Monash University
| Motto | Italian: Ancora imparo |
|---|---|
Motto in English | "I am still learning" |
| Named after | Sir John Monash |
| Type | Public research university |
| Established | 30 May 1958 |
| Accreditation | TEQSA |
| Affiliation | |
| Budget | A$3.25 billion (2023) |
| Visitor | Governor of Victoria |
| Chancellor | Megan Clark |
| Vice-Chancellor | Sharon Pickering |
Academic staff | 9,737 (FTE, 2023) |
Administrative staff | 9,232 (FTE, 2023) |
Total staff | 20,227 (FTE, 2023) |
| Students | 86,558 (2023) |
| Undergraduates | 56,996 (2023) |
| Postgraduates | 23,462 coursework (2023) 5,634 research (2023) |
Other students | 466 (2023) |
| Location | , , Australia 37°54′30″S 145°08′17″E / 37.9083°S 145.138°E |
| Campus | Metropolitan with multiple sites, 110 hectares (271.8 acres) (Main campus) |
| Colours | Blue Black |
| Nickname | Team Monash |
Sporting affiliations | |
| Mascot | Dayton the Robot |
| Website | monash.edu |
Monash University (/ˈmɒnæʃ/) is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958. The university has a number of campuses, four of which are in Victoria (Clayton, Caulfield, Peninsula, and Parkville), one in Malaysia and another one in Indonesia. Monash has a research and teaching centre in Prato, Italy, a graduate research school in Mumbai, India and graduate schools in Suzhou, China and Tangerang, Indonesia.
Monash hosts a number of research facilities, including the Monash Law School, the Australian Synchrotron, the Monash Science Technology Research and Innovation Precinct (STRIP), the Australian Stem Cell Centre, Victorian College of Pharmacy, and 100 research centres and 17 co-operative research centres. In 2019, its revenue was over $2.72 billion (AUD), with external research income around $462 million. In 2019, Monash enrolled over 55,000 undergraduate and over 25,000 postgraduate students.
Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight research universities, a member of the ASAIHL, and is the only Australian member of the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities and National Academies. It is one of the Australian universities ranked in the École des Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech) ranking on the basis of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.