Monash University

Public university based in Melbourne

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2024 Normanby House will close its doors to make way for the Suburban Rail Loop project.
2024 In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Monash University was ranked tied at #58, placing 2nd nationally.
2024 In the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities rankings, Monash University was positioned at #35, ranking 3rd nationally.
2024 Monash University was ranked #50 in the Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, achieving 3rd place nationally.
2024 Monash University was ranked #82 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, achieving 5th place nationally.
2024 Monash University was ranked #51 in the CWTS Leiden Ranking, placing 6th nationally.
2024 Monash University achieved #37 in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, ranking 5th nationally.
February 2024 Sharon Pickering is appointed as the 10th vice-chancellor and president of Monash University.
2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey revealed Monash University graduates achieved an 83.9% overall employer satisfaction rate.
2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey showed 82% full-time employment rate for undergraduate graduates and 87.8% for postgraduate graduates.
2023 Student Experience Survey recorded undergraduate students rating their educational experience at 73.1% and postgraduate students rating their experience at 75.6%.
2023 Margaret Gardner is appointed Governor of Victoria, stepping down from her role as vice-chancellor.
2022 The Parkville campus's Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences was ranked first in the world in pharmacy and pharmacology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, surpassing Harvard University and the University of Oxford.
October 2021 Monash planned to open its Indonesian campus in BSD City, Tangerang, Banten, focusing on graduate studies.
December 1 2020 Monash University obtained its operational license from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture for its second Southeast Asian expansion.
2019 Gillies Hall was established at the Peninsula campus, expanding the university's residential options to this location.
2019 Monash University sold its Monash South Africa campus to Advtech due to low profitability and enrollment numbers, with a guarantee that existing students would still receive a Monash University degree.
2019 Monash University reported a total revenue of over 2.72 billion Australian dollars, with external research income around 462 million dollars. The university enrolled over 55,000 undergraduate and more than 25,000 graduate students in this year.
January 1 2018 The Berwick Campus officially commenced as a campus of Federation University Australia.
2016 Three new residential halls - Campbell Hall, Holman Hall, and Logan Hall - were established at the Clayton campus.
2016 Simon McKeon AO is appointed as chancellor of Monash University.
July 15 2016 Monash confirmed that Federation University Australia would take over the operations of the Berwick campus before the end of 2018.
March 7 2016 Monash University announced the closure of the Berwick campus to staff and students.
2015 Turner Hall was added to the Clayton campus residential facilities.
2015 Monash University decided to transfer ownership of its South African campus to the Independent Institute of Education (IIE) South Africa.
August 2015 Christopher Pyne, Australian Minister for Education and Training, officially opened the new Monash-IITB Research Academy Building in Mumbai, India.
September 1 2014 Margaret Gardner becomes the first woman appointed as vice-chancellor and president of Monash University.
January 1 2014 Ballarat University joined with Monash University's Gippsland campus to form Federation University Australia, effectively ending Monash's presence at the Gippsland campus.
2013 Monash University introduced non-residential colleges, establishing a new model of student community and engagement across multiple campuses.
August 2013 Monash University established a partnership with Laureate International Universities to create a campus in South Africa.
2012 Two new residential halls, Jackomos Hall and Briggs Hall, were established at the Clayton campus.
2012 The gallery transitioned from being called the Faculty Gallery to its current name, MADA Gallery, signifying a potential rebranding or expansion of its artistic mission.
2012 Monash University won a licence to develop a joint graduate school with Southeast University in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. This made Monash the first Australian university and third foreign university to receive such a licence, establishing the Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School to offer master's degrees and PhDs in science and engineering.
2011 Monash University closed its alpine lodge at Mount Buller at the end of this year.
December 2011 Monash University established a global alliance with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.
2010 The Australia national association football team (Socceroos) used the Clayton campus for training prior to the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
2010 Almost half of the top 5% of high school leavers chose to attend Monash, the highest percentage of any Victorian university.
2010 The Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) was established at the Caulfield Campus, consolidating the university's art collection and exhibition space.
2010 The Climateworks Centre won a Eureka Prize for its first project, which was a 'low-carbon growth plan to measure the costs and benefits for business'.

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