RMIT University

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RMIT University


Motto:	Perita manus, mens exculta (a skilled hand, a cultivated mind)
Established:	1887
Type:	Public
Chancellor:	Professor Dennis Gibson, AO, DSc
Vice-Chancellor:	Professor Margaret Gardner, AO
Faculty:	2,957
Undergraduates:	25,683 (2005)
Postgraduates:	8,424 (2005)
Location:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Campus:	Urban
Organisations:	Member of Australian Technology Network, Global U8 (GU8) & Open Universities Australia
Affiliations:	ASAIHL
Website:	www.rmit.edu.au

RMIT University (officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) is an Australian university based in Melbourne, Victoria.

[edit] Overview

RMIT is a selective institution that has a strong domestic and international reputation^[1]. It has continually been ranked in the UK Times Higher Education Supplement's "Top 200 Universities of the World", and is considered a leader in the areas of aerospace engineering, architecture, art and design, fashion design and media.

RMIT's main (City) Campus is located on the northern fringe of the city's central business district and is set in a number of city blocks, which encompass historical buildings such as the Old Melbourne Gaol, former Melbourne Magistrates' Court and City Watch House to name a few^[2]. Other campuses are located close to the City Campus at Bundoora and Brunswick, as well as regional sites, located across the state of Victoria, at Fisherman's Bend, RAAF Williams (Point Cook), Hamilton and Lakes Entrance.

RMIT also operates an international university in Vietnam, known as "RMIT International University, Vietnam" or "RMIT Vietnam", and has campuses in the Ho Chi Minh City suburb of Saigon South and in central Hanoi.

RMIT is a member of the international GU8 consortium^[3] (not to be confused with Australia’s Go8 club^[4]). As opposed to the Go8, RMIT is a member of the Australian Technology Network (ATN)^[5], an alliance of five prominent Australian universities of technology, each located in a different mainland state of Australia. Universities affiliated with the ATN claim a history of collaboration and a commitment to partnerships with industry and the community.

While focusing on higher education, RMIT is also one of Victoria's largest vocational education institutions, offering trades training through TAFE courses, specialising in Graphic Design, Printing and Textiles.

[edit] History^[6]

RMIT founder, Francis Ormond

In 1881, Francis Ormond, prominent grazier, Freemason, philanthropist and Member of Parliament, offers £5,000 towards the establishment of a Working Men's College if the general public is prepared to contribute a like sum. With the help of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council, which levies its member unions, the money is raised.

The Working Men's College opens in June 1887, adjacent to the Old Melbourne Gaol on La Trobe Street. The first part of Building 1 (now the Francis Ormond Building) is ready to take the first students. The College offers classes in technical, business and arts areas. Students gain applied skills relevant to various trades, including architectural and mechanical drawing, theoretical and applied mechanics, plumbing, carpentry and painting. The curriculum offers studies in arithmetic, algebra, bookkeeping, shorthand, physics, physiology and photography.

The Working Men's College begins offering full-time courses in 1899, in engineering and applied science leading to diplomas. With the substantial fees, the College is able to appoint its first full-time instructors who are able to begin the development of the various teaching departments: engineering, chemistry, metallurgy and mining, fitting and turning.

In 1904, The College is incorporated under the Companies Act. Prior to this time, the College councillors constituted a board of trustees but were personally responsible for the finance of the College. Lecturer James Aebi, an Australian pioneer in colour photography, takes colour photographs on campus around 1904-1905. These were probably the first colour photographs taken in Australia. Victorian Railways partners with the College in a day-release training scheme and Building 4 West (now Building 28) also opens, housing printing, plumbing, gasfitting and carpentry trades teaching.

Working Men's (Technical) College, circa 1900s

Between 1917 and 1919, Building 2 (Art) is completed and the College establishes classes in trade teaching for returned servicemen. At one stage five hundred men are being trained in twenty-eight classes. Over 1500 servicemen receive post-war vocational training at the College. The Institution of Engineers, Australia is formed, accepting the College's diplomas as qualifying for membership. Full-time engineering courses are then developed, and Building 3 (Kernot Engineering School) is completed in 1931.

In 1934, the College Council agrees to change the name of the institute to 'The Melbourne Technical College' (incorporating the Working Men's College) after representations from the students' association. Building 5 (Metallurgy) is completed in 1937, and the first stage of Building 9 (Radio School) is built.

Between 1939 and 1945, The Melbourne Technical College plays a major part in training for World War II. 22,000 servicemen pass through the College, mostly RAAF personnel training in communications, and the Australian Government commissions the College to manufacture parts for the RAAF's Beaufort Bomber.

