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{{Short description|Dual-sector public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Victoria University
 | image                  = Victoria University Australia Logo.png
 | image_upright          = .8
 | established            = {{ubl
|1916 (antecedent)<ref name="History">{{Cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/university-profile/our-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241015140953/https://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/university-profile/our-history |archive-date=15 October 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |publisher=Victoria University |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], Victoria}}</ref>
|1992 (as university)<ref name="History" />
}}
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | academic_affiliation   = 
 | endowment              = 
 | budget                 = A$556.39 [[1,000,000|million]] (2023)
 | visitor                = [[Governor of Victoria]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2018 |title=Victoria University Act 2010 |url=https://content.legislation.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/3b002ffe-59c7-334f-897a-6ac12c599227_10-14aa007%20authorised.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241115143920/https://content.legislation.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/3b002ffe-59c7-334f-897a-6ac12c599227_10-14aa007%20authorised.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=15 November 2024 |website=Victorian Legislation |publisher=[[Victoria State Government|State Government of Victoria]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], Victoria}}</ref>
 | chancellor             = [[Steve Bracks]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Council & committees |url=https://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/leadership-governance/governance/university-council-committees |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620095719/https://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/leadership-governance/governance/university-council-committees |archive-date=20 June 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |publisher=Victoria University |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], Victoria}}</ref>
 | vice_chancellor        = [[Adam Shoemaker]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vice-Chancellor |url=https://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/vice-chancellor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107013037/https://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/vice-chancellor |archive-date=7 November 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |publisher=Victoria University |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], Victoria}}</ref>
 | city                   = [[Melbourne]]
 | state                  = [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
 | country                = Australia<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact us |url=https://www.vu.edu.au/contact-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241101060755/https://www.vu.edu.au/contact-us |archive-date=1 November 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |publisher=Victoria University |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], Victoria}}</ref>
 | academic_staff         = 
 | administrative_staff   = 
 | total_staff            = 2,061 (2023)<ref name="2023 Annual Report" />
 | students               = 45,567 (2023)<ref name="2023 Annual Report" />
 | undergrad              = 16,469 ({{abbr|EFTSL|Equivalent ful-time study load}}, 2023)<ref name="2023 Annual Report" />
 | postgrad               = 4,940 coursework{{br}}({{abbr|EFTSL|Equivalent ful-time study load}}, 2023)<ref name="2023 Annual Report" />{{br}}163 research{{br}}({{abbr|EFTSL|Equivalent ful-time study load}}, 2023)<ref name="2023 Annual Report" />
 | doctoral               = 
 | other                  = {{ubl
|11,287 ([[Australian Qualifications Framework|VET]]) (2023)<ref name="2023 Annual Report">{{Cite web |date=28 March 2024 |title=2023 Annual Report |url=https://content.vu.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/2024-05/annual-report-2023.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524111209/https://content.vu.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/2024-05/annual-report-2023.pdf |archive-date=24 May 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |publisher=Victoria University |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], Victoria}}</ref>
|253 other ({{abbr|EFTSL|Equivalent ful-time study load}}, 2023)
}}
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]] with multiple sites
 | colours                = Blue, white and black<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 June 2020 |title=Brand Guidelines |url=https://eaams.vu.edu.au/agents/resources/file/AGENT_VU%20Brand%20Guidelines%202020_V9_low%20res.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510220148/https://eaams.vu.edu.au/agents/resources/file/AGENT_VU%20Brand%20Guidelines%202020_V9_low%20res.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=10 November 2024 |publisher=Victoria University |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], Victoria}}</ref>
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 | latin_name             = 
 | former_names           = {{Collapsible list|{{ubl
|Footscray Technical School<ref name="History" />{{br}}(1916–1958)
|Footscray Technical College<ref name="History" />{{br}}(1958–1968)
|Footscray Institute of Technology<ref name="History" />{{br}}(1968–1990)
|Victoria University of Technology<ref name="History" />{{br}}(1992–2005)
}}}}
 | motto                  = ''The Door of Opportunity''
 | motto_lang             = eng
 | accreditation          = [[Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency|TEQSA]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victoria University |url=https://www.teqsa.gov.au/provider/victoria-university |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502121207/https://www.teqsa.gov.au/provider/victoria-university |archive-date=2 May 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=[[Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], Victoria}}</ref>
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist |[[UniSport]] |[[Australian Institute of Sport#Elite Athlete Education Network|EAEN]] |[[University Basketball League Australia|UBL]] }}
 | sports_nickname        = Vultures<ref>{{Cite web |title=Represent VU in sport |url=https://www.vu.edu.au/current-students/campus-life/sport-fitness/represent-vu-in-sport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223175710/https://www.vu.edu.au/current-students/campus-life/sport-fitness/represent-vu-in-sport |archive-date=23 February 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |publisher=Victoria University |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], Victoria}}</ref>
 | mascot                 = Vulture
 | logo                   = Logo of Victoria University.png
 | logo_size              = 200px
 | website                = {{Official URL}}
 | footnotes              = 
}}
'''Victoria University''' ('''VU''' or '''Vic Uni''') is an Australian [[public university|public]] [[research university]] based in [[Melbourne]], Victoria. It is a dual-sector university, providing courses in both [[higher education]] and [[technical and further education]] (TAFE).

