Address: Wellington Road, 3800 Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Medicine, Engineering, Information Technology, Business, Law, Pharmacy, Art and Design
Monash University was established by an Act of Parliament on 30 May 1958, with its first campus at Clayton in south-east Melbourne. It is named after Sir John Monash, the general of the First World War, and it was the first Australian university named after a person rather than a city or state. Enrolment grew from 357 students at Clayton in 1961 to 21,000 by 1967. It belongs to the Group of Eight, the association of Australia’s leading research universities.
In 2023 the university counted 86,558 students, among them 56,996 undergraduates, 23,462 postgraduate coursework students and 5,634 postgraduate research students, together with 20,227 full-time equivalent staff, of whom 9,737 were academic. Ten faculties teach art, design and architecture, arts, business and economics, education, engineering, information technology, law, medicine, nursing and health sciences, pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, and science.
Clayton is the flagship campus, on about 110 hectares, and Caulfield is the second largest. The Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is at Parkville, health courses are taught on the Peninsula campus at Frankston, and the Alfred campus is at The Alfred Hospital. Monash Law has a city campus in the centre of Melbourne. The university opened its first overseas campus at Bandar Sunway in Malaysia in 1998, and in October 2021 a campus at BSD City in Tangerang, Indonesia, mainly for postgraduate students. Other sites include a research centre in Prato, Italy, a graduate school in Mumbai and a joint graduate school in Suzhou.
Research is spread over more than 100 centres and institutes, among them the Biomedicine Discovery Institute, the Accident Research Centre, the Centre for Synchrotron Science, the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication. The Australian Synchrotron and CSIRO are close to the Clayton campus. In 1973 the Monash IVF team achieved the first clinical pregnancy by in vitro fertilisation in the world.
Alumni include the politicians Bill Shorten, Daniel Andrews, Josh Frydenberg and Peter Costello, the scientists Alan Finkel and Tim Flannery, and Marilyn Warren, the first woman to serve as Chief Justice of Victoria. Fees differ for domestic and international students. Check the current tariff. Teaching is in English.
Domains taught:
Chemistry, Data Analytics, Engineering, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Materials, Mathematics, Physics, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Doctor, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Master, MBA
Status:
Public
Partnerships:
Group of Eight, the Australian Synchrotron and CSIRO nearby, the Alfred Hospital, and Monash University Malaysia and Monash Indonesia campuses.
Research:
Biomedicine, regenerative medicine, synchrotron science, nanofabrication, accident research, human rights law, with over 100 research centres and institutes.
Famous Alumnis:
Bill Shorten, Daniel Andrews, Josh Frydenberg, Peter Costello, Alan Finkel, Tim Flannery
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
20200
Current students***:
86600
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Largest university in Australia by enrolment, wide range of faculties, research neighbours at Clayton including a synchrotron, overseas campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Cons
Very large, campuses are spread across Melbourne, high fees for international students, living costs in Melbourne.
Best For
Students seeking a very large Australian research university with ten faculties and campuses in Melbourne, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
University of New South Wales sits close to this institution on chemistry, physics and mathematics; it covers finance as well, and has almost the same size, at about 82,300 students.
Deakin University offers a comparable education in chemistry, physics and mathematics: it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's, doctoral, graduate certificate, graduate diploma and mba, and covers ecology and sustainability as well.
Also strong in chemistry, physics and mathematics, University of Melbourne makes a sensible second look at home; it is slightly smaller, at about 58,100 students against roughly 86,600 here, and is also a public institution.
Curtin University follows much the same lines as this institution, with chemistry, physics and mathematics as common ground, and it covers astroscience and marine science as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 61,193 students against roughly 86,600 here.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of chemistry, physics and mathematics can consider University of Sydney, and it is slightly smaller, at about 70,300 students against roughly 86,600 here, and is also a public institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
In New Zealand, University of Auckland teaches much the same core subjects, chemistry, physics and mathematics, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's, doctoral, graduate certificate, graduate diploma and mba, and covers statistics as well.
For a study option in Saudi Arabia with a comparable spread of chemistry, physics and mathematics, King Saud University is the reference point: it covers agriculture and civil engineering as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 61,412 students against roughly 86,600 here.
Looking internationally, Henan University in China is where chemistry, physics and mathematics get a comparable treatment; it does not run the graduate certificate and graduate diploma programmes found here, and is smaller, enrolling about 50,000 students against roughly 86,600 here.
Looking internationally, Zhengzhou University in China is where chemistry, mathematics and materials get a comparable treatment; it is slightly smaller, at about 72,600 students against roughly 86,600 here, and is also a public institution.
Seoul National University, in South Korea, takes a similar route through chemistry, physics and mathematics; it does not run the graduate certificate and graduate diploma programmes found here and covers agriculture and electrical and electronics as well.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
FAQ
Where is Monash University?
The flagship campus is at Clayton in south-east Melbourne, Victoria.
When was it established?
By an Act of Parliament on 30 May 1958.
Who is it named after?
Sir John Monash, the general of the First World War.
How many students does it have?
In 2023, 86,558, including 56,996 undergraduates.
How many faculties are there?
Ten, from Art, Design and Architecture to Science.
Which overseas campuses does it have?
Bandar Sunway in Malaysia, opened in 1998, and BSD City in Indonesia, opened in October 2021.
What happened at Monash in 1973?
The Monash IVF team achieved the first clinical IVF pregnancy in the world.
What is nearby the Clayton campus?
The Australian Synchrotron and CSIRO.
Is Monash part of the Group of Eight?
Yes, it is a member of Australia's Group of Eight.
What does it cost?
Fees differ for domestic and international students. Check the current tariff.
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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
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