After WWII, during the 1950's, the College develops into food technology, transport studies, accountancy, real estate and advertising. Chemical engineering is upgraded in cooperation with the University of Melbourne. Art syllabuses are revised and surveying developed. The number of students from south-east Asia attending the College, either as private students or under the Colombo Plan, increases greatly.

In 1954, the College was awarded the right of the prefix "Royal", and associated Monarchy of England regalia. It then became known as the "Royal Melbourne Technical College". Hibernian Hall (later renamed Storey Hall in 1959) is acquired for the College. Six years later in 1960, there was another name change, this time to "Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology", and thus the name "RMIT" was born.

Emily McPherson College, circa 1980s

The first computer at RMIT, an Elliott Automation model 803, was acquired at the instigation of the Department of Mathematics in the 1960s, and located on the ground floor of Storey Hall.^[7]

During the 1970's, the non-tertiary arm of RMIT is reconstituted as the Technical College and it is assumed the two Colleges will eventually separate. The Technical College (TAFE) expands its courses rapidly, especially in certificates of technology. Business and general studies expanded, and industrial research projects are included in undergraduate engineering degrees, strengthening RMIT's industrial links. In June 1979, Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy amalgamates with RMIT, with its building is near the 888 monument near Russell Street. It was a female focused college, and at the time of its merger its courses predominantly covered fashion, textiles and cooking.

In 1987, year-long centenary celebrations and special events are held throughout the year. A time capsule is set in the pavement at the Bowen Street entrance to Building 1 and the history of RMIT, dating back to its foundation as the Working Men's College, is written and published as 'The Tech'.

Between 1990 and 1991, after strenuous efforts to effect a merger with the western suburbs technical institutes, RMIT withdraws from the newly formed Victoria University of Technology when the terms of the merger become unacceptable to all parties. RMIT’s Centre for Design establishes a national and international reputation as a leader in eco-design.

In 1992, RMIT merged with the northern suburbs Phillip Institute of Technology and became "RMIT University". Phillip brings to the university campuses in Coburg and Bundoora (now RMIT Bundoora West). RMIT University gains formal university status in 1992 under director David Beanland, who becomes vice-chancellor, and Mr Ivan Deveson AO is appointed as foundation chancellor. RMIT develops the World's fastest bicycle, known as the SuperBike, in conjuction with the Australian Institute of Sport. The SuperBike helps Australian and New Zealand cyclists set over 32 World Championship titles by 1999^[8].

1993 saw Melbourne College of Decoration and Design's "Department of Visual Merchandising" and "Department of Interior Decoration and Design" amalgamate with RMIT's Faculty of Art and Design to create the TAFE School of Design. RMIT purchases the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works' northern regional headquarters on the east side of Plenty Road, Bundoora (later becoming Bundoora East campus), and also opens "RMIT Business" in the CBD's Tivoli Building, bringing together operations that had been in a variety of city buildings.

Between 1994 and 1995, RMIT is the first Australian university to adopt an explicit international strategy incorporating the delivery of teaching programs off-shore and on-shore, an education abroad program where students spend part of their course studying overseas, active participation by staff in international teaching and research, and an 'internationalised curriculum'. In 1995, North Melbourne's Melbourne College of Printing and Graphic Arts merges with RMIT, its courses soon being transferred to the City Campus. Also in that year, the Bundoora East campus opened, along with an Aerospace site at Fisherman's Bend.

In 1996, RMIT vacates its Coburg campus, and the site is taken over by Coburg High School. In a world's first, a PhD at RMIT is researched, supervised, submitted, examined and stored entirely online. First posted online in 1995, "The Flight of the Ducks" was identified as being of national significance by the National Library of Australia and archived electronically in 1996.

Between 1998 and 1999, RMIT receives the first Australian Export Award for Education in 1998, the 1998 and 1999 Governor of Victoria Export Award for Education and the 1999 Business Asia News Magazine Award for best Australian service activity in Asia. The Melbourne Institute of Textiles joined RMIT in 1999, together with its Brunswick campus.

In 2000, RMIT establishes "RMIT International University, Vietnam", an accredited campus of RMIT based near the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, and becomes the first foreign owned private university in Vietnam. The RMIT Bachelor of Business in Logistics is the first non-Chinese degree in the world to be granted official Chinese Government approval.

