General Overview
Deakin University - innovative, practical and making a difference
Deakin University aims to be Australia’s most progressive University, recognized as relevant, innovative, and responsive in all its activities. Scholastic excellence, top quality research, industry partnerships and tailored courses are among the factors that attract students from all around the world.
From our campuses in Melbourne, Geelong and Warrnambool, Deakin successfully combines traditional values of excellence in teaching and research with an attitude that challenges conventional practices and produces new ways of developing and delivering courses.
Courses are designed with maximum flexibility to enable students to choose specialist areas as they progress through their course and to tailor their degree for maximum employment opportunities. Depending on the selection of units, graduates can satisfy the educational requirements for membership or associate membership to a number of professional associations. Deakin’s small class sizes mean students have easy access to lecturers and laboratory facilities, and individual attention from friendly and encouraging staff.
Work placements or internships feature in many of our courses, to equip students with valuable real-world experience, allowing them to immediately apply their skills and knowledge, and enhance their employment prospects. Courses are offered from bachelor to doctoral level, in traditional disciplines such as Arts and Science, in newer fields such as Sport, Environment and Nutrition, and in professional fields such as Architecture, Law, Engineering, Nursing, Teaching, Psychology and Business.
Deakin has built an enviable international reputation for fostering outstanding research programs in areas relevant to our future. Our students are be taught by leading researchers and are exposed to leading-edge research and technology. Deakin University’s research is focused in three major themes: frontier science and technology, health and wellbeing, and strengthening Australian society. The University’s research programs are associated with all the major disciplines.
Deakin works in partnership with government, major corporations and professional associations to ensure its research is relevant to contemporary issues. The University also collaborates with some of the world’s leading research institutions to provide answers to key issues affecting citizens throughout the world.
The professional orientation of its programs, its numerous and varied partnerships, its rapidly increasing research profile and its successful use of technology for teaching, make the University a leader in the provision of contemporary education.
Deakin-innovative, practical and making a difference