56-521: The Monash University Museum of Art ( MUMA ), formerly the Monash University Gallery , is a contemporary art museum on Monash University's Caulfield campus on Dandenong Road, Melbourne , Australia. The Museum grew out of a number of earlier initiatives at Monash University , starting in 1961 when the inaugural Vice Chancellor Louis Matheson created a fund for the purchase of artworks by then living Australian artists. The establishment of
112-522: A degree from Monash University after the sale. The reason for the sale was reported low profitability and enrollment numbers. Prior to the sale, Monash University had sidelined the South African campus on its official websites and did not refer to it as a 'campus' unlike Monash Malaysia. Monash announced its second Southeast Asian expansion in Indonesia as it officially obtained its operational license from
168-508: A larger scale than most. Today, around 30% of its students are from outside Australia. Monash students come from over 100 countries, and speak over 90 different languages. The increase in international students, combined with the university's expansion, meant that Monash's income greatly increased throughout the 1990s, and it is now one of Australia's top 200 exporters. In recent years, the university has been prominent in medical research. A highlight of this came in 2000, when Alan Trounson led
224-488: A pharmacist after successful completion of a supervised internship and registration exams in the final year. The Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science replaced the Bachelor of Formulation Science in 2007 and the Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry in 2008. High achieving students may enrol in a double degree, combining a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science. The campus also offers postgraduate degrees, including
280-594: A presence in the area since 1994, the first Monash Berwick campus building was completed in 1996 and the third building in March 2004. It was situated on a 55-hectare site in the City of Casey , then one of the three fastest growing municipalities in Australia. Monash announced the closure of this campus to staff and students on 7 March 2016. On 15 July 2016 it was announced that Federation University Australia would take responsibility for
336-485: A program of exhibitions focusing on contemporary Australian and international art since the 1990s. The Monash University Gallery held an exhibition from 13 April to 18 May 1996 called Women hold up half the sky: The orientation of art in the post-war Pacific , (not to be confused with an exhibition of the same name held at the National Gallery in 1995 ) and published a 20-page catalogue, which included biographies of
392-524: Is a hub of undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Nursing, Health Science, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Psychology – and particularly in Emergency Health (Paramedic) courses. The campus is located in the bayside suburb of Frankston on the edge of Melbourne. Peninsula campus also offers a range of courses including those from its historic roots with early childhood and primary education (during
448-547: Is also home to numerous restaurants and retail outlets, as well as student bars Sir John's (located in the Campus Centre) and the Notting Hill Hotel (located down the street, founded in 1891), both of which are hubs of social life on the campus. The campus is also home to a number of halls of residence, colleges and other on-campus accommodation that house several thousand students. Six halls of residence are located at
504-517: Is chair of the university council and provides advice to the vice-chancellor, as well as having ceremonial duties. Council is the governing body of the university, established by the Monash University Act 2009 . Margaret Gardner was named as the vice-chancellor and president on 1 September 2014, the first woman to hold the position. After Gardner was appointed Governor of Victoria in 2023, Susan Elliott AM took over as interim VC, until
560-630: Is currently home to over 8,489 (2018) students. The new purpose-built campus opened in 2007, providing a high-tech home for Monash in Malaysia. In addition to a wide range of undergraduate degrees, the campus also offers both postgraduate Masters and PhD programs. Its degrees in Medicine and Surgery are the first medical degrees outside Australia and New Zealand to be accredited by the Australian Medical Council. The Monash University Prato Centre
616-834: Is home to major research facilities, including the Monash Law School , the Australian Synchrotron , the Monash Science Technology Research and Innovation Precinct (STRIP), the Australian Stem Cell Centre , Victorian College of Pharmacy , and 100 research centres and 17 co-operative research centres. In 2019, its total revenue was over $ 2.72 billion (AUD), with external research income around $ 462 million. In 2019, Monash enrolled over 55,000 undergraduate and over 25,000 graduate students. It has more applicants than any other university in
