Our vision is to be Excellent, Engaged and Accessible and internationally recognised for our leadership in:

• empowering a diverse community of students to grow their capabilities, transform their lives and find true success through high quality teaching and learning
• engaging with industry and community to make the world a better place through the creation, sharing and use of new knowledge.

We seek to be internationally renowned for our distinctive curriculum emphasising work-integrated learning, community integrated learning, learning-integrated work, problem solving and cross-cultural skills.

We are focused on leading applied and translational research in three interdisciplinary themes:

• Sport, health and active living
• Education, lifelong learning and workforce development
• Sustainable industries and liveable cities.

Within our namesake, the State of Victoria, and particularly our heartland the West of Melbourne, we aim to be a leader in education, workforce development and knowledge exchange with business, government and the community, in ten key industry clusters:

• Sport and Recreation
• Educational Services
• Built Environment
• Tourism and Major Events
• Financial Services
• Health Services
• Community Services
• Legal Services
• Supply Chain Logistics
• Creative Industries.

We also aim to be an Australian leader internationally, especially in knowledge exchange with several major countries in the Asia Pacific region, such as China, India, Malaysia and Timor Leste, where we have established relationships and active partnerships.

I do hope you find the information you are looking for on our website, and perhaps even discover something new along the way, but if you have any questions or suggestions, please contact the University directly as we are always willing to hear feedback.

Professor Peter Dawkins
Vice-Chancellor and President