About RMIT University

Over the last 130 years RMIT Univeristy has grown from The Working Men’s College with a handful of students to a global university with over 84,000 students in campuses in Melbourne, Vietnam, Singapore and a centre in Barcelona.

It is a proud history, which has always had an eye to the future. From incorporating early television equipment into courses in the 1950s – through to virtual and augmented reality technology in more recent years.

General Information

• As one of Australia’s top 5 universities for international exchange, RMIT gives you the opportunity to make your mark on the world through a unique study experience tailor-made for the individual.
• With campuses in Melbourne and Vietnam as well as access to over 150-plus partner institutions, studying at RMIT puts the world at your fingertips.

Interesting Facts

• One of Australia’s original educational institutions founded in 1887, RMIT University is now the nation’s largest tertiary institution with more than 84,000 students, including 13,000 at postgraduate level.
• 15th highest ranked university in Australia and 250th in the world.
• 15th globally for graduate employment (2nd in Australia and 6th in the Asia-Pacific region).
• 40th in the world for the international profile of academic staff.
• 11th in the world for Art and Design (highest ranked in Australia).
• 20th in the world for Library and Information Management (2nd in Australia).
• 26th in the world for Architecture (4th highest in Australia).

Notable Alumni

• We Bury Our Own artworks courtesy of the artist, Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne, and Michael Reid, Sydney and Berlin.
• Dr Ferne Edwards completed RMIT’s Master of Social Science (International Urban & Environmental Management) in 2004 and a Doctor of Philosophy (Anthropology) in 2015 at Australian National University. She is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin.