Victoria University (VU)

Victoria University (VU) has something for everyone. With campuses in Melbourne’s city centre and western suburbs, and campuses in Sydney and Brisbane, VU offers the chance to explore Australia's most vibrant cities and join a welcoming community. st vibrant cities and join a welcoming community. The Victoria University (VU) senior leadership team is led by the Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Shoemaker with the guidance of the University Council, which includes the Chancellor Steve Bracks. Together they are responsible for strategic leadership, governance, academic excellence and financial sustainability, and delivering on the vision, mission and strategic goals of the University. Our teaching colleges provide administrative support to all students at VU. We have colleges and schools that specialise in program areas by discipline or field, and those that address specific study levels – including our unique First Year College. As one of 39 public universities in Australia, graduates can be assured their qualification from VU is being awarded from a university operating in a world-class education system. They form the acronym ‘WEST’. So, we are ‘always west’ and this is symbolic of place. The west of Melbourne is the heart of VU – the centre from which we serve communities across Australia and overseas. While we have always taken a values-based approach to our work at VU, our new values are an opportunity to express and further articulate our moral purpose more distinctly. Our values are a living set of actions that underpin our moral purpose, this is The VU Way, which is to transform the lives and communities we serve. VU’s values go beyond vocabulary they are a reflection of our beliefs and our ethics which in turn influences our practice. VU achieved university status in 1991, but our preceding institutions date back to 1916. Today, we have over 40,000 enrolled higher education, and vocational education and training students studying on our campuses. Being a dual-sector university means that our students can easily pathway from vocational education to higher education - such as from a certificate or diploma course through to an undergraduate degree or even a postgraduate qualification by coursework or research. VU has received the following rankings: ranked in the world’s top 2% (Times Higher Education – THE – World University Rankings) ranked 45 in the world’s top universities aged under 50 (THE Young University Rankings 2019) ranked number one in Australia for professional skills^ (2022 QILT Employer Satisfaction Survey). Discover some of the key characteristics of our students: Slightly over 40% of VU’s students live in the western Melbourne region. 47% of our higher education students are the first in their family to undertake a degree. 59% of new domestic commencements at VU each year are vocational education and training (VET) students. Over 30% of our domestic students were born in another country. 49% of our students come from a non-English speaking background. ...view more