My University : Our Melbourne

The My University Website

The Federal Government's My University website is aimed at providing general information to students about institutions, courses and pathways and at showcasing the quality of Australia's higher education providers.

This page aims to provide the specific context for the information on the site about the University of Melbourne, so students and prospective students interested in our courses can have access to the most relevant facts they need to determine their pathway.

Melbourne's Ranking

The University of Melbourne is ranked first in Australia and 37 in the world

In the prestigious 2011 Times Higher Education rankings of the world's top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 37 in the world.

The University is also Australia's leader in the Shanghai Jiao Tong and Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan rankings, and second nationally in the QS table.

The result means the University of Melbourne is the highest placed Australian university in three of the four major world rankings.

The QS rankings also placed Melbourne equal fourth in the world for graduate employability behind only Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

The Melbourne Experience

The 2010 Melbourne Experience Survey (MES), which solicits feedback from students on their academic and social experience of the University, found that nearly eighty percent of first year undergraduates described their experience as good to excellent.

The results across all four broad groups of students (first year and later year undergraduates and postgraduates) exceed those reported in the 2007 survey, before the new Melbourne curriculum was introduced.

Contributing to students' positive view on their overall experience is the atmosphere on campus and the support provided through the range of resources and support they have available.

The Melbourne Experience Survey

The Melbourne Experience Survey solicits feedback from students on their academic and social experience of the University. The 2011 survey found that nearly 80% of first year undergraduates described their experience at Melbourne as good or excellent.

Contributing to students' positive views on their overall experience is the quality of their course, the atmosphere on campus and the support provided though a range of resources and support they have available. Student in the first year of their course, for example:

96% were broadly satisfied by the quality of their course;
80% agreed that they really like the atmosphere on campus;
95% were broadly satisfied with the student services at Melbourne;
97% were broadly satisfied with the quality of the academic advising provided by the Academic staff; and
86% of all students described the library resources as good or excellent.

Enrolments

At the close of the regular application period, the University attracted nearly 20 percent more first preferences for its undergraduate degrees through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre this year than at the same time last year, and total preferences were up by nearly 23 percent.

The new Chancellor's Scholars' Program, offered to very high achieving students for the first time in 2012, has also proven very popular, drawing more than 1300 first preferences from domestic students and strong interest internationally.

Despite uncertainty across the tertiary sector over international student numbers, Melbourne's performance in that area remained strong in 2011, with an increase of 8 percent in total preferences compared with last year.

We are assisted by a mix of international students different from other universities, and by our position as the top university in Australia and a highly ranked university internationally.

The University's focus remains quality and diversity of students rather than quantity. Projections suggest overall student load will remain stable over the next three years, although there will be a steady shift towards a more balanced undergraduate and postgraduate student mix.

Through programs like Access Melbourne the University will continue to diversify our student intake, pursuing the aim of offering more than 20 percent of the University's undergraduate Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) to students from educationally, financially or socially disadvantaged backgrounds.

Course	2012 Clearly-in Rank	Total offers made in 2012 Round 1	2012 minimum ATAR	2012 selection guarantee for students from disadvantaged financial background and/or rural or isolated areas [1]
Agriculture	71.65	48	70.00
Arts	90.90	1785	85.00	78
Arts (Chancellor's Scholars Program)	99.90	16	99.90 [2]
Biomedicine	99.00	411	95.00	92
Biomedicine (Chancellor's Scholars Program)	99.90	42	99.90 [2]
Commerce	95.45	795	93.00	88
Commerce (Chancellor's Scholars Program)	99.90	15	99.90 [2]
Environmental Horticulture (Associate Degree)	57.50	47	54.00
Environments	86.80	524	85.00	78
Environments (Chancellor's Scholars Program)	n/a	0	99.90 [2]
Fine Arts	[3]	321	[3]
Music	[3]	152	[3]
Music (Chancellor's Scholars Program)	n/a	0	[3]
Oral Health	93.55	56	70.00
Science	90.15	1947	85.00	78
Science (Chancellor's Scholars Program)	99.90	19	99.90 [2]

Eligible students in these Access Melbourne categories who meet the course prerequisites and achieve the specified ATAR or notional ATAR are guaranteed a CSP in the relevant degree. More information.
Applicants with this ATAR/notional ATAR will be guaranteed a place (applicants for the Bachelor of Music must meet the extra requirements). Applicants with an ATAR below this may be considered depending on demand, but entry is not guaranteed.
Range of criteria used for selection. See Course Search for more information.

Teaching Quality

In 2010, 82 percent of postgraduate and almost 80 percent of undergraduate students thought their subject was well taught.*

Every semester the University provides students with the opportunity to provide feedback on their experience and their learning in their subjects. Of the undergraduates surveyed in the 2011 Subject Experience Survey:

84% agreed that their subjects were intellectually stimulating;
84% agreed that they were required to work to a high standard;
85% agreed that they learnt new ideas, approaches and/or skills; and
79% agreed that their subjects were well taught.

* The University of Melbourne Subject Experience Survey

Graduates in Work

National surveys are conducted approx 4 months and then 3 years after graduation and over the past five years, more than 80 percent of the University of Melbourne's Bachelor graduates who were looking for full-time work had found it within four months of completing their course.*

Three years after graduating, 96% of Bachelor graduates who were looking for work had found it. **

This success is also reflected in the fact members of the Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE) recruit more University of Melbourne students than any other University.***

And more graduate employers attend our careers fairs than any other university in Australia.

The median 2011 salary for Bachelor graduates in full-time work was $52,727 compared to a national median of $50,000.

The median gross annual salary for fully employed Postgraduate Coursework students working in Australia was $72,000.

* Graduate Careers Council of Australia's Graduate Destination Survey

** 2011 Beyond Graduation Survey

*** AAGE report

Further Study

Melbourne graduates also continue to pursue study at a higher rate than those from other Australian universities.

In 2009, almost one in five Melbourne students who graduated in 2006 were engaged in full-time study, compared with one in ten graduates from other Australian universities.

More recently, the 2011 Australian Graduate Survey figures show 64% of Arts and 73% of Science graduates in further study.