Editing Swinburne University of Technology

{{Short description|Public university in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Swinburne University of Technology
 | image                  = Swinburne_University_of_Technology_Coat_of_Arms.png
 | image_upright          = .7
 | motto                  = {{langx|la|Factum per Litteras}}
 | motto_lang             = lat
 | mottoeng               = "Achievement through learning"
 | established            = {{ubl |1908 (technical college) |1992 (university status)}}
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | visitor                = [[Governor of Victoria]]
 | chancellor             = John Pollaers
 | vice_chancellor        = Pascale Quester
 | address                = John Street
 | city                   = [[Melbourne]]
 | state                  = [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
 | postalcode             = 3122
 | country                = Australia
 | total_staff            = 2,720 (2023)
 | students               = 65,979 (2023)
 | undergrad              = 24,186 ({{abbr|EFTSL|Equivalent full-time student load}}, 2023)
 | postgrad               = 3,864 coursework{{br}}({{abbr|EFTSL|Equivalent full-time student load}}, 2023){{br}}1,005 research{{br}}({{abbr|EFTSL|Equivalent full-time student load}}, 2023)
 | doctoral               = 
 | other                  = {{ubl
 |20,180 ([[Australian Qualifications Framework|VET]]) (2023)
 |213 other ({{abbr|EFTSL|Equivalent full-time student load}}, 2023)
}}
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]]
 | caption                = [[Coat of arms]]<ref name="History">{{Cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-university/our-history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716091444/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-university/our-history/ |archive-date=16 July 2024 |access-date=7 November 2024 |website=Swinburne University of Technology |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (State)|Victoria]]}}</ref>
 | latin_name             = 
 | other_name             = Swinburne University
 | former_names           = {{ubl |Eastern Suburbs Technical College (1908–1913) |Swinburne Technical College (1913–1992) }}
 | founder                = [[George Swinburne|George]] and Ethel Swinburne
 | accreditation          = [[Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency|TEQSA]]
 | affiliations           = 
 | academic_affiliation   = 
 | endowment              = 
 | budget                 = {{AUD}}834.13 [[1,000,000|million]] (2023)
 | colours                = <span style="background:#DC2D27; border:1px; color:#fff; padding:2px 16px;">Red</span>&nbsp;<span style="background:#000000; border:1px; color:#fff; padding:2px 16px;">Black</span><ref>{{Cite web |title=Colour swatches |url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/app/web-style/styleguide/elements.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107143355/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/app/web-style/styleguide/elements.php |archive-date=7 November 2024 |access-date=7 November 2024 |website=Swinburne University of Technology |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (State)|Victoria]]}}</ref>
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist |[[UniSport]] |[[Australian Institute of Sport#Elite Athlete Education Network|EAEN]] }}
 | sports_nickname        = Razorbacks
 | mascot                 = Razor the Razorback
 | logo_size              = 150px
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.swinburne.edu.au/|swinburne.edu.au}}
 | footnotes              = 
 | logo                   = Logo of Swinburne University of Technology.svg
}}

The '''Swinburne University of Technology''' (or simply '''Swinburne''') is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia. It is the modern descendant of the '''Eastern Suburbs Technical College''' established in 1908, renamed '''Swinburne Technical College''' in 1913 after its co-founders [[George Swinburne|George]] and Ethel Swinburne. It has three campuses in metropolitan Melbourne: [[Hawthorn, Victoria|Hawthorn]], where its main campus is located; [[Wantirna, Victoria|Wantirna]]; and [[Croydon, Victoria|Croydon]], as well the [[Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus]] in the [[East Malaysia]]n state of [[Sarawak]]. It also offers courses online and through its partnered institutions in Australia and overseas.

The university offers study programs in [[Bachelor of Commerce|commerce]], [[Health care|healthcare]], [[teacher education]], [[Jurisprudence|law]], [[engineering]], [[Flight training|aviation]], [[architecture]], the [[performing arts]] and various other fields including in [[the arts]] and [[science]]s. It also offers [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (PhD) research programs and courses in [[Technical and further education|vocational education]].
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==History==
[[File:Swinburne University - Administration Building - panoramio.jpg|The Old Administration Building (1908)|thumb]]
The university began in 1908 as the community-owned Eastern Suburbs Technical College on John Street, [[Hawthorn, Victoria|Hawthorn]], to provide further education to residents of Melbourne's eastern suburbs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-university/history/ | title=Our history  | access-date=5 February 2017 | archive-date=27 February 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227174206/http://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-university/history/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[George Swinburne]] MLA, with the backing of Premier [[Thomas Bent]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204990075 |title=Eastern Suburbs Technical College |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=16,463 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=17 December 1907 |access-date=12 June 2023 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-university/our-history/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=www.swinburne.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> was the driving force behind its establishment, and its most generous benefactor, hence the name of the university. By 1913, £10,111 had been spent on its establishment, of which £3,718 came from private donations (including £1,000 each from George and Ethel Swinburne), and the remainder from the government.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203327057 |title=Eastern Suburbs Technical College |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=17,979 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=31 October 1912 |access-date=11 June 2023 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The first director was the sculptor [[J. R. Tranthim-Fryer]], who remained in the position until 1938.

In 1913 the institution was taken over by the State Government, and its name changed to Swinburne Technical College.{{efn|The operation of the '''Hawthorn College''', a private institution founded by [[George Swinburne|George Swinburne, MLA]] in 1908 – also known as the '''Eastern Suburbs Technical College, Glenferrie''' — was taken over by the State government in 1913, and the institution was renamed the '''Swinburne Technical College''': [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241800267 Technical Education: The Hawthorn College: State Control, ''The Herald'', (Tuesday, 29 October 1912), p.1.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222175924/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241800267 |date=22 February 2022 }} }} It later became known as the Swinburne Institute of Technical and Further Education ([[TAFE]]), eventually shortened to Swinburne Institute of Technology.