The university has several campuses in [[Melbourne City Centre|Melbourne Central Business District]], Melbourne Western Region, Sydney, Brisbane, as well as Online.

==History==
The idea for a [[technical school]] based in the western suburbs of Melbourne was first proposed in 1910. The '''Footscray Technical School''' opened its doors to 220 students and 9 teachers in 1916 after five years of [[fundraising]].

[[Charles Hoadley|Charles Archibald Hoadley]] was the school's [[Principal (academia)|principal]] from its founding until his death in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Limmer |first=Scott |date=2013-07-17 |title=Charles Archibald HOADLEY (1887-1947) |url=https://federation.edu.au/about-us/our-university/history/geoffrey-blainey-research-centre/honour-roll/h/charles-archibald-hoadley-1887-1947 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=federation.edu.au |language=en}}</ref> Under Hoadley's leadership, the school expanded and began offering [[Trade certification|trade certificate]] courses, [[diploma]]s in [[architecture]], [[building]], and [[Outsourcing|contracting]], as well as evening classes. War and the Depression saw a dip in student numbers. However, by 1943, there were 2500 students enrolled in courses taught at the [[Footscray Park]] and Footscray Nicholson campuses.

The following decades saw gender and cultural shifts. In 1958, the school changed its name to the '''Footscray Technical College'''. Ten years later, it changed its name again, this time, to the '''Footscray Institute of Technology''' ('''FIT'''). Women first enrolled in day diploma courses in 1960, and changes to the [[Federal Government of Australia|federal government]]'s [[immigration policy]] resulted in many more European and Asian students entering the school. The secondary school component, now known as [[Footscray City College]], was separated from the rest of the institute in 1972. By the mid-1970s, the expanded curriculum included [[degree courses]] and was well beyond the technical focus of the original Footscray Technical School. Further changes occurred in the 1980s, with the technical and trade education section separating from FIT to form the Footscray and Newport Colleges of TAFE.<ref>{{cite web |title=Footscray Institute of Technology |url=https://libraryguides.vu.edu.au/vu-archives/footscray-institute-of-technology |publisher=Victoria University Archives |access-date=23 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313101009/https://libraryguides.vu.edu.au/vu-archives/footscray-institute-of-technology |archive-date=13 March 2024}}</ref>

In 1990, FIT merged with the Western Institute, which had been founded three years earlier to provide TAFE and higher education courses to the outlying suburbs in western Melbourne. In 1990, it was established as a university by the Victoria State Parliament as '''Victoria University of Technology''' ('''VUT''').<ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria University of Technology Act 1990|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/repealed_act/vuota1990395/|publisher=Parliament of Victoria|access-date=11 November 2013|archive-date=11 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111140933/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/repealed_act/vuota1990395/|url-status=live}}</ref> The university further amalgamation with the Western Melbourne Institute of TAFE in 1998. In 2005, the Victoria University of Technology Act of 1990 was amended to rename the university as Victoria University, reflecting the development of its teaching and research.<ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria University of Technology Act 2010 preamble|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/vua2010262/preamble.html|access-date=7 July 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205205/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/vua2010262/preamble.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Victoria University of Technology / Victoria University |url=https://libraryguides.vu.edu.au/vu-archives/victoria-university-of-technology-victoria-university |publisher=Victoria University Archives |access-date=23 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128091430/https://libraryguides.vu.edu.au/vu-archives/victoria-university-of-technology-victoria-university |archive-date=28 November 2023}}</ref>

