The University of Melbourne is an internationally recognised, research-intensive university with a strong tradition of excellence in teaching, research and community engagement spanning more than 160 years.
Its outstanding performance in international rankings puts the University of Melbourne at the forefront of higher education globally. It is ranked number 1 in Australia by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 28th worldwide. Melbourne’s position as Australia’s top University has also been reaffirmed in the 2013 Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings, in which it has moved up three places from last year, to equal 54th in the world and third in the Asia-Pacific.
The University is uniquely located on the fringe of the city of Melbourne’s central business district. It serves as a hub for the Parkville research precinct – one of the world’s leading centres of medical and biotechnological research – and is a vital part of surrounding neighbourhoods such as cosmopolitan Carlton.
About 50,000 of the best and brightest students from around the globe come to study at the University of Melbourne.
Founding Director (1990-2010), AsiaLink Arts, University of Melbourne
Professor of International Relations, University of Melbourne
Professor of Health Promotion & Director McCaughey VicHealth Community Wellbeing Unit, University of Melbourne
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Collaboratory for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage, University of Melbourne
Judge in Residence, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Psychologist; writer; tutor in the Media and Communications Program; PhD candidate, University of Melbourne
Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Sciences, University of Melbourne
Research Fellow in Health Economics, University of Melbourne
Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow in Science Communication, University of Melbourne
Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Political Science, University of Melbourne