In the late 1980s, the Outer Eastern University Planning Council advocated for a new university to be established in outer eastern Melbourne.<ref name="autogenerated1352">{{cite journal |journal=Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) |volume=408 |page=1352 |url=https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/volume-hansard/smaller/Hansard%2051%20LC%20V408%20Jun-Aug1992/VicHansard_19920604_19920604.pdf |title=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Fifty-First Parliament Autumn/Spring Session 1992| publisher= [[Parliament of Victoria]] |access-date=6 September 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906014247/https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/volume-hansard/smaller/Hansard%2051%20LC%20V408%20Jun-Aug1992/VicHansard_19920604_19920604.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The area had the second lowest university participation rate in Melbourne, after the Mornington Peninsula.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maslen |first1=Geoff |title=Swinburne the Newest in the University League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/126865503/ |work=The Age |date=6 Apr 1992 |language=en |access-date=6 September 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906014247/https://www.newspapers.com/image/126865503/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Partially in response to this advocacy, in 1990 Swinburne established its "Eastern Campus" in Mooroolbark (sometimes described as Lilydale), on the site of the recently closed MDA Grammar School. However, students could not attend until 1992 due to council planning negotiation,<ref name="autogenerated1352"/> and the campus was officially opened on 6 April 1992.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swinburne Mooroolbark Campus opening |url=https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/items/908af18a-a89c-4cb1-a470-fa14507f42f0/1/ |website=commons.swinburne.edu.au |access-date=6 September 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906014249/https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/items/908af18a-a89c-4cb1-a470-fa14507f42f0/1/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/file/238db9fe-0ae6-473d-af54-b4749c50238b/1/fil001i0030-programme.pdf|title=Swinburne's Eastern Campus at Lilydale: official opening| date= 6 April 1992|access-date=6 September 2021|archive-date=6 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906014249/https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/file/238db9fe-0ae6-473d-af54-b4749c50238b/1/fil001i0030-programme.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> By 1993, it was known as the "Mooroolbark Campus".

The [[Dawkins revolution|Dawkins reforms]] to Australian higher education in the early 1990s led to many tertiary colleges being merged or split-up, and many given university status.

On 1 January 1992, the university was given the Prahran Campus of [[Victoria College, Melbourne|Victoria College]] and the co-located [[Prahran College|Prahran College of TAFE]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Roche|first=Vivienne|title=Razor gang to Dawkins: a history of Victoria College, an Australian College of Advanced Education|year=2003|publisher=University of Melbourne|url=http://dtl.unimelb.edu.au/R/S4NFFN7LACUIAN7A5SN6LKEF8KQGETXPFXM45FDGD4XHEDSU37-00116?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65995&pds_handle=GUEST|access-date=1 November 2013|archive-date=10 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710204018/http://dtl.unimelb.edu.au/dspace-melbourne-mapping/R/S4NFFN7LACUIAN7A5SN6LKEF8KQGETXPFXM45FDGD4XHEDSU37-00116?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65995&pds_handle=GUEST|url-status=live}}</ref> both of which had evolved from the [[PMI Victorian History Library Inc.|Prahran Mechanics' Institute]] (established in 1854).{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} Swinburne attained university status on 1 July 1992 with the passage of the ''Swinburne University of Technology Act 1992.<ref name="Swinburne Act">{{cite web|title=Swinburne University of Technology Act 1992|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/suota1992422/|publisher=Parliament of Victoria|access-date=31 October 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083510/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/suota1992422/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Swinburne Techincal College 1940.jpg|thumb|Swinburne Technical College (1940s)]]

In 1997, Swinburne opened a campus at [[Lilydale, Victoria|Lilydale]], replacing its nearby one at Mooroolbark. In 1998, it merged with the Outer East Institute of TAFE and began operating from campuses at [[Croydon, Victoria|Croydon]] and [[Wantirna, Victoria|Wantirna]].<ref name=About>{{cite web|title=Swinburne History|url=http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/about/history/|publisher=Swinburne University of Technology|access-date=31 October 2013|archive-date=1 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101172046/http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/about/history/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1999, Swinburne established the [[National Institute of Circus Arts]] (NICA).<ref name="NICA History">{{cite web|title=History of NICA |url=http://www.nica.com.au/history |work=National Library of Australia web archive |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=31 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719162654/http://www.nica.com.au/history |archive-date=19 July 2011 }}</ref>

In 2000, the university opened a campus in [[Sarawak]], Malaysia, as a partnership between the university and the Sarawak State Government: [[Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus]].<ref name="31 October 2013">{{cite web|title=Education Malaysia website| url=http://www.educationmalaysia.gov.my/courses-education-institutes/institutes/swinburne-university-of-technology-sarawak-campus.html| publisher=Government of Malaysia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127024816/http://www.educationmalaysia.gov.my/courses-education-institutes/institutes/swinburne-university-of-technology-sarawak-campus.html|archive-date=27 January 2014}}</ref>

