref>
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 | mottoeng               = "I shall grow in the esteem of future generations"<ref name="Motto" />
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 | established            = {{start date and age|df=yes|1853|01|22}}<ref name="Establishment">{{cite web |last=Roberts |first=John |date=20 December 2017 |title=Key 1: The University Act and Royal Assent 1853 |url=https://library.unimelb.edu.au/asc/collections/archives/resources/research-guides/keys-to-the-past/keys/key-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107204505/https://library.unimelb.edu.au/asc/collections/archives/resources/research-guides/keys-to-the-past/keys/key-1 |archive-date=7 January 2024 |access-date=7 January 2024 |website=The University of Melbourne |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref>
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
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|[[Group of Eight (Australian universities)|Group of Eight]]
|[[Universitas 21|U21]]
|[[Association of Pacific Rim Universities|APRU]]
|[[Association of Commonwealth Universities|ACU]]
|[[Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering|AOTULE]]
|[[International Association of Film and Television Schools|CILECT]]
|[[McDonnell International Scholars Academy|MISA]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Partners |url=https://global.wustl.edu/mcdonnell-academy/partner-universities/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812133411/https://mcdonnell.wustl.edu/community/partners/ |archive-date=12 August 2024 |access-date=4 August 2020 |website=McDonnell International Scholars Academy |publisher=[[Washington University in St. Louis]] |language=en-US |publication-place=[[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]}}</ref>
}}
 | endowment              = AU$1.287 [[1000000000 (number)|billion]] (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 March 2023 |title=Annual Report 2022 |url=https://www.annualreport.about.unimelb.edu.au/_files/ugd/0ac31a_4d258468697b48f8a432cd7adfd47ab8.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029235914/https://www.annualreport.about.unimelb.edu.au/_files/ugd/0ac31a_4d258468697b48f8a432cd7adfd47ab8.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=7 January 2024 |website=The University of Melbourne |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref>
 | chancellor             = [[Jane Hansen (businesswoman)|Jane Hansen]]<ref name="Leadership">{{Cite web |last=Makhoul |first=Yves |date=30 May 2024 |title=Senior leadership |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/leadership/senior-leadership |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914231206/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/leadership/senior-leadership |archive-date=14 September 2024 |access-date=2 November 2024 |website=The University of Melbourne |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref>
 | vice_chancellor        = [[Michael Wesley]] (Acting)<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 December 2025 |title=Notice of the passing of the University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor, Professor Emma Johnston AO |url=https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/december/notice-of-the-passing-of-the-university-of-melbourne-vice-chancellor,-professor-emma-johnston-ao |access-date=29 December 2025 |website=University of Melbourne Newsroom |language=en}}</ref>
 | provost                = 
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 | administrative_staff   = 5,328 ([[Full-time equivalent|FTE]], 2023)<ref name="Annual Report 2023" />
 | total_staff            = 10,514 ([[Full-time equivalent|FTE]], 2023)<ref name="Annual Report 2023">{{cite web |title=2022 Annual Report |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/422345/University-of-Melbourne_2023-Annual-Report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915221406/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/422345/University-of-Melbourne_2023-Annual-Report.pdf |archive-date=15 September 2024 |access-date=19 May 2024 |website=The University of Melbourne |publisher= |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref>
 | academic_staff         = 5,186 ([[Full-time equivalent|FTE]], 2023)<ref name="Annual Report 2023" />
 | students               = 53,963 ({{abbr|EFTSL|Equivalent full-time student load}}, 2023)<ref name="Annual Report 2023" />
 | undergrad              = 27,146 ({{abbr|EFTSL|Equivalent full-time student load}}, 2023)<ref name="Annual Report 2023" />
 | postgrad               = 23,113 coursework{{br}} ({{abbr|EFTSL|Equivalent full-time student load}}, 2023)<ref name="Annual Report 2023" />{{br}}3,703 research{{br}}({{abbr|EFTSL|Equivalent full-time student load}}, 2023)<ref name="Annual Report 2023" />
 | doctoral               = 
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 | city                   = [[Melbourne]]
 | state                  = [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
 | country                = [[Australia]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bruin |first=Tyler |date=8 October 2024 |title=Campus locations |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/priorities-and-partnerships/campus-development/campus-locations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002022740/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/priorities-and-partnerships/campus-development/campus-locations |archive-date=2 October 2024 |access-date=2 November 2024 |website=The University of Melbourne |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref>
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 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]] and [[Rural area|regional]] with multiple sites<br />{{convert|35.2|ha|km²|2}} (Parkville Campus)<br />{{convert|2507|ha|km²|1}} (Total)<ref>{{cite web |title=Guiding our Estate |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/153483/Guiding-Our-Estate-Final.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008034827/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/153483/Guiding-Our-Estate-Final.pdf |archive-date=8 October 2023 |access-date=11 September 2023 |website=The University of Melbourne |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref>
 | accreditation          = [[Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency|TEQSA]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Melbourne |url=https://www.teqsa.gov.au/provider/university-melbourne |access-date=2 November 2024 |website=[[Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref>
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 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist |[[UniSport]] |[[Australian Institute of Sport#Elite Athlete Education Network|EAEN]] |[[University Basketball League Australia|UBL]] }}
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 | mascot                 = Barry the Bear<ref>{{cite web |date=12 January 2024 |title=Melbourne Orientation |url=https://students.unimelb.edu.au/new-students/melbourne-orientation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107204507/https://students.unimelb.edu.au/new-students/melbourne-orientation |archive-date=7 January 2024 |access-date=7 January 2024 |website=The University of Melbourne |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref>
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.unimelb.edu.au/|unimelb.edu.au}}
 | logo                   = The University of Melbourne Logo.svg
 | logo_alt               = This is the logo of the university.
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 | footnotes              = 
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The '''University of Melbourne''' (colloquially known as '''Melbourne University''') is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] located in [[Melbourne]], Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].<ref name="futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au">{{cite web |url=http://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/explore/about |title=About the University : Future Students |publisher=Futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192747/http://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/explore/about |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its [[Parkville Campus (University of Melbourne)|main campus]] is located in [[Parkville, Victoria|Parkville]], an inner suburb north of [[Melbourne central business district|Melbourne's central business district]], with several other campuses located across the state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].

Incorporated in the 19th century by the [[State of Victoria|colony of Victoria]], the University of Melbourne is one of Australia's six [[sandstone universities]] and a member of the [[Group of Eight (Australian universities)|Group of Eight]], [[Universitas 21]], [[Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University's]] McDonnell International Scholars Academy,<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://global.wustl.edu/mcdonnell-academy/|title=McDonnell International Scholars Academy|website=Global|language=en-US|access-date=4 August 2019|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930190203/https://global.wustl.edu/mcdonnell-academy/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Association of Pacific Rim Universities]]. Since 1872, many independent [[residential colleges]] have become affiliated with the university, providing accommodation for students and faculty, and academic, sporting and cultural programs. There are nine colleges and five university-owned halls of residence located on the main campus and in nearby suburbs.

The university comprises ten separate academic units and is associated with numerous institutes and research centres, including the [[Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research]], [[Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health]], the [[Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research]] and the [[Grattan Institute]]. The university has fifteen [[graduate schools]], including the [[Melbourne Business School]], the [[Melbourne Law School]], the Melbourne Veterinary School, and the [[University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences|Melbourne Medical School]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Melbourne University regarded top in the country, but reputation isn't everything|url=http://theconversation.com/melbourne-university-regarded-top-in-country-but-reputation-isnt-everything-5874|date=15 March 2012|access-date=18 May 2013|archive-date=13 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513055309/https://theconversation.com/melbourne-university-regarded-top-in-country-but-reputation-isnt-everything-5874|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Australian Universities|url=http://www.australianuniversities.com.au/info/4/melbourne/|access-date=18 May 2013|archive-date=1 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501135826/http://www.australianuniversities.com.au/info/4/melbourne/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Melbourne tops discipline based ranking|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/melbourne-tops-discipline-based-ranking/story-e6frgcjx-1226637055540|access-date=19 May 2013|work=The Australian|date=8 May 2013|archive-date=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518033513/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/melbourne-tops-discipline-based-ranking/story-e6frgcjx-1226637055540|url-status=live}}</ref>

Four [[Prime Minister of Australia|Australian prime ministers]] and five [[Governor-General of Australia|governors-general]] have graduated from the University of Melbourne. Ten [[Nobel Laureates]] have taught, studied and researched at the University of Melbourne, the most of any Australian university.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/industry-leaders|title=Research and industry leaders - Notable Staff and Alumni|website=about.unimelb.edu.au|date=5 March 2019|language=en|access-date=10 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824131422/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/industry-leaders|archive-date=24 August 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Melbourne University grand building.jpg|thumb|right|Old Quad, the original building of the University of Melbourne]]

=== Foundations of the university ===
[[File:The University of Melbourne, 1857.jpg|thumb|The original University of Melbourne building, 1857, Victoria Illustrated collection, State Library Victoria.]]
[[File:Melbourne University Botany School (1958).jpg|thumb|University of Melbourne Botany School in 1958.]]

The University of Melbourne was established following a proposal by the [[Hugh Childers]], the Auditor-General and Finance Minister, in his first Budget Speech on 4{{nbsp}}November 1852, who set aside a sum of £10,000 for the establishment of a university.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36869578 |title=Bools of the Week. |newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]] |location=Brisbane |date=27 February 1937 |access-date=8 February 2012 |page=20 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820225008/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36869578 |url-status=live }}</ref> The university was established by Act of Incorporation on 22 January 1853, with power to confer degrees in arts, medicine, laws and music. The act provided for an annual endowment of £9,001, while a special grant of £20,000 was made for buildings that year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10961588 |title=Melbourne University. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=1 September 1934 |access-date=8 February 2012 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820225007/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10961588 |url-status=live }}</ref> The foundation stone was laid on 3{{nbsp}}July 1854, and on the same day the foundation stone for the [[State Library Victoria|State Library.]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10961588 |title=Melbourne University. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=1 September 1934 |access-date=9 February 2012 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820225007/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10961588 |url-status=live }}</ref> Classes commenced in 1855 with three professors, all of whom, like the founding University Chancellor, [[Redmond Barry]], were from Ireland.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Symonds |first1=Richard |title=Oxford and Empire: The Last Lost Cause? |publisher=OUP |pages=228–256 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198203001.003.0013 |chapter=The Oxford of the Southern World and Education in the Empire |date=1992 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198203001.003.0013 |isbn=978-0-19-820300-1 |access-date=16 August 2023 |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220055212/https://academic.oup.com/book/2724/chapter-abstract/143183632?redirectedFrom=fulltext |url-status=live }}</ref> There were sixteen students; of this body of students only four graduated. The original buildings were officially opened by the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Victoria, Sir [[Charles Hotham]], on 3{{nbsp}}October 1855.

A law school was established in 1857 at the Parkville campus, following which a Faculty of Engineering and School of Medicine were established in 1861 and 1862 respectively. The university's residential colleges were first opened on the northern aspect of the campus in 1872, divided between the four main Christian denominations.<ref name="The University of Melbourne">{{Cite web |title=The University of Melbourne Timeline |url=http://our-history.unimelb.edu.au/timeline/ |website=Our History |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |ref=20 |archive-date=2 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102004423/http://our-history.unimelb.edu.au/timeline/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The first chancellor, [[Redmond Barry]] (later Sir Redmond), held the position until his death in 1880. The inauguration of the university was made possible by the wealth resulting from [[Victorian gold rush|Victoria's gold rush]]. The institution was designed to be a "civilising influence" at a time of rapid settlement and commercial growth.<ref>Selleck, 2003</ref> In 1881, the admission of women was seen as a victory over the more conservative ruling council.<ref>Selleck 2003, p 164–165</ref> [[Bella Guerin|Julia 'Bella' Guerin]] graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1883, and became the first woman to graduate from an Australian University.<ref name="The University of Melbourne" />

[[File:The University of Melbourne.JPG|thumb|The view of the Melbourne Law School, Business and Economics, The Spot and Alan Gilbert Building.]]

=== 1900s – 1970s ===
Early in the 1900s, the university expanded its offerings to more utilitarian courses. In 1901 the number of students enrolled at the University of Melbourne exceeded 500 students for the first time. The university established the Diploma of Education in 1903, following negotiations with the Victorian Education Department.

Despite the economic depression of the 1890s and the discovery of a significant fraud by a university registrar in 1901, the university continued to expand during this period. This growth included the construction of several buildings between 1900 and 1906. Such growth was facilitated largely through an increased government funding allocation, and the coinciding university led funding campaign. To accompany the training dentists received by the Melbourne Dental Hospital, a School of Dentistry was established to teach the scientific basis of dentistry at the university. Agriculture was established in 1911 following the appointment of the State Director of Agriculture as the first professor. During this period the university became a notable site for research, emerging as a leader in Australia. Following [[World War II]] the demand for higher education increased rapidly, and as a result became a transformative period for the university.<ref name="brandhub.unimelb.edu.au">{{cite web |title=The University of Melbourne Brand Story |url=https://brandhub.unimelb.edu.au/our-brand/brand-story |website=Brand Hub |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |ref=23 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506051712/https://brandhub.unimelb.edu.au/our-brand/brand-story |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1940, the first issue of ''Historical Studies: Australia and New Zealand'', now ''[[Australian Historical Studies]]'', was published by the Department of History.<ref>{{cite web |title=Academic journals |website=University of Melbourne. Faculty of Arts |date=14 September 2020 |url=https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-historical-and-philosophical-studies/our-research/publications/academic-journals |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=16 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916023651/https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-historical-and-philosophical-studies/our-research/publications/academic-journals |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 1980s – 2000s: Consolidation, expansion and the Melbourne Model ===
Expansion of the university increased significantly during the 1980s and 1990s, as the university amalgamated with a number of tertiary colleges. In 1988 the Melbourne Teachers' College was brought into the Faculty of Education, and the amalgamation lead to the formation of a distinctly new Faculty of Education. The College of Advanced Education was incorporated into the university in 1989. During this period, more students than ever before were attending the university. The university had expanded its student population to beyond 35,000 students. Such amalgamations continued into the 1990s, with the [[Victorian College of the Arts]] affiliation with the University of Melbourne in 1992. This increased the number of campuses for the University of Melbourne.<ref name="The University of Melbourne" />