The institutions that combined to form VU include:
* Footscray Technical School, renamed Footscray Technical College and later Footscray Institute of Technology
* Newport Technical College, renamed Newport College of TAFE
* Melbourne School of Hairdressing
* School of Painting, Decorating and Sign Crafts
* Melbourne Technical College of Hairdressing
* Melbourne College of Decoration
* Footscray College of TAFE
* Flagstaff College of TAFE
* Western Institute
* Gellibrand College of TAFE, renamed Western Metropolitan College of TAFE
* Western Melbourne Institute of TAFE
* Victoria University of Technology
* Victoria Polytechnic

==Campuses and buildings==
Victoria University has campuses located throughout Melbourne's western region and the [[Melbourne City Centre|city centre]]. The new VU City Tower will be Melbourne's tallest vertical campus, and is due for completion in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Probuild {{!}} Projects – Victoria University City West Tower|url=https://www.probuild.com.au/projects/projects/vu-tower|access-date=2021-08-09|website=probuild.com.au|archive-date=9 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809065337/https://www.probuild.com.au/projects/projects/vu-tower|url-status=live}}</ref> One campus is located in central Sydney.

VU courses are also delivered by partner institutes throughout Asia, including in China, India, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. Some of the university's largest partners are [[Sunway University]] College in [[Malaysia]] , [[National School of Business Management|NSBM Green University]] in [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Liaoning University]] in China.

===Footscray Park===
[[File:P Building, Footscray Park, Victoria University.jpg|thumb|Victoria University Footscray Park Campus – Building P]]
Footscray Park Campus on Ballarat Road, [[Footscray, Victoria|Footscray]] is the university's main campus and administrative centre. It offers higher education courses primarily in engineering, education and sport-related disciplines. It occupies a {{convert|7|ha|adj=on}} site overlooking [[Flemington Racecourse]] and the [[Maribyrnong River]]. The A$68.5&nbsp;million sport and learning precinct, including sport and exercise science research labs, was completed in early 2011. The campus also has a 25-metre swimming pool and a childcare centre.<ref>{{cite web|title=Footscray Park Aquatic & Fitness Centre|url=https://www.vu.edu.au/current-students/campus-life/sport-fitness/fitness-centres/footscray-park-aquatic-fitness-centre|website=Victoria University – Melbourne Australia|access-date=24 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202020710/https://www.vu.edu.au/current-students/campus-life/sport-fitness/fitness-centres/footscray-park-aquatic-fitness-centre|url-status=live}}</ref>

===St Albans===
[[File:Victoria University St Albans.jpg|thumb|left|St Albans VU Campus]]
St Albans Campus on McKenchie Street, [[St Albans, Victoria|St Albans]], is the university's health and education hub, with a focus on psychology, nursing, arts, and paramedic and biomedical sciences. It is set on {{convert|32|ha}} of native grasslands and sugar gums. The new St Albans Health and Fitness Centre was opened in 2013.<ref>{{cite press release | date = 21 February 2013 | title = VU's new sports centre brings a world of fitness to the west | url = http://www.vu.edu.au/news-events/media-releases/vus-new-sports-centre-brings-a-world-of-fitness-to-the-west | publisher = VU | access-date = 7 March 2013 | archive-date = 12 November 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131112154303/http://www.vu.edu.au/news-events/media-releases/vus-new-sports-centre-brings-a-world-of-fitness-to-the-west | url-status = live }}</ref>

===Footscray Nicholson===
[[File:1536803704455rvcopy_1556068957.png|thumb|Victoria University Footscray Nicholson Campus – Building T as viewed from Buckley Street]]
Footscray Nicholson Campus is in central [[Footscray, Victoria|Footscray]], on the corner of Nicholson and Buckley Streets. It delivers TAFE, VCE and short courses. Its new learning commons was opened in 2012 offering a broad range of educational and student services.<ref>{{cite web|title=New learning commons at Footscray Nicholson Campus {{!}} Victoria University {{!}} Melbourne Australia|url=https://www.vu.edu.au/news-events/news/new-learning-commons-at-footscray-nicholson-campus|website=vu.edu.au|access-date=15 January 2017|archive-date=16 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116171059/https://www.vu.edu.au/news-events/news/new-learning-commons-at-footscray-nicholson-campus|url-status=live}}</ref>

