Introduction

Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university in 1973, and accepted its first students in 1975. Its name is taken from Sir Walter Murdoch, the Founding Professor of English and former Chancellor of the University of Western Australia.

Murdoch is a verdant university and a member of the Innovative Research Universities. The 2015-2016 Times Higher Education World University Rankings has listed Murdoch University in the top 401-500 universities in the world.

Murdoch University is a research-intensive institution and a member of Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU Australia).

Academics

There are nine schools at Murdoch University: School of Arts, School of Education, School of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Health Professions, School of Law, School of Management and Governance, School of Psychology and Exercise Science, Sir Walter Murdoch School of Public Policy and International Affairs, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences.

South Street Campus

The main campus is on South Street, Perth, in the suburb of Murdoch, near the Kwinana Freeway. South Street campus is Australia's geographically largest campus at 2.27 square kilometres large enough to accommodate the veterinary school and its animal stocksmdash;the only such school in Western Australia. Most of the southern part of the university consists of paddocks of livestock, farms and renewable energy facilities.

Notable alumni

Visam Ali, Maldivian politician

Adam Bandt, Australian Politician

Jeremy Callaghan, actor

Leonard Collard, Author, Professor of Indigenous studies University of Western Australia

Tracey Cross, Australian Paralympic swimmer

James Edelman, justice of the Federal Court of Australia and former justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia

Alan Eggleston, Australian politician

Vivienne Elanta, environmental activist