In 2001, the Melbourne School of Population Health was established, the first of its kind in Australia, and continued the growth of the university. Work at the centre involved contributions from many disciplines, ranging from the social sciences to epidemiology. Health fields such as Indigenous, women's, mental, sexual, and rural health have all been researched at the centre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cigognini |first=Brendan |date=13 December 2022 |title=Melbourne School of Population & Global Health {{!}} University of Melbourne |url=https://mspgh.unimelb.edu.au/ |access-date=21 January 2023 |website=Melbourne School of Population and Global Health |language=en |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121144546/https://mspgh.unimelb.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 2008, Vice Chancellor [[Glyn Davis]] introduced a major restructure of the university's curriculum. The new structure, named the [[Melbourne Model]], replaced traditional undergraduate specialist degrees with a two-degree undergraduate/graduate structure.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Newman |first=Gary |date=30 September 2015 |title=A decade into the Melbourne Model, young graduates give their assessment |url=https://www.smh.com.au/education/a-decade-into-the-melbourne-model-young-graduates-give-their-assessment-20150930-gjxt3u.html |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=19 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519141805/https://www.smh.com.au/education/a-decade-into-the-melbourne-model-young-graduates-give-their-assessment-20150930-gjxt3u.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Over 100 undergraduate degrees were replaced with six generalist degrees, with students taking a general bachelor's degree before specialising in either a professional or research graduate course.<ref name=":0" /> The introduction of the model, influenced by North American academia and the [[Bologna Process|Bologna process]], was controversial among students and staff.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Simons |first=Margaret |date=25 February 2010 |title=Dangerous precedent |url=https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2010/february/1284956481/margaret-simons/dangerous-precedent |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=The Monthly |language=en |archive-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419210410/https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2010/february/1284956481/margaret-simons/dangerous-precedent |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 September 2006 |title=Melbourne set to give Bologna model an Australian debut |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/melbourne-set-to-give-bologna-model-an-australian-debut/205044.article |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523081306/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/melbourne-set-to-give-bologna-model-an-australian-debut/205044.article |url-status=live }}</ref> Various groups, including trade<ref>[http://www.nteu.org.au/news/2007/2007/16462 "NTEU condemns University oF Melbourne's consultation sham over arts renewal strategy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080729225956/http://www.nteu.org.au/news/2007/2007/16462 |date=29 July 2008 }} National Tertiary Education Union, 10 July 2007. Accessed 3 May 2008</ref> and student unions,<ref name="Cuts take">[http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/cuts-take-toll-on-melbourne-uni-staff/2008/04/10/1207420591353.html "Cuts take toll on 'overworked' Melbourne Uni staff"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616203832/http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/cuts-take-toll-on-melbourne-uni-staff/2008/04/10/1207420591353.html |date=16 June 2008 }}, ''The Age'', 11 April 2008. Accessed 3 May 2008.</ref>
<ref>[http://www.umpa.unimelb.edu.au/blogs/2008/08/what-do-budgets-burnley-and-housing.html What do budgets, Burnley and the housing crisis have in common?] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20080911234753/http://www.umpa.unimelb.edu.au/blogs/2008/08/what-do-budgets-burnley-and-housing.html |date=11 September 2008 }} President's Ponderings, 25 August 2008. Accessed 20 October 2008</ref>
<ref>[http://www.vcasu.org.au/2008/04/29/vice-chancellor-lies-about-introduction-of-melbourne-model-at-vca/ Vice Chancellor Lies About Introduction of Melbourne Model at VCA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720033033/http://www.vcasu.org.au/2008/04/29/vice-chancellor-lies-about-introduction-of-melbourne-model-at-vca/ |date=20 July 2008 }} VCA Student Union, 29 April 2008. Accessed 3 May 2008</ref> academics,<ref>[http://www.nteu.org.au/publications/advocate/vol14no2/pdf?file=Advocate%2014%2002%20WEB.pdf&friendly= 'Dreamlarge' a nightmare for the Arts Faculty] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208045327/http://www.nteu.org.au/publications/advocate/vol14no2/pdf?file=Advocate%2014%2002%20WEB.pdf&friendly= |date=8 December 2008 }} Advocate, Volume 14, Number 2, July 2007. Accessed 26 October 2008</ref>
<ref>[http://www.nteu.org.au/publications/advocate/vol14no2/pdf?file=Advocate%2014%2002%20WEB.pdf&friendly= "The Melbourne Model: The jury is still out"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208045327/http://www.nteu.org.au/publications/advocate/vol14no2/pdf?file=Advocate%2014%2002%20WEB.pdf&friendly= |date=8 December 2008
}}, ''Advocate'', Volume 14, Number 2, July 2007. Accessed 26 October 2008</ref> and some students<ref>[http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=10652 "Why the Melbourne Model is failing students"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113212342/http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=10652 |date=13 January 2009 }}, ''Eureka Street'', 12 December 2008. Accessed 14 December 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.vcasu.org.au/2008/06/12/express-yourself-but-steer-clear-of-politics/ "Express yourself, but steer clear of politics"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720025839/http://www.vcasu.org.au/2008/06/12/express-yourself-but-steer-clear-of-politics/ |date=20 July 2008 }}, ''The Age'', 7 June 2008. Accessed 8 August 2008</ref> criticised the introduction of the new structure, citing job and subject cuts, and a risk of "dumbing down" content. A group of students produced a satirical musical about the model's adoption.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bachelard |first=Michael |date=4 October 2008 |title=Search for a super model |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/search-for-a-super-model-20081004-4tyk.html |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523081306/https://www.theage.com.au/national/search-for-a-super-model-20081004-4tyk.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A dean from [[Monash University]] rejected the model and argued it led to a reduction in student applications to the University of Melbourne.<ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Stephen |title=Undergraduate education and the Melbourne Model |url=http://theconversation.com/undergraduate-education-and-the-melbourne-model-993 |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=The Conversation |date=29 April 2011 |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523081313/https://theconversation.com/undergraduate-education-and-the-melbourne-model-993 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[University of Western Australia]] is the only other Australian university to adopt the structure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uni reforms cast pall over Melbourne, UWA post-grad degree models |url=https://www.thecitizen.org.au/articles/uni-reforms-cast-pall-over-melbourne-uwa-post-grad-degree-models |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=The Citizen |language=en-au |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308012603/https://www.thecitizen.org.au/articles/uni-reforms-cast-pall-over-melbourne-uwa-post-grad-degree-models |url-status=live }}</ref> Davis also introduced reforms to university governance, making faculty deans more responsible for producing a financial surplus.<ref name=":5" />

=== 2010s: Further restructures and Davis' final term ===
Between 2013 and 2015 Davis introduced a wide-reaching restructure of the university's administration, labelled the Business Improvement Program, which led to the sacking of 500 administrative staff and some administrative responsibilities being transferred to academic staff.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Silvester |first=Ben |date=15 November 2019 |title=Divide and conquer: how thriving Melbourne Uni short-changed its staff |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/divide-and-conquer-how-thriving-melbourne-uni-short-changed-its-staff-20191105-p537mi.html |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523054026/https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/divide-and-conquer-how-thriving-melbourne-uni-short-changed-its-staff-20191105-p537mi.html |url-status=live }}</ref> At the same time in the ten years to 2018 the university embarked on a large capital works program, spending $2 billion on new buildings across the university's campuses.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Melbourne School of Land and Environment]] was disestablished on 1{{nbsp}}January 2015. Its agriculture and food systems department moved alongside veterinary science to form the [[University of Melbourne Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences|Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences]], while other areas of study, including [[horticulture]], [[forestry]], geography and resource management, moved to the Faculty of Science in two new departments. In 2019, allegations of a toxic workplace culture within the [[University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts|Faculty of Arts]] were aired, with a number of senior staff leaving their positions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loussikian |first=Kylar |date=27 October 2019 |title=University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor warned of 'toxic' arts faculty, top academic claims |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-uni-vice-chancellor-warned-of-toxic-arts-faculty-top-academic-claims-20191027-p534nr.html |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523054024/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-uni-vice-chancellor-warned-of-toxic-arts-faculty-top-academic-claims-20191027-p534nr.html |url-status=live }}</ref> At the same time, there was controversy over the high salaries earned by the Vice Chancellor, with Davis earning $1.5 million in 2019, the most of any university head in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singhal |first=Pallavi |date=21 June 2019 |title=University vice-chancellor salaries soaring past $1.5 million - and set to keep going |url=https://www.smh.com.au/education/university-vice-chancellor-salaries-soaring-past-1-5-million-and-set-to-keep-going-20190620-p51zq3.html |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523054025/https://www.smh.com.au/education/university-vice-chancellor-salaries-soaring-past-1-5-million-and-set-to-keep-going-20190620-p51zq3.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Like other Australian Universities, an extraordinary growth in international students took place at the University of Melbourne and meant the university became increasingly reliant on revenue from its overseas student cohort.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2018 |title=Universities rely too much on foreign student fees, auditor says |url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/09/universities-rely-too-much-on-foreign-student-fees-auditor-says |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523054829/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/09/universities-rely-too-much-on-foreign-student-fees-auditor-says |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1" />

Davis would finish his final term as Vice-Chancellor in 2018 with [[Duncan Maskell]] succeeding him on 1 October. 

=== 2020 – 2023: COVID-19 impacts, further expansion plans and workforce tensions ===
In 2020, on-campus teaching was limited to selected clinical placements as a result of social distancing restrictions required by [[Victoria State Government|the Victorian State Government]] in response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]]. The majority of teaching was moved to online delivery during the first semester.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Lauren |date=22 October 2021 |title=Coronavirus (COVID-19) update |url=https://www.unimelb.edu.au/coronavirus |access-date=25 October 2021 |website=Coronavirus update |language=en |archive-date=1 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901045939/https://www.unimelb.edu.au/coronavirus |url-status=live }}</ref> Like many other institutions and workplaces, university faculty members elected to use telecommunication platforms such as [[Zoom Video Communications]], [[Microsoft Teams]], or [[Skype]] to conduct live tutorials and provide interactive online learning experiences as a result of the suspension of face-to-face teaching during this time period.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Law |first1=S. F. |url=https://melbourne-cshe.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/3873138/engaged-university-research-final.pdf |title=UNDERSTANDING UNIVERSITY ENGAGEMENT: The impact of COVID-19 on collaborations and partnerships |last2=Cattlin |first2=J. |last3=Locke |first3=W. |publisher=University of Melbourne |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-7340-5663-4 |location=Australia |language=en |doi=10.46580/124365 |s2cid=238908546 |access-date=21 January 2023 |archive-date=9 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309074015/https://melbourne-cshe.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/3873138/engaged-university-research-final.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020 the university announced it was axing 450 staff in the institution's largest ever layoff of academic staff, despite a planned expenditure of $4.2 billion for capital works over the decade from 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 August 2020 |title=University of Melbourne to cut 450 staff as secret document shows $4.2b capital works budget |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-05/university-of-melbourne-announces-450-job-losses/12527576 |access-date=23 May 2022 |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523054024/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-05/university-of-melbourne-announces-450-job-losses/12527576 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2020 |title=University of Melbourne cuts 450 jobs due to projected losses of $1bn over three years |url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/05/university-of-melbourne-cuts-450-jobs-due-to-projected-losses-of-1bn-over-three-years |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523054037/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/05/university-of-melbourne-cuts-450-jobs-due-to-projected-losses-of-1bn-over-three-years |url-status=live }}</ref> Similarly, in semester two of 2021, the majority of teaching was once again moved to online delivery due to the outbreak of the [[SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant|Delta variant]] of COVID-19 and ensuing lockdowns in Victoria. In response the university announced further job losses, despite the university running an $8m surplus in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2021 |title=Australian universities flag more budget cuts, job losses in the next year |url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/26/australian-universities-flag-more-budget-cuts-job-losses-in-the-next-year |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523054856/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/26/australian-universities-flag-more-budget-cuts-job-losses-in-the-next-year |url-status=live }}</ref> Eleven subjects were cut as part of the savings measures including a number of specialist scientific subjects, a move criticised by Nobel Laureate [[Peter Doherty (immunologist)|Peter Doherty]] and others.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Carey |first1=Adam |last2=Tomazin |first2=Farrah |last3=Millar |first3=Royce |date=2 April 2021 |title=Melbourne Uni cuts threaten to make us the 'bogans of the Pacific' |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-uni-cuts-threaten-to-make-us-the-bogans-of-the-pacific-20210326-p57ehg.html |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523054024/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-uni-cuts-threaten-to-make-us-the-bogans-of-the-pacific-20210326-p57ehg.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The halting of international student arrivals as part of the Australian pandemic response was projected to cause a major loss in revenue for the university.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marshman |first=Ian |date=2020 |title=Modelling Individual Australian Universities Resilience in Managing Overseas Student Revenue Losses from the COVID-19 Pandemic |url=https://melbourne-cshe.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/3392469/Australian-Universities-COVID-19-Financial-Management.pdf |journal=Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne |access-date=23 May 2022 |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522172051/https://melbourne-cshe.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/3392469/Australian-Universities-COVID-19-Financial-Management.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Visentin |first=Lisa |date=21 April 2021 |title='There'll be a shakeup': International student intakes plunge compared to pre-pandemic levels |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/there-ll-be-a-shakeup-international-student-intakes-plunge-compared-to-pre-pandemic-levels-20210421-p57l0f.html |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523054025/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/there-ll-be-a-shakeup-international-student-intakes-plunge-compared-to-pre-pandemic-levels-20210421-p57l0f.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019 and 2020, the university was also involved in wage theft and underpayment controversies towards its large teaching workforce of [[Temporary work|casual staff]], and began repaying casual tutors for unpaid marking.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=4 August 2020 |title=Australia's richest uni only paid staff for first three minutes of marking an assignment |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-05/university-of-melbourne-exposed-in-decade-long-wage-theft-case/12519588 |access-date=23 May 2022 |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523054023/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-05/university-of-melbourne-exposed-in-decade-long-wage-theft-case/12519588 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 October 2021 |title=Wage theft is 'systemic': 21 universities under investigation |url=https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/wage-theft-is-systemic-21-universities-under-investigation-20211020-p591kw |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523054024/https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/wage-theft-is-systemic-21-universities-under-investigation-20211020-p591kw |url-status=live }}</ref> The university was accused of owing Faculty of Arts teaching staff an estimated $6 million.<ref name=":2" /> In 2021 the Vice-Chancellor issued an apology for systematically underpaying staff, saying there was “a systemic failure of respect from this institution" towards casual staff that resulted in underpaying 1,000 staff members and requiring the university to pay back $9.5 million.<ref>{{Cite web |work=Campus Morning Mail |date=10 September 2021 |title=Uni Melbourne VC apologises over underpayment of casuals |url=https://campusmorningmail.com.au/news/uni-melbourne-vc-apologises-over-underpayment-of-casuals/ |access-date=23 May 2022 |language=en-AU |archive-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922005654/https://campusmorningmail.com.au/news/uni-melbourne-vc-apologises-over-underpayment-of-casuals/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Prytz |first=Anna |date=9 September 2021 |title=Casuals disappointed with Melbourne Uni wage theft apology |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/casuals-disappointed-with-melbourne-uni-wage-theft-apology-20210909-p58q6x.html |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523054024/https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/casuals-disappointed-with-melbourne-uni-wage-theft-apology-20210909-p58q6x.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This followed a campaign by the National Tertiary Education Union's University of Melbourne Casuals Branch, which engaged in a series of protests, including one outside the Vice Chancellor's residence.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Fela |first1=Geraldine |last2=McIntyre |first2=Iain |date=3 February 2023 |title=Commons Conversations Podcast: Insights into Activism |url=https://commonslibrary.org/commons-conversations-podcast-insights-into-activism/ |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU |archive-date=9 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709062116/https://commonslibrary.org/commons-conversations-podcast-insights-into-activism/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Iain |date=27 May 2024 |title=Organising! A Remedy for Despair: How Workers at the University of Melbourne won back $45 million in Stolen Wages |url=https://commonslibrary.org/organising-a-remedy-for-despair/ |access-date=7 July 2024 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU }}</ref> The university came under sustained criticism over the poor employment and financial conditions of its highly casualised academic workforce.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Angus |date=3 February 2022 |title=Fair Work changes not enough to boost academics' job security: university |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/fair-work-changes-not-enough-to-boost-academics-job-security-university-20220203-p59tlh.html |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523054026/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/fair-work-changes-not-enough-to-boost-academics-job-security-university-20220203-p59tlh.html |url-status=live }}</ref> During the 2010s, the university increasingly casualised its workforce, with reports that between 47 and 72 per cent of its 11,000 employees were on casual contracts by 2023.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=16 July 2020 |title=It's the Australian university sector's 'dirty secret'. And 'thousands', like Dash, have been hit |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-17/university-casual-workforce-redundancies-dirty-secret/12462030 |access-date=23 May 2022 |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523081306/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-17/university-casual-workforce-redundancies-dirty-secret/12462030 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2021 the State Government granted planning approval for a new campus for the university at the urban renewal precinct [[Fishermans Bend, Victoria|Fishermans Bend]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Melbourne's $1.5b Fishermans Bend campus approved |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/university-of-melbournes-2b-fishermans-bend-campus-approved/ |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=ArchitectureAU |language=en |archive-date=2 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902235521/https://architectureau.com/articles/university-of-melbournes-2b-fishermans-bend-campus-approved/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The $2 billion campus, planned to open in 2026, will focus on engineering and forms part of a large capital works program by the university, which included the demolition of the Student Union Building and the creation of a new student precinct on the south-east corner of the [[Parkville, Victoria|Parkville]] campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Melbourne's $2b campus plan progresses |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/university-of-melbournes-2b-campus-plan-progresses/ |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=ArchitectureAU |language=en |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808030122/https://architectureau.com/articles/university-of-melbournes-2b-campus-plan-progresses/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hyland |first=Leah |date=21 February 2022 |title=Student Precinct {{!}} The University of Melbourne |url=https://students.unimelb.edu.au/student-precinct |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=Student Precinct Project |language=en |archive-date=12 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412001239/https://students.unimelb.edu.au/student-precinct |url-status=live }}</ref>

