Australia
The Clayton campus in Clayton covers approximately 110 hectares (270 acres) and is the largest of the Monash campuses. Clayton is the flagship campus for Monash, demanding higher ATAR scores than all of the other campuses, with the exception of Parkville. Clayton is home to the faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Education, Engineering, Information Technology, Law, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, and Science. The Clayton campus has its own suburb and postcode.
Various major scientific research facilities are located on or adjacent to the campus. Chief among these are the Australian Synchrotron and CSIRO.
The campus is also home to numerous restaurants and retail outlets, as well as student bars: Sir John's (located in the Campus Centre) and the Notting Hill Hotel (located down the street, founded in 1891), both of which are hubs of social life on the campus.
The campus is also home to a number of halls of residence, colleges and other on-campus accommodations that house several thousand students. Six halls of residence are located at the Clayton campus. There is an additional private residential college affiliated with the university. The Clayton campus contains the Robert Blackwood Hall, named after the university's founding chancellor Sir Robert Blackwood and designed by Sir Roy Grounds.
The Caulfield campus in Caulfield is Monash University's second-largest. Its multifaceted nature is reflected in the range of programs it offers through the faculties of Arts, Art Design & Architecture (MADA), Business & Economics, and Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. A major building program has been announced to expand teaching facilities, provide student accommodation, and redevelop the shopping centre.
The Alfred campus is located in The Alfred Hospital and campus houses the Central Clinical School and the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, which contains the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and the Department of Forensic Medicine.
The Parkville campus is located on Royal Parade in Parkville, approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the Melbourne city centre. The campus is home to the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. The faculty specialises in pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical and formulation science, and medicinal chemistry. The campus also offers postgraduate degrees, including the Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Clinical Pharmacy.
The Peninsula campus is located in the bayside suburb of Frankston on the edge of Melbourne. The campus has a teaching and research focus on health and wellbeing, and is a hub of undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Nursing, Health Science, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Psychology - and particularly in Emergency Health (Paramedic) courses. The Peninsula campus also offers a range of courses including those from its historic roots with early childhood and primary education (during the 1960s and 1970s, the campus was the State Teachers' College), and Business and Economics (since the merger of the State Teachers' College with the Caulfield Institute of Technology to create the Chisholm Institute of Technology in 1982). The campus was also home to the Peninsula School of Information Technology, which in 2006 was wound back with Information Technology units previously offered being relocated to the Caulfield campus.
The Monash Law city campus is located in the Melbourne city centre and houses the postgraduate Faculty of Law. It provides teaching for the Monash Law Masters and JD programmes. This campus is well placed within Melbourne's legal precinct, allowing students to have easy access to the surrounding courts.
Monash University operates the Hutton-Westfold Observatory near Clayton Campus. The observatory has been in operation since 2009 and was named for Don Hutton and Kevin Westfold, both astronomers who worked at the university. The observatory is home to a Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope.
Online Campus
Monash University offers fully online postgraduate courses through Monash Online. Courses offered are in a range of disciplines including psychology, business, education and information technology.
This remote mode of learning offers students in regional and rural communities an accessible postgraduate education.
