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Murdoch University
Key Facts
• Established as a research university in 1973 and was Western Australia’s
2nd 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
Campus Information
Three main campuses in Western Australia
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South Street Campus, Peel Campus and
Rockingham Campus.
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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:
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Purpose built $3.7M Law Building, including an electronic Moot Court and
Law Clinic.
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Veterinary farm, hospital and emergency clinic.
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State-of-the-art Media Arts Centre, including two digital TV studios, news
room, radio broadcast studios, video edit suits and much more.
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Psychology clinic.
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Chiropractic clinic.
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Engineering pilot plant.
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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.
Murdoch University
Research Strategies
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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.
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The Australian Research Council (ARC) recently released the results of the Excellence
in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative.
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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.
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Eight fields covering areas vital to the Western Australian economy (minerals,
agriculture and medical sciences) were ranked as well above or above world
standard.
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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
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 crossdisciplinary 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