In 2002, the Aurora-RMIT solar car, developed by the Faculty of Engineering in conjunction with the Aurora Vehicle Association, breaks the world distance record for a solar vehicle journey and the solar car speed record for 100km, averaging 111km/h^[9].

On April 4, 2005 RMIT University appoints a new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Margaret Gardner, AO.

[edit] Rankings

Research produced by the Melbourne Institute in 2006 ranked Australian universities across seven main discipline areas: Arts & Humanities, Business & Economics, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, and Science.

For each discipline, RMIT University was ranked^[10]:

Discipline	R1¹	No.	R2¹	No.
Arts & Humanities	23	38	31	35
Business & Economics	19	39	18	34
Education	23	35	26	32
Engineering	10	28	15	28
Law²	-	-	-	-
Medicine³	-	-	-	-
Science	19	38	17	31

¹R1 refers to Australian and overseas Academics' rankings in tables 3.1 -3.7 of the report. R2 refers to the Articles and Research rankings in tables 5.1 - 5.7 of the report. (No. refers to the number of institutions in the table against which RMIT is compared.)

²Prior to 2007, RMIT did not have law school (the Department of Accounting and Law commenced a Juris Doctorate program in late 2007).

³Whilst RMIT offers programs in health sciences (including nursing, biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences) it does not have a traditional medical school.

The following publications ranked universities worldwide. RMIT ranked:

Publications	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Times Higher Education Supplement^[11]		55	82	146	200
Shanghai Jiao Tong University^[12]	u/r¹	u/r	u/r	u/r	u/r
Newsweek^[13]
The Economist
AsiaWeek²
Financial Times MBA rank^[14]
Economist Intelligence Unit's MBA rank^[15]
Webometrics^[16]:				299	360

¹u/r = unranked.

²AsiaWeek is now discontinued.

[edit] Academic Portfolios

RMIT University offers programs of study in twenty-five schools across three academic portfolios.

[edit] Business

[edit] Design and Social Context

[edit] Science, Engineering and Technology

[edit] Research Institutes and Centres

RMIT maintains a number of specialist institutes and centres of research, both wholly operated by the university or in partnership with industry.

[edit] Notable Institutes

[edit] Notable Centres of Research

[edit] Specialist Collections

Story Hall, home of RMIT Gallery

RMIT maintains a large number of specialist collections, especially in its areas of strength. Notable collections include:

[edit] AFI Research Collection

The AFI Research Collection is a signifigant non-lending, specialist film and television industry resource. The collection operates under the auspices of RMIT's School of Applied Communication in conjunction with the Australian Film Institute. The Collection has particular strengths in screen history and theory and in Australian cinema, and features a diverse range of books, journals, film scripts, film directories, reports and film festival catalogues.

[edit] National Aerospace Resource Centre

The National Aerospace Resource Centre collection, a joint initiative of RMIT Aerospace and Aviation Engineering and the Royal Aeronautical Society, consists of approximately 100,000 volumes. It includes technical reports (NASA, NACA, AMRL, DSTO and other aerospace organizations), conference proceedings, books, videos, aircraft manuals and journals.

[edit] Architecture and Australian Art

RMIT holds a considerable architecture and Australian art collection. Many of its campuses buildings are considered part of RMIT's architecture collection, and its Australian art collection is maintained by RMIT Gallery in Story Hall (also part of the architecture collection). The collection also includes the Lindsay Edward art collection and W.E. Macmillan gold and silversmithing collection. The history of the collection is documented in the publication: A Skilled Hand and Cultivated Mind^[17]^[18].

[edit] Campuses

In 2003, 58,078 students studied at RMIT University campuses in Melbourne and regional Victoria, in Vietnam, online, by distance education and at more than 190 partner institutions throughout the world. Prospective students currently have a choice of more than 900¹ higher education and TAFE programs at campuses located in: Melbourne CBD, Bundoora, Brunswick, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Hanoi (Vietnam); as well as sites located at: Fisherman's Bend, RAAF Williams (Point Cook), Hamilton and Lakes Entrance.

¹According to the 2008 course list.

[edit] City Campus

RMIT's presence in the central business district of Melbourne is a culturally and socially defining one for the city since the late 19th Century. Over more than one hundred years, RMIT City Campus has become an integral feature of Melbourne's character. Unlike other university campuses, it isn't closed off or surrounded by walls, and the area surrounding the campus is often referred to as the 'RMIT Quarter' of Melbourne, and the 'city within a city'.

