Established as a research university in 1973 and was Western Australia’s 2 nd university. Moderate sized university: 18,400 students, over 3,000 international student s from over 90 different countries. Largest campus in Australia by area (227 hectares). Three on-shore campuses in Western Australia and three overseas partners, one overseas study centre (Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia). Named after Sir Walter Murdoch, famous Australian author and philosopher. Murdoch University Key Facts

Murdoch University Campus Information Three main campuses in Western Australia South Street Campus, Peel Campus and Rockingham Campus. The main South Street campus covers 227 hectares, which apart from the University itself, comprises three secondary schools, a lifestyle village, numerous Cooperative Centres of Excellence, corporate facilities and a farm.

Murdoch University Programs Murdoch programs have a strong emphasis on practical experience; Industry standard facilities include: Purpose built $3.7M Law Building, including an electronic Moot Court and Law Clinic. Veterinary farm, hospital and emergency clinic. State-of-the-art Media Arts Centre, including two digital TV studios, news room, radio broadcast studios, video edit suits and much more. Psychology clinic. Chiropractic clinic. Engineering pilot plant. Environmental Technology Centre on campus which is the United Nations Environment Programme International Environmental Technology Centre (UNEP-IETC) Asia Pacific Cooperation Research Centre.

Murdoch University Programs Murdoch has four Faculties, made up of 14 schools: School of Education School of Media Communication & Culture School of Social Sciences & Humanities School of Biological Sciences & Biotechnology School of Chemical & Mathematical Sciences School of Engineering & Energy School of Environmental Science School of Chiropractic & Sports Science School of Nursing & Midwifery School of Psychology School of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences Murdoch Business School School of Information Technology and, School of Law.

Our research work has national and international relevance which, in turn, informs and strengthens our teaching programs, keeping our students at the leading edge of their discipline and aligned to current and future industry needs. The Australian Research Council (ARC) recently released the results of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative. The ERA exercise ranks all university research outcomes, categorised by field of research, against international benchmarks on a five point scale, with 3 as the world standard and 5 well above world standard; Two thirds of our assessed fields of research were evaluated at world standard or above. Eight fields covering areas vital to the Western Australian economy (minerals, agriculture and medical sciences) were ranked as well above or above world standard. The results reflect the world class quality of the research undertaken at Murdoch and reaffirm our well established areas of research strength encompassed in the Research Institutes. Murdoch University Research Strategies

Seven Research Institutes and over 35 Research Centres Institute for Resource Technology Crops and Plants Research Institute (CaPRI) Sustainable Ecosystems Research Institute (SERI) Social Research Institute (SRI) Institute of Media, Creative Arts & Information Technologies Animal Research Institute (ARI) Integrated Health Research Institute Murdoch University Research Strategies

A network of seven Australian Universities Operating in over 35 locations across Australia

Charles Darwin University Flinders University Griffith University James Cook University La Trobe University Murdoch University The University of Newcastle

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Teaching over 150,000 students each year, including 34,000 international students from more than 120 countries Creating opportunities through collaboration and partnership

We undertake high quality cross- disciplinary research of national and international standing Our research is recognised for its impact and relevance to critical national and international challenges

Each member has their individual areas of research expertise. Our combined research strengths include: Climate change, energy, water and the environment Social inclusion, Indigenous research, Health; and Biomedical applications of molecular science