===City===
[[File:Melbourne Victoria University City Campus in Queens St..jpg|thumb|Victoria University City Campus on [[Queen Street, Melbourne|Queen Street]]]]
The City Campus includes the VU City Tower and the law building at 295 [[Queen Street, Melbourne|Queen Street]] in the heart of Melbourne's legal precinct. The campus houses business courses, Osteopathy, a hair and beauty salon as well as the university's College of Law and Justice, a law library, the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre and two moot courts. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate law courses, including continuing legal education courses for legal professionals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vu.edu.au/study-at-vu/courses/browse-for-courses/by-topic/law-justice|title=Study at VU: Law & Justice courses|website=vu.edu.au|publisher=Victoria University|access-date=5 May 2018|archive-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326231712/https://www.vu.edu.au/study-at-vu/courses/browse-for-courses/by-topic/law-justice|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vucentenary.com.au/modern-law-school-victorias-legal-precinct|title=About VU: What you can support|website=vu.edu.au|publisher=Victoria University|access-date=5 May 2018|archive-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323215535/http://www.vucentenary.com.au/modern-law-school-victorias-legal-precinct|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Werribee===
[[File:VU Weribee.jpg|thumb|left|VU Weribee Campus]]
The {{convert|16|ha|adj=on}} Werribee Campus is located in the [[Werribee]] agricultural research and tertiary education precinct. It offers trades training as well as facilities for water, food and fire safety research.<ref>{{cite web |title=Werribee Campus |url=https://www.vu.edu.au/campuses/werribee |website=vu.edu.au |publisher=Victoria University |access-date=6 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141532/https://www.vu.edu.au/campuses/werribee |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Sunshine===
The Sunshine Campus of Victoria Polytechnic is located on Ballarat Road, [[Sunshine, Victoria|Sunshine]]. It offers TAFE courses, focusing mainly on business and the construction industries.<ref>{{cite press release | date = 24 January 2013 | title = Tour Victoria University's new Trades College building at Sunshine | url = http://www.vu.edu.au/news-events/media-releases/tour-victoria-university-s-new-trades-college-building-at-sunshine | publisher = VU | access-date = 7 March 2013 | archive-date = 12 November 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131112154644/http://www.vu.edu.au/news-events/media-releases/tour-victoria-university-s-new-trades-college-building-at-sunshine | url-status = live }}</ref> The A$44&nbsp;million high-technology Construction Hub was opened in 2013 for building and construction training. The campus also has a convention centre with a 200-seat auditorium.

===Sydney===
Victoria University delivers a number of business courses for international students at its campus in central Sydney,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vu.edu.au/search?collection=vu-meta&profile=_default&f.Tabs%7CcourseTab=Courses+%26+units&f.Student+type%7Cinternational=International+student&query=VU+Sydney|title=Search – Victoria University|access-date=2023-08-20}}</ref> which operates in partnership with the Education Centre of Australia (ECA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vu.edu.au/vu-sydney/about-vu-sydney|title=About VU Sydney – Victoria University – Sydney Australia|website=vu.edu.au|access-date=1 February 2017|archive-date=8 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108053853/https://www.vu.edu.au/vu-sydney/about-vu-sydney|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Whitten Oval===
In late 2010, VU opened an A$8&nbsp;million Sport and Recreation Learning Centre in partnership with the [[Western Bulldogs]] at the [[Whitten Oval]] in West Footscray.<ref>{{cite press release | date = 17 August 2010 | title = Victoria University unveils its new teaching facilities in a bright new kennel | url = http://www.vu.edu.au/news-events/media-releases/victoria-university-unveils-its-new-teaching-facilities-in-a-bright-new-kennel | publisher = VU | access-date = 7 March 2013 | archive-date = 14 July 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190016/http://www.vu.edu.au/news-events/media-releases/victoria-university-unveils-its-new-teaching-facilities-in-a-bright-new-kennel | url-status = live }}</ref> The Centre contains massage therapy clinics open to the public, as well as a 140-seat lecture theatre, a library, classrooms and offices.