In 2008, it collaborated with two other universities in forming [[The Centre for Social Impact]].  In February 2011, the university opened the Advanced Technologies Centre,<ref>{{cite web|title=ATC opens for business|url=http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/staff/news/2011/02/atc-opens-for-business|publisher=Swinburne University of Technology|date=23 February 2011|access-date=2 November 2013|archive-date=2 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102162439/http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/staff/news/2011/02/atc-opens-for-business|url-status=live}}</ref> a 22,000 square metre building of modern architectural design at its Hawthorn campus,<ref>{{cite web|title=Swinburne Advanced Technologies Centre|url=http://www.kane.com.au/project/swinburne-advanced-technology-centre|publisher=Kane Constructions|access-date=2 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103235144/http://www.kane.com.au/project/swinburne-advanced-technology-centre|archive-date=3 November 2013}}</ref> known locally as "the cheese grater building".<ref>{{cite web|title=Largest cheese grater in the world|url=https://twitter.com/tke_rsk/status/336392641837146113|publisher=@tke_rsk|date=20 May 2013|access-date=2 November 2013|archive-date=7 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107104535/https://twitter.com/tke_rsk/status/336392641837146113|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following a series of funding cuts announced by the Victorian Government to vocational education in May 2012,<ref name="TAFE cuts May 2012">{{cite web|last=Wheelahan|first=Leesa|title=TAFE cuts will affect everyone: state governments should think again|date=20 September 2012 |url=http://theconversation.com/tafe-cuts-will-affect-everyone-state-governments-should-think-again-9687|publisher=The Conversation|access-date=31 October 2013|archive-date=20 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220131639/http://theconversation.com/tafe-cuts-will-affect-everyone-state-governments-should-think-again-9687|url-status=live}}</ref> Swinburne announced that it would close its Lilydale and Prahran campuses.<ref name="Swinburne to shut Lilydale">{{cite web|title=Swinburne to shut Lilydale campus|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/swinburne-to-shut-lilydale-campus-20120706-21lga.html|publisher=The Age|author=Benjamin Preiss|date=6 July 2012|access-date=31 October 2013|archive-date=7 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207142644/http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/swinburne-to-shut-lilydale-campus-20120706-21lga.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Lilydale campus officially closed on 1 July 2013,<ref name="Lilydale campus officially closed">{{cite web|title=Lilydale campus officially closed|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/swinburne8217s-lilydale-campus-officially-closed/story-fngnvlxu-1226671491594|publisher=Lilydale and Yarra Valley Leader|author=Kimberley Seedy|date=1 July 2012|access-date=31 October 2013|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616003438/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes|url-status=live}}</ref> and was taken over by [[Box Hill Institute]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.boxhill.edu.au/about-us/our-history/ |website=Box Hill Institute |language=EN |access-date=6 September 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906014248/https://www.boxhill.edu.au/about-us/our-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The university sold its Prahran campus to the [[Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE]] in 2014.<ref name="Swinburne NMIT Prahran">{{cite web|title=NMIT to turn Swinburne's Prahran campus into centre for creative arts|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-02/nmit-to-turn-swinburne27s-prahran-campus-into-centre-for-creat/4860982|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=2 August 2013|access-date=31 October 2013|archive-date=31 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031152451/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-02/nmit-to-turn-swinburne27s-prahran-campus-into-centre-for-creat/4860982|url-status=live}}</ref> The site became the home of NICA,<ref>{{cite web|last=Priess|first=Benjamin|title=Circus Institute nets $13 million in federal funding and will stay at Prahran campus|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/circus-institute-nets-13m-in-federal-funding-and-will-stay-at-prahran-campus-20130728-2qsh6.html|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=29 July 2013|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923105908/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/circus-institute-nets-13m-in-federal-funding-and-will-stay-at-prahran-campus-20130728-2qsh6.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2022 was acquired by the Victorian Government, along with [[Melbourne Polytechnic]] on the same site.<ref>{{cite web |last=Precel |first=Nicole |title=NICA: Australia's only tertiary circus school is facing the axe |website=The Age |date=1 July 2023 |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/cirque-du-so-long-australia-s-only-tertiary-circus-school-in-limbo-20230630-p5dkrv.html |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref> NICA's degrees have been administered by the university and this will continue until the end of 2025, when they will be transferred to the [[Australian College of the Arts]] (Collarts).<ref>{{cite web |title=Future of National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) secured |website=Swinburne |date=22 July 2024 |url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/2024/07/future-of-national-institute-of-circus-arts-NICA-secured/ |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref>