In June 2021, a new speech policy was implemented with the stated purpose of protecting [[transgender]] individuals within the university while preserving [[freedom of speech]] principles for staff and students.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/university-head-says-free-speech-does-not-override-transgender-safety-20210615-p58171.html |title=University head says free speech does not override transgender safety |date=15 June 2021 |access-date=16 June 2021 |archive-date=15 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615133336/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/university-head-says-free-speech-does-not-override-transgender-safety-20210615-p58171.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, windows of the university's Sidney Myer Asia Centre Building were broken and the building was graffitied with a message accusing the university of contributing to an unsafe environment for transgender individuals.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 June 2023 |title=Uni of Melb VC Duncan Maskell slams transgender activists over campus vandalism |work=The Australian |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fnation%2Funi-of-melbourne-vc-slams-balaclavawearing-transgender-activists-over-campus-vandalism%2Fnews-story%2Fc57a48309a3657815db251d0760f04a3&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-high-control-score&V21spcbehaviour=append |access-date=13 July 2023 }}</ref>

In August 2023, all National Tertiary Education Union members who work in the Faculty of Arts, Melbourne Law School, the Victorian College of the Arts School of Art, student services, stagecraft and the library will start a-five to seven day strike. Union members are seeking a 15% increase in wages over the course of 3 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grace |first=Robyn |date=23 August 2023 |title=University of Melbourne teachers, staff to strike |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/university-of-melbourne-teachers-staff-to-strike-20230823-p5dyy3.html |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=24 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824183906/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/university-of-melbourne-teachers-staff-to-strike-20230823-p5dyy3.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2024 – present: Student occupations and conclusion of Maskell's tenure ===
On 24 April 2024, students occupied the South Lawn of Parkville campus in solidarity with international, grass-roots, [[2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses|student-lead pro-Palestine movements]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/29/mapping-pro-palestine-campus-protests-around-the-world |title=Mapping pro-Palestine college campus protests around the world |access-date=23 May 2024 |archive-date=1 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501002135/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/29/mapping-pro-palestine-campus-protests-around-the-world |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Matthew Impelli |date=1 May 2024 |title=Israel protests reach Antarctica |url=https://www.newsweek.com/pro-palestinian-protest-antarctica-israel-1895996 |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=Newsweek |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520133025/https://www.newsweek.com/pro-palestinian-protest-antarctica-israel-1895996 |url-status=live }}</ref> Concerns arose as students sought to keep the university accountable in its investments. More specifically, to disclose [[Disinvestment from Israel|research and investment ties with Israeli Government]] companies, stocks, or bonds benefiting from the occupation of Palestine and the [[Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present)|Gaza humanitarian crisis]] since 7 October 2023. Students occupied the Arts West building, "renaming" it Mahmoud's hall after a Palestinian student who was expected to commence his studies at the university died in the [[Gaza war]].<ref>{{Cite web |agency=AAP |date=16 May 2024 |title=University arts wing 'renamed' after Gaza victim |url=https://michaelwest.com.au/university-arts-wing-renamed-after-gaza-victim/ |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=Michael West |language=en-US }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=cathy |date=24 October 2023 |title=Tributes to Mahmoud Alnaouq, killed Oct. 20, 2023 |url=https://wearenotnumbers.org/tributes-to-mahmoud-alnaouq-killed-oct-20-2023/ |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=We Are Not Numbers |language=en-US |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523144501/https://wearenotnumbers.org/tributes-to-mahmoud-alnaouq-killed-oct-20-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

On 29 April 2024, it was announced that Vice-Chancellor Maskell would step down from his position, partway through his second term, by early 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 April 2024 |title=Duncan Maskell to step down from Melbourne University |url=https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/the-right-time-to-go-maskell-to-leave-melbourne-university-20240429-p5fner |access-date=11 November 2024 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en }}</ref> 

Despite student efforts to comply with university policies while exercising their right to protest, on 14 May the university issued a breach notice, warning students of potential expulsions and faculty of disciplinary actions if protest activities continued. The notice also referenced the possibility of state law enforcement involvement, though no intervention occurred as the protests remained peaceful.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Makhoul |first=Yves |date=23 May 2024 |title=Conflict in the Middle East and activism on campus |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/our-people-and-community/middle-east-conflict |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=About us |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523144503/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/our-people-and-community/middle-east-conflict |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 2024 |title=University of Melbourne 'concerned' as pro-Palestinian demonstrators continue to occupy arts building |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-16/melbourne-university-pro-palestinian-protest-encampment/103853170 |access-date=23 May 2024 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU }}</ref> 

On the evening of 22 May, University of Melbourne for Palestine representatives announced<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 May 2024 |title=Pro-Palestinian protesters end Melbourne university encampment after claiming 'major win' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-22/pro-palestinian-melbourne-university-encampment/103881534 |access-date=23 May 2024 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523143353/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-22/pro-palestinian-melbourne-university-encampment/103881534 |url-status=live }}</ref> that an agreement had been made with the university administration to disband encampments in exchange for disclosure of endowment investments and research ties with weapons manufacturers. However, as of 23 May, protesters and the university are at a stalemate, citing a lack of correspondence from the latter, with encampments remaining in place.

The university became subject to an investigation by the [[Department of Premier and Cabinet (Victoria)|Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner]] into whether it breached [[Privacy in Australian law#Victoria|privacy laws]] by using surveillance technology to identify students who participated in the protests.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Melbourne faces possible investigation over protest surveillance |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-drive/1715-uni-spies/104087640 |website=ABC listen |access-date=12 July 2024 |language=en-AU |date=11 July 2024 |archive-date=12 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712001018/https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-drive/1715-uni-spies/104087640 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Victorian Information Commissioner found that the university had breached student privacy by using the location data of students connected to the university’s internet network to identify those involved in the Gaza war protests in May 2024. The university had used the data in disciplinary hearings against the students.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Schelle |first1=Caroline |title=‘Operating like Big Brother’: Melbourne University breached privacy in surveilling student protesters |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-university-breached-privacy-in-surveilling-gaza-student-protesters-20250820-p5modb.html |website=The Age |access-date=20 August 2025 |language=en |date=20 August 2025 }}</ref>

On 30 September 2024, it was announced that [[Emma Johnston]] would be appointed the university’s next Vice-Chancellor, succeeding Maskell. Johnston will be the first woman to hold the position in the university’s history.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crowe |first=Alex |date=30 September 2024 |title=University of Melbourne appoints first female vice chancellor |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/university-of-melbourne-appoints-first-female-vice-chancellor-20240930-p5kenm.html |access-date=11 November 2024 |website=The Age |language=en }}</ref>

== Campuses and buildings ==
[[File:Aerial panorama of University of Melbourne facing the city skyline. September 2023.jpg|thumb|Aerial panorama of University of Melbourne facing the city skyline, September 2023]]
[[File:Vertical panorama of University of Melbourne's Ormond College. September 2023.jpg|thumb|Vertical panorama of University of Melbourne's Ormond College, September 2023]]
[[File:Old Arts Building of the University of Melbourne, June 2023.jpg|thumb|Old Arts Building (1919–1924) in Parkville Campus of University of Melbourne.]]
The university has three other campuses in metropolitan Melbourne, including at [[Burnley, Victoria]], [[Southbank, Victoria|Southbank]], and [[Werribee]]. The Burnley campus is where [[horticultural]] courses are taught.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.land-environment.unimelb.edu.au/about-us/our-locations/burnley/|title=Melbourne School of Land & Environment. Burnley Campus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102231614/http://www.land-environment.unimelb.edu.au/about-us/our-locations/burnley/|archive-date=2 January 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=22 January 2014}}</ref> [[Performing arts]], visual arts, film and television, and music courses are taught at the [[Southbank, Victoria|Southbank]] campus. [[Veterinary science]] is taught at the Werribee campus.

In regional Victoria, the [[Creswick, Victoria|Creswick]] and [[Dookie, Victoria|Dookie]] campuses are used for [[forestry]] and [[agriculture]] courses respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.land-environment.unimelb.edu.au/about-us/our-locations/creswick/|title=Melbourne School of Land & Environment. Creswick Campus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102231609/http://www.land-environment.unimelb.edu.au/about-us/our-locations/creswick/|archive-date=2 January 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=22 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dookie.unimelb.edu.au/|title=Dookie|publisher=Dookie.unimelb.edu.au|access-date=17 January 2014|archive-date=23 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023195721/http://www.dookie.unimelb.edu.au/|url-status=dead}}</ref> They previously housed several hundred residential students, but are now largely used for short courses and research. The [[Shepparton]] campus is home to the [[Rural Health]] Academic Centre for the [[University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences|Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences]].

The university is a part-owner of the [[Melbourne Business School]], based at Parkville campus, which ranked 46th in the 2012 ''Financial Times'' global rankings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rankings.ft.com/rankings/mba/rankings.html|title=Global MBA rankings 2006|publisher=Rankings.ft.com|access-date=17 January 2014|archive-date=28 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828112804/http://rankings.ft.com/rankings/mba/rankings.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

A new campus located in [[Fishermans Bend, Victoria|Fishermans Bend]] is currently under planning, and construction may commence 2026. It will be used by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) and the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/students-set-to-take-the-bus-to-melbourne-unis-1b-future-of-engineering-20171221-h08ihg.html|title=Students set to take the bus to Melbourne Uni's 'future of engineering'|last=Jacks|first=Timna|date=21 December 2017|website=The Age|language=en|access-date=14 July 2019|archive-date=22 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222023402/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/students-set-to-take-the-bus-to-melbourne-unis-1b-future-of-engineering-20171221-h08ihg.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Parkville ===
[[File:Unimelb main entrance.jpg|thumb|Main entrance (Gate 10) to Parkville Campus of the University of Melbourne from Grattan Street]]
The Parkville campus is the primary campus of the university.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Campuses : About the University : The University of Melbourne|url = http://www.unimelb.edu.au/campuses/|website = www.unimelb.edu.au|access-date = 7 September 2015|archive-date = 4 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100639/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/campuses/|url-status = live}}</ref> Originally established in a large area north of Grattan Street in [[Parkville, Victoria|Parkville]], the campus has expanded well beyond its boundaries, with many of its newly acquired buildings located in the nearby suburb of [[Carlton, Victoria|Carlton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.unimelb.edu.au/campustour/pdf/guided-tour-map.pdf|title = Self-Guided Campus Tour - University of Melbourne|access-date = 7 September 2015|website = University of Melbourne|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130712114103/https://www.unimelb.edu.au/campustour/pdf/guided-tour-map.pdf|archive-date = 12 July 2013}}</ref> The university is undertaking an "ambitious infrastructure program" to reshape campuses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1462065/11364-GROWING-ESTEEM-2015-FA-WEB.pdf|title=Growing Esteem 2015-2020|work=University of Melbourne|access-date=13 February 2017|archive-date=21 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721191826/http://about.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1462065/11364-GROWING-ESTEEM-2015-FA-WEB.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The campus was founded in 1853, and is located just north of Melbourne's central business district. There is a diverse range of cafés, two gyms, five university libraries, a bank branch, Australia Post parcel lockers, a bike shop, a boutique supermarket and a small pharmacy located on the Parkville campus. The campus is located within a broader knowledge precinct, which encompasses eight hospitals, and many other leading research institutes.<ref name="Your Life on Campus">{{Cite web |title=Your Life on Campus |url=https://study.unimelb.edu.au/your-experience/your-life-on-campus |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506180435/https://study.unimelb.edu.au/your-experience/your-life-on-campus |url-status=live }}</ref>

