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Murdoch University
Key Facts
• Established as a research University in
1973, Western Australia’s second
university
• Named after Sir Walter Murdoch,
the famous Australian author and
philosopher.
•18,400 students with 3,000 international
students from over 90 countries
• Largest campus in Australia by area
(227 hectares)
• Three on-shore campuses in Western Australia
• Three overseas partners (Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia)
Murdoch University
Campus Information
Three main campuses in
Western Australia
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South Street Campus – covers 227
hectares and includes:
Three Secondary schools
A lifestyle village
Numerous Cooperative Centres of
Excellence (CRC’s)
Corporate facilities and
A Farm
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Peel Campus
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Rockingham campus
Murdoch University
Degrees
A strong emphasis on practical experience
Four Faculties – (made up of 14 schools)
1. Arts, Education and Creative Media
2. Health Sciences
3. Law, Business and Information Technology
4. Science and Engineering
Murdoch University
Degrees
A strong emphasis on practical experience
Industry standard facilities include:
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Purpose built $3.7M Law Building – including 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
Murdoch University
Research
Our research is globally relevant , it informs our teaching programs
and keeps our students at the leading edge of their discipline by
being aligned to current and future industry needs.
ERA – Excellence in Research for Australia
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.
Two thirds of our assessed fields of research were evaluated at world
standard or above.
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Research continued
The ERA results reflect the world class quality of the research
undertaken at Murdoch.
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