University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne
Latin: Universitas Melburniensis[1][2][3]
MottoPostera Crescam Laude (Latin)
Motto in English
"May I grow in the esteem of future generations"
TypePublic
Established1853; 172 years ago (1853)
EndowmentAU$1.335 billion
Academic staff
4,631[4]
Students52,475[4]
Undergraduates26,751[4]
Postgraduates22,543[4]
3,451[4]
Location, ,
37°47′47″S 144°57′41″E / 37.7963°S 144.9614°E / -37.7963; 144.9614
CampusUrban
(Parkville Campus)
36 hectares (0.4 km2)[5]
AffiliationsUniversitas 21, Washington University in St. Louis McDonnell International Scholars Academy[6] etc.
Websiteunimelb.edu.au


Ormond College (1879), University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne is in Melbourne, Victoria. Opened in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia, and the oldest in Victoria. The main campus is in Parkville, just north of the Melbourne CBD. It has several other campuses across Victoria. It has one of the largest financial endowments of any Australian university, standing at $1.105bn as of 2008.[7]

  1. University of Melbourne, University of Melbourne Calendar 1902 (Melbourne: Melville & Mullen, 1902), 403.
  2. University of Dublin, Records of the Tercententary Festival of the University of Dublin held 5th to 8th July, 1892 (Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, & Co., 1894), 174.
  3. University of Sydney,Record of the Jubilee Celebrations of the University of Sydney: September 30th, 1902 (Sydney: William Brooks and Co., 1903), 136.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "2018 Annual Report" (PDF). University of Melbourne. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  5. The University of Melbourne Campus. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2016 – via YouTube.
  6. "Mcdonnell Academy". Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  7. University of Melbourne Investment Report 2008

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