RMIT University

CRICOS: 01912G

Courses offered at the university, by faculty

What makes your university standing out?

Awarded 5 QS stars in all possible categories: Teaching, Innovation, Employability, Facilities, Inclusiveness, Research, Internationalization and Specialist criteria

Excellence in Innovation: Winner of the 2018 Victorian International Education Awards for Excellence in Innovation in Partnership and International Engagement

Committed to sustainability: Winner of the Green Gown Award for Continuous Improvement: Institutional Change. The only university in Australia to have received this award twice

Champion of inclusion: Winner of three separate awards at the 2019 Australian LGBTI Inclusion Awards, which recognise organisations around the country that foster and support diverse communities

Exemplar of good design: RMIT’s Swanston Academic Building has been awarded a 5-star green rating and was shortlisted for the World Building of the Year Award in 2013. More recently, RMIT’s New Academic Street won the Victorian Architecture Medal in 2018, along with five other prizes

Excellence in research: RMIT’s research is ranked by the ARC as well above world standard in:

• clinical sciences
• pharmacology and Pharmaceutical sciences

Only Victorian University to offer all the following majors:

• hematologic
• anatomical pathology
• medical microbiology
• clinical biochemistry
• transfusions and transplantation science

Australian Institute of Medical Scientists: RMIT’s Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Laboratory Medicine) is the only Victorian degree accredited by the Australia Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS)

Study abroad: Laboratory medicine provides opportunities for students to travel overseas and undertake 10 to 13 weeks of professional practice in an approved lab

1 of 3 Australian universities ranked as above world standard in building research

250+ employers of choice: RMIT’s property, construction and project management courses maintain relationships with 250+ industry connections through our Employer of Choice program

Industry accreditation

RMIT’s courses are accredited by:

• Australian Institute of Building
• Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
• Chartered Institute of Building
• Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors

New technologies: RMIT’s construction management courses are among the first in the world to embed 4K spherical virtual technology and building information modelling into the curriculum

Ranking for particular subjects/ employability/ etc.

#3 in Australia for communication and media studies 

#41 in the world for communication and media studies 

#1 in Australia in the field of advertising 

#5 in the world in the field of advertising 

UNESCO City of Literature Study in Melbourne, the second city in the world to be designated a UNESCO City of Literature 

Excellence in research: RMIT’s research in Communication and media studies is rated as well above world standard, one of only two Australian universities to achieve this rating 

Top 11: RMIT’s Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours) is ranked in the top 11 undergraduate fashion design courses in the world 

UN Sustainable: Development Goals All undergraduate fashion courses at RMIT are underpinned by the UN Sustainable Development Goals 

Exchange Partnerships with Parsons The New School of Design, NYC, Amsterdam Fashion Institute and London College of Fashion  

Intensive workshops: in Paris and the US focus on the development of technical skills such as pattern making and embroidery