Several of the earliest campus buildings, such as the Old Quad and [[Baldwin Spencer Building|Baldwin Spencer]] buildings, feature period architecture in a Gothic revival style. The Old Quadrangle underwent extensive restoration in 2019 to return to elements of the original design, including a dedicated temporary exhibition space in the Treasury Gallery.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/150/gallery/fromplane.html |title=Melbourne University website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412031330/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/150/gallery/fromplane.html |archive-date=12 April 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 January 2014 }}</ref> The new Wilson Hall replaced the original Gothic Revival building which was destroyed by fire.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/150/gallery/wilson2002.html |title=Melbourne University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311074426/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/150/gallery/wilson2002.html |archive-date=11 March 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 January 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/150/gallery/wilsonold.html |title=Melbourne University website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412030538/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/150/gallery/wilsonold.html |archive-date=12 April 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 January 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/150/gallery/wilsononfire.html |title=Melbourne University website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412030612/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/150/gallery/wilsononfire.html |archive-date=12 April 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 January 2014 }}</ref>

Recipients of the University of Melbourne Award (see below) are acknowledged by bronze [[commemorative plaque]]s along Professors Walk on this campus.<ref name=uma />

The Parkville campus was used extensively to shoot interior and exterior scenes in the [[Melbourne International Film Festival|MIFF]]-funded ''[[The Death and Life of Otto Bloom]]'' starring ''[[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse|Twilight]]'' actor [[Xavier Samuel]] and [[Golden Globe]] nominee [[Rachel Ward]].<ref>{{Cite web |first=Paul |last=Dalgarno|date=22 July 2016|title=Cris Jones on The Death and Life of Otto Bloom |url=https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/cris-jones-on-the-death-and-life-of-otto-bloom |access-date=25 October 2021 |website=Pursuit |language=en |archive-date=30 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230080922/https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/cris-jones-on-the-death-and-life-of-otto-bloom |url-status=live }}</ref>

The new [[Union Theatre, Melbourne|Union]] and [[Guild Theatre, Melbourne|Guild Theatres]] are located within the University of Melbourne Arts & Cultural Building,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arts and Cultural Building |website=UMAC |date=11 June 2024 |url=https://www.unimelb.edu.au/umac/arts-and-cultural-building |access-date=17 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Parking & Maps |website=UMSU |url=https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/studentlife/theatre/maps/ |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> while [[Open Stage Theatre|Open Stage]] is in the 757 Swanston Street building, both on the Parkville campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Open Stage Theatre |website=OnlyMelbourne  |url=https://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/open-stage-theatre |access-date=17 December 2024 }}</ref>

From 2025, the Parkville Campus will be accessible via [[Parkville railway station]], as part of the [[Metro Tunnel]] project.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farrell |first=Joshua |date=15 May 2024 |title=Major construction complete at Parkville Station |url=https://www.railexpress.com.au/major-construction-complete-at-parkville-station/ |access-date=19 August 2024 |website=Rail Express |language=en-AU }}</ref>

=== Southbank ===
{{Main|Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne}}
[[File:VCA Melbourne.jpg|thumb|The [[Elisabeth Murdoch (philanthropist)|Elisabeth Murdoch]] Building at the Victorian College of the Arts on [[St Kilda Road]]]]
The Southbank campus is home to the [[Victorian College of the Arts]] and the [[Melbourne Conservatorium of Music]], and is situated within Melbourne's creative arts precinct. Theatre and dance stages, film and television studios, visual arts studios, and concert halls are all located at the university's purpose-built creative arts home.

A$200 million major capital works project at the campus was completed in 2019. The project includes the construction of a new state-of-the-art conservatorium for music and the conversion of historically important buildings for use as education and research facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southbank Campus Redevelopment |url=https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/about/campus/southbank-campus-redevelopment |website=Faculty of Fine Arts and Music |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506065339/https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/about/campus/southbank-campus-redevelopment |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2011, the Victorian State Government allocated $24 million to support arts education at the VCA.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/919-exciting-new-era-for-vca-as-premier-announces-details-of-24-million-funding-package.html |title=Exciting new era for VCA as Premier announces details of $24 million funding package |access-date=23 January 2014 |archive-date=18 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218231308/http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/919-exciting-new-era-for-vca-as-premier-announces-details-of-24-million-funding-package.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://newsroom.melbourne.edu/studio/ep-98 |title=VCA future bright thanks to $24million budget allocation |access-date=23 January 2014 |archive-date=3 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203055041/http://newsroom.melbourne.edu/studio/ep-98 |url-status=live }}</ref> This was due in part to it coming together with the Conservatorium to form the then Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.

=== Burnley ===
{{main|University of Melbourne, Burnley campus}}

The Burnley campus is located within the suburb of Burnley in Melbourne, around 5&nbsp;km east of the Melbourne CBD.<ref name="ecosystemforest.unimelb.edu.au">{{Cite web |title=Burnley: School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences |url=https://ecosystemforest.unimelb.edu.au/about/burnley |website=School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506065356/https://ecosystemforest.unimelb.edu.au/about/burnley |url-status=live }}</ref> The campus is dedicated to both ornamental and environmental horticulture, and is surrounded by nine hectares of heritage-listed gardens.<ref name="Your Life on Campus" /> The campus began operating as a learning precinct in horticultural education in 1891. At the campus, students are offered short courses, associate degrees, post-graduate studies, and research. Specifically, training for urban landscape management, landscape design and production, park management, turf management, nursery and cut flower production, and arboriculture are all specialisations of the campus.<ref name="ecosystemforest.unimelb.edu.au" />

=== Creswick ===
The Creswick campus is located within the township of Creswick, 120&nbsp;km north-west of Melbourne. It is situated on 15 hectares of land, which is also connected to native and plantation forests. Accommodation is available at the campus to members of the University of Melbourne's student cohorts and teaching staff when engaged at Creswick.<ref name="Creswick">{{Cite web |title=Creswick |url=https://ecosystemforest.unimelb.edu.au/about/creswick |website=School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506065342/https://ecosystemforest.unimelb.edu.au/about/creswick |url-status=live }}</ref> Creswick campus has been offering forest science education since 1910, and is Australia's only dedicated forest ecosystem science campus, which focuses on forest industry, conservation, and molecular biology research.<ref name="Your Life on Campus" /> Scientists based at the campus include hydrologists, soil scientists, plant geneticists, geomorphologists, fire scientists, ecologists, engineers, and mathematicians.<ref name="Creswick" />

=== Dookie ===
[[File:Dookie University of Melbourne Entrance.JPG|thumb|Entrance of Dookie Campus]]
{{main|University of Melbourne, Dookie campus}}

The Dookie campus has been the university's rural home to agriculture and agricultural teaching and learning since its inception in 1886.<ref name="Your Life on Campus"/> It is based between Shepparton and Benalla, about 220&nbsp;km north east of Melbourne. Dookie campus is situated on 2440 hectares of land that houses student and staff accommodation, an orchard, winery, merino sheep, robotic dairy, and a natural bush reserve. Agriculture students are able to access the city campus in addition to a semester at the Dookie campus. Subjects in agriculture, science, commerce and environments are available at the campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dookie Welcome |url=https://fvas.unimelb.edu.au/dookie/welcome |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506065339/https://fvas.unimelb.edu.au/dookie/welcome |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Shepparton ===
The Shepparton Medical Centre campus is located in Shepparton, nearly 200&nbsp;km north of Melbourne. The campus is part of the Melbourne Medical School, and the Shepparton base is home to the Shepparton Rural Clinical School. It provides fully furnished, subsidized, self-catered student on site at the Clinical School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shepparton Campus Accommodation |url=https://goingruralhealth.com.au/shepparton-campus-accommodation/ |website=Going Rural Health |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506065342/https://goingruralhealth.com.au/shepparton-campus-accommodation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The University of Melbourne Shepparton Medical Centre was the first purpose built teaching clinic in Australia, and services Shepparton and surrounds with comprehensive primary healthcare.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shepparton Medical Centre |url=https://shepmed.unimelb.edu.au/home#about |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402233733/https://shepmed.unimelb.edu.au/home#about |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Werribee ===
The Werribee campus is located about 30&nbsp;km south west of the city, and is home to research and teaching for the Melbourne Veterinary School.<ref name="Werribee Redevelopment">{{Cite web |url=https://fvas.unimelb.edu.au/werribee-redevelopment |title=Werribee Redevelopment |website=Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506070843/https://fvas.unimelb.edu.au/werribee-redevelopment |url-status=dead }}</ref> Recently, the campus undertook an AU$63 million redevelopment to enhance facilities for pet treatment and the training of future veterinarians at the University of Melbourne. Victoria's only accredited veterinary course is based at The University of Melbourne, at both the Werribee and Parkville campuses.<ref name="Werribee Redevelopment" />

=== Fishermans Bend ===
A new engineering campus at [[Fishermans Bend, Victoria|Fishermans Bend]] is currently in the design phase. Construction on stage one of the campus is expected to start in 2024 with a planned opening in 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Belinda |date=7 December 2022 |title=Fishermans Bend campus |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/priorities-and-partnerships/fishermans-bend |access-date=17 June 2023 |website=About us |language=en |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408171107/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/priorities-and-partnerships/fishermans-bend |url-status=live }}</ref> The site is 7.2 hectares, and will be used by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) and the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP). The site is located in a renewal area set aside for industry and technology by the [[Victoria State Government]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ross |first1=Belinda |title=Fishermans Bend campus |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/priorities-and-partnerships/fishermans-bend |website=About us |access-date=8 April 2023 |language=en |date=7 December 2022 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408163258/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/priorities-and-partnerships/fishermans-bend |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Former campuses ===
The university had a number of former campuses, including Glenormiston (now [[Glenormiston College]]), Longerenong (now [[Longerenong College]]), McMillan (based in [[Leongatha, Victoria|Leongatha]] and [[Warragul, Victoria|Warragul]]) and the Werribee-based [[Gilbert Chandler College|Gilbert Chandler Campus]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.longy.com.au/why-longy/our-history |title=Our History |publisher=Longerenong College |accessdate=27 June 2022 |archive-date=27 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927164044/https://www.longy.com.au/why-longy/our-history |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-10-31/melbourne-uni-sacks-horticultural-college-staff/2135666 |title=Melbourne Uni sacks horticultural college staff |work=ABC News |date=31 October 2005 |accessdate=27 June 2022 |archive-date=27 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627014814/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-10-31/melbourne-uni-sacks-horticultural-college-staff/2135666 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Governance and structure ==
=== University Council ===
Governance of the university is grounded in an act of parliament, the University of Melbourne Act 2009.<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|Vic|act|uoma2009288|University of Melbourne Act 2009}}</ref> The peak governing body is the "Council" the key responsibilities of which include appointing the vice-chancellor and principal, approving the strategic direction and annual budget, establishing operational policies and procedures and overseeing academic and commercial activities as well as risk management. The chair of the council is the "chancellor". The "academic board" oversees learning, teaching and research activities and provides advice to the council on these matters. The "committee of convocation" represents graduates and its members are elected in proportion to the number of graduates in each faculty.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.walkingmelbourne.com/search.php?arch_style=1 |title=Neo-Gothic Buildings (Searching) – Buildings [Walking Melbourne&#93; |publisher=Walkingmelbourne.com |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-date=1 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501051418/http://www.walkingmelbourne.com/search.php?arch_style=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The University of Melbourne's operations are governed through a hierarchy of delegations framework. A 13-member council is the university's governing body. It establishes the university's council, determines its core functions, and allows the university to enact subordinate legislation through statutes and regulations. Under legislative elements associated with the council, university policies exist as a formal statement of principle to regulate university operations. Under university policies, university processes exist to support workplace agreements, policy, and relevant legislation by noting day-to-day operation tasks and activities to be performed by staff.<ref>{{cite web |title=Regulatory Framework |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/strategy/governance/regulatory-framework |website=About The University of Melbourne |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506065341/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/strategy/governance/regulatory-framework |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Academic Board ====
The academic board is held responsible to the council for quality assurance in activities such as the maintenance of high standards in teaching, research and learning. The University of Melbourne Executive is the university's principal management committee. The university consists of academic and administrative structures. University leadership encompasses the chancellor, vice-chancellor and senior executives, who are responsible for the strategic vision of the university.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peak Bodies and Structures |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/strategy/governance/peak-bodies-structures |website=About The University of Melbourne |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506065343/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/strategy/governance/peak-bodies-structures |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Faculties and departments ===
{{as of|2019}} University of Melbourne is divided into nine faculties, which encompass all major departments of both research and teaching, as follows:<ref>{{cite web |title=About The University of Melbourne: Faculties and Graduate Schools |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/strategy/our-structure/faculties-and-graduate-schools |website=about.unimelb.edu.au |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=12 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512141146/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/strategy/our-structure/faculties-and-graduate-schools |url-status=live }}</ref>

*Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning: [[Julie Willis]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Structure and Leadership |url=https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/about/structure-and-leadership#leadership |website=Melbourne Design School |date=February 2018 |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506073859/https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/about/structure-and-leadership#leadership |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts|Faculty of Arts]]: Russell Goulbourne<ref>{{cite web |title=Leadership Faculty of Arts |url=https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/about/leadership |website=Faculty of Arts |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506065337/https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/about/leadership |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Faculty of Business and Economics: Paul Kofman and Ian Harper (co-deans)<ref>{{cite web |title=Leadership Team |url=https://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/about/leadership |website=Faculty of Business and Economics |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506065342/https://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/about/leadership |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Faculty of Education: Marek Tesar<ref>{{cite web |title=Senior Leadership |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/leadership/senior-leadership/dean-foe |website=University of Melbourne Faculty of Education |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506065341/https://education.unimelb.edu.au/about/message-from-the-dean |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Melbourne School of Engineering|Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology]]: Mark Cassidy<ref>{{cite web |title=Dean's Welcome |url=https://eng.unimelb.edu.au/about/welcome |website=Melbourne School of Engineering |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506065342/https://eng.unimelb.edu.au/about/welcome |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne|Faculty of Fine Arts and Music]]: Marie Sierra<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/#about |website=Faculty of Fine Arts and Music |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506072445/https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/#about |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Melbourne Law School]]: Matthew Harding<ref>{{cite web |title=Melbourne Law School: Dean's Message |url=https://law.unimelb.edu.au/about/deans-message |website=law.unimelb.edu.au |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507054938/https://law.unimelb.edu.au/about/deans-message |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences|Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences]]: Jane Gunn<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/beyond2018/welcome |website=Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506065346/https://mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/beyond2018/welcome |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[University of Melbourne Faculty of Science|Faculty of Science]]: Moira O'Bryan<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://science.unimelb.edu.au/#about |website=Faculty of Science |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506114651/https://science.unimelb.edu.au/#about |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Faculty of Arts====
The arts faculty comprises five schools:<ref>{{cite web |title=Schools |website=Faculty of Arts |date=19 December 2022 |url=https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/about/schools-and-research-centres |access-date=16 June 2024 |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616112936/https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/about/schools-and-research-centres |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Asia Institute, for studies in Asian languages and cultures
*School of Culture and Communication, including literary and cultural studies, art history and art curatorship, cinema and performance, media and communication, and [[Indigenous Australian]] studies
*School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, which includes programs in Classics and Archaeology, Cultural Materials Conservation, History, History and Philosophy of Science, Jewish Culture and Society and Philosophy
*School of Languages and Linguistics, which includes programs in European Studies
*School of Social and Political Sciences 
*Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

