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THE UNIVERSITY has 3010 41 000+ OF MELBOURNE Likes on FACEBOOK Its own postcode Start your is Includes 18 faculties/ 18 000+ schools Followers on self-guided ld TWITTER wor e th n i 8 #1 University of Melbourne tour here in Australia Self-guided 2 6500 staff # 25+ cafes Welcome to the University of walking tour walking Times Higher Education World University Melbourne’s Parkville campus. Rankings 2012–2013 3.6m i l student Books and other items Inside is a map of the Parkville campus 40+ clubs sporting 150+ clubs 12 Books in 20 and information about some of the Libraries languages points of interest at each tour stop. DIRECTIONS 26% As you will soon discover, there are a number of buildings 2nd largest international research institution students and interesting things to see. For this tour, we have had to Keep an eye out for the in Australia, after pick only a few to focus on, but please feel free to wander the CSIRO. icon on the right of the tour around and discover what the University has to offer. The CSIRO is the 47 000+ map, which provides directions national government 279 000+ body for scientific students We look forward to welcoming you as a University of to the next tour stop. research in Australia alumni worldwide Melbourne student. Enjoy the tour! MELBOURNE GLOBAL MOBILITY STUDENT SERVICES THE WORLD’S MOST LIVEABLE CITY Getting around Melbourne At Melbourne we encourage and support The University of Melbourne offers one Aside from being the world’s most Melbourne has a good public transport system you to undertake part of your studies of the most comprehensive student liveable city,Q Melbourne is rated one that is reliable and easy to navigate. Trams, overseas through a student exchange or support networks in Australia. Advice and of the most student-friendly cities in the buses and trains operate throughout the city study abroad opportunity. assistance are always at hand. world, along with Paris, London and its suburbs. W Our students have Services for students include: and Boston. A great way to see Melbourne’s attractions undertaken research at Academic Skills The city of Melbourne has a vibrant energy, is via the Melbourne Visitor Shuttle. This free Europe’s oldest Advocacy Service excellent restaurants, fashion boutiques, service runs every 30 minutes and includes university in Bologna, Careers and Employment cafe-filled laneways, cool bars, unbeatable an informative on-board commentary as you studied French in Counselling and Psychological Services galleries, spacious parks and village-like inner travel around Melbourne. You can hop on and Quebec, developed Disability Liaison suburbs, each with its own special character. off the bus at any of the 13 stops, with one of their knowledge of Modern, cutting-edge designs add to the the stops being the University of Melbourne at physics in Japan, Financial Aid fascinating mix of heritage architecture and Grattan Street. learned about management in the fashion International Student Services ensure the skyline is constantly changing. industry in Milan, and developed their Student Connect (transition support services) Head to Federation Square to explore the community skills in Chile. Student Housing Melbourne is Australia’s events capital and Visitors’ Centre for more details or go to: the city’s atmosphere is even livelier when the The University of Melbourne offers a range of Health Service likes of the Australian Rules Football (AFL), thatsmelbourne.com.au grants, bursaries and other funding options Melbourne University Overseas RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES Australian Open Tennis Championships or the to help you study at one of 171 partner Students’ Service Melbourne Cup Carnival are in action. Cultural institutions in 38 countries or at another Murrup Barak, Melbourne Institute for Living at a residential college offers you Colleges also have facilities such as libraries, a unique university experience, providing IT labs and music practice rooms, as well as events such as the Melbourne International Q Economist Intelligence Unit, Global Liveability approved institution around the world. Indigenous Development Report 2012 a welcoming community, personalised sporting and recreational facilities. Comedy Festival and the Melbourne mobility.unimelb.edu.au services.unimelb.edu.au/finder academic support and opportunities to International Film Festival also feature in W QS Best Student Cities in the World 2012 A focus on academic life is a crucial part of the connect with like-minded people. Melbourne’s busy events calendar. colleges. Tutors provide personalised support There are 12 colleges for undergraduate and to complement your formal university classes, graduate students, located on and around the and ensure you are working towards