Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia.
Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, and Warrnambool, as well as the online Cloud Campus. Deakin also has learning ctres in Dandong and Werribee, all in the state of Victoria.
Deakin University consisttly ranks highly in undergraduate studt satisfaction; in the 2019 Studt Experice Survey, Deakin had the fourth-highest studt satisfaction rating nationally, the highest studt satisfaction rating out of all Australian public universities, and the highest studt satisfaction rating out of all Victorian universities.
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Deakin has had the highest undergraduate studt satisfaction ratings out of all Victorian universities every year since 2010 and has consisttly placed in the top two for highest postgraduate studt satisfaction out of all Victorian universities every year since 2010.
Deakin University's first campus was established at Waurn Ponds. The university was the result of a merger betwe State College of Victoria, Geelong (formerly Geelong Teachers College), and the higher education courses of the Gordon Institute of Technology. Deakin rolled its first studts at Waurn Ponds in 1977.
The Burwood campus is on the site of the former Burwood Teachers' College, and also takes in the former sites of the Bnettswood Primary School and the Burwood Secondary School. The teachers' college conducted two-year training courses for Primary School teachers, and three year courses for Infant Teachers (females only). It provided live-on-site accommodation for country studts.
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As part of the Dawkins education reforms that were announced in 1988 by the Commonwealth governmt, a merger with Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education took place in 1990,
The Rusd Campus was closed in 2003 and all courses were transferred to the Melbourne Burwood campus. Rusd was subsequtly acquired by Monash University for its studt accommodation purposes.
The former Toorak Campus, located in Malvern, was offered for sale in 2006 as the university considered the campus surplus to its requiremts.
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As a Deakin campus, it was home to the Deakin Business School, Deakin University glish Language Institute (DUELI), and the Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology,
The sale of Stonnington Mansion by Deakin provoked public outrage as it involved the mansion which was at risk of redevelopmt by property developers.
But has since relocated to the Deakin University Art Gallery at the Melbourne Burwood campus. The university's action of offering the campus, including the mansion, provoked public outrage over the pottial privatization of what had be public space.
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In December 2006, the three-mansion was sold for $33 million to a joint vture betwe Hamton Property Group and Industry Superannuation Property Trust.
The Deakin University Council is the governing body of the university and is chaired by the chancellor, John Stanhope AM. The council is responsible for the geral direction and oversight of the university and is publicly accountable for the university's actions.
The vice-chancellor is the chief executive officer of the university and is responsible to the council. Professor Iain Martin is vice-chancellor and presidt of Deakin University and is Deakin's 7th vice-chancellor.
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The Institute of Koorie Education also falls under the Faculty of Arts and Education. The Faculty of Health has the School of Medicine, along with schools covering nursing and midwifery, exercise and nutrition scices, psychology, and incorporates subjects such as occupational therapy, social work, and health economics into the School of Health and Social Developmt.
The university's largest campus is in Burwood (37°50′52″S 145°06′51″E / 37.8479°S 145.1143°E / -37.8479; 145.1143 (Deakin University, Melbourne Campus ) ), about 45 minutes by tram (route 75) from the Melbourne CBD. Located alongside Gardiner's Creek parklands betwe Elgar Road on the north-west border and Mount Scopus Memorial College on the east border. The campus has around 31, 975 (2020) undergraduate and postgraduate on-campus studts.
The original campus of Deakin University (38°11′52″S 144°17′50″E / 38.1979°S 144.2973°E / -38.1979; 144.2973 (Deakin University, Waurn Ponds Campus ) ) is located in the regional city of Geelong in the suburb of Waurn Ponds, 72 kilometres south west of Melbourne. The campus, serviced by the Princes Highway and the Geelong Ring Road. It has a studt population of more than 8, 382 (2020).
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The campus is home to the Geelong Technology Precinct, which provides research and developmt capabilities and opportunities for university–industry partnerships and new terprises in the region. The Elite Sports Precinct is used as an alternate training facility by the Geelong Football Club.
