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Melbourne is often referred to as the ‘cultural capital’ of Australia and is home to some of the country’s most prestigious universities. It has been rated the world’s most liveable city in terms of healthcare, culture and events. Many of Victoria’s universities have campuses in some of the most beautiful places in regional Victoria, for example, on the Great Ocean Road near the 12 Apostles, in the picturesque Gippsland or near the Grampian Ranges. If you are thinking of attending a university in Melbourne or Victoria, read on to discover more about what the state has to offer.

Deakin University

Deakin University has been rated the number one university less than 50 years old in Victoria for five years running. It has campuses in the Melbourne suburb of Burwood, in the regional city of Geelong and in Warrnambool, along Victoria’s iconic Great Ocean Road, as well as an online ‘Cloud’ campus and learning centres in the outer Melbourne suburbs of Dandenong, Craigieburn and Werribee. All campuses provide modern student accommodation in private or shared apartments with free internet access.

Federation University Australia

Federation University provides a mix of vocational and higher education and is based in the regional Victorian city of Ballarat, famous for its gold-rush heritage. It also has campuses in rural Gippsland, in the Wimmera near the Grampian Ranges and in Berwick in Melbourne’s east. Federation University has communal residences on its Ballarat, Gippsland and Berwick campuses, where students are given a single room and share facilities.

La Trobe University

Located in the green and spacious north eastern suburb of Bundoora, La Trobe inhabits the largest metropolitan campus in Australia. It also has major campuses in the gold-rush town of Bendigo and in Albury–Wodonga on the New South Wales/Victorian border, as well as smaller ones in Melbourne city and in the country towns of Mildura and Shepparton. The university offers college or apartment style accommodation on its Bundoora campus, apartment living in Bendigo and communal residences in Albury–Wodonga.

Monash University

Monash is Australia’s largest university and is ranked in the top 1% of universities worldwide. Its main campuses are in Caulfield and Clayton, in Melbourne’s south east, a 20 to 30 minute train ride from the city. It has specialist campuses dedicated to business, law and pharmaceutical sciences in the centre of Melbourne as well as a campus on Mornington Peninsula, 40 kilometres south of Melbourne. On-campus accommodation is available at Clayton, which offers traditional halls of residence or studio apartment accommodation.

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

RMIT is one of Australia’s original universities. It has campuses in the heart of Melbourne’s city; in hip Brunswick, to the city’s north; and in Bundoora, in the north-eastern suburbs. It owns state-of-the-art aviation training facilities in Point Cook, to the west of Melbourne, and a regional community study centre in Hamilton, near the Grampian Ranges. For student accommodation, RMIT recommends a range of apartments close to its city campus. Scholarships are available for many of these to assist students with the cost of inner-city living.

Swinburne University of Technology

Swinburne was founded in 1908 as a technical college, with the aim of providing access to higher education for those otherwise unable to attend a tertiary institution. Today it is an established university with over 50,000 enrolments. Its main campus is in Hawthorn, six kilometres east of Melbourne’s centre. It also has campuses in Croydon and Wantirna, close to the Dandenong Ranges National Park. Swinburne offers college accommodation and apartment living on its Hawthorn campus, in close proximity to the city.

University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne is the top ranking university in Australia. Its main campus is in inner-city Parkville, next to the cafes and restaurants of Carlton’s Lygon Street. The university also runs the Victorian College of the Arts in Southbank; a veterinary sciences facility in Werribee, to the west of Melbourne; a horticulture-based campus in inner-city Burnley; a molecular biology campus in Creswick, 130 kilometres west of Melbourne; a state-of-the-art agricultural facility in Dookie, in northern Victoria; and a rural health training facility in regional Shepparton. A choice of accommodation is offered by ten colleges or apartments close to the Parkville campus.

Victoria University

Victoria University is known as the ‘University of the West’ and is engaged in vocational education and training as well as higher education. It has four campuses in Melbourne’s inner city; three campuses in Footscray, in Melbourne’s inner west;  a campus in St Albans, 15 kilometres north west of Melbourne; one in Sunshine; and another in Werribee, in Melbourne’s far west. Its main campus, Footscray Park, offers student accommodation in the form of apartments directly across the road from the university.

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Elite Editing has strong professional links to each of these universities, and we are often contacted by Victorian students and academics who seek the best possible editing and proofreading service for their work. Whether you are an academic, a professional staff member, a PhD, masters or undergraduate student or a potential student in Melbourne or regional Victoria, you can rely on us to edit or proofread your work impeccably before submission.