==Governance and structures==
{{Unreferenced section|date = November 2016}}

=== Academic structure ===
Several of the university's colleges offer internationally recognised qualifications ranging from certificates and diplomas to degrees, postgraduate certificates and diplomas, and masters and doctoral research degrees (PhD). Victoria Polytechnic and VU College offer vocational education courses and higher education diplomas. These are divided between several colleges, including:

* The College of Arts and Education
* The College of Business
* The College of Engineering and Science
* The College of Health and Bio-medicine
* The College of Law and Justice
* The College of Sport and Exercise Science
* Victoria University Polytechnic, which is the [[TAFE]] division of Victoria University.

==Academic profile==

=== Tuition, loans and financial aid ===
For international students starting in 2025, tuition fees range from {{AUD|14900}} to {{AUD|20000}} per semester for [[Tertiary education|higher education]] programs at the [[Australian Qualifications Framework|diploma]] level or above.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 2024 |title=2025 International Course Guide |url=https://content.vu.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/2024-08/2025-international-course-guide.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309090353/https://content.vu.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/2024-08/2025-international-course-guide.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=9 March 2025 |website=Victoria University |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref> Domestic students{{Efn|name=Domestic students|According to the [[Higher Education Support Act 2003]], domestic students include permanent residents and New Zealand citizens in addition to Australian citizens.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 November 2023 |title=5. Domestic and overseas students |url=https://www.education.gov.au/higher-education-publications/higher-education-administrative-information-providers-october-2021/5-domestic-and-overseas-students |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921075810/https://www.education.gov.au/higher-education-publications/higher-education-administrative-information-providers-october-2021/5-domestic-and-overseas-students |archive-date=21 September 2024 |access-date=12 November 2024 |website=[[Department of Education (Australia)|Department of Education]] |publisher=[[Australian Capital Territory]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref>}} may be offered a federally-subsidised Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) which substantially decreases the student contribution amount billed to the student.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2024 |title=Commonwealth supported places (CSPs) |url=https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/commonwealth-supported-places-csps |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118030734/https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/commonwealth-supported-places-csps |archive-date=18 January 2025 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Study Assist |publisher=[[Department of Education (Australia)|Department of Education]] ([[Australian Government]]) |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> The maximum student contribution amount limits that can be applied to CSP students are dependent on the field of study.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 January 2025 |title=Student contribution amounts |url=https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/commonwealth-supported-places/student-contribution-amounts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121194609/https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/commonwealth-supported-places/student-contribution-amounts |archive-date=21 January 2025 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Study Assist |publisher=[[Department of Education (Australia)|Department of Education]] ([[Australian Government]]) |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref>

Since 2021, Commonwealth Supported Places have also been limited to 7 years of equivalent full-time study load (EFTSL), calculated in the form of Student Learning Entitlement (SLE).<ref name="Student Learning Entitlement">{{Cite web |date=21 November 2024 |title=Student learning entitlement (SLE) |url=https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/student-learning-entitlement-sle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221002359/https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/student-learning-entitlement-sle |archive-date=21 December 2024 |access-date=3 January 2025 |website=Study Assist |publisher=[[Department of Education (Australia)|Department of Education]] ([[Australian Government]]) |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> Students may accrue additional SLE under some circumstances (e.g. starting a ''separate'' one-year honours program) or every 10 years.<ref name="Student Learning Entitlement" /> Domestic students are also able to access the HECS-HELP student loans scheme offered by the federal government.<ref name="Student loans">{{Cite web |date=10 January 2025 |title=HECS-HELP |url=https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/hecs-help |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129101829/https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/hecs-help |archive-date=29 January 2025 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Study Assist |publisher=[[Department of Education (Australia)|Department of Education]] ([[Australian Government]]) |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> These are indexed to the [[Consumer price index|Consumer]] or [[Wage growth|Wage Price Index]], whichever is lower, and repayments are voluntary unless the recipient passes an income threshold.<ref name="Student loans" />

The university also offers several [[scholarship]]s, which come in the form of [[Bursary|bursaries]] or tuition fee remission.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scholarships |url=https://www.vu.edu.au/study-at-vu/fees-scholarships/scholarships |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124121331/https://www.vu.edu.au/study-at-vu/fees-scholarships/scholarships |archive-date=24 January 2025 |access-date=9 March 2025 |website=Victoria University |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref>