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#1732858104160672-579: Is located in BSD City , Tangerang , Banten . As part of the university's expansion in the 1990s, Monash took over the operations of the Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education in 1990. The commitment to regional higher education on the part of the university was a progressive and bold step, however, the operation of the Gippsland campus was always fraught with some tension between the priorities of
728-581: Is located in the 18th-century palace, Palazzo Vaj, in the historic centre of Prato , a city near Florence in Italy. Primarily, it hosts staff and students from Monash's other campuses for semesters in Law, Art Design & Architecture, History, Music, and Criminology as well as various international conferences. It was officially opened on 17 September 2001 as part of the university's vigorous internationalisation policy. The IITB-Monash Research Academy opened in 2008 and
784-507: Is situated in Mumbai , India. It is a partnership between Monash and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay . It aims to carry out high impact research in engineering and sciences, particularly clean energy, biotechnology and nanotechnology. Students undertake their research in both India and Australia, with supervisors from both Monash and IITB. Upon graduating, they receive a dual PhD from
840-522: Is the Arts Faculty club with currently just over 300 members. 37°52′36″S 145°02′38″E / 37.87680°S 145.04401°E / -37.87680; 145.04401 Monash University Monash University ( / ˈ m ɒ n æ ʃ / ) is a public research university based in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash , it was founded in 1958 and
896-761: Is the first Australian university, and the third foreign university, to win a licence to operate in China. The school offers master's degrees and PhDs in science and engineering, with an initial cohort of 500 students, building up to 2000 in the years to come. The Monash University, Indonesia opened its doors in October 2021, focusing on postgraduate programs offering master's degree and PhDs . Currently they open several Master's degree programs including: Data Science , Cybersecurity, Urban Design , Business Innovation, and Public Policy & Management, Marketing & Digital Communications, Public Health, and Sustainability. The campus
952-676: Is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a number of campuses, four of which are in Victoria ( Clayton , Caulfield , Peninsula , and Parkville ), one in Malaysia and another one in Indonesia. Monash also has a research and teaching centre in Prato , Italy, a graduate research school in Mumbai , India and graduate schools in Suzhou , China and Tangerang , Indonesia. Courses are also delivered at other locations, including South Africa. Monash
1008-548: The Clayton campus in Clayton, Victoria . There is an additional private residential college affiliated with the university. The Clayton campus contains the Robert Blackwood Hall , named after the university's founding chancellor Sir Robert Blackwood and designed by Sir Roy Grounds . The Caulfield campus is Monash University's second-largest. Its multifaceted nature is reflected in the range of programs it offers through
1064-558: The Latrobe Valley town of Churchill , 142 km east of Melbourne on 63 hectares of landscaped grounds. Until 2014 it was the only non-metropolitan campus of Monash University. The campus offered many undergraduate degrees, attracting students from the Latrobe Valley , East and West Gippsland . Ballarat University joined with Monash University Gippsland campus to form a new regional university known as Federation University Australia from 1 January 2014. As of that date, Monash began
1120-556: The Ministry of Education and Culture on 1 December 2020. The university plans to open its campus doors in October 2021, located in BSD City , Tangerang, Banten. Unlike Monash Malaysia, Monash Indonesia will focus on graduate studies. The Clayton campus covers an area over 1.1 km and is the largest of the Monash campuses. Clayton is the flagship campus for Monash, demanding higher ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) scores than all
1176-579: The 1950s, with the Technical School becoming a Senior Technical High School. They separated in 1958 with the junior school absorbed by other technical schools in the area and the senior school became Caulfield Technical College. In 1968 it became the Caulfield Institute of Technology. In 1982 the Caulfield Institute of Technology amalgamated with the State College of Victoria at Frankston to form
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#17328581041601232-596: The 1960s and 1970s the campus was the State Teachers' College), and Business & Economics (since the merger of the State Teachers' College with the Caulfield Institute of Technology to create the Chisholm Institute of Technology in 1982). The campus was also home to the Peninsula School of Information Technology, which in 2006 was wound back with Information Technology units previously offered being relocated to
1288-531: The 500 largest worldwide companies. Established by an Act of Parliament in 1958, the original campus was in the suburb of Clayton where the university was granted an expansive site of 100 hectares of open land. The 100 hectares of land consisted of farmland and included the former Talbot Epileptic Colony. The Tudor-style farmhouse built by the O'Shea family became the original Vice-Chancellor's House - now University House. From its first intake of 357 students at Clayton on 13 March 1961,
