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2025 The Parkville Campus will become accessible via Parkville railway station as part of the Metro Tunnel project.
2024 Ranked #27 in the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities, achieving 1st place nationally.
2024 Achieved #13 in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, maintaining 1st place nationally.
2024 Ranked #39 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, securing 1st place nationally.
2024 Positioned at #36 in the CWTS Leiden Ranking, maintaining 1st place nationally.
2024 Melbourne University won the Big V Division Two women's basketball title.
2024 University ranked #6 in the Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking.
2024 Construction is expected to begin on stage one of a new engineering campus at Fishermans Bend for the University of Melbourne, spanning 7.2 hectares and designed to host the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) and the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP).
2024 University of Melbourne ranked #23 in the Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, achieving 1st place nationally.
September 30 2024 Emma Johnston was announced as the next Vice-Chancellor, set to become the first woman to hold the position in the university's history, succeeding Maskell.
May 22 2024 University of Melbourne for Palestine representatives announced a potential agreement with university administration to disband encampments in exchange for disclosure of endowment investments and research ties.
May 14 2024 The university issued a breach notice warning students of potential expulsion and faculty of disciplinary actions if protest activities continued, with potential involvement of state law enforcement.
April 29 2024 Vice-Chancellor Maskell announced his intention to step down from his position by early 2025, partway through his second term.
April 24 2024 Students occupied the South Lawn of Parkville campus in solidarity with Pro-Palestine movements, seeking to hold the university accountable for its investments and research ties with Israeli government companies.
2023 University of Melbourne conducted the Employer Satisfaction Survey, with graduates achieving an 85.4% overall employer satisfaction rate.
2023 University of Melbourne completed the Graduate Outcomes Survey, revealing a 67.7% full-time employment rate for undergraduates and 88.3% for postgraduates.
2023 University of Melbourne participated in the Student Experience Survey, with undergraduates rating their educational experience at 73.8% and postgraduates rating their experience at 73.9%.
2023 Sidney Myer Asia Centre Building vandalized with windows broken and graffiti accusing the university of creating an unsafe environment for transgender individuals.
2023 Melbourne University's men's basketball team made the Big V Championship Men's competition for the first time, and also won the University Basketball League (UBL) men's title.
2023 Updated Access Melbourne program guaranteed entry ATARs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with new thresholds for Agriculture (72), Arts (88), Biomedicine (95), Commerce (93), Design (88), and Science (88).
August 2023 National Tertiary Education Union members from various faculties and departments began a five to seven day strike, seeking a 15% wage increase over three years.
January 1 2023 Jane Hansen becomes Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.
2022 UMSU Theatre Department relocated to the new Arts and Culture Building, which includes the 398-seat Union Theatre and 102-seat Guild Theatre.
2021 The 'Believe' fundraising campaign aimed to raise an additional $1 billion by this year.
2021 State Government granted planning approval for a new $2 billion campus at Fishermans Bend, focusing on engineering and scheduled to open in 2026.
2021 Vice-Chancellor issued a public apology for systematically underpaying 1,000 staff members, requiring the university to repay $9.5 million in wage theft.
2021 Science Gallery Melbourne was established at the university's Parkville campus, located in the new Melbourne Connect building. The 3,500 square metre gallery is part of the Global Science Gallery Network and aims to create exhibitions that blend art and science.
June 2021 Implemented a new speech policy aimed at protecting transgender individuals while preserving freedom of speech principles.
2020 On-campus teaching was limited to selected clinical placements due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, with majority of teaching moved to online platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Skype.
2020 University announced massive layoff of 450 staff, despite planning $4.2 billion in capital works over the next decade.
2019 Allegations of a toxic workplace culture emerged within the Faculty of Arts, resulting in the departure of several senior staff members. Simultaneously, controversy arose over the Vice Chancellor's high salary, with Davis earning $1.5 million, the highest among Australian university heads.
2019 Completed a major $200 million capital works project at the Southbank campus, which included constructing a new state-of-the-art conservatorium for music and converting historically important buildings into education and research facilities.
2019 The Old Quadrangle underwent extensive restoration, returning to elements of the original design and creating a dedicated temporary exhibition space in the Treasury Gallery.
2019 Established specific guaranteed entry scores for various undergraduate degrees, including Agriculture (70), Arts (85), Biomedicine (96), Commerce (94), Design (85), Science (85), and Oral Health (85).
2018 Buxton Contemporary art museum was opened at the University of Melbourne's Southbank campus, featuring four public exhibition galleries, teaching facilities, and an outdoor screen for moving image art, established through a gift from art collector and property developer Michael Buxton.
2018 Ranked 57th in the world and 1st in Australia by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), based on research output and citations.
2018 University of Melbourne ranked 29th highest internationally and 1st domestically in the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers by National Taiwan University, evaluating research paper quantity and quality.
October 1 2018 Glyn Davis completed his final term as Vice-Chancellor, with Duncan Maskell succeeding him.
2017 Whitley College's official affiliation with the university ends.
January 1 2017 Allan Myers becomes Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.
2016 Whitley College is sold to a redeveloper, concluding its affiliation with the University of Melbourne.
2016 Completed the 'Business Improvement Program', which resulted in cutting 500 jobs. The 'Believe' fundraising campaign successfully raised $500 million by this year.
2015 The Melbourne University Boat Club set the fastest time record for a Men's eight during the Head of the Yarra rowing regatta.
January 1 2015 The Melbourne School of Land and Environment was disestablished. Its agriculture and food systems department merged with veterinary science to form the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, while other study areas moved to the Faculty of Science.
2014 The Noel Shaw Gallery was opened within the Baillieu Library at the University of Melbourne's Parkville campus, following a bequest by university alumna Noel Shaw.
2014 Began the 'Business Improvement Program' in response to ongoing financial challenges and declining Federal contributions to the tertiary sector.
2013 Glyn Davis introduced the Business Improvement Program, a wide-reaching restructure of the university's administration that led to the sacking of 500 administrative staff and transferring some administrative responsibilities to academic staff.
2013 Under vice-chancellor Glyn Davis, the university launched the 'Believe' fundraising campaign to raise funds for the institution.
2012 Melbourne Business School, part-owned by the University of Melbourne, ranked 46th in the Financial Times global rankings.
2011 The Victorian State Government allocated $24 million to support arts education at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), following the formation of the Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.

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