reaching University’s Parkville campus. Each college your full academic potential. is a unique community, made up of students At college there is also a multitude of social, Just some of Melbourne’s activity clubs: studying a wide range of subjects, who cultural and sporting activities available for have come from different parts of Victoria, Animal Protection Society you to take part in. You’ll also be provided with interstate and overseas. Book Club plenty of opportunities to hone your leadership Residents live in fully furnished single rooms skills, and interact with respected academics Chocolate Lovers’ Society with phone and internet connections, within and professionals who give lectures or attend Debating Society secure buildings less than 10 minutes walk formal dinners at the colleges. Fantasy and Science Fiction from the Parkville campus. Appreciation Society Refer to map for locations of the All meals are provided, and residents dine residential colleges. Film Society together in their college’s dining hall, and Fotoholics Photography Club attend formal dinners during the week. STUDENT CLUBS AND SOCIETIES colleges.unimelb.edu.au French Club The Melbourne experience is more than Indian Club just lectures and study sessions. You’ll DISCOVER MELBOURNE enjoy amazing new experiences, making Political Interest Society. lifelong friends along the way. Famous for its laneways, stunning out the Queen Victoria Market, and for union.unimelb.edu.au/clubs waterfront precincts and trendy boutique shops, the ‘Paris End’ of Collins There’s no easier or quicker way to find new neighbourhoods, the city provides an Street is a must. friends, meet people who share your interests, endless choice of restaurants, cafes and For shopping, dining and nightlife with an and perhaps even develop some new skills, bars. than joining one of Melbourne’s clubs or alternative edge you should visit the popular societies. There are more than 150 clubs Melbourne is at the forefront of culinary Brunswick Street and its surrounds in Fitzroy. available, from cultural, religious and political innovation with more than 3000 restaurants, Here you will find a range of fascinating to musical and leisure, so there’s definitely cafes and bars, some 75 ethnic cuisines, vintage stores, bookshops, art studios, quaint something for you. But then again, you can boutique beers, creative cocktails and local cafes, organic produce stores and lively bars. always start your own! and imported wines. St Kilda offers a funky atmosphere which is Chinatown, which fills the lanes between renowned for its bayside setting, beaches, Bourke and Lonsdale Streets, offers great restaurants, music venues and a cafe lifestyle. value dumplings, Yum Cha and evening Sydney Road, which runs north of the city, has dining. The banks of the Yarra River, home a vibrant Middle Eastern and Mediterranean futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au PARKVILLE CAmpUS Moot Court which trains future lawyers in SOUTHBANK CAMPUS to Southgate, the Crown complex and the feel; Victoria Street in Richmond hosts Asian The University of Melbourne’s heart is using technology to present their cases. Our Only a 10 minute tram ride from the Docklands, offer impressive riverside views eateries; and Chapel Street and Toorak Road CONTACT US CONNECT WITH US in Parkville, where our main campus has biology labs are equipped with audiovisual Parkville campus, the Southbank campus and fine dining. equipment so that microscope, video and in Prahran offers designer shops, high-end University of Melbourne Information Centre been situated since 1853. hosts the Victorian College of the coursesearch.unimelb.edu.au 35 mm slide images can be projected to Students regularly stroll to Lygon Street restaurants, cafes and bars. Gate 3, Swanston Street Arts (VCA) and part of the Melbourne Only a few minutes from the centre of television monitors, and the Information during breaks to enjoy the food, desserts and The University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (which is For more information, go to: facebook.com/melbuni Melbourne, the University’s Parkville campus Systems Interaction Design, Evaluation atmosphere that the “Little Italy” precinct Victoria 3010 Australia primarily based at the Parkville campus). combines contemporary architecture and and Analysis (IDEA) Laboratory is specially has to offer. Lygon Street runs parallel to thatsmelbourne.com.au 13 MELB (13 6352) twitter.com/unimelb sustainable design with historic sandstone designed for conducting computer The campus offers purpose-built teaching Swanston Street and is a two minute walk buildings and many beautiful open spaces user-experience tests and interaction research. and performance facilities for arts training, from the University of Melbourne Information +61 3 9035 5511 youtube.com/unimelb