1344-502: The Berwick Campus from 2017 pending government approvals. This officially commenced on 1 January 2018, as a campus of Federation University Australia . In August 2013, Monash University announced it had entered a partnership that will enable its South African presence to grow and enhance its educational offering. The partnership is with Laureate International Universities. Monash and Laureate finalised terms to transfer ownership of
1400-829: The Caulfield campus. The centrally located Monash Law City Campus houses the postgraduate Faculty of Law. It provides teaching for the Monash Law Masters and JD programmes. This campus is well placed within Melbourne's legal precinct, allowing students to have easy access to the surrounding courts. The Monash University Malaysia campus opened in 1998 in Bandar Sunway , Selangor , Malaysia. The Sunway campus offers various undergraduate degrees through its faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Medicine and Health Sciences, Pharmacy and Science. It
1456-438: The Chisholm Institute of Technology. This Institution merged with Monash University in 1990 and became Monash University, Caulfield campus. Caulfield campus is located 10 kilometres from Melbourne's city centre on Dandenong Road ( Princes Highway ). The trip from Melbourne will take about 25 minutes in peak hour and 15 minutes at other times. The university is on Melbourne tram route 3 and the journey takes about 35 minutes from
1512-738: The Clayton campus. Since December 2011, Monash has had a global alliance with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. In 2014, the university ceded its Gippsland campus to Federation University . On 15 July 2016, Monash confirmed that Federation University Australia would take over the operations of the Berwick campus prior to the end of 2018. In 2019, the university sold its Monash South Africa campus to Advtech . Students who were on schedule to complete their degree on time would still receive
1568-504: The Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Clinical Pharmacy. Considered a world-class faculty, it was ranked first in the world in pharmacy and pharmacology in the 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject, surpassing Harvard University and the University of Oxford, which ranked second and third, respectively. The Peninsula campus has a teaching and research focus on health and wellbeing, and
1624-604: The Gallery was renamed Monash University Museum of Art. Its collection had grown to over 1500 works by 2008. The present building, created by extensively remodelling an existing modernist building on the Caulfield campus, was designed by Melbourne-based architect Kerstin Thompson and completed in 2010. The present location at Caulfield is closer to the city and to the Faculty of Art Design & Architecture than its previous location, and
1680-563: The Ian Potter Sculpture Court and permanent public art projects across all of the university's campuses. An example of this is Weelam Ngalut (Our Place), created by Quandamooka artist Megan Cope in 2109, designed to welcome students and visitors onto Kulin country. As of 2022 the gallery houses over 2,300 artworks by leading Australian contemporary artists , including artworks by Kate Beynon , Robert Rooney , Tracey Moffatt and Vivienne Binns . The museum has presented
1736-634: The MUMA precinct. 37°52′38″S 145°02′46″E / 37.8772°S 145.0462°E / -37.8772; 145.0462 Monash University, Caulfield campus Monash University, Caulfield campus is a campus of Monash University located in Caulfield East , which is a suburb of Melbourne , Australia, in the state of Victoria . The campus comprises 13,400 students of which 52.8% are female and 57.1% of students are enrolled in undergraduate courses. Before its incorporation into Monash University, it
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1792-656: The Menzies Building of the main campus and set up an artist-in-residence program. In the same year, Grazia Gunn was appointed as the first full-time collection curator at the university. The gallery was also referred to as the Monash University Department of Visual Arts Exhibition Gallery. In 1987 the gallery moved to the Multi-Discipline Centre (later called the Gallery Building), and in 2002
1848-829: The School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, which contains the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and the Department of Forensic Medicine. The Parkville campus is located on Royal Parade in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville , around 2 km north of the Melbourne CBD . The campus is home to the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. The faculty specialises in pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical and formulation science, and medicinal chemistry. The campus offers Australia's first combined, 5-year Bachelor of Pharmacy/Master of Pharmacy program, leading to registration as
