Editing Monash University (section)

===Expansion in the 1990s===
Expansion of the university began in 1990 with a series of mergers between Monash, the Chisholm Institute of Technology, and the Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education. In 1991 a merger with the Victorian College of Pharmacy created a new faculty of the university. This continued in 1994, with the establishment of the [[Monash University, Berwick campus|Berwick campus]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monash.edu/about/who/history |title=The History of Monash - Monash University |access-date=13 November 2016 |archive-date=14 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114001823/http://www.monash.edu/about/who/history |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1998, the university opened the [[Monash University Malaysia campus|Malaysia campus]], its first overseas campus and the first foreign university in [[Malaysia]]. In 2001, [[Monash University, South Africa campus|Monash South Africa]] opened its doors in Johannesburg, making Monash the first foreign university in South Africa. The same year, the university secured an 18th-century Tuscan palace to open a research and teaching centre in [[Prato]], Italy.

At the same time, Australian universities faced unprecedented demand for international student places, which Monash met on a larger scale than most. Today, around 30% of its students are from outside Australia.<ref name="MonashStats">{{cite web |url=http://www.monash.edu.au/about/stats.html |title=Monash Statistics |publisher=Monash University |date=10 November 2009 |access-date=1 April 2010 |archive-date=6 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406035320/http://www.monash.edu.au/about/stats.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Monash students come from over 100 countries, and speak over 90 different languages. The increase in international students, combined with the university's expansion, meant that Monash's income greatly increased throughout the 1990s, and it is now one of Australia's top 200 exporters.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00993b.htm |title=Monash University |first=Simon |last=Marginson |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online |publisher=School of Historical Studies |date=25 February 2010 |access-date=1 April 2010 |archive-date=30 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930235121/http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00993b.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>