RMIT University (officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) is an Australian university based in Melbourne, Victoria.
RMIT was founded in 1887, as Melbourne's Working Men's College, by the public benefactor The Hon. Francis Ormond. It is the third oldest tertiary education provider in Victoria, and the eighth oldest in Australia.
Its main campus is located in the northern section of the Melbourne city centre. It also has two radial campuses in the Melbourne metropolitan area (Bundoora and Brunswick); and two international campuses in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi).
During the early 20th century, it contributed to Australia's war efforts through military personnel training and aircraft parts manufacturing. As a result, it underwent a major expansion during World War I, and later changed its name to the Melbourne Technical College in 1934. Following World War II, it became the first Australian tertiary education provider to be awarded royal patronage (by Elizabeth II in 1954 - for its services to the war efforts), and officially changed its name to the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1960.
During the mid 20th century, RMIT pioneered dual sector education in Australia. In recent years, it has specifically focused on research across the areas of: design, technology, health, globalisation and sustainability. It was made a public university by act of the Victorian Government in 1992, and is currently Australia's largest tertiary education provider.
It is ranked in the top 10 universities in Australia (top 3 in Victoria) - according to its research output, and in the top 100 universities in the World in the areas of: accounting and finance, communication and media studies, civil and structural engineering, computer science and information systems, pharmacy and pharmacology - according to the QS World University Rankings.
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