1904-545: The appointment of Sharon Pickering in February 2024, as 10th vice-chancellor and president of the university. Simon McKeon AO was appointed chancellor in 2016, and as of 2024 is still in the position. Deputy Chancellors are Megan Clark AC, Peter Young AM KC, and John Simpson AM. Monash is divided into 10 faculties. These incorporate the university's major departments of teaching and research centres. The faculties are: Various other academic organisations exist alongside
1960-552: The artists whose work was exhibited, to accompany an exhibition. Vivienne Binns was one of the artists whose work was exhibited at the Monash exhibition, along with Emily Kame Kngwarreye . As of January 2022 the curator is Charlotte Day, while the advisory committee is chaired by Dean Shane Murray and includes Louise Adler and Maudie Palmer AO, founding director of the TarraWarra Museum of Art and Heide Museum of Modern Art . The project plan had to take into consideration
2016-467: The campus to the Independent Institute of Education (IIE) South Africa in 2015. The transfer was concluded in 2019. The vice-chancellor is the chief executive of the university, who is head of Monash's day-to-day activities. The vice-chancellor is also the university president of Monash. (In North America and parts of Europe, the equivalent role is the president or principal.) The chancellor
2072-530: The city centre. Caulfield railway station is only a hundred metres from the university and is located on the Frankston - Pakenham - Cranbourne line. Trains depart at least every 15 minutes from Flinders Street station in the Melbourne CBD during weekdays. The following faculties have a teaching or research presence at Caulfield Campus. The Monash University Museum of Art has been situated on Caulfield campus since 2010, when an existing modernist building
2128-534: The faculties of Arts, Art Design & Architecture (MADA), Business & Economics, Information Technology and Medicine, and Nursing and Health Sciences. A major building program has been announced to expand teaching facilities, provide student accommodation, and redevelop the shopping centre. Located in The Alfred Hospital , Monash University's Alfred campus houses the Central Clinical School and
2184-511: The flexible design allows for exhibitions, education programs (in the Helen Macpherson Smith Education Space) and various events. There is a sculpture garden , the Ian Potter Sculpture Court. The museum aims to support "innovative art-led models of interdisciplinary teaching, learning and research across the University". It mounts survey as well as solo exhibitions , as well as commissioning temporary public artworks in
2240-526: The largest and most internationalised Australian university. Expansion of the university began in 1990 with a series of mergers between Monash, the Chisholm Institute of Technology, and the Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education. In 1991 a merger with the Victorian College of Pharmacy created a new faculty of the university. This continued in 1994, with the establishment of the Berwick campus . In 1998,
2296-567: The late 1960s, several student organisations, some of which were influenced by or supporters of communism, turned their focus to Vietnam, with numerous blockades and sit-ins. In one extraordinary event that came to be known as the Monash Siege, students forced then Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser to hide in a basement at the Alexander Theatre, in a major protest over the Whitlam dismissal . In
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2352-489: The late 1970s and 1980s, some of Monash's most publicised research came through its pioneering of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). Led by Carl Wood and Alan Trounson , the Monash IVF Program achieved the world's first clinical IVF pregnancy in 1973. In 1980, they delivered the first IVF baby in Australia. This eventually became a massive source of revenue for the university at a time when university funding in Australia
2408-472: The metropolitan-centred campuses at Clayton and Caulfield versus the needs and aspirations of the regional one. The Gippsland campus was designed in order to provide courses via distance education. Between 2005 and 2010, many of these programs were transferred to city campuses, thus losing their appeal to regional areas. At its peak enrolment in 2007, the campus was home to 2,000 on-campus students, 5,000 off-campus students and nearly 400 staff. The campus sits in
2464-477: The museum reflected a desire by the university's founders to create the modern Australian university, and to enrich the cultural life of students, staff and visitors. In the late 1960s John Waterhouse and Patrick McCaughey (then a teaching fellow at Monash and art critic at The Age ) were appointed as curators, and in 1975, McCaughey created the Monash University Gallery on the seventh floor of
2520-454: The other campuses, with the exception of Parkville. Clayton is home to the faculties of Arts, Business & Economics, Education, Engineering, IT, Law, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Pharmaceutical Science and Science. The Clayton campus has its own suburb and postcode (3800). Various major scientific research facilities are located on or adjacent to the campus. Chief among these are the Australian Synchrotron and CSIRO . The campus
