Swinburne University of Technology

Over the last century, Swinburne University of Technology has developed into a multidisciplinary, multi-campus institution with more than 26,000 students, including 5000 international students from around the world. Swinburne?s postgraduate strengths are built around a solid technology base and influential links to industry, and ground-breaking specialist research centres.

There is extensive collaborative research and mobility of teaching staff between Swinburne and our partner universities. Swinburne is the only Australian university invited to be a member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU), which aims to foster student and staff mobility and share innovative programs to give postgraduate students a range of important learning advantages.

Much of Swinburne?s research is concentrated in our specialist centres which are noted for their industry and institutional links, community service and multi-disciplinary approach. Graduates who have worked in these centres are widely recognised for the contribution they are making to Australian and international industry, business and society through the solving of important practical problems by applied, interdisciplinary research. These people bear testimony to our standards of excellence and ensure the continuation of our proud tradition.

A commitment to high quality, high impact research is ingrained in Swinburne University. Swinburne has made remarkable progress in research and intends to continue to foster its various areas of research focus ? on its way to becoming an internationally respected research-intensive University of Technology. Swinburne actively encourages and values its international and industry connections and recognises that it is this that enriches and enhances the research efforts and careers of our academic staff and students alike.