The campus is notable for its eclectic mix of challenging modern architecture and more Gothic Revival and Victorian architecture, and encompassing historic buildings such as: the Francis Ormond Building (formerly the Working Men's College), Old Melbourne Gaol, former Melbourne Magistrates' Court and City Watch House, Story Hall (formerly Hibernian Hall), Forresters' Hall and the off-site Capitol Theatre.

City Campus is divided into a close network of precincts and is located between La Trobe Street, Elizabeth Street, Queensberry Street and Russell Street, occupying a friendly, relaxed, culturally vibrant section of the city. In the midst of galleries, restaurants and bars, and close to the State Library of Victoria, Lygon Street restaurants and the Queen Victoria Market, students have access to a unique academic and social environment.

The precincts of RMIT City Campus consist of: the Swanston Precinct, encompassing all buildings fronting Swanston Street and on the east-side of Bowen Street; the Justice Precinct, referring to the buildings located to the west of Bowen Street and the area around the Old Melbourne Gaol sites and former Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Russell Street; and the Carlton Precinct, enveloping all buildings on Cardigan Street, Lygon Street, Victoria Street and Queensberry Street.

RMIT is currently undergoing major redevelopment of its City Campus, in accordance with its 2007 - 2010 Infrastructure Plan^[19]. The plan places an emphasis on the development on a new Design Hub building on the corner of the former CUB Site on Swanston Street^[20], as part of an AU$800 million dollar redevelopment by Grocon^[21]^[22]. The plan also focuses on the relocation of the Graduate School of Business to the former Emily McPherson College building, and on the development of new open spaces in the Justice Precinct and Carlton Precinct.

[edit] Photo Gallery of City Campus

Buildings 22 (Info Corner), Building 16 (Story Hall), 8, 10, 12, 14, on Swanston Street.	Part of Building 16 (Storey Hall), on Swanston Street.	Part of Building 16 (Storey Hall), on Swanston Street. Completed in 1994 to the design of Ashton Raggatt McDougall.	Staircase inside Building 16 (Story Hall).
Building 8, on Swanston Street.	Part of Building 8.	Part of Building 8.	Statue of RMIT founder, Francis Ormond (Public Benefactor 1829-1889).
Buildings 2 and 4 on Bowen Street.	Building 4, on Bowen Street. Completed in 1904.	Building 1 (Francis Ormond Building) on the Corner of La Trobe Street and Bowen Street. Completed in 1886.	La Trobe Street side of Building 1 (Francis Ormond Building).
Ellis Court in Bowen Street, with Building 1 (Francis Ormond Building) on the right and Building 3 (Kernot Building) in the background.	Bowen Street runs between the Swanston and Justice Precincts, and is closed to vehicular traffic (views of Buildings 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14).	Building 20 (Former Magistrates' Court) on the Corner of La Trobe Street and Russell Street.	Building 20 (Former Magistrates' Court).
Interior of Building 20 (Former Magistrates' Court).	Stairs in Building 20 (Former Magistrates' Court).	Historic gate to RMIT Alumni Court on Russell Street (formerly part of the Melbourne Gaol).	Historic goal walls in RMIT Alumni Court.
Tree growing in the wall of a courtyard in the RMIT Spiritual Centre (formerly the chapel of the Melbourne Gaol).	Building 108 (Tivoli Building), home of RMIT Business on Bourke Street.	Historic Capitol Theatre lecture rooms, on Swanston Street.

[edit] Bundoora Campus

RMIT's second largest campus, the Bundoora Campus, is a vibrant centre of learning set in a tranquil, tree-studded semi-rural setting. Eighteen kilometres north-east of the city centre of Melbourne, the campus is divided into East and West, divided by Plenty Road. The campus offers high-tech study facilities and easy access to parking and public transport. Bundoora Campus also has modern sporting facilities, including the Bundoora Netball and Sports Centre, which includes badminton, netball, volleyball, squash, tennis, indoor soccer and basketball courts, as well as a hockey pitch and a fitness centre. Most of the courses offered at the City Campus are also offered at the Bundoora Campus, giving the students the opportunity to study in either a urban or rural setting.

[edit] Brunswick Campus

The Brunswick Campus is home to RMIT's printing and textiles facilities, and became part of the University following the amalgamation of the Melbourne School of Printing and the Melbourne Institute of Textiles with RMIT. Situated just 5 km from the centre of the city it enjoys spacious surrounds. The campus is a relaxed, friendly environment, and programs are offered in modern facilities, housed in exciting, award-winning architecture. The campus is situated a few minutes walk from Sydney Road, a vibrant, multicultural area with a huge variety of specialty shops, restaurants, pubs and markets.