=== Academic reputation ===
{{Infobox Australian university ranking|QS_W=741–750|USNWR_W==785|type=University|CWTS_W=1030{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_W_year=2024|QS_W_year=2026|THE_W=501–600|THE_W_year=2026|USNWR_W_year=25/26|CWTS_N=29{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_N_year=2024|ERA_N=29|ERA_N_year=2018|QS_N=32|QS_N_year=2026|THE_N=33–35|THE_N_year=2026|USNWR_N=28|USNWR_N_year=25/26|AFR_N=36|AFR_N_year=2024}}
; National publications
In the [[Australian Financial Review|''Australian Financial Review'' Best Universities Ranking]] 2024, the university was ranked no. 36 amongst Australian universities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Universities Ranking |url=https://www.afr.com/lists-and-awards/best-universities-ranking |website=[[Australian Financial Review]] |publisher=[[Nine Entertainment]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]}}</ref>

; Global publications

In the 2026 ''[[Quacquarelli Symonds]]'' [[QS World University Rankings|World University Rankings]] (published 2025), the university attained a position of #741–750 (32nd nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings: Top Global Universities |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |website=[[QS World University Rankings]] |publisher=[[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|''Times Higher Education'' World University Rankings]] 2026 (published 2025), the university attained a position of #601–600 (tied 33–35th nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings |work=[[Times Higher Education]] |publisher=Inflexion |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the 2025–2026 [[U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking|''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Global Universities]], the university attained a tied position of #785 (28th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Global Universities Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |language=en-US |publication-place=[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]}}</ref>

In the ''[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]]'' 2024,{{efn|The [[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] is based on P (top 10%).|name=a}} the university attained a position of #1030 (29th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2024/list |website=[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] (Centre for Science and Technology Studies) |publisher=[[Leiden University]] |language=en |publication-place=[[Leiden]], [[Netherlands]]}}</ref>

=== Student outcomes ===
The Australian Government's QILT{{Efn|Abbreviation for Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching.<ref name="About QILT" />}} conducts national surveys documenting the student life cycle from enrolment through to employment.<ref name="About QILT" /> These surveys place more emphasis on criteria such as student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction<ref name="About QILT">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224528/https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> than perceived reputation, research output and citation counts.<ref name="Bridgestock 2024">{{Cite web |last=Bridgestock |first=Laura |date=19 April 2021 |title=World University Ranking Methodologies Compared |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224525/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |archive-date=2 January 2025 |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=[[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the 2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey, graduates of the university had an overall employer satisfaction rate of 85.5%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224527/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref>

In the 2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey, graduates of the university had a full-time employment rate of 64.5% for undergraduates and 84.9% for postgraduates.<ref name="GOS Survey 2023">{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey: National Report |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220062418/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> The initial full-time salary was {{AUD|69,400}} for undergraduates and {{AUD|93,900}} for postgraduates.<ref name="GOS Survey 2023" />

In the 2023 Student Experience Survey, undergraduates at the university rated the quality of their entire educational experience at 81.2% meanwhile postgraduates rated their overall education experience at 75.5%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Student Experience Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224530/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref>

=== Research and publications ===
28 VU research disciplines were ranked at or above world standard in the Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) assessments 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/news-events/news/vu-research-judged-as-world-class-grows-in-new-ratings|title=VU research judged as world-class, grows in new ratings|access-date=24 February 2021|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120071103/https://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/news-events/news/vu-research-judged-as-world-class-grows-in-new-ratings|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Student life ==

=== Student demographics ===
In 2019, VU had 43,802 students.<ref name="2019-VUreport">{{cite web | url=https://www.vu.edu.au/sites/default/files/annual-report-2019.pdf | title=Victoria University 2019 Annual Report | website=VU | access-date=24 February 2021 | archive-date=9 December 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209225442/https://www.vu.edu.au/sites/default/files/annual-report-2019.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> Approximately 65% student in higher education degree programs, and 35% enrolled in TAFE training courses. Of these students, 5,662 were international students studying at one of VU's Melbourne or Sydney Campuses, and 3,772 were international students studying at VU programs overseas at one of its partner organisations located mainly in Asia.<ref name=2019-VUreport />

=== Student accommodation ===
VU owns and operates student accommodation for students, staff, and guests of the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vu.edu.au/facilities-and-services/housing-services|title=Housing & accommodation – Victoria University – Melbourne Australia|website=vu.edu.au|access-date=30 December 2011|archive-date=29 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229111511/http://www.vu.edu.au/facilities-and-services/housing-services|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2016, the Student Village in Maidstone was replaced with the newly built UniLodge Victoria University, a 13-story apartment building across the road from the Footscray Park Campus on Ballarat Road, Footscray.

