Melbourne PCL

      UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE


              Number one in Australia

  

The University of Melbourne (informally Melbourne University, Melbourne Uni, Unimelb, UMelb, UOM or just Melbourne) is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria. The main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb just north of the Melbourne CBD. The university also has several other campuses located across Victoria. It is a member of Australia's "Group of Eight" lobby group, the Universitas 21 and Association of Pacific Rim Universities networks. It is colloquially known as a sandstone university and has one of the largest financial endowments of any Australian university, standing at $1.173 billion as of 2010.^[1]
The University of Melbourne consistently ranks among the best universities in Australia and the world, especially in the biological and health sciences. The University has been placed top in Australia and 36th in the world by the Times Higher Education 2010 rankings of the world’s top 200 universities.
In Australia, Melbourne University is the second largest research organisation after the CSIRO.^[3] In 2010, it spent $767.5m on research and has consistently ranked first or second on the major national research indicators which are used by the Australian Government to allocate public funds for research and training infrastructure.^[2]
The university has over 35,000 students, who are supported by just over 7,300 staff members. In 2008, it introduced the controversial Melbourne Model, a combination of various practices from American and European universities, aimed at consistency with the European Union's Bologna process and international relevance and standing for its degrees.^[4] Professor Glyn Davis AC is Melbourne's current vice-chancellor.