=== Finances and endowment ===
The University of Melbourne has an endowment of approximately $1.335 billion.<ref name="endowment">{{cite web|url=http://publications.unimelb.edu.au/docs/UoM-AR-2015.pdf|title=University of Melbourne Investment Report 2013|access-date=13 August 2014|archive-date=13 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513041407/http://publications.unimelb.edu.au/docs/UoM-AR-2015.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
The university's endowments recovered after hardship following the 2008 [[Great Recession]], which shrank its investments by 22%. This required restructuring of the university, including cutting 220 full-time positions.<ref name="endowment2">[http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/battered-melbourne-uni-slashes-220-jobs-20090728-e075.html Battered Melbourne Uni slashes 220 jobs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730024129/http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/battered-melbourne-uni-slashes-220-jobs-20090728-e075.html |date=30 July 2009 }}, ''The Age'', 29 July 2009</ref> A further round of cuts, driven by lingering concerns about finances and declining Federal contributions to the tertiary sector, took place under the "Business Improvement Program" from 2014 to 2016 and resulted in the cutting of 500 jobs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inside the Business Improvement Program|url=https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/farrago/inside-the-business-improvement-program/|access-date=25 October 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=20 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820234931/https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/farrago/inside-the-business-improvement-program/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Under former vice-chancellor Glyn Davis, the university publicly launched a fundraising campaign titled ''Believe'' in 2013. The campaign raised $500 million by 2016 and sought to raise a further $1 billion by 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Believe Campaign |url=https://www.alumni.unimelb.edu.au/about/campaign |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=10 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510025823/https://www.alumni.unimelb.edu.au/about/campaign |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Academic profile ==
=== Research and publications ===
Melbourne University claims that its research expenditure is second only to that of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ([[CSIRO]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bpointelligence.com/ebrochure/uom/2013-Graduate-Prospectus/#/10/|title=2013 Graduate Prospectus|publisher=Bpointelligence.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203635/http://bpointelligence.com/ebrochure/uom/2013-Graduate-Prospectus/|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=17 January 2014}}</ref> The university is a leading Australian research university, with the largest cohort of research students in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://research.unimelb.edu.au/research-at-melbourne|title=Our Research Strategy'|website=The University of Melbourne|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507053330/https://research.unimelb.edu.au/research-at-melbourne|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities is released by National Taiwan University (NTU Ranking), and placed the University of Melbourne as the 29th highest internationally and 1st domestically in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/ranking/OverallRanking|title=World University Rankings|website=NTU Ranking|publisher=National Taiwan University|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=25 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025093249/http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/ranking/OverallRanking|url-status=dead}}</ref> It evaluates the performance of scientific papers, and the indicators used are designed to compare both the quantity and quality of published scientific works by each university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/about/introduction|title=Introduction|website=NTU Ranking'|publisher=National Taiwan University|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920104227/http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/about/introduction|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Similarly, the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranks universities on variables, including both research output and citations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cwur.org/about.php|title=About CWUR|website=CWUR|publisher=The Center for World University Rankings|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411115449/https://cwur.org/about.php|url-status=live}}</ref> For 2018/19 it ranked the University of Melbourne at number 57 in the world, and number{{nbsp}}1 within Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cwur.org/2018-19/australia.php|title=Top Universities - Australia|website=CWUR|publisher=The Center for World University Rankings|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411115202/https://cwur.org/2018-19/australia.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

The university is connected to more than 100 research centres and institutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://study.unimelb.edu.au/your-experience/our-reputation-and-rankings|title=Our Reputation and Rankings|website=The University of Melbourne|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507054833/https://study.unimelb.edu.au/your-experience/our-reputation-and-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010 the university spent $813 million on research.<ref name="AR2010">{{cite web|url=http://publications.unimelb.edu.au/docs/2010-annual-report.pdf|title=Annual Report 2010|publisher=University of Melbourne|access-date=31 July 2016|archive-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820012912/http://publications.unimelb.edu.au/docs/2010-annual-report.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year the university had the highest numbers of federal government [[Australian Postgraduate Awards]] (APA) and International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.innovation.gov.au/RESEARCH/RESEARCHBLOCKGRANTS/Pages/InternationalPostgraduateResearchScholarships.aspx |title=International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS) |publisher=Innovation.gov.au |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-date=5 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205081025/http://www.innovation.gov.au/Research/ResearchBlockGrants/Pages/InternationalPostgraduateResearchScholarships.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as the largest totals of Research Higher Degree (RHD) student load (3,222 students) and RHD completions (715).<ref name="ar10">{{cite web |url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/publications/docs/2010-annual-report.pdf |title=University of Melbourne Annual Report 2010 |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-date=11 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711021309/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/publications/docs/2010-annual-report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Teaching structure ===
{{Main|Melbourne Model}}

The University of Melbourne differs from other Australian universities in its course structure, as it offers nine generalised three-year degrees instead of more traditional specialised undergraduate degrees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://coursesearch.unimelb.edu.au/ |title=Study in Melbourne, Australia – Courses at The University of Melbourne, Australia |work=unimelb.edu.au |access-date=13 April 2016 |archive-date=15 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415061754/https://www.coursesearch.unimelb.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This system, described as the "Melbourne Model", was implemented in 2008 by then Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis, the university having previously offered many single and joint undergraduate degrees. The university also offers postgraduate courses (including professional-entry master's degrees) that follow undergraduate courses with greater specialisation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Katey |date=10 May 2021 |title=Home |url=https://environment.unimelb.edu.au/|access-date=25 October 2021 |website=Office for Environmental Programs |language=en |archive-date=25 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160447/https://environment.unimelb.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Several professional degrees are available only for graduate entry. These degrees are at a masters level according to the Australian Qualification Framework,<ref>Australian Qualifications Framework. First Edition July 2012. [Cited 2 July 2012] URL: http://www.aqf.edu.au/Portals/0/Documents/Handbook/AustQuals%20FrmwrkFirstEditionJuly2011_FINAL.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809073645/http://www.aqf.edu.au/Portals/0/Documents/Handbook/AustQuals%20FrmwrkFirstEditionJuly2011_FINAL.pdf |date=9 August 2012 }}.</ref> but are named "masters" or "doctorate" following the practice in North America. The university's faculties often have a corresponding [[graduate school]] to offer these degrees.

=== Entrepreneurship ===
The university has an entrepreneurship arm, named the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre (MEC).<ref>{{cite web |title=Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre |url=https://unimelb.edu.au/mec/home |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311173808/https://unimelb.edu.au/mec/home |url-status=live |archive-date=11 March 2019 |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 }}</ref> The university also has an accelerator program for start-ups, which has produced a number of small companies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://map.eng.unimelb.edu.au |title=Melbourne Accelerator Program |publisher=Melbourne University Engineering Department |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141124154414/http://map.eng.unimelb.edu.au/ |archive-date=24 November 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=21 November 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.startupsmart.com.au/planning/two-australian-university-accelerators-named-in-global-top-25-list/2014062512587.html |title=Two Australian university accelerators named in global top 25 list |publisher=Startup Smart Australia |access-date=21 November 2014 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129193553/http://www.startupsmart.com.au/planning/two-australian-university-accelerators-named-in-global-top-25-list/2014062512587.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The university also has an entrepreneurial training centre called the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship based at Ormond College, one of the university's residential colleges.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wade Institute |url=https://wadeinstitute.org.au/ |website=Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507053332/https://wadeinstitute.org.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Libraries and collections ===
[[File:Baillieu Library.JPG|thumb|Baillieu Library, at the Parkville Campus]]The University of Melbourne's libraries have over three million visitors performing 42 million loan transactions every year.<ref name="lib">[http://www.library.unimelb.edu.au/about_us About Us – Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708000722/http://www.library.unimelb.edu.au/about_us |date=8 July 2009 }}, University of Melbourne website</ref> The general collection comprises over 3.5 million items including books, DVDs, photographic slides, music scores and periodicals as well as rare maps, prints and other published materials.<ref name="lib" /> The library also holds over 32,000 [[e-books]], hundreds of databases and 63,000 general and specialist journals in digital form.<ref name="lib" />

The university has twelve libraries spread across its campuses:

* ABP (Architecture, Building and Planning) Library<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.unimelb.edu.au/architecture |title=Library locations & opening hours |date=13 December 2023 |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507054835/https://library.unimelb.edu.au/architecture |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Baillieu Library<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.unimelb.edu.au/baillieu |title=Library locations & opening hours |date=13 December 2023 |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=8 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708232713/https://library.unimelb.edu.au/baillieu |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Brownless Biomedical Library<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.unimelb.edu.au/biomedical |title=Library locations & opening hours |date=13 December 2023 |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507140840/https://library.unimelb.edu.au/biomedical |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[File:Interior of Brownless Library.jpg|thumb|Inside the Brownless Library]]Burnley, Creswick and Dookie Libraries<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.unimelb.edu.au/land-environment |title=Library locations & opening hours |date=13 December 2023 |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507064931/https://library.unimelb.edu.au/land-environment |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ERC (Eastern Resource Centre) Library<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.unimelb.edu.au/erc |title=Library locations & opening hours |date=13 December 2023 |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507061921/https://library.unimelb.edu.au/erc |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Giblin Eunson Library<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.unimelb.edu.au/giblin-eunson |title=Library locations & opening hours |date=13 December 2023 |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507060350/https://library.unimelb.edu.au/giblin-eunson |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Law Library<ref>{{cite web |url=https://law.unimelb.edu.au/law-library |title=Law Library |date=12 December 2023 |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507054846/https://law.unimelb.edu.au/law-library |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Southbank Library<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.unimelb.edu.au/southbank-library |title=Library locations & opening hours |date=13 December 2023 |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507063426/https://library.unimelb.edu.au/southbank-library |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Veterinary and Agricultural Science Libraries<ref>Veterinary and Agricultural Science Libraries</ref>

With the exception of the Baillieu and ERC libraries, most of the university's libraries have a subject focus. In addition to the study libraries, the Student Union runs a recreational library named the Rowden White Library in the Student Pavilion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rowden White Library |url=https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/things-to-do/library/ |access-date=23 August 2023 |website=umsu.unimelb.edu.au |language=en-AU |archive-date=2 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002153325/https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/things-to-do/library/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Museums and archives ===
==== Grainger Museum ====
{{Main|Grainger Museum}}

[[File:Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria Australia (4598957636).jpg|thumb|255x255px|The [[Grainger Museum]] on [[Royal Parade, Melbourne|Royal Parade]]. ]]
The Grainger Museum is located at the university's Parkville campus, and is the only purpose built autobiographical museum in Australia. It is home to a diverse collection of over 100,000 items including photographs, costumes, art, music scores and instruments. The items were collected by [[Percy Grainger]] and span his life and career.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grainger Museum |url=https://grainger.unimelb.edu.au/#home |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507121016/https://grainger.unimelb.edu.au/#home |url-status=live }}</ref> Grainger was an eccentric and famous composer, arranger and pianist whose career played a prominent role in the revival of interest in British folk music in the early years of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 November 2011 |title=Percy Grainger: the ninth best composer ever |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/10/percy-grainger |access-date=26 May 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809140648/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/10/percy-grainger |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Keeffe |first=Jess |date=29 March 2017 |title=Biography |url=https://grainger.unimelb.edu.au/discover/biography |access-date=26 May 2022 |website=Grainger Museum |language=en |archive-date=14 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614214048/https://grainger.unimelb.edu.au/discover/biography |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology ====
The Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology, located at the Parkville campus, is one of Australia's largest collections of both historical anatomical models and real human tissue specimens. It provides students at The University of Melbourne educational resources for the medical and related anatomical disciplines. The museum is not normally open to the public, though tours of the museum are available for medical students and health professionals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology |url=https://harrybrookesallenmuseum.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/ |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507054834/https://harrybrookesallenmuseum.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum ====
The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum is located at the Melbourne Dental School on the Parkville campus. It is the oldest dental collection in Australia, with over 3,500 objects, photographs, documents, and catalogues.<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum |url=https://henryformanatkinsondentalmuseum.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/ |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507054835/https://henryformanatkinsondentalmuseum.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Ian Potter Museum of Art ====
{{Main|Ian Potter Museum of Art}}

