Swinburne University of Technology

Swinburne University of Technology is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, with its main campus in the inner-eastern suburb of Hawthorn and additional Melbourne campuses at Croydon and Wantirna, plus an international campus in Sarawak, Malaysia. Founded in 1908 as a technical college and granted university status in 1992, Swinburne is known for applied learning, industry partnerships, and strengths in technology, engineering, design, business, health, and innovation. The university offers vocational education and training (TAFE), undergraduate, postgraduate, and research degrees, with a strong emphasis on work-integrated learning, entrepreneurship, and research commercialisation. It serves a large domestic and international student body across on-campus, online, and pathway programs, and maintains close links with industry through placements, co-designed courses, and research centres. Swinburne’s Hawthorn campus sits in an urban setting with teaching and research facilities, libraries, student accommodation, and student support services, supporting a technology-focused institutional identity within Australia’s higher education sector.