[edit] Vietnam Campuses

In 2000, RMIT Vietnam was granted a 50 year license, the first in Vietnam, from the Ministry of Planning and Investment, to deliver undergraduate and postgraduate education, training and research in Vietnam. All degree programs are recognized by the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and are audited by the Australian Universities Quality Agency. The University degrees are awarded by RMIT University in Australia.

RMIT International University, Vietnam commenced teaching English, university preparation, and degree programs in 2001 in Ho Chi Minh City and in 2004 in Hanoi. The University currently boasts a student population of over 1400 students with international students from countries such as the USA, Germany, France, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, China, Korea and, of course, Australia. Places are made available for RMIT students to study at RMIT Vietnam as exchange students.

The new Saigon South Campus of RMIT Vietnam built on 12 hectares is a state-of-the-art campus with excellently equipped laboratories and teaching facilities, which provide an ideal educational environment for students from Vietnam, the region and around the world.

[edit] Fisherman's Bend Site

The Fisherman's Bend Site is the home of RMIT's award-winning Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Centre, and is located in the heart of the Fisherman’s Bend aerospace precinct, alongside (and in partnership with) companies such as Hawker de Havilland (Boeing Australia), GKN Aerospace and the Defence Science and Technology Organisation. Established by RMIT in 1991, the Centre collaborates with industry on research and consutancy and continuing education and training. It is a designated design organisation of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia and is often contracted by the Australian Defence Force.

[edit] Point Cook Site

RMIT University's flight training courses are conducted at its private facility located at RAAF Williams, Point Cook airfield, 20 kilometres south-west of the centre of Melbourne. Point Cook was the world's first military air base. It is also the location of the Royal Australian Air Force museum. Each year in March the RAAF holds a free evening of entertainment including music by the RAAF Band, flying demonstrations by vintage and current aircraft, historic re-enactment (to the 1812 Overture) and a 'beating retreat' ceremony.

[edit] Hamilton Site

RMIT's Hamilton site is a regional education and community development centre in the Southern Grampians region, in Western Victoria. Hamilton is also the home of RMIT's Regional Development in Global Context program, which conducts research on regional and rural policy, sustainable regional development, and on issues relevant to regional and rural communities. The Centre also runs Participatory Research Partnerships and a Bachelor of Nursing at the site, which benefit the region.

[edit] Lakes Entrance Site

The Lakes Entrance Site is home to RMIT's Aquaculture Research Facility, an ecotoxicology and aquaculture wet laboratory, and RMIT's Environmental Research and Education Centre, located on Bullock Island. The centre is a partnership project between RMIT University and the East Gippsland Institute of TAFE, which both have strong commitments to the region. RMIT University and the East Gippsland Institute of TAFE have been working together to offer joint graduate and postgraduate education initiatives to respond to the economic and social needs of the East Gippsland region since 1994.

[edit] Partner Institutions

RMIT maintains broad international partnerships, allowing students the chance to study with over 190 partner institutions around the World^[23]. The majority of these partnerships are centred in the Asia-Pacific region as well as in Europe. Many of RMIT's partner institutions are considered the finest in their respective regions and the World.

[edit] Student Life

RMIT Union and RMIT Student Union both run a large number of activities and clubs, and allow for social events and interaction between students.

The RMIT Student Union operates across all campuses, and is active in organising political campaigns, events and providing support for academic and non-sporting or arts based clubs. Postgraduate students are represented by the RMIT Postgraduate Association, a member of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations. In addition, most campus cafeteria areas, the large student space and cafeteria called 'Intermission' in Building 10 (City Campus), and other recreation areas, such as the womyn's and queer rooms, are run by the RMIT Student Union further enhance student interaction.

The Student Union also publishes a monthly magazine, Catalyst and it supports the operations of the RMITV student television station.

RMIT Student Union, along with many other Australian university student unions, have been under threat by VSU (Voluntary Student Unionism), a recently introduced law which changed requirements for universities, no longer required to collect a compulsory student union fee. The student union argues that this will result in less services for students, and have organised several protests, in association with other student unions.

Seperate from the Student Union, The RMIT Union offers co–curricular opportunities and is divided into branches known as Union Arts, Union Sports and Union Recreation. The RMIT Union also manages the large gym in the City Campus, known as City Fitness.

RMIT Redbacks logo

Union Arts is the umbrella organisation for: performing arts, visual arts, screen arts and design, and collectives such as: Bossy Theatre Posse, Theatre in Bars, Stream (audio visual art), Exhibitionist (fine art), Projector Obscura (media art), ((tRansMIT)) (sound art), RMIT Music and SAMA (Japanese animation). Union Recreation offers a large number of student trips and tours.