[[File:Ian Potter Museum of Art 2010.jpg|thumb|The Ian Potter Museum of Art in 2010.]]
The Ian Potter Museum of Art is located at the university's Parkville campus, and is the university's main art museum. Since being founded in 1972, the museum has hosted more than 500 exhibitions. The Potter's collection exceeds 18,000 objects, with works ranging from antiquity to contemporary art.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ian Potter Museum of Art |url=https://art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/about/ |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=2 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502233831/https://art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Medical History Museum ====
The Medical History Museum is located within the Brownless Biomedical Library at the university's Parkville campus. Exhibitions and educational programs are offered by the museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Medical History Museum |url=https://medicalhistorymuseum.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/about-the-museum |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507054835/https://medicalhistorymuseum.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/about-the-museum |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Ed Muirhead Physics Museum ====
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum is located at the university's Parkville campus in the School of Physics building. The museum is named in honour of [[Ed Muirhead]], who was the Chairman of the School of Physics from 1980 to 1986, and initiated the museum during that time. The collection comprises items that are of historical and scientific interest, predominantly scientific apparatus constructed by former professors and staff for research purposes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ed Muirhead Physics Museum |url=https://physics.unimelb.edu.au/engage/ed-muirhead-physics-museum |website=The University of Melbourne |date=29 November 2017 |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401095828/https://physics.unimelb.edu.au/engage/ed-muirhead-physics-museum |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Tiegs Museum ====
The Tiegs Museum is located at the university's Parkville campus in the BioSciences building. The museum hosts a collection of zoological specimens accumulated over 120 years, and is named after the former professor and faculty dean [[Oscar Tiegs]]. Specimens included in the collection range from small invertebrates to the whole mounts and skeletons of vertebrates including an African Lion and a [[moa]] (an extinct emu-like bird from New Zealand).<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiegs Museum |url=https://biosciences.unimelb.edu.au/engage/tiegs-museum/history-of-the-museum |website=The University of Melbourne |date=14 August 2018 |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409033637/https://biosciences.unimelb.edu.au/engage/tiegs-museum/history-of-the-museum |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Galleries and exhibitions ===
==== Fiona & Sidney Myer Gallery ====
The Fiona & Sidney Myer Gallery is located at the university's Southbank campus in the heart of Melbourne's Arts Precinct. It provides a space for members of the Victorian College of the Arts community to showcase new work, playing an educational role for the institution. The gallery opened in 2001 (as the Margaret Lawrence Gallery) to link the Victorian College of the Arts with the University of Melbourne, and to the wider communities of Victorian and national arts. The space facilitates and encourages connections between professional artists, academics, students, and the wider public.<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Lawrence Gallery |url=https://mlg.finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/ |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=22 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422015353/https://mlg.finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Noel Shaw Gallery ====
The Noel Shaw Gallery is located within the Baillieu Library at the university's Parkville campus. It opened in 2014, following a bequest by university alumna, Noel Shaw. Each year two exhibitions are presented in the Noel Shaw Gallery, which focus on the opportunities for curriculum engagement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Noel Shaw Gallery |url=https://library.unimelb.edu.au/baillieu/exhibitions/noel-shaw-gallery |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507054836/https://library.unimelb.edu.au/baillieu/exhibitions/noel-shaw-gallery |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Buxton Contemporary ====
Buxton Contemporary is an art museum located at the university's Southbank campus, in Melbourne's Arts precinct. The museum was opened in 2018 and comprises four public exhibition galleries, teaching facilities and an outdoor screen for moving image art. The museum was the result of a gift to the university by the art collector and property developer Michael Buxton.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Buxton Contemporary |url=https://buxtoncontemporary.com/about/ |website=Buxton Contemporary |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507053337/https://buxtoncontemporary.com/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Science Gallery ====
Science Gallery Melbourne opened in 2021 at the university's Parkville campus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kevey |first=Donna |date=23 February 2022 |title=Science Gallery Melbourne opens to the public this June |url=https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2021/april/science-gallery-melbourne |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=Newsroom |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523070405/https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2021/april/science-gallery-melbourne |url-status=live }}</ref> The 3,500 square metre gallery is in the university's new Melbourne Connect building and presents exhibitions that seek to combine art and science.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Inside Melbourne's Major New Interactive Gallery, Where Art and Science Collide |url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/art-and-design/article/inside-melbournes-major-new-interactive-gallery-where-art-and-science-collide |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=Broadsheet |language=en |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716193618/https://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/art-and-design/article/inside-melbournes-major-new-interactive-gallery-where-art-and-science-collide |url-status=live }}</ref> The gallery forms part of the Global [[Science Gallery|Science Gallery Network]], based on the Science Gallery at [[Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College, Dublin]].<ref name=":4" />

=== Other collections ===
==== Dax Centre ====
The Dax Centre is located at the university's Parkville campus in the Kenneth Myer Building. The centre is named after [[Eric Cunningham Dax]], who pioneered the use of art to promote clinical insights and mental health improvements. Exhibitions and educational programs hosted by the centre seek to promote mental health. The Dax Centre consists of educational programs and a gallery space and also houses the Cunningham Dax Collection.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Dax Centre: About Us |url=https://www.daxcentre.org/the-dax-centre-about-us/ |website=The Dax Centre |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=2 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502125858/http://www.daxcentre.org/the-dax-centre-about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Herbarium ====
{{Main|University of Melbourne Herbarium}}

The [[University of Melbourne Herbarium]] is a teaching and research herbarium within the School of Biosciences.

=== Academic reputation ===
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In the 2024 ''Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities'', which measures aggregate performance across the QS, THE and ARWU rankings, the university attained a position of #23 (1st nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Results |url=https://research.unsw.edu.au/artu/artu-results |website=Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities |publisher=[[University of New South Wales]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]}}</ref>

==== National publications ====
In the [[Australian Financial Review|''Australian Financial Review'' Best Universities Ranking]] 2025, the university was ranked #1 amongst Australian universities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Universities Ranking |url=https://www.afr.com/lists-and-awards/best-universities-ranking |website=[[Australian Financial Review]] |publisher=[[Nine Entertainment]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]}}</ref>

==== Global publications ====
In the 2026 ''[[Quacquarelli Symonds]]'' [[QS World University Rankings|World University Rankings]] (published 2025), the university attained a position of #19 (1st nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings: Top Global Universities |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |website=[[QS World University Rankings]] |publisher=[[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|''Times Higher Education'' World University Rankings]] 2026 (published 2025), the university attained a position of #37 (1st nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings |work=[[Times Higher Education]] |publisher=Inflexion |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the 2025 ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'', the university attained a position of #38 (1st nationally).<ref name="ARWU Rankings">{{cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings |website=[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] |publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy |language=en |publication-place=[[Shanghai]], [[China]]}}</ref>

In the 2025–2026 [[U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking|''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Global Universities]], the university attained a position of #30 (2nd nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Global Universities Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |language=en-US |publication-place=[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]}}</ref>

In the ''[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]]'' 2024,{{efn|The [[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] is based on P (top 10%).|name=a}} the university attained a position of #36 (1st nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2024/list |website=[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] (Centre for Science and Technology Studies) |publisher=[[Leiden University]] |language=en |publication-place=[[Leiden]], [[Netherlands]]}}</ref>

=== Student outcomes ===
The Australian Government's QILT{{Efn|Abbreviation for Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching.<ref name="About QILT" />}} conducts national surveys documenting the student life cycle from enrolment through to employment.<ref name="About QILT" /> These surveys place more emphasis on criteria such as student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction<ref name="About QILT">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224528/https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> than perceived reputation, research output and citation counts.<ref name="Bridgestock 2024">{{Cite web |last=Bridgestock |first=Laura |date=19 April 2021 |title=World University Ranking Methodologies Compared |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224525/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |archive-date=2 January 2025 |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=[[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the 2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey, graduates of the university had an overall employer satisfaction rate of 85.4%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224527/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref>

In the 2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey, graduates of the university had a full-time employment rate of 67.7% for undergraduates and 88.3% for postgraduates.<ref name="GOS Survey 2023">{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey: National Report |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220062418/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> The initial full-time salary was {{AUD|65,300}} for undergraduates and {{AUD|88,000}} for postgraduates.<ref name="GOS Survey 2023" />

In the 2023 Student Experience Survey, undergraduates at the university rated the quality of their entire educational experience at 73.8% meanwhile postgraduates rated their overall education experience at 73.9%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Student Experience Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224530/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref>

=== Admissions ===
The university has 11 academic units,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/az/faculties.html |title=Faculties and Graduate Schools |publisher=Unimelb.edu.au |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-date=6 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606043430/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/az/faculties.html |url-status=live }}</ref> some of which incorporate a graduate school. The overall attrition and retention rates at the university are the lowest and highest respectively in Australia.<ref name="modelhavelegs2">[http://www.theage.com.au/national/does-this-model-have-legs-20090814-el8u.html?page=-1 Does this model have legs?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104025034/http://www.theage.com.au/national/does-this-model-have-legs-20090814-el8u.html?page=-1 |date=4 November 2012 }}, ''The Age'', 15 August 2009.</ref> The university has one of the highest admission requirements in the country, with the median [[Australian Tertiary Admission Rank|ATAR]] of its undergraduates being 94.05 (2009).<ref name="unimelb.edu.au2">{{cite web |url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/publications/docs/unim0020-at-a-glance-2010.pdf |title=University of Melbourne at a glance |publisher=University of Melbourne |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-date=22 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222043540/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/publications/docs/unim0020-at-a-glance-2010.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Of the Premier's VCE Top All-Round High Achievers, 50% enrolled at the University of Melbourne.<ref name="unimelb.edu.au2" />

For domestic applications, an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) is generally required for bachelor's degrees. For undergraduate degrees in 2019, guaranteed entry scores into degrees were: Agriculture 70, Arts 85, Biomedicine 96, Commerce 94, Design 85, Science 85 and Oral Health 85 (indicative only), while Fine Arts and Music were not applicable.<ref name="How You're Selected">{{cite web |title=How You're Selected |url=https://study.unimelb.edu.au/how-to-apply/undergraduate-study/international-applications/entry-requirements/how-youre-selected |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507053337/https://study.unimelb.edu.au/how-to-apply/undergraduate-study/international-applications/entry-requirements/how-youre-selected |url-status=live }}</ref>

Domestic applicants who have a disadvantaged financial background, are from rural or isolated areas, are from underrepresented schools, experienced difficult circumstances, have a disability or medical condition, are from a non-English speaking background, identify as an Indigenous Australian, or are applying through a non-school leaver entry pathway may be eligible for the Access Melbourne program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eligibility for Access Melbourne 2019 |url=https://study.unimelb.edu.au/how-to-apply/special-entry-access-schemes/access-melbourne-undergraduate/eligibility |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=9 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409154247/https://study.unimelb.edu.au/how-to-apply/special-entry-access-schemes/access-melbourne-undergraduate/eligibility |url-status=live }}</ref> The program offered guaranteed entry in 2023 for students with ATARs of: Agriculture 72, Arts 88, Biomedicine 95, Commerce 93, Design 88 and Science 88.<ref>{{cite web |title=Guaranteed Entry Scores |url=https://study.unimelb.edu.au/how-to-apply/special-entry-access-schemes/access-melbourne-undergraduate/guaranteed-entry-scores |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=9 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409154256/https://study.unimelb.edu.au/how-to-apply/special-entry-access-schemes/access-melbourne-undergraduate/guaranteed-entry-scores |url-status=live }}</ref> Minimum International Baccalaureate Diploma scores for undergraduate guaranteed entry in 2019 were: Agriculture 25, Arts 31, Biomedicine 38, Commerce 36, design 31, Science 31 and Oral Health 31 (indicative only), while Fine arts and Music were not applicable.<ref name="How You're Selected" />

International students compose 44% of the university's student body.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cashin |first=Kasey |date=3 June 2022 |title=University of Melbourne: Australia's #1 university |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/facts-and-figures |access-date=22 July 2022 |website=About us |language=en |archive-date=22 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722012737/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/facts-and-figures |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Student life ==
=== Student unions and associations ===
[[File:University Of Melbourne Student Union House.JPG|thumb|Union House, previous central hub of student activity and student union office]]
{{Main|University of Melbourne Student Union}}

There are two student organisations within the University of Melbourne, the University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU), and the Graduate Student Association. The University of Melbourne Student Union, formerly known as the Student Union was founded in 1884. Originally, it was formed to promote common interests of students, to assist social interactions between members, and provide resources for pursuing public life.<ref>{{cite web |title=UMSU History |url=https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/about/umsu/history/ |website=UMSU |publisher=University of Melbourne Student Union |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507065659/https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/about/umsu/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The union's mission is to create a quality experience on campus by establishing a community for students, staff and visitors from a range of backgrounds and experiences.<ref>{{cite web |title=UMSU A bit about us |url=https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/about/umsu/ |website=UMSU |publisher=University of Melbourne Student Union |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=10 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510051233/https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/about/umsu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Graduate Student Association (GSA) is an independent association that automatically provides all enrolled graduate students at the university with support, representation, events, and training.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Graduate Student Association |url=https://gsa.unimelb.edu.au/about/ |website=GSA |publisher=University of Melbourne Graduate Student Association |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507065705/https://gsa.unimelb.edu.au/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Some features of the GSA include welcoming students to the graduate school with orientation events, hosting an Annual Art Prize, and a formal Graduate Ball.<ref name="Graduate Student Association" />

Clubs and societies offered by the university range from cultural, course-related, political, language exchange, spiritual and community focuses.<ref name="students.unimelb.edu.au">{{cite web |title=Student clubs, societies and communities |url=https://students.unimelb.edu.au/explore/student-clubs-and-societies |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507065703/https://students.unimelb.edu.au/explore/student-clubs-and-societies |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are currently over 200 clubs affiliated to the University of Melbourne Student Union, with the total membership exceeding 25,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=UMSU Clubs |url=https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/getinvolved/clubs/ |website=UMSU |publisher=University of Melbourne Student Union |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=10 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510044650/https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/getinvolved/clubs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> There are currently more than 100 groups affiliated with the GSA, with the total membership exceeding 36,000 students.<ref name="Graduate Student Association">{{cite web |title=Grad Groups University of Melbourne |url=https://gsa.unimelb.edu.au/community-and-events/grad-groups/ |website=GSA |publisher=Graduate Student Association |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506180533/https://gsa.unimelb.edu.au/community-and-events/grad-groups/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Specific faculty-based clubs and societies are also offered at the university.

