RMIT is an international university of technology, design and enterprise.
RMIT’s mission is to empower people and communities to adapt and thrive across generations, with education, research and civic engagement that are applied, inclusive and impactful.
With strong industry connections forged over 135 years, collaboration with industry remains integral to RMIT’s leadership in education, applied research and the development of highly skilled, globally focused graduates.
RMIT’s three campuses in Melbourne – Melbourne City, Brunswick and Bundoora – are located on the unceded lands of the people of the Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation. Other Victorian locations include Point Cook, Hamilton and Bendigo.
RMIT is redefining its relationship in working with and supporting Aboriginal self-determination. The goal is to achieve lasting transformation by maturing values, culture, policy and structures in a way that embeds reconciliation in everything the University does. RMIT is changing its ways of knowing and working to support sustainable reconciliation and activate a relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
As a global university, RMIT has two campuses and a language centre in Vietnam and a research and industry collaboration centre in Barcelona, Spain. RMIT also offers programs through partners in destinations including Singapore, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and mainland China, with research and industry partnerships on every continent.
RMIT has continued to consolidate its reputation as one of the world’s leaders in education, applied and innovative research. Released in 2022, RMIT is ranked 190th in the 2023 QS World University Rankings, 209th in the 2023 US News Best Global Universities Rankings and is in the world’s top 400 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). RMIT also ranked 22nd in the 2023 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, 22nd in the 2022 THE Impact Ranking and =53rd globally in the QS Sustainability Rankings.
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