The RMIT Union Sports team, the "Redbacks", is one of the best performers at the Australian University Games. RMIT students are successful in the areas of: athletics, basketball, cycling, hockey, netball, rugby, soccer, squash, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, water polo and cheerleading^[24]^[25].

RMIT's Formula SAE team, RMIT Racing, is considered one of the best in the world. Its most recent successes were in 2006 at the USA FSAE East Coast event, where it beat nine-time winner Cornell University and one of its own partner institutions Pennsylvania State University for the first place; and in 2007 when it was titled World Champion by FISITA (International Federation of Automotive Societies) after defeating 100 worldwide universities in 8 separate races at the Formula Student UK competition^[26]. The team mainly consists of students from Automotive, Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing programs, however, students from any course at the university can join the team.

RMIT students have a history of launching successful community broadcasters including radio stations 3RMT FM (which became 3RRR), SYN FM and television production facility RMITV. The university is a founding member of the Melbourne Community Television Consortium which operates the Melbourne community broadcaster Channel 31 (C31), once based at RMIT's City Campus. C31 and RMITV helped launch the careers of Australian talk show host Rove McManus, radio DJs Hamish and Andy and journalist Amy Parks.

[edit] Notable Alumni

Due to its 'industry-relevant' educational ethos, RMIT graduates are widely regarded as highly employable both in Australia and around the World.

Main article: List of RMIT University people

[edit] Controversies

RMIT has had a somewhat troubled past financial history, at least partly due to problems associated with the university's student administration system upgrade (it cost the institution tens of millions of dollars). The university, however, has maintained teaching services. The financial woes eventually claimed the then Vice-Chancellor (Professor Ruth Dunkin) and some of the university's board. However these problems seem to have passed as RMIT posted a $24 million operating profit in 2005, a $50.1 million operating profit in 2006^[27], and is currently in the middle of restructuring its property assets which value at over $1 billion.

[edit] Future

The City Campus will receive a new heart, with many buildings being renovated in accordance with the 2007 - 2010 Infrastructure Plan. A new Design Hub building is under construction on the corner of the former CUB Site on Swanston Street. According to RMIT Property Services^[28], 2008 and 2009 will also see upgrades to Buildings 1 (the original Working Men's College building), 2, 4, 6, 22 and 24, and the relocation of the School of Applied Communication to Building 9.

[edit] References

^ Emergence of the great divide - The Age
^ RMIT's Historical Buildings (RMIT Homepage)
^ Global U8 Consortium
^ Group of Eight
^ Australian Technology Network
^ A Timeline of RMIT History (RMIT Homepage)
^ Murray-Smith, S and Dare, A.J (1987): The Tech: A Centenary History of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, pages 343-344, Hyland House Publishing, Melbourne, ISBN 0-947062-06-8
^ Engineering the World's Fastest Bicycle - PowerHouse Museum
^ Aurora-RMIT breaks solar record - Openline (RMIT News)
^ Melbourne Institute rankings
^ The Times Higher Education Supplement
^ Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
^ "The Top 100 Global Universities, Newsweek" Newsweek's ranking of RMIT University.
^ La Trobe University's MBA rank with the Financial Times.
^ RMIT's MBA rank with EIU.
^ RMIT University's Webometric ranking
^ Edquist, H and Grierson, E (2008): A Skilled Hand and Cultivated Mind: A Guide to the Architecture and Art of RMIT, RMIT University Press, Melbourne
^ Treasures in the heart of the city - RMIT News
^ RMIT University Infrastructure Plan - Property Component 2007 - 2010
^ CUB site sale expands city’s footprint - Openline (RMIT News)
^ RMIT Architecture - CUB Site Development
^ Carlton Brewery Site - Grocon
^ RMIT Education Abroard
^ Redbacks play the Games in right spirit - RMIT News
^ Winning Redbacks on their game - RMIT News
^ RMIT’s little red racing car on top of world - RMIT News
^ RMIT back in the black - The Australian
^ Projects and Planning - RMIT Property Services

[edit] Further Reading

Murray-Smith, S and Dare, A.J (1987): The Tech: A Centenary History of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Hyland House Publishing, Melbourne, ISBN 0-947062-06-8
Edquist, H and Grierson, E (2008): A Skilled Hand and Cultivated Mind: A Guide to the Architecture and Art of RMIT, RMIT University Press, Melbourne

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