UMSU runs the student magazine [[Farrago (magazine)|Farrago]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Theatre |url=https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/express-yourself/theatre/ |access-date=20 January 2023 |website=umsu.unimelb.edu.au |language=en-AU |archive-date=20 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120023650/https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/express-yourself/theatre/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The UMSU Theatre Department relocated to the new Arts and Culture Building in 2022, which contains two theatres, the 398-seat Union Theatre and 102-seat Guild Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=Thomas |date=29 September 2022 |title=Students at the centre of new $70 million Arts and Cultural Building |url=https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2022/september/students-at-the-centre-of-new-$70-million-arts-and-cultural-building |access-date=20 January 2023 |website=University of Melbourne Newsroom |language=en |archive-date=20 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120023654/https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2022/september/students-at-the-centre-of-new-$70-million-arts-and-cultural-building |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Sports and athletics===
[[File:University of Melbourne Cricket Club.jpg|thumb|right|Ground of Melbourne University Cricket Club in [[:en:Parkville, Victoria|Parkville]]]]
Sport at The University of Melbourne is overseen by Melbourne University Sport (MU Sport), which is a department of the university. The department provides the management of all sports, fitness and recreation facilities, programs and activities of the university. MU Sport also manages the university's designated entry scheme for elite athletes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sport.unimelb.edu.au/About |title=About MU Sport |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507065705/http://www.sport.unimelb.edu.au/About |url-status=live }}</ref> Membership to the Melbourne University Sport Fitness Centre is open to University of Melbourne students, staff, alumni, and the greater community at large for those above the age of 17.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sport.unimelb.edu.au/FAQs |title=MU Sport FAQ's |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507065705/http://www.sport.unimelb.edu.au/FAQs |url-status=live }}</ref>

Melbourne University Sport offers access to a range of sporting clubs: aikido, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cricket, cycling, dancesport, dragon boat, fencing, men's football, women's football, futsal, gridiron, hockey, inline, karate, kendo, lacrosse, mountaineering, netball, quidditch, rowing, rugby union, skiing, snowboarding, soccer, softball, squash, surf riding, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo-rhee, taekwondo-wtf, tai chi and wushu, tennis, touch football, underwater (SCUBA), ultimate frisbee, volleyball, water polo, waterski and wakeboard, and weightlifting and powerlifting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sport.unimelb.edu.au/joinaclub |title=Melbourne University Sport Clubs |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507065704/http://www.sport.unimelb.edu.au/joinaclub |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Melbourne University Football Club]] was established in 1859, and is the world's second oldest [[Australian rules football]] club and the second oldest football club in Australia. It achieved prominence by being admitted to what is now the [[Australian Football League]] competition in 1908, and in 1914 becoming the first in the league's history to depart the competition, due to the club's strict stance on [[amateur sport|amateurism]].<ref>[https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/remembering-footballs-forgotten-club-100-years-since-university-20140822-107c2v.html Remembering football's forgotten club: 100 years since University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102105415/https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/remembering-footballs-forgotten-club-100-years-since-university-20140822-107c2v.html |date=2 November 2021 }} by Daniel Cherny for The Age 23 August 2014</ref> The [[Melbourne University Lacrosse Club]] (MULC) was established in 1883 and is the [[List of the oldest lacrosse teams|oldest continually operational lacrosse club]] in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mulax.org/ |title=Melbourne University Lacrosse Club|publisher=Mulax.org |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-date=26 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126134346/http://mulax.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Melbourne University Cycling Club (MUCyc) is associated with Cycling Australia and competes regularly at local and national races. In 2008 MUCyc won its seventh consecutive AUG championship (2002–2008).<ref>Warnecke R., [http://www.sports.unimelb.edu.au/news/AUGResults08.html "Team Melbourne wins record haul at Uni Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406081235/http://www.sports.unimelb.edu.au/news/AUGResults08.html |date=6 April 2009 }}, University sports news and events</ref><ref>Warnecke, Rod [https://web.archive.org/web/20111006020859/http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/news/5508// "Gold Rush At Uni Games"], ''University of Melbourne Voice'', 10 November 2008</ref> The Melbourne University Tennis Club was one of the original five clubs established for the students and staff of the university, with various tennis competitions and social tennis events held on campus as early as 1882.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unimelb.edu.au/culturalcollections/research/libraryjournal/vol9no2/ng.pdf |title=Home : Museums and Collections |work=unimelb.edu.au |access-date=13 April 2016 |archive-date=26 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326024214/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/culturalcollections/research/libraryjournal/vol9no2/ng.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Melbourne University Boat Club]] was established in 1859 and is cited as "the oldest rowing club in Australia",<ref>{{Cite web |work=Melbourne University Boat Club |title=About |url=https://www.mubc.asn.au/about/ |access-date=24 January 2023 |language=en |archive-date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124065447/https://www.mubc.asn.au/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a team from the Boat Club set the fastest time record for a [[Men's eight]] during the 2015 [[Head of the Yarra]] rowing regatta.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 November 2015 |title=Melbourne University Boat Club men's eight set Head of the Yarra record |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rowing-melbourne-university-boat-club-mens-eight-set-head-of-the-yarra-record-20151128-glagc1.html |access-date=24 January 2023 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124065449/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rowing-melbourne-university-boat-club-mens-eight-set-head-of-the-yarra-record-20151128-glagc1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Melbourne University's men's basketball team made the [[Big V]] Championship Men's competition for the first time in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketballvictoria.com.au/bigv/news/2023-big-v-fixture-launched |title=2023 Big V Fixture Launched! |work=basketballvictoria.com.au |date=14 February 2023 |access-date=8 April 2023 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408121948/https://www.basketballvictoria.com.au/bigv/news/2023-big-v-fixture-launched |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, Melbourne University won the Big V Division Two women's title.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketballvictoria.com.au/bigv/news/2024-big-v-senior-champions-named |title=2024 Big V Senior Champions Named |work=basketballvictoria.com.au |date=27 August 2024 |access-date=31 August 2024 |archive-date=31 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831060525/https://www.basketballvictoria.com.au/bigv/news/2024-big-v-senior-champions-named |url-status=live }}</ref> Men's and women's teams also compete in the [[University Basketball League Australia|University Basketball League]] (UBL). The men's team won the 2023 UBL title.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unisport.com.au/post/big-upsets-end-the-2023-ubl-season-with-victorian-universities-taking-home-both-champion-trophies |title=Big upsets end the 2023 UBL season with Victorian universities taking home both champion trophies |work=[[UniSport]] |date=1 June 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208160913/https://www.unisport.com.au/post/big-upsets-end-the-2023-ubl-season-with-victorian-universities-taking-home-both-champion-trophies |archive-date=8 December 2023 }}</ref>

The facilities that The University of Melbourne offers include a gym, fitness programs, group fitness classes, cardio theatre, strength zone, group cycling studio, MindBody studio, Cardio Box studio, two multipurpose stadiums, indoor heated 25m lap pool, personal training studio, group fitness room, squash courts, and change rooms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sport.unimelb.edu.au/fitnesscentres |title=Melbourne University Sport Facilities |website=The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507065707/http://www.sport.unimelb.edu.au/fitnesscentres |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Residential colleges ===
Melbourne University currently has nine independent residential colleges affiliated with the university in total, seven of which are located in an arc around the cricket oval at the northern edge of the campus, known as College Crescent. The other two are located outside of university grounds.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center;"
|+University of Melbourne residential colleges
|[[Trinity College, Melbourne|Trinity College]]
[[Image:Trinity College'.JPG|140x140px]]<br>1872–present
|[[Ormond College]]
[[Image:Ormond College, Parkville, Victoria Australia (4598156543).jpg|140x140px]]<br>1881–present
|[[Janet Clarke Hall]]
[[Image:Janet_Clarke_Hall_(University_of_Melbourne).jpg|134x134px]]<br>1886–present
|[[Queen's College, Melbourne|Queen's College]]
[[Image:Queen's College, University of Melbourne.jpg|140x140px]]<br>1887–present
|[[St Mary's College, Melbourne (residential college)|St Mary's College]]
[[Image:St_Mary's_College_(University_of_Melbourne).jpg|140x140px]]<br>1918–present
|-
|[[Newman College, Melbourne|Newman College]]
[[Image:Newman College - Dining from courtyard.JPG|140x140px]]<br>1918–present
|[[University College, Melbourne|University College]]<br>1937–present
|[[Graduate House (University of Melbourne)|Graduate House]]
[[Image:Grad_House_External_View.jpg|140x140px]]<br>1971–present
|[[St Hilda's College, Melbourne|St Hilda's College]]
[[File:St Hilda's College.jpg|alt=St Hilda's College, University of Melbourne|140x140px]]<br>1964–present
|}
Most of the university's residential colleges also admit students from [[RMIT University]] and [[Monash University, Parkville campus]], with selected colleges also accepting students from the [[Australian Catholic University]] and [[Victoria University, Australia|Victoria University]].

[[Graduate House (University of Melbourne)|Graduate House]] (since 1972) is a residential college for graduates located in Parkville's graduate precinct, which began its affiliation with the university in 1972.<ref>{{cite web |title=Graduate House |url=https://www.graduatehouse.com.au/ |website=Graduate House |publisher=Graduate House The University of Melbourne |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=2 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502154901/https://www.graduatehouse.com.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Whitley College]] (1965–2017) was a former college of the university, though it was sold to a redeveloper in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindsay |first1=Nicole |title=More beds on Royal Parade for students |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/more-beds-on-royal-parade-for-students-20170803-gxotyc.html |access-date=7 May 2019 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=3 August 2017 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507065701/https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/more-beds-on-royal-parade-for-students-20170803-gxotyc.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ridley College (Melbourne)|Ridley College]] (1965–2005) was an affiliated residential college of the University of Melbourne and was the first college of the university to be co-residential for men and women.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ridley College History |url=https://www.ridley.edu.au/partner-with-us/history/ |website=Ridley College |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507074214/https://www.ridley.edu.au/partner-with-us/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Halls of residence ===
There are six University of Melbourne halls of residence owned by the university, five of them [[International House, University of Melbourne|International House]], [[Wilam Hall]] (formerly Medley Hall), [[Little Hall, Melbourne|Little Hall]], Lisa Bellear House and The Lofts providing living and other facilities to students of any course, and one (W.T. Kendall Hall), which is associated with Veterinary Science, providing accommodation for students who are required to do some of their training at a University outstation.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center;"
|+University of Melbourne halls of residence
|[[Wilam Hall]]<br>(formerly Medley Hall)
[[Image:Medley_hall.jpg|104x104px]]<br>1954–present
|[[International House, University of Melbourne|International House]]
[[Image:IH Melbourne Dimmick Courtyard.jpg|140x140px]]<br>1957–present
|Kendall Hall<br>1967–present
|Lisa Bellear House<br>2019–present
|[[Little Hall, Melbourne|Little Hall]]
[[Image:Little_Hall.jpg|140x140px]]<br>2020–present
|The Lofts<br>2022–present
|}

== Notable people ==
{{Main list|List of University of Melbourne people
}}

=== Chancellors ===
The following have chaired the University Council and acted as ceremonial heads of the university as its [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]]:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cashin |first=Kasey |date=10 January 2023 |title=The University of Melbourne's former office bearers |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/office-bearers |access-date=19 March 2023 |website=About us |language=en |archive-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319142350/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/office-bearers |url-status=live }}</ref>

* The Hon. [[Sir Redmond Barry]], KCMG, BA LLD ''Dub.'' ''Melb'' ''&'' ''Penn.'' MA. From 17 May 1853, to 23 November 1880. Died 1880
* The Hon. [[Sir William Foster Stawell]], KCMG, BA ''Dub.'' LLD ''Dub. & Melb.'' MA. From 2 May 1881, to 8 May 1882. Died 1889
* The Rt. Rev. [[Dr James Moorhouse]], DD ''Camb.'' MA ''Camb. & Melb.'' From 7 July 1884, to 1 February 1886. Died 1915
* The Hon. Dr William Edward Hearn, QC, AM LLD ''Dub.'' From 3 May to 4 October 1886. Died 1888
* [[Sir Anthony Colling Brownless]], CMG, MD ''St.'' ''And. & Melb.'' LLD FRCS. From 4 April 1887 to 3 December 1897. Died 1897
* The Hon. [[Sir John Madden]], GCMG, BA LLB LLD. From 20 December 1897, to 10 March 1918. Died 1918
* [[Sir John Henry MacFarland]], Kt, MA ''Belf. & Camb.'' LLD. From 8 April 1918, to 22 July 1935. Died 1935
* [[Sir James William Barrett]], KBE CB CMG, LLD ''Manit.'' MD MS Hon. LLD FRCS FRACS. From 30 August 1935, to 6 March 1939. Died 1945
* The Rt. Hon. [[Sir John Greig Latham]], PC GCMG KC, MA LLM Hon. LLD. From 6 March 1939, to 3 March 1941. Died 1964
* The Hon. [[Sir Charles John Lowe]], KCMG, MA ''Adel. & Melb.'' LLB Hon. LLD. From 3 March 1941, to 15 March 1954. Died 1969
* The Hon. [[Sir Arthur Dean]], Kt QC, LLM Hon. LLD. From 15 March 1954, to 7 March 1966. Died 1970.
* [[Sir William George Dismore Upjohn]], Kt OBE, MD MS Hon. LLD FRCS FRACS. From 7 March 1966, to 6 March 1967. Died 1979
* The Rt. Hon. [[Sir Robert Gordon Menzies]], KT AK CH QC Constable of Dover Castle, Lord Warden of Cinque Ports, LLM Hon. LLD (''Brist. Belf. Melb. Br. Col. Syd. McGill Malta Laval Tas. Camb. Harv. Leeds Adel. Q'ld Edin. Birm. A.N.U. Sus. Drury College and Calif.''), Hon. DCL ''Oxf.'' ''Kent'' Hon. D.Litt. ''W.Aust.'' Hon. DSc ''N.S.W.'' Hon. FAHA Hon. MAustMM FRS Hon. FRCS Barrister-at-Law. From 6 March 1967 to 6 March 1972. Died 1978
* [[Leonard William Weickhardt]], CBE, Hon. DASc ''V.I.C.'' MSc Hon. LLD FIChemE FRACI. From 6 March 1972 to 18 March 1978. Died July 2000
* The Hon. [[Sir Oliver James Gillard]], Kt, BA LLB. From 18 March 1978 to 3 March 1980. Died 1984.
* Professor Emeritus [[Sir Roy Douglas]] Wright, AK, DSc ''A.N.U.'' ''& Melb.'' Hon.LLD ''A.N.U. & Melb.'' MB MS FRACP. From 3 March 1980 to 31 December 1989. Died 1990
* The Hon [[Sir (Albert) Edward Woodward]], AC Kt OBE QC, LLM ''Melb''. HonLLD ''NSW'' HonDLitt ''Ballarat''. From 1 January 1990 to 2 February 2001. Died April 2010
* [[Fay Surtees Marles]], AM MA ''Melb''. DipSocSt ''Melb''. From 3 February 2001 to 31 December 2004
* [[Ian Renard|Ian Andrew Renard]], AM BA ''Melb''. LLM ''Melb.'' From 1 January 2005 to 9 January 2009
* The Hon. Mr [[Alex Chernov]], AO QC AC BCom LLB (Hons) ''Melb.'' From 10 January 2009 to 7 April 2011
* [[Elizabeth Alexander (businesswoman)|Elizabeth Alexander]], AO. From 8 April 2011 to 31 December 2016
* [[Allan Myers]], AC KC. From 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2022
* [[Jane Hansen (businesswoman)|Jane Hansen]], AO. From 1 January 2023 to Present