In 2015, Swinburne launched its law school.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/education/swinburne-university-to-get-a-new-law-school-20141123-11s8df.html|title=Swinburne University to get a new law school|first=Craig|last=Butt|date=23 November 2014|website= [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=6 January 2019|archive-date=13 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413140105/https://www.smh.com.au/education/swinburne-university-to-get-a-new-law-school-20141123-11s8df.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Through a partnership with Leo Cussen Centre for Law, Swinburne Law School is the only law school in Victoria accredited by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board (VLAB) to enable students to accelerate their admission to legal practice by completing their practical legal training during the final year of their studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/2017/05/swinburne-and-leo-cussen-to-accelerate-graduates-into-legal-practice|title=Swinburne and Leo Cussen to accelerate graduates into legal practice|website=www.swinburne.edu.au|date=5 May 2017 |access-date=22 August 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805020704/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/2017/05/swinburne-and-leo-cussen-to-accelerate-graduates-into-legal-practice/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==={{anchor|film}}Swinburne Film and Television School===
{{main|Swinburne Film and Television School}}
The Swinburne Film and Television School, which offered the first tertiary course in filmmaking in the country,<ref name=tiley2016>{{cite web |last=Tiley |first=David |title=VCA Film and Television School remembers its first fifty years |website=ScreenHub Australia |date=28 June 2016 |url=https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/features/vca-film-and-television-school-remembers-its-first-fifty-years-251619-1422779/ |access-date=7 December 2024|quote=Fifty years ago, the first tertiary course for filmmakers in Australia opened at Swinburne University in Melbourne.}}</ref> was founded in 1966 by filmmaker Brian Clark Robinson (1934–1991).<ref name=oa1/><ref name=vcaarchive/>  Part of what was the Graphic Art School became Film and Television, led by Robinson.<ref name=oa1>{{cite web |title=Brian Clark Robinson|first=Nigel|last= Buesst |website=Obituaries Australia |date=1 December 1991 |url=https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/robinson-brian-clark-29638 |access-date=7 December 2024| quote=Original publication:  Filmnews (Sydney), 1 December 1991, p.8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213877469 |title=The Life of Brian Robinson |newspaper=[[Filmnews]] |volume=21 |issue=11 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 December 1991 |access-date=7 December 2024 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia|first=Nigel|last= Buesst }}</ref> The first course offered, from 1966, was the Diploma of Art in Film and Television, which was the first such course to be offered in Australia.<ref name=evans1/><ref name=evans2/><ref>{{cite web |title= Launch of the Swinburne Film and Television School, 1966 |website= Swinburne Commons|format=photo |url=https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/items/3f0e8fbc-6f8d-47f9-8640-4bef741245fa/1/ |access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref> In 1967 it was known as the Film and Television course of the School of Art.<ref>{{cite web |title= Brian Robinson and film students, 1967 |website=Swinburne Commons |url=https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/items/618afead-2fd7-4340-b0e1-ba23d243dc15/1/ |access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref> In 1976, Swinburne formed a department of film and television, with Robinson was appointed its head.<ref name=oa2/> Swinburne introduced a Graduate Diploma in Applied Film and Television, offering film, television, and [[animation]] courses. This was highly successful, with most of the graduates being employed in the industry afterwards.<ref name=evans1>{{Citation | author1=Evans, Tony | title=Swinburne Film and Television School | journal=Media Information Australia | publication-date=Feb 1983 | issue=27 | pages=19–24 | issn=0312-9616}} <!---available via Informit, for members of NLA and some other libraries---></ref><ref name=evans2>Evans, T. (1983) "[https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.270613309386993 Swinburne Film and Television School]", ''Media Information Australia''. St Lucia, QLD. (27), pp. 19–24 .</ref> By 1983, the school offered a three-year Diploma in Film an TV, for school-leavers, as well as the graduate diploma, with over 90% of graduates finding employment in the film and television industries.<ref name=evans1/><ref name=evans2/> In 1987, when Robinson was appointed [[Dean (education)|dean]] of the faculty of arts at the university, Jennifer Sabine became head of the school, but Robinson continued to teach [[scriptwriting]].<ref name=oa2>{{cite web |title=Brian Clark Robinson |website=Obituaries Australia |date=11 December 1991 |url=https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/robinson-brian-clark-29638/text37174 |access-date=7 December 2024| quote=Original publication: ''Age'' (Melbourne), 11 December 1991, p.14}}</ref>

In September 1991 Swinburne Film and Television School celebrated its 25th anniversary.<ref name=oa2/> In 1992, the ownership and management of the school was handed over to the [[Victorian College of the Arts]], becoming the VCA Film and Television School.<ref name=tiley2016/><ref>{{Citation | title=20-24-5 Victoria College of Fine Arts- Swinburne School of Film & TV - Amalgamations Part 1 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/215553102 | access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title=20-24-5 Victoria College - Swinburne School (Fine Art) Amalgamation - Affiliation - Film & TV Part 2 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/215553034 | access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref> In 1996, Barbara Paterson published ''Renegades: Australia's first film school: from Swinburne to VCA'',<ref>{{Citation | author1=Barbara Paterson | title=Renegades: Australia's first film school from Swinburne to VCA [catalogue entry] | publication-date=1996 | publisher=Ivanhoe East, Vic Helicon | isbn=978-0-646-23495-3| url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31779581/version/277014400| website= [[Trove]]}}</ref> based on her 1993 masters thesis,<ref name=lowenstein1996>{{Citation | author1=Lowenstein, Richard | title=Reliving Swinburne [The recent publication of Paterson, Barbara. Renegades: Australia's First Film School from Swinburne to the VCA (1996) has one of Swinburne's most famous filmmakers reminiscing] | journal=[[Cinema Papers]] | publication-date=Oct 1996 | issue=112 | pages=10–11 | issn=0311-3639| via=[[Issuu]]|url=https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/cinemapaper1996octno112}}</ref> "Portrait of a film school : the history of the Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and Television, formerly known as Swinburne Film and Television School".<ref>{{Cite thesis | author1=Paterson, Barbara | title=Portrait of a film school : the history of the Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and Television, formerly known as Swinburne Film and Television School| type=Masters | publication-date=1993 | publisher=School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, [[Monash University]] | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/250353591 | access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref>

{{as of |2024}} Swinburne School of Film and Television (SSFT) teaches filmmaking at Swinburne,<ref name=ssft>{{cite web | title=Film and Television | website=Swinburne | date=29 November 2024 | url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/courses/find-a-course/film-television/ | access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref> and is a full member of [[CILECT]] (the International Association of Film and Television Schools).<ref name=ssftcilect>{{cite web | title=Swinburne School of Film and Television (SSFT) | website=CILECT| date=20 January 2024 | url=https://cilect.org/members/swinburne-school-of-film-and-television-ssft/ | access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref>

