As Vice-Chancellor and President I warmly welcome you to La Trobe University.
La Trobe University has been acknowledged as a leading higher education institution by a range
of international organisations in recent years.
The main campus of La Trobe University in Melbourne (Bundoora) is situated in spacious parkland
and includes The Melbourne Wildlife Sanctuary. This metropolitan campus also houses the main research and teaching
facilities of the University, including the Research and Development Park , a world renowned library,
multi-media facilities and a hospital including student medical services.
Our Melbourne (City) campus offers postgraduate courses in business, law and health sciences.
In a move to establish a major presence in Melbourne's CBD, a new
City campus will open in 2009. The new campus will be a hub for teaching and research, offering
an expanded range of pathway, undergraduate and postgraduate courses, with an emphasis on professional,
executive and international studies.
The University also has campuses in regional
Victoria, in Bendigo, Albury-Wodonga, Shepparton, Mildura and Beechworth. This network of campuses
provides learning opportunities for students in regional areas, adds diversity to the University,
and through programs of regional engagement contributes in significant ways to the development
of regional Victoria .
The University maintains a comprehensive academic profile and the defining features may be summarised
as follows:
A comprehensive academic profile encompassing professional, vocational, clinical and traditional
programs of training, study and research.
The pursuit of pure and applied research.
Student-focussed learning programs.
International exchange and
co-operation.
The provision of university programs in regional Victoria.
Effective links with industry, the professions and local communities.
The key objectives of the University are to be an internationally acknowledged centre for teaching,
training, scholarship and research and to prepare students for the various needs and challenges
of work and society.
The University has a particularly strong commitment to internationalisation and it seeks not
only to attract students and staff from all around the world but also to provide opportunities
for local students and staff to gain international experience through a scheme of exchange programs.
In particular it leads the International Network
of Universities which is a consortium of universities specifically designed to promote student
mobility. Currently the University has links with some 250 institutions in more than 40 countries.
The University is committed to student-centred learning and in this regard it is pleasing to
report that graduates have consistently accorded a very high rating to the quality of the teaching
in the annual surveys conducted by the Graduate Careers Council of Australia. A comprehensive
range of student support services and facilities are available.
Professor Paul Johnson
Vice-Chancellor and President