=== Vice-chancellors ===
The following have led the university as its [[vice-chancellor]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Vice-Chancellors |url=https://www.alumni.unimelb.edu.au/university-melbourne-appoints-next-vice-chancellor |website=About The University of Melbourne |publisher=The University of Melbourne |access-date=9 May 2019 |archive-date=9 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509063256/https://www.alumni.unimelb.edu.au/university-melbourne-appoints-next-vice-chancellor |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Michael Wesley]]: Acting from 29 December 2025 – present
*[[Emma Johnston]]: 10 February 2025 – 28 December 2025
*[[Duncan Maskell]]: 1 October 2018 – 9 February 2025
*[[Glyn Davis]]: 10 January 2005 – 30 September 2018
*Kwong Lee Dow: 1 February 2004 – 9 January 2005
*[[Alan Gilbert (Australian academic)|Alan Gilbert]]: 1 January 1996 – 31 January 2004
*[[David Penington]]: 1 January 1988 – 31 December 1995
*David Caro: 1 June 1982 – 31 December 1987
*Sir [[David Derham]]: 1 March 1968 – 31 May 1982
*Sir [[George Whitecross Paton|George Paton]]: 1 July 1951 – 29 February 1968
*Sir [[John Medley (vice-chancellor)|John Medley]]: 1 July 1938 – 1 July 1951
*Sir [[Raymond Priestley]]: 1 January 1935 – 30 June 1938
*Sir [[James Barrett (academic)|James Barrett]]: 7 December 1931 – 17 December 1934
*Sir [[John Monash]]: 2 July 1923 – 8 October 1931
*Sir [[John Grice]]: 6 May 1918 – 18 June 1923
*Sir [[John Henry MacFarland|John MacFarland]]: 7 March 1910 – 8 April 1918
*Sir [[Henry Wrixon]]: 20 December 1897 – 7 March 1910
*Sir [[John Madden (judge)|John Madden]]: 3 June 1889 – 20 December 1897
*[[Martin Howy Irving|Martin Irving]]: 2 May 1887 – 27 May 1889
*Sir [[Anthony Brownless]]: 31 May 1858 – 4 April 1887
*William Haines: 15 May 1857 – 31 May 1858
*[[Hugh Childers]]: 17 May 1853 – 12 March 1857

=== Nobel laureates ===
Many Nobel laureates have taught, studied and researched at the University of Melbourne. Graduates include:<ref>{{cite web |title=Research and Industry Leaders |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/industry-leaders |website=The University of Melbourne |date=5 March 2019 |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=24 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824131422/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/industry-leaders |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Richard Robson (chemist)|Richard Robson]], Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
* [[Elizabeth Blackburn]], Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2009)
* Sir [[James Mirrlees]], Nobel Prize in Economic Science (1996)
* [[Bert Sakmann]], Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1991)
* Sir [[John Eccles (neurophysiologist)|John Eccles]], Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1963)
* Sir [[Macfarlane Burnet|Frank Macfarlane Burnet]], Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1960)
* [[Joshua Lederberg]], Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1958)
* [[Howard Florey]], Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1945)

=== Notable alumni ===
The University of Melbourne has produced many notable alumni, with graduates having been [[Governor-General of Australia]], [[Governor of Victoria]], [[Prime Minister of Australia]], justices of the [[List of High Court of Australia Justices|High]], [[Federal Court of Australia|Federal]], [[Family Court of Australia|Family]] and [[Supreme Court of Victoria|Victorian Supreme]] courts, [[Premier of Victoria|Premiers of Victoria]] and elected leaders of [[States and territories of Australia|other states and territories]], [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureates]], a First Lady of [[East Timor]], ministers of foreign countries, [[lord mayors]], academics, architects, historians, poets, philosophers, politicians, scientists, physicists, authors, industry leaders, defence force personnel, corporate leaders, community leaders, as well as numerous artists. Frances Dorothy Gray became Australia's first female Bachelor of Dental Science graduate, when she graduated from the Australian College of Dentistry at the University of Melbourne in 1907.<ref name="smile">{{cite web |url=http://thesmilecenterusa.com/blog/i-am-woman-hear-us-roar-and-see-us-do-teeth/#more-165 |title=I Am Woman…Hear Us Roar ... and See Us Do Teeth! |publisher=thesmilecenterusa.com/ |date=1 March 2013 |access-date=29 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218223946/http://thesmilecenterusa.com/blog/i-am-woman-hear-us-roar-and-see-us-do-teeth/#more-165 |archive-date=18 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}
</ref>

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File:RUEDA DE PRENSA CONJUNTA ENTRE CANCILLER RICARDO PATIÑO Y JULIAN ASSANGE (cropped).jpg|[[Julian Assange]], activist
File:Elizabeth Blackburn CHF Heritage Day 2012 Rush 001.JPG|[[Elizabeth Blackburn]], biologist
File:Cate Blanchett 2011.jpg|[[Cate Blanchett]], actress
File:Frank Macfarlane Burnet.jpg|[[Frank Macfarlane Burnet]], virologist
File:Portia de Rossi 1999.jpg|[[Portia de Rossi]], actress
File:AlfredDeakin.jpeg|[[Alfred Deakin]], Prime Minister of Australia
File:Elizabeth Debicki 3 (cropped).jpg|[[Elizabeth Debicki]], actress
File:Sir John Eccles Wellcome L0026812.jpg|[[John Eccles (neurophysiologist)|John Eccles]], neurophysiologist
File:Helen Garner at Adelaide Writer's Week.jpg|[[Helen Garner]], writer
File:Julia Gillard 2010.jpg|[[Julia Gillard]], Prime Minister of Australia
File:Germaine Greer, 28 October 2013 (portrait crop).jpg|[[Germaine Greer]], public intellectual
File:HaroldHoltPortrait1953.JPG|[[Harold Holt]], Prime Minister of Australia
File:Randeep Hooda BIG Star Entertainment Awards.jpg|[[Randeep Hooda]], actor
File:Barry Humphries July 2001.jpg|[[Barry Humphries]], comedian
File:Portrait Menzies 1950s.jpg|[[Robert Menzies]], Prime Minister of Australia
File:John Monash 1.jpg|[[John Monash]], military commander
File:Peter Singer no Fronteiras do Pensamento Porto Alegre (9620101528).jpg|[[Peter Singer]], philosopher
File:Dave Warren with BlackBox Prototype.jpg|[[David Warren (inventor)|David Warren]], inventor
File:Feliks Zemdegs at Swisscubing Cup Final 2018.jpg|[[Feliks Zemdegs]], speedcuber
File:Prof Chin.jpg|[[Chin Hoong Fong]], seed scientist
File:Angela White 2019 by Glenn Francis (cropped).jpg|[[Angela White]], pornographic director
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=== Awards and prizes ===
* The '''University of Melbourne Award''' "recognises individuals who have made an outstanding and enduring contribution to the University and its scholarly community". Recipients of the award are acknowledged by bronze [[commemorative plaque]]s along Professors Walk on the [[#Parkville|Parkville campus]].<ref name=uma>{{cite web |title=University Awards |website=University of Melbourne Awards: Our History |url=http://our-history.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/university-awards/ |access-date=17 September 2020 |archive-date=2 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402065840/http://our-history.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/university-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*The '''Patricia Grimshaw Awards for Mentor Excellence''' are awarded annually to staff at the University of Melbourne to recognise mentoring skills and behaviours.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Associate Professor Lesley Stirling wins Patricia Grimshaw Award for Mentor Excellence |url=http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/news/associate-professor-lesley-stirling-wins-patricia-grimshaw-award-mentor-excellence |publisher=University of Melbourne |date=16 December 2015 |access-date=16 December 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143900/http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/news/associate-professor-lesley-stirling-wins-patricia-grimshaw-award-mentor-excellence |url-status=live }}</ref> The award was launched by the university in March 2008 to honour historian [[Patricia Grimshaw]]'s "contribution as a mentor of postgraduate students and younger colleagues".<ref name=uma />
*The '''Dublin Prize''' was instituted by graduates of [[Trinity College, Dublin]] in 1910 to recognise students or past students who, in the previous year, "made the most important original contribution to literature, science or art".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10865804 |title=University of Melbourne |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=19,942 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=21 June 1910 |access-date=19 May 2023 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220055212/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10865804 |url-status=live }}</ref> Recipients include [[J. McKellar Stewart]] (1912), [[Bernard O'Dowd]] (1913),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201122212 |title=About People |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=18,094 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=15 March 1913 |access-date=19 May 2023 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220055212/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201122212 |url-status=live }}</ref> Arthur Sherwin (1914),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189388664 |title=University of Melbourne |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=18,416 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=28 March 1914 |access-date=19 May 2023 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220055611/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189388664 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rev. Kenneth T. Henderson (1920),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242312669 |title=University Notes |newspaper=[[The Herald (Melbourne)]] |issue=13,837 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=17 July 1920 |access-date=19 May 2023 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220055732/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242312669 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[W. H. Downing]] (1921),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140258881 |title=Literary Notes |newspaper=[[The Australasian]] |volume=CX |issue=2,876 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=14 May 1921 |access-date=19 May 2023 |page=37 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220055737/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/140258881 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[N. H. Fairley]] (1922),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4683766 |title=University of Melbourne |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=23,593 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=17 March 1922 |access-date=19 May 2023 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220055738/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4683766 |url-status=live }}</ref> Edward Sweetman (1923),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2014826 |title=Personal |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=23,997 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=5 July 1923 |access-date=19 May 2023 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220055613/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2014826 |url-status=live }}</ref> C. W. W. Webster (1924),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203644804 |title=University of Melbourne |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=21535 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=9 April 1924 |access-date=19 May 2023 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220055742/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203644804 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Stephen H. Roberts]] (1925),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155764217 |title=University of Melbourne |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=21,842 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=4 April 1925 |access-date=19 May 2023 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220055736/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155764217 |url-status=live }}</ref> Donald H. Rankin (1927),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3852915 |title=University of Melbourne |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=25,190 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=6 May 1927 |access-date=19 May 2023 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220055615/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3852915 |url-status=live }}</ref> Charles Daley (1929)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140820390 |title=Personal |newspaper=[[The Australasian]] |volume=CXXVI |issue=4,186 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=30 March 1929 |access-date=19 May 2023 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia }}</ref> and [[Brian C. Fitzpatrick]] (1941).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205154307 |title=About People |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=26893 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=27 June 1941 |access-date=19 May 2023 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia }}</ref>

== Gallery ==
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|File:Old Arts Building University of Melbourne 2018.jpg
 |alt1=Old Arts Building University of Melbourne 2018
 |Clocktower at the Old Arts Building, viewed from South Lawn
|File:1888 Building University of Melbourne 2018.jpg
 |alt2=1888 Building University of Melbourne 2018
 |1888 Building, home to the Graduate Student Association
|File:Arts West colonnade, University of Melbourne 2018.jpg
 |alt3=Arts West colonnade, University of Melbourne 2018
 |Arts West colonnade, 2018
|File:University of Melbourne autumn (Unsplash).jpg
 |alt4=Melbourne School of Design facade, University of Melbourne, 2016
 |Glyn Davis Building, home to the Melbourne School of Design, which incorporates the relocated facade of a Collins Street bank
|File:Old Quad colonnade University of Melbourne 2018.jpg
 |alt5=Old Quad colonnade University of Melbourne 2018
 |View down the colonnade on the Northern section of the Old Quad, the first building at the University of Melbourne
|File:Melba hall university of melbourne.jpg
 |alt6=Melba Hall and Conservatorium of Music
 |Conservatorium Building|File:Parkville - University of Melbourne (Newman College Chapel).jpg
 |alt7=Newman College Chapel, University of Melbourne
 |[[Newman College (University of Melbourne)|Newman College]] Chapel
|File:Parkville - University of Melbourne (Trinity College Chapel).jpg
 |alt8=Trinity College Chapel, University of Melbourne
 |[[Trinity College (University of Melbourne)|Trinity College]] Chapel
|File:Melbourne Uni carpark Atlantes.jpg
 |alt9=Entrance to South Lawn car park, originally from the Colonial Bank of Australasia headquarters in Melbourne city centre
 |Entrance to [[South Lawn car park]], originally from the Colonial Bank of Australasia headquarters in Melbourne city centre
|File:Cussonia Court University of Melbourne 2018.jpg
 |alt11=Cussonia Court University of Melbourne 2018
 |Cussonia Court
|File:Southern colonnade Old Quad University of Melbourne 2018.jpg
 |alt12=Southern colonnade Old Quad, University of Melbourne 2018
 |Southern colonnade, Old Quadrangle Building
|File:Botany Building. Parkville Campus.JPG
 |alt13=Botany Building, University of Melbourne
 |Biosciences 2 Building, originally called Botany Building (opened {{circa|1928}}). Parkville Campus of The University of Melbourne
|File:University of Melbourne building.jpg
 |alt14=Botany Building in Autumn, University of Melbourne
 |University of Melbourne ivy-covered exterior in autumn
|File:Gatekeeper's Cottage, University of Melbourne.jpg
 |alt15=Gatekeeper's Cottage, University of Melbourne
 |Gatekeeper's Cottage on Grattan Street
|title=Buildings of the Parkville Campus}}

== See also ==
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*[[Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis]] (CEBRA) – within the School of Biosciences
*[[George Paton Gallery]]
*[[List of universities in Australia]]
* [[NICTA]] – national information and communication technology research centre, co-supported by Melbourne University
* [[Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor]], which recognises outstanding professors
* [[University of Melbourne Academic Dress]]
* [[University of Melbourne Student Union]]
* [[Victorian School of Forestry]]

== Footnotes ==
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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=== Books ===
* Macintyre, S. & Selleck, R.J.W. (2003). ''A short history of the University of Melbourne''. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. {{ISBN|0-522-85058-8}}.
* Selleck, R.J.W. (2003). ''The Shop: The University of Melbourne, 1850–1939''. Melbourne: University of Melbourne Press. 930pp
* Poynter, John & Rasmussen, Carolyn (1996). ''A Place Apart – The University of Melbourne: Decades of Challenge''. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. {{ISBN|0-522-84584-3}}.
* Cain J II and J Hewitt. (2004). ''Off Course: From Public Place to Marketplace at Melbourne University''. Melbourne: Scribe. [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/10/1078594424714.html?from=storyrhs%20 review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414101512/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/10/1078594424714.html?from=storyrhs%20 |date=14 April 2014 }}

=== Newspaper ===
* McPhee, P. 2005. "From the Acting Vice-Chancellor." Uni News. The University of Melbourne. 3 October 2005, p.&nbsp;3.
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