2576-437: The placement of the original building. It is positioned between different buildings and faculties, surrounded by garden areas. Taking this into consideration, an approach that emphasised flow and connectivity was taken, described as a ‘cultural exchange’ or a continuum from internal to external. Set between two buildings on Dandenong Road is the art installation Silverscreen by Callum Morton which serves as ceremonial entry into
2632-411: The process of teaching out its courses at Gippsland with only a medical school presence to remain after the merger. The former Berwick campus of Monash University was built on the old Casey airfield in the south-eastern growth corridor of Victoria, Australia. The town of Berwick has experienced an influx of people and development in recent times, which includes the new campus of Monash University. With
2688-577: The state of Victoria. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight research universities, a member of the ASAIHL , and is the only Australian member of the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities and National Academies . Monash is one of the Australian universities to be ranked in the École des Mines de Paris ( Mines ParisTech ) ranking on the basis of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in
2744-401: The team of scientists which announced to the world that nerve stem cells could be derived from embryonic stem cells, a discovery which led to a dramatic increase in interest in the potential of stem cells . It has also led to Monash being ranked in the top 20 universities in the world for biomedicine. On 21 October 2002 Huan Yun "Allen" Xiang , shot two people dead and injured five others on
2800-587: The two institutions. In the month following its official opening, 36 joint projects had commenced, with a further several hundred planned. In August 2015 Christopher Pyne, Australian Minister for Education and Training, officially opened the new Monash-IITB Research Academy Building in Mumbai, India. In 2012, it was announced that Monash had won a licence to develop a joint graduate school with Southeast University (Nanjing) in Suzhou , Jiangsu Province. The Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School
2856-502: The university grew rapidly in size and student numbers so that by 1967 its all-times enrollment reached 21,000 students. In its early years, it offered undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in engineering, medicine, science, arts, economics, politics, education, and law. It was a major provider for international student places under the Colombo Plan , which saw the first Asian students enter the Australian education system. The university
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#17328581041602912-604: The university opened the Malaysia campus , its first overseas campus and the first foreign university in Malaysia . In 2001, Monash South Africa opened its doors in Johannesburg, making Monash the first foreign university in South Africa. The same year, the university secured an 18th-century Tuscan palace to open a research and teaching centre in Prato , Italy. At the same time, Australian universities faced unprecedented demand for international student places, which Monash met on
2968-510: Was beginning to slow down. In the late 1980s, the Dawkins Reforms changed the landscape of higher education in Australia. Under the leadership of Vice-Chancellor Mal Logan , Monash transformed dramatically. In 1988, Monash University had only one campus in Clayton , with around 15,000 students. Just over a decade later, it had 8 campuses (including 2 overseas), a European research and teaching centre, and more than 50,000 students, making it
3024-478: Was named after the prominent Australian general Sir John Monash . This was the first time in Australia that a university had been named after a person, rather than a city or state. From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, Monash became the centre of student radicalism in Australia. It was the site of many mass student demonstrations, particularly concerning Australia's role in Vietnam War and conscription . By
3080-553: Was remodelled to house it. MONSU Caulfield (Monash Student Union) is the current name of the student union representing students at the Caulfield Campus. Previous Student Unions organisations include: The Business & Commerce Students' Society (BCSS) is the largest faculty based student club on campus, with over 1300 members. The Monash Marketing Students' Society (MMSS) is the second largest academic society with just over 500 members. The Caulfield Arts Society (CAS)
3136-583: Was the Caulfield campus of Chisholm Institute of Technology , which was created from the union of Caulfield Institute of Technology and the State College of Victoria at Frankston . The campus was founded as the Caulfield Technical School in 1922, making it the second oldest campus of Monash University (after the Victorian College of Pharmacy ). A Junior Technical High School was added in
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