==Structure and governance==
The university is governed by the ''Swinburne University of Technology Act 2010'', by which the [[Governor of Victoria]] is its [[visitor]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2018 |title=Swinburne University of Technology Act 2010 |url=https://content.legislation.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/f32358e2-aedc-3eec-96e8-98e7d7ac33f2_10-4aa007%20authorised.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241115143914/https://content.legislation.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/f32358e2-aedc-3eec-96e8-98e7d7ac33f2_10-4aa007%20authorised.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=15 November 2024 |website=Victorian Legislation |publisher=[[Victoria State Government|State Government of Victoria]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref> {{as of|2024}} the [[vice-chancellor]] and president is Pascale Quester and the [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] John Pollaers (appointed 2019). It is governed by the university council, run by the executive team, while the Academic Senate advises the council on the conduct and content of programs and courses.<ref>{{cite web |title=Leadership and governance |website=Swinburne |url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-structure/leadership-governance |access-date=6 December 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241104183023/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-structure/leadership-governance| archive-date= 4 Nov 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

There were 2,720 total members of staff as of 30 June 2023, and its budget was {{AUD}}834.13 [[1,000,000|million]].<ref name="Annual Report 2023">{{Cite web |date=12 March 2024 |title=Annual Report 2023 |url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/content/dam/media/docs/SUT_2023_AR_SFR.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902184951/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/content/dam/media/docs/SUT_2023_AR_SFR.pdf |archive-date=2 September 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=7 November 2024 |website=Swinburne University of Technology |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (State)|Victoria]]}}</ref>

===Schools===
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{{as of|2024}}, Swinburne's [[higher education]] branch comprises six schools:<ref name=structure2024>{{cite web |title=Schools and departments |website=Swinburne |url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-structure/organisational-structure/schools-departments |access-date=6 December 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241104182853/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-structure/organisational-structure/schools-departments/| archive-date= 4 Nov 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
* School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship 
* School of Design and Architecture 
* School of Engineering 
* School of Health Sciences 
* School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies 
* School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education
**The School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education comprises: the Department of Education; Department of Film, Games and Animation; Department of Humanities and Social Sciences; Department of Media and Communication; Centre for Transformative Media Technologies; and the Centre for Urban Transition.<ref>{{cite web |title=School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education |website=Swinburne |date=5 December 2024 |url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-structure/organisational-structure/schools-departments/school-social-sciences-media-film-education |access-date=6 December 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241104181439/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-structure/organisational-structure/schools-departments/school-social-sciences-media-film-education/ | archive-date= 4 Nov 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> 
***The Swinburne School of Film and Television (SSFT), within the Department of Film, Games and Animation teaches filmmaking,<ref name=ssft/> and is a full member of [[CILECT]] (the International Association of Film and Television Schools).<ref name=ssftcilect/>

===Other divisions, entities, and partnerships===
Swinburne University of Technology also provides [[vocational education]] and training via five departments:<ref name=structure2024/>
* Department of Business, Design, Media and ICT
* Department of Health, Science and Community
* Department of Trades and Engineering Technologies
* Knox Innovation, Opportunity and Sustainability Centre
* Swinburne Edge

Swinburne Student Life, which arranges [[O-week]] and provides support to students, is a controlled entity. Swinburne Sarawak (a campus in [[Sarawak]], Malaysia) and Swinburne Online are associated entities, while Swinburne University is in partnership with six other universities in [[Open Universities Australia]]. It partners with UP Education running Swinburne College and Swinburne Open Education.<ref>{{cite web |title=Subsidiaries and entities |website=Swinburne |url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-structure/organisational-structure/subsidiaries-entities/ |access-date=6 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625141926/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-structure/organisational-structure/subsidiaries-entities/| archive-date= 25 June 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Academic profile==
Swinburne's research and innovation outputs are presented in the ''Swinburne Research Impact Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research-impact/magazine/|title=Research Impact Magazine &#124; Swinburne research impact &#124; Swinburne University &#124; Melbourne|website=www.swinburne.edu.au|access-date=5 August 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801053013/http://www.swinburne.edu.au/research-impact/magazine/|url-status=live}}</ref> It has functioning partnerships with industry,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/collaboration-partnerships/placements-internships/partner-stories/|title=Partner Stories|website=Swinburne University |access-date=15 August 2021|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815105835/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/collaboration-partnerships/placements-internships/partner-stories/|url-status=live}}</ref> is  known for its [[engineering]]-centered and catalytic revolvement  educational spheres,<ref>{{cite web | title=Platforms and initiatives | website=Swinburne | date=8 February 2023 | url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/platforms-initiatives/ | access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref> and is the only academic institution in Melbourne that offers [[pilot training]] as part of its [[aviation]] degrees.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/courses/find-a-course/aviation/ | title=Aviation | access-date=3 April 2022 | archive-date=12 April 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412115621/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/courses/find-a-course/aviation/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Swinburne has its own cross-departmental innovation studio, which aims to speed up development and marketing of new ventures.<ref>{{cite web | title=Swinburne Innovation Studio | website=Swinburne | date=17 November 2022 | url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/platforms-initiatives/innovation-studio/ | access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref>

Swinburne researchers participate in international partnerships.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.swinburne.edu.au/global/ | title=Swinburne Global  | access-date=26 October 2018 | archive-date=3 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803051804/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/global/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> It also has international academic partnerships/affiliations with US institutions, [[Stanford University]]'s [[Hasso Plattner Institute of Design]]<ref>{{cite web | title=EXPE : Stanford Design Experience : SUGAR | website=EXPE | date=1 June 2016 | url=http://expe.stanford.edu/index.php/Main/SUGAR | access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=SUGAR Network | website=SUGAR Network | date=5 October 2020 | url=https://sugar-network.org/network/ | access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref> as well as [[Purdue University]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Explore interdisciplinary engineering | website=School of Engineering Education - Purdue University | date=11 November 2018 | url=https://engineering.purdue.edu/ENE/Academics/Undergrad/IDE/explore-interdisciplinary-engineering | access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref>

=== {{anchor|ri}}Research divisions ===<!---Redirects target this anchor.--->
{{as of|September 2021}}, Swinburne has six [[research institute]]s:<ref name=ri>{{cite web | title=Research institutes | website=Swinburne | url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/institutes/ | access-date=5 September 2021 | archive-date=19 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119145922/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/institutes/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
*Data Science Research Institute (launched 2017<ref>{{youTube|T4MoFWubywY|Swinburne launches Data Science Research Institute}} (Swinburne, 15 March 2017)</ref>)
*Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute (launched 2017<ref>{{youTube|jzQWb_Y_who| Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute launch}} (Swinburne, 5 July 2017)</ref>)
*Manufacturing Futures Research Institute (launched 2016<ref>{{youTube|wZAFW28Dm0E|Launching Swinburne's Manufacturing Futures Research Institute }} (Swinburne, 22 November 2016)</ref>)
*Smart Cities Research Institute (launched 2017<ref>{{youTube|EV0wwtHqO5c|Smart Cities Research Institute launch}} (Swinburne, 1 August 2017)</ref>)
*Social Innovation Research Institute (launched 2017<ref>{{youTube|Dbpw4ZqrNcc|Swinburne launches Social Innovation Research Institute}} (Swinburne, 11 April 2017)</ref>)
*Space Technology and Industry Institute (2021<ref>{{cite web | title=Space Technology and Industry Institute | website=Swinburne  | url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/institutes/space-technology-industry/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426054141/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/institutes/space-technology-industry/ | archive-date=26 April 2021 | url-status=live | access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/institutes/|title=Research Institutes &#124; Swinburne|date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119145922/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/institutes/|archive-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>)

The Swinburne Institute for Social Research formerly (until 2017)<ref>{{cite web | title=Swinburne Institute for Social Research | website=[[Analysis and Policy Observatory]] | date=18 December 2017 | url=https://apo.org.au/organisation/57370 | access-date=6 September 2021 | archive-date=6 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906021521/https://apo.org.au/organisation/57370 | url-status=live }}</ref> existed within the Faculty of Health, Arts and Design,<ref name=taferesearch/> It included the Public Interest Journalism Foundation (PIJ Foundation), which produced [[YouComm News]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/australian-answer-to-spot-us-039--039-community-powered-039-journalism-gathers-momentum/s2/a538876/|title=Australian answer to Spot.Us' 'community-powered' journalism gathers momentum; Media news|date=27 May 2010|access-date=6 September 2021|archive-date=6 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906024157/https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/australian-answer-to-spot-us-039--039-community-powered-039-journalism-gathers-momentum/s2/a538876/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Foundation for Public Interest Journalism | website=Pro Bono Australia | date=29 January 2016 | url=https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2009/06/foundation-for-public-interest-journalism/ | access-date=6 September 2021 | archive-date=5 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905085906/https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2009/06/foundation-for-public-interest-journalism/ | url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2020, PIJF has evolved into an independent organisation, now named [[Public Interest Journalistic Freedom]],<ref>{{cite web | title=July 2020 | website=Public Interest Journalistic Freedom | date=18 August 2020 | url=https://www.pijf.com.au/2020/07/ | access-date=6 September 2021 | archive-date=13 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613181319/https://www.pijf.com.au/2020/07/ | url-status=live }}</ref> which is partially [[crowd-funded]].<ref>{{cite web | title=August 2020 | website=Public Interest Journalistic Freedom | date=10 August 2020 | url=https://www.pijf.com.au/2020/08/ | access-date=6 September 2021 | archive-date=13 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613182503/https://www.pijf.com.au/2020/08/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Centre for Social Impact]] Swinburne (CSI Swin),<ref name=taferesearch/> established in 2014,<ref name=csi/> is (was?) in the  Faculty of Business and Law.<ref name=taferesearch>{{cite web | title=Swinburne Institute for Social Research and Centre for Social Impact Swinburne | website=Victorian TAFE Association | url=https://www.vta.vic.edu.au/107-research-directory/state-victoria/287-csi-swin-and-sisr | access-date=6 September 2021 | archive-date=6 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906021758/https://www.vta.vic.edu.au/107-research-directory/state-victoria/287-csi-swin-and-sisr | url-status=dead }}</ref> It is part of the national network that also includes the [[University of New South Wales]], the [[University of Western Australia]] and [[Flinders University]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Centre for Social Impact arrives at Flinders | website=Flinders University | date=20 February 2022 | url=https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2022/02/21/centre-for-social-impact-arrives-at-flinders/ | access-date=26 March 2022 | archive-date=24 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324215912/https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2022/02/21/centre-for-social-impact-arrives-at-flinders/ | url-status=live }}</ref> There are many other research centres, including the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, the Centre for Mental Health, and the Centre for Human Psychopharmacology.<ref name=csi>{{cite web | title=Centre for Social Impact Swinburne | website=Swinburne | url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/centres-groups-clinics/centre-for-social-impact-swinburne/ | access-date=6 September 2021 | archive-date=12 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012051140/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/centres-groups-clinics/centre-for-social-impact-swinburne/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Academic reputation ===
{{Infobox Australian university ranking|QS_W==291|USNWR_W=142|ARWU_W=201–300|type=University|ARWU_W_year=2024|CWTS_W=426{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_W_year=2024|QS_W_year=2025|THE_W=251–300|THE_W_year=2025|USNWR_W_year=24/25|ARWU_N=14|ARWU_N_year=2024|CWTS_N=18{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_N_year=2024|ERA_N=23|ERA_N_year=2018|QS_N=19|QS_N_year=2025|THE_N=14–19|THE_N_year=2025|USNWR_N=10|USNWR_N_year=24/25|AFR_N=15|AFR_N_year=2024}}
In the 2024 ''Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities'', which measures aggregate performance across the QS, THE and ARWU rankings, the university attained a position of #238 (18th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Results |url=https://research.unsw.edu.au/artu/artu-results |website=Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities |publisher=[[University of New South Wales]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]}}</ref>
; National publications
In the [[Australian Financial Review|''Australian Financial Review'' Best Universities Ranking]] 2024, the university was ranked #15 amongst Australian universities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Universities Ranking |url=https://www.afr.com/lists-and-awards/best-universities-ranking |website=[[Australian Financial Review]] |publisher=[[Nine Entertainment]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]}}</ref>

; Global publications

In the 2025 ''[[QS World University Rankings|Quacquarelli Symonds]]'' [[QS World University Rankings|World University Rankings]] (published 2024), the university attained a tied position of #291 (19th nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings 2025: Top Global Universities |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |website=[[QS World University Rankings]] |publisher=[[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|''Times Higher Education'' World University Rankings]] 2025 (published 2024), the university attained a position of #251–300 (tied 14–19th nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings |work=[[Times Higher Education]] |publisher=Inflexion |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the 2024 ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'', the university attained a position of #201–300 (14th nationally).<ref name="ARWU Rankings">{{cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings |website=[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] |publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy |language=en |publication-place=[[Shanghai]], [[China]]}}</ref>

In the 2024–2025 [[U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking|''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Global Universities]], the university attained a position of #142 (10th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Global Universities Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |language=en-US |publication-place=[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]}}</ref>

In the ''[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]]'' 2024,{{efn|The [[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] is based on P (top 10%).|name=a}} the university attained a position of #426 (18th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2024/list |website=[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] (Centre for Science and Technology Studies) |publisher=[[Leiden University]] |language=en |publication-place=[[Leiden]], [[Netherlands]]}}</ref>

=== Student outcomes ===
The Australian Government's QILT{{Efn|Abbreviation for Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching.<ref name="About QILT" />}} conducts national surveys documenting the student life cycle from enrolment through to employment.<ref name="About QILT" /> These surveys place more emphasis on criteria such as student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction<ref name="About QILT">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224528/https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> than perceived reputation, research output and citation counts.<ref name="Bridgestock 2024">{{Cite web |last=Bridgestock |first=Laura |date=19 April 2021 |title=World University Ranking Methodologies Compared |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224525/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |archive-date=2 January 2025 |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=[[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the 2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey, graduates of the university had an overall employer satisfaction rate of 84.2%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224527/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref>

In the 2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey, graduates of the university had a full-time employment rate of 75.6% for undergraduates and 87.2% for postgraduates.<ref name="GOS Survey 2023">{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey: National Report |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220062418/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> The initial full-time salary was {{AUD|72,000}} for undergraduates and {{AUD|90,000}} for postgraduates.<ref name="GOS Survey 2023" />

In the 2023 Student Experience Survey, undergraduates at the university rated the quality of their entire educational experience at 78.1% meanwhile postgraduates rated their overall education experience at 78.1%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Student Experience Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224530/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref>

==Campuses and buildings==
[[File:Swinburne University of Technology Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship AGSE Building, Hawthorn Campus, 2013.png|[[Daryl Jackson]]'s Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (2001), Hawthorn|thumb]]
[[File:Swinburne University, The George Building, Hawthorn campus, 2013.jpg|The George Swinburne Building, also known as "The George" (2011), Hawthorn|thumb]]

===Greater Melbourne===
*The [[Hawthorn, Victoria|Hawthorn]] campus is Swinburne's main campus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hawthorn, Melbourne|url=https://maps.google.com.au/maps?ie=UTF-8&gl=au&daddr=Melbourne+VIC&saddr=Hawthorn+VIC&panel=1&f=d&fb=1&dirflg=d&geocode=KcGlcAU5QtZqMfDYjCF1VgQF%3BKfdNutK1RtZqMZDNjCF1VgQE&ei=H8t0UrS2KMeckQXRvoAw&ved=0CC4Q-A8wAA|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=2 November 2013|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616003453/https://www.google.com.au/maps?ie=UTF-8&gl=au&daddr=Melbourne+VIC&saddr=Hawthorn+VIC&panel=1&f=d&fb=1&dirflg=d&geocode=KcGlcAU5QtZqMfDYjCF1VgQF;KfdNutK1RtZqMZDNjCF1VgQE&ei=H8t0UrS2KMeckQXRvoAw&ved=0CC4Q-A8wAA|url-status=live}}</ref> It hosts a range of vocational, undergraduate, and postgraduate programs.
*[[Wantirna, Victoria|Wantirna]] is a [[TAFE]]-specific campus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swinburne opens new training centre|url=http://www.educationcareer.net.au/archived-news/swinburne-opens-new-training-centre|publisher=CareerSpot|date=26 April 2013|access-date=2 November 2013|archive-date=9 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409174545/http://www.educationcareer.net.au/archived-news/swinburne-opens-new-training-centre|url-status=live}}</ref> The campus also offers courses in areas including health and community services, visual arts, business and accounting.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wantirna campus|url=http://www.swinburne.edu.au/campuses/wantirna/|publisher=Swinburne University of Technology|access-date=2 November 2013|archive-date=16 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716014805/http://www.swinburne.edu.au/campuses/wantirna/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The university's [[Croydon, Victoria|Croydon]] campus is a [[TAFE]]-specific campus, with a focus on training in trades such as building, carpentry, electrical and plumbing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Croydon campus|url=http://www.swinburne.edu.au/campuses/croydon/|publisher=Swinburne University of Technology|access-date=2 November 2013|archive-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715184014/http://www.swinburne.edu.au/campuses/croydon/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Malaysia===
The [[Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus]] is located in [[Kuching]], [[Sarawak]], Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swinburne.edu.my/about_swinburne.php|title=About Swinburne - Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia|access-date=17 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721095413/http://www.swinburne.edu.my/about_swinburne.php|archive-date=21 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Education Malaysia website|url=http://www.educationmalaysia.gov.my/courses-education-institutes/institutes/swinburne-university-of-technology-sarawak-campus.html|publisher=Government of Malaysia|access-date=2 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127024816/http://www.educationmalaysia.gov.my/courses-education-institutes/institutes/swinburne-university-of-technology-sarawak-campus.html|archive-date=27 January 2014}}</ref>

===Others===
The [[Parramatta]] campus, west of [[Sydney]] in [[New South Wales]], is located in a public library building as a tenant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swinburne.edu.au/sydney/|title=Swinburne University; Sydney, Australia|website=Swinburne University of Technology|access-date=23 November 2020|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011225934/https://www.swinburne.edu.au/sydney/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Swinburne offers study programs in [[business administration]], [[computer science]], [[Communication studies|communication]] and [[media studies]] in [[Hanoi]], [[Da Nang]], and [[Ho Chi Minh City]] through its partnership with [[FPT University]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2020-12-03 |title=Swinburne Vietnam Alliance Program |url=https://swinburne-vn.edu.vn/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=swinburne-vn.edu.vn |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Online education ==
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 | administrative_staff   = >200<ref name="LinkedIn">{{cite web|title=Swinburne Online|publisher=[[LinkedIn]]|url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/swinburne-online|accessdate=2016-07-22|archive-date=29 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529030637/http://www.linkedin.com/company/swinburne-online|url-status=live}}</ref>
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}}
The university's online arm, Swinburne Online, was founded in 2011 after a 50-50 joint venture with [[SEEK]] Learning seeking to capitalise on increasing demand for off-campus education.<ref name="Swinburne and Seek to offer online degrees" /><ref name="Swinburne Online website">{{cite web|title=Swinburne Online|url=http://www.swinburneonline.edu.au/about-swinburne-online|work=Swinburne Online About Us|access-date=12 January 2015|archive-date=11 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611083951/http://www.swinburneonline.edu.au/about-swinburne-online|url-status=live}}</ref>

Swinburne Online was originally created under the name Swinburne Direct, with an initial $10 million investment.<ref name="Swinburne University of Technology to go it alone with its online courses">{{cite news| last = Lane| first = Bernard| date = 2011-01-19| title = Swinburne University of Technology to go it alone with its online courses| url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/swinburne-university-of-technology-to-go-it-alone-with-its-online-courses/story-e6frgcjx-1225990538799| newspaper = [[The Australian]]| location = [[Surry Hills]]| access-date = 2015-09-24| archive-date = 17 March 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140317210200/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/swinburne-university-of-technology-to-go-it-alone-with-its-online-courses/story-e6frgcjx-1225990538799| url-status = live}}</ref> It was formed to maximise the [[Government of Australia|Federal Government's]] decision to lift caps on Commonwealth-supported university places from 2012, a policy which intended to increase the number of 25- to 34-year-olds with bachelor's degrees to 40 per cent by 2025.<ref name="Swinburne and Seek to offer online degrees">{{cite news| last = Harrison| first = Dan| date = 2011-01-14| title         = Swinburne and Seek to offer online degrees| url = http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/swinburne-and-seek-to-offer-online-degrees-20110113-19pui.html| newspaper = [[The Age]]| location = [[Melbourne]]| access-date         = 2011-01-14| archive-date = 20 March 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110320122753/http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/swinburne-and-seek-to-offer-online-degrees-20110113-19pui.html| url-status = live}}</ref>

Swinburne Online originally provided higher education degrees at both bachelor and masters level. As of April 2015, it offered over twenty courses in business, communication, design, education, and social science.<ref name="Seek-Swinburne education joint venture looks offshore" /> However, as of September 2015, Swinburne Online has begun offering vocational education.<ref name="SEEK hits the jackpot in Swinburne University venture" />

In April 2015, CEO Denice Pitt expressed a public desire to expand internationally to offer degrees to international students.<ref name="Seek-Swinburne education joint venture looks offshore">{{cite news| last = Kitney| first = Damon| date = 2015-04-13| title = Seek-Swinburne education joint venture looks offshore| url  = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/seek-swinburne-education-joint-venture-looks-offshore/story-fn91v9q3-1227300730002| newspaper    = [[The Australian]]| location     = [[Surry Hills]]| access-date  = 2015-09-24}}</ref>

In 2014 Swinburne Online was ranked fourth in Australia's 100 fastest growing companies.<ref name="BRW14">{{cite news| last = Uther| first = Beverley| date = 2014-10-23| title = How we did it: Fast 100 and Fast Starters lists for 2014| url = http://www.brw.com.au/p/entrepreneurs/how_we_did_it_fast_and_fast_starters_yFUkrlm3FKIdQ8bYOAv9aI| newspaper = [[BRW (magazine)|BRW]]| location = [[Sydney]]| access-date         = 2015-09-24| archive-date = 25 September 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150925115830/http://www.brw.com.au/p/entrepreneurs/how_we_did_it_fast_and_fast_starters_yFUkrlm3FKIdQ8bYOAv9aI| url-status = dead}}</ref> Its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation grew by 48% to $29.8 million in 2014–15.<ref name="SEEK hits the jackpot in Swinburne University venture">{{cite news| last         = Dodd| first = Tim| date = 2015-08-23| title  = SEEK hits the jackpot in Swinburne University venture| url = http://www.afr.com/news/policy/education/seek-hits-the-jackpot-in-swinburne-university-venture-20150