Murdoch University
Location: Perth
Student population: Around 25,400 (across all campuses)
CRICOS: 00125J
TEQSA: PRV12163
Murdoch has everything you expect at a world-class university: Leading academics, world changing research, excellent facilities and a wide range of courses.
Murdoch provides an innovative, welcoming environment. You will be surrounded by some of the world’s most progressive thinkers, people challenging conventional wisdom and finding answers to the world’s big questions.
With 5-stars rating* overall and for Teaching Quality, Employability, Learning Facilities and inclusiveness in 2024 and # 1 in WA** for social equity and student to teacher ratio, Murdoch is a place where you can be yourself and be appreciated for who you truly are.
*QS Stars Assessment, 2024
** The Good Universities Guide, 2024
Everything you need to know
Perth Campus
Our main campus, 15 minutes from both the bustling centre of Perth and the historic port of Fremantle, offers all our courses and a unique student experience. One of the largest university campuses in Australia, it sits among 227 hectares of beautiful native bush.
Our Boola Katitjin – means ‘lots of learning’ in native Whadjuk Noongar – has been awarded the best academic building in the world. It’s designed with students at its heart with Australian-first technology and an inclusive and sustainable design which follows the biophilic principle of connecting occupants to nature. Located at the centre of Perth campus, students, staff and industry alike meet, work, and engage in the building’s 21 large teaching and learning spaces, technology-rich labs, and immersive industry collaboration facilities. The building features the first Tech-Enabled Learning (TEL) desks in the country, allowing students to connect with any device, collaborate with their group, and present and share with the class their work from anywhere in the world.
Boola Katitjin plays a key role in the MU’s new strategy, ‘Ngala Kwop Biddi. Building a Brighter Future, Together’ – reflecting its three pillars of Sustainability; Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; and becoming the University of Choice for First Nations people.
What can you study at Murdoch?
We offer more than 200 innovative and practical degrees across the following discipline areas:
- Agricultural sciences
- Allied health
- Business
- Education and teaching
- Engineering and energy
- Environment and conservation
- Humanities, arts and social sciences
- Information technology
- Law and criminology
- Mathematics, statistics, chemistry and physics
- Media and communication
- Medical, molecular and forensic sciences
- Nursing
- Psychology
- Veterinary medicine
A supportive environment
Murdoch offers an extensive range of support for students including a full orientation, student advisors, and academic coaching. Visit our wellbeing hub, The Den, and the International Cafe which offers crafternoons, games, and health and wellbeing events.
You can also join social, cultural or sport based student clubs through the Student Guild – or start your own!
Research at Murdoch
We are a research-led university that focuses on multidisciplinary translational research with real-life impact. We engage with global challenges and ‘wicked’ problems. Our world has complex problems with interconnected causes: Climate change, land degradation, population growth and ageing, food and water security, minority group disadvantage, emerging infectious disease. Often working alongside key corporate, government and academic partners, our research outcomes translate into impact.
Murdoch clusters its research into multi-disciplinary Institutes and Centres such as The Harry Butler Institute, The Health Futures Institute, The Food Futures Institute, The Asia Research Centre and Australian National Phenome Centre (ANPC).
Practical and real-world experience
Our world-class teaching facilities give access to real-world resources and equipment, helping you gain industry knowledge and experience:
- Our IT labs have the latest VR equipment, data servers and industrial technologies
- Engineering facilities include the Bayer Pilot Plant, with the latest advanced control systems, while renewable energy facilities include photovoltaic equipment and labs
- Murdoch was the first university in Australia to use mixed-reality learning, using virtual reality and human actors, in teacher education, simulating real-life ahead of practical placements
- We also provide learning in workplaces and practical settings. Our Work Integrated Learning programme allows students to demonstrate skills to employers
Degrees in focus
Bachelor of Science/Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Western Australia’s only veterinary science degree equips students with expertise, skills and practical experience required to tackle the evolving challenges faced by companion animals, livestock, and wildlife. We integrate teaching and practical experience through our on-campus working large animal farm and our Animal Hospital.
Bachelor of Nursing
Our nursing degree offers training in fully-equipped wards, treatment areas and simulation rooms using hi-tech audiovisual equipment, wireless technology and computer labs. There are also extensive clinical placement opportunities across a variety of healthcare settings, giving you hands-on experience in hospitals, aged care, and community health in metropolitan, rural and remote settings throughout the course.
Master of Counselling
Counsellors help people through difficult times in their lives. You will develop skills in assessment, individual and group treatment through supervised placements, working with child and adult clients. You can also reinforce academic learning with practical experience at the University Counselling Service.
