General Information about the Faculty

Organisational Context

Monash University is an energetic and dynamic university committed to quality education, outstanding research and international engagement. A member of Australia’s Group of Eight research intensive universities, it seeks to improve the human condition and is committed to a sustainable future. Monash has six campuses in Victoria, a campus in Malaysia, a campus in South Africa, a centre in Prato, Italy, and numerous international partnerships and co-operative ventures.

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences 

The Faculty is also home to a number of leading medical and biomedical research institutes and groups, and has contributed to advances in many crucial areas: in vitro fertilisation, obesity research, drug design, cardiovascular physiology, functional genomics, infectious diseases, inflammation, psychology, neurosciences and mental health.

Notwithstanding the relatively short history of our University, the Faculty is ranked 49th in the world for its expertise in life sciences and biomedicine by the Times Higher Education/QS World University 2010 benchmark. The stature and ambition of the Faculty is also reflected through membership of the Group of Eight of Australia's leading research universities, and as a foundation member of the M8 Alliance of eminent medical universities and teaching hospitals.

Courses offered by the Faculty include medicine, nursing, radiography and medical imaging, nutrition and dietetics, paramedic studies, biomedical sciences, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, behavioural neurosciences and social work. A range of research and coursework postgraduate programs is also offered.

The Faculty takes pride in delivering outstanding education in all courses, in opening students to the possibilities offered by newly discovered knowledge, and in providing a nurturing and caring environment.

Further details may be found at: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/about.html

Faculty snapshot

The faculty is organised into eleven schools and several institutes comprising multiple departments, centres and further institutes:

• Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute
• Central Clinical School
• Eastern Health Clinical School
• School of Biomedical Sciences
• School for Indigenous Health
• School of Nursing and Midwifery
• School of Psychology and Psychiatry
• School of Primary Health Care
• School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
• School of Rural Health
• Southern Clinical School
• Monash Institute of Medical Research
• Monash University School of Medicine (incorporating the Central Medical School, Malaysia Medical School and Gippsland Graduate Entry Medical School)