The Deakin Medical School oped in 2008 and is the first rural and regional medical school in Victoria. Deakin's Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery MBBS is a four-year, graduate-try program which prepares studts for practice in a range of health care settings.
The Warrnambool Campus (38°23′26″S 142°32′14″E / 38.3906°S 142.5373°E / -38.3906; 142.5373 (Deakin University, Warrnambool campus ) ) was created in 1990 wh the university absorbed the Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education.
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It is situated on the banks of the Hopkins River in the coastal city of Warrnambool, close to local surf beaches and popular tourist attractions in close proximity to the Great Ocean Road and The Twelve Apostles. The 94-hectare (230-acre) site is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the Warrnambool CBD, serviced by the Princes Highway and by its own railway station, and bus services from Melbourne and Geelong, as well as locally in Warrnambool betwe the campus and the city.
There is an on-campus studt population of more than 520 (2020) pursuing courses in arts, business, education, vironmt, health scices, law, managemt, marine biology, nursing and psychology.
The Geelong Waterfront Campus (38°08′38″S 144°21′37″E / 38.1439°S 144.3603°E / -38.1439; 144.3603 (Deakin University, Waterfront Campus ) ) is Deakin's newest campus, located on Corio Bay, in the ctral business district of Geelong. Originally built as the Dalgety's Woolstores in 1893, the buildings have be extsively rovated.
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More than 5, 362 (2020) studts are based at the Geelong Waterfront Campus, which hosts the schools of Architecture and Built vironmt, Health and Social Developmt, Psychology, and Nursing and Midwifery, as well as the Faculty of Business and Law.
A $37 million redevelopmt of the Dnys Lascelles Building has increased the capacity of this campus, allowing the university to provide an expanded range of courses. The building houses the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library
This campus houses Costa Hall, a 1422-seat concert auditorium, which is used for the university's graduation ceremonies and is part of Geelong Arts Ctre.
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Deakin University is establishing a campus in India's GIFT City that will initially provide cybersecurity and business analytics courses. The institution will be the first tertiary varsity to gain the Indian governmt's approval to set up a campus in India.
The Deakin University Studt Association (DUSA) is the dominant studt represtative organisation operating across all campuses and courses. As well as represtation, DUSA provides a range of services and befits to members, and coordinates all other clubs and societies operating on campus. There is a wide range of groups/clubs for studts to join and these groups vary from campus to campus. DUSA is also made up of studt represtatives who are elected by Deakin University studts, with the currt presidt of DUSA being Georgie Brimer. DUSA is affiliated at a national level to the National Union of Studts.
100% of Deakin research was rated at or above world standard in the 2018 ERA ratings, a quality evaluation of all research produced in Australian universities.
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In 2018, the Australian Research Council awarded Deakin University $8.42 million in funding for 23 new research projects in its 2019 funding announcemt. This included 15 Discovery Projects and 8 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) projects, six of which were from the university's Faculty of Arts and Education.
The Australian Research Council awarded Deakin University 5 Linkage Projects in the 2016 ARC Linkage Programme rounds, and 3 Linkage Grants in its 2013 allocations. In its 2010 allocations, the Australian Research Council awarded Deakin 13 Discovery and 10 Linkage Round 1 awards. Deakin was also one of only six universities to be awarded funding for an ITTC, and received 100% of the amount requested.
The Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library is named after the early Australian Prime Minister and statesman, Alfred Deakin (1856–1919), and provides opportunities for research and learning.
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In 2020, the Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 ranked Deakin University 55th in the World among the top Universities under 50 years old; Deakin was ranked 10th in Australia and 1st in Victoria under this category.
In 2020, the QS Top 50 Under 50 (universities which are under 50 years old) ranked Deakin University 26th in the World among the top Universities under 50 years old; Deakin was ranked 6th in Australia and 2nd in Victoria under this category.
In 2009, 2013 and 2015 the Graduate Managemt Association of Australia (GMAA) awarded Deakin's Master of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration (International) courses the maximum score of five stars, placing them in the top rank of Australia's MBA courses.
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Since 2016, Deakin has be ranked in the top 2% of the world's universities in the Shanghai Ranking's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Times
