The University of Melbourne is not bad.
The University of Melbourne, founded in 1853, is one of the world's top 20 public research universities located in Melbourne, Australia, and is the premier academic center in the Southern Hemisphere. The University of Melbourne is Australia's top-ranked university and a world leader in education, teaching and research.
It is also a member of the Pacific Rim University Consortium, the Asia-Pacific Consortium for Education and Research in International Trade (APECERIT), the International University Climate Alliance (IUCA), the Commonwealth Universities Association (CUA) and the Australian Eight Schools Consortium (AUSC), an accredited member of AACSB and EQUIS, and a founding member of, and hosts the secretariat for, Universitas 21.
The University of Melbourne has been a world leader in the field of research as well as in academics, and in 2018, the University researched the "AI Blood Test Tube", which provides a groundbreaking contribution to the development of human healthcare.
Professor Graeme Clark led a pioneering team from the University of Melbourne's Department of Otorhinolaryngology to design the world's first bionic ear. This groundbreaking achievement paved the way for the development of the cochlear implant device, introduced in 1982.
About the University
The University of Melbourne was founded in 1853, during the early Victorian colonial period, and is the second oldest tertiary institution in Australia. At the time of its founding, the University had only four professors. Over the past century and a half, the University of Melbourne has grown to become a leading international university, ranked among the best in its field of study.
The University of Melbourne makes a significant contribution to education, research and the dissemination of knowledge. The University of Melbourne is the only university in Australia and the southern hemisphere to be ranked in the top 50 universities in the world in all four major international university rankings, and is regarded as the 'number one university in the southern hemisphere'.
The University of Melbourne is Australia's second largest research institution after CSIRO and one of the largest recipients of Australian government funding, receiving A$117.3 million in 2011 and A$190 million in 2012. Winning the highest share of research funding in Australia in successive years has established the University's reputation as one of Australia's top universities.
The University of Melbourne has partnerships with around 20 research centers in industry, and women's participation in postgraduate research programs at the University of Melbourne is consistently high at 46.4 per cent.