[[International House (University of Melbourne)|International House]], a traditional residential college located at the [[University of Melbourne]], also offers places to Victoria University students.

==Notable people==

===Notable alumni===
{{main category|Victoria University, Melbourne alumni}}
* [[Sukhbold Sukhee]], Permanent Representative to the [[United Nations]] for Mongolia
* [[Ali Abdo (wrestler)|Ali Abdo]], Olympic wrestler
* [[Liam Adams (runner)|Liam Adams]], long-distance running champion
* [[Ngconde Balfour]], former South African sport and recreation minister
* [[Ron Barassi]], Australian Football League legend
*[[Nathan Brown (Australian footballer, born 1978)|Nathan Brown]], former AFL player and commentator
* [[Marion May Campbell]], author and associate professor of Professional and Creative Writing at Deakin University
* [[Doug Chappel]], comedian and actor
* [[Jeffrey Cheah]], founder of the [[Sunway Group]]
* [[Simon Garlick]], CEO of the [[Western Bulldogs]]
* [[Andrew Gaze]], former basketballer
* [[Brad Green (footballer)|Brad Green]], former [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] footballer and current [[Carlton Football Club]] development coach
* [[Alwyn Jones (athlete)|Alwyn Jones]], national champion triple jumper
* [[Alan Kohler]], financial journalist
* [[Telmo Languiller]], Victorian MP
* [[Tammy Lobato]], Victorian MP
* [[Mike McKay (rower)|Mike McKay]], Olympian and member of the "Oarsome Foursome"
* [[Pia Miranda]], actress
* [[Danny Morseu]], first Torres Strait Islander to represent Australia at the Olympics
* [[Nyadol Nyuon]], litigation lawyer and regular media commentator and advocate for South Sudanese community
* [[Campbell Rose]], former CEO of the [[Western Bulldogs]]
* [[Larry Sengstock]], former basketballer
* [[Fatai|Fatai Veamatahau]], finalist in ''The Voice'', 2012
* [[Mitch Wallis]], footballer, [[Western Bulldogs]]
* [[Kim Wells (Victoria politician)|Kim Wells]], [[Government of Victoria|Victoria State Government]] treasurer
* [[Deepak Vinayak]], community leader, Melbourne<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vu.edu.au/study-at-vu/success-stories/students-alumni/community-champion|title=Community champion – Victoria University – Melbourne Australia|website=vu.edu.au|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-date=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329121709/https://www.vu.edu.au/study-at-vu/success-stories/students-alumni/community-champion|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Easton Wood]], Western Bulldogs AFL premiership captain

===Academics and staff===
* [[Tony Birch]], poet, novelist, author
* [[Peter Dixon (economist)|Peter Dixon]], economist
* [[Craig Emerson]], former Australian politician
* [[Gary Foley]], Indigenous activist and historian
* [[Ian Gray (Australian magistrate)|Ian Gray]], magistrate
* [[Michael Kirby (judge)|Michael Kirby]], retired High Court judge
* [[Alan Kohler]], financial journalist and editor
* [[Chris Maxwell (jurist)|Chris Maxwell]], barrister
* [[Nyadol Nyuon]], lawyer and regular media commentator and advocate for South Sudanese community
* [[Robert Richter (lawyer)|Robert Richter]], barrister
* [[Christopher Sonn]], [[Social psychology|social psychologist]] 
* [[Rob Stary|Robert Stary]], criminal law specialist

==See also==
{{Portal|Australia}}
*[[Footscray Tech Old Boys]]
*[[VUT (football club)]]
*[[List of universities in Australia]]

== Footnotes ==
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{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Rasmussen, Carolyn (1989), ''Poor Man's University: 75 years of Technical Education in Footscray'', Melbourne: The Press of the Footscray Institute of Technology {{ISBN|1-86297-000-9}}
* ''90 Years, 90 Legends'' (2006), Melbourne: Published by Victoria University {{ISBN|1-86272-665-5}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Victoria University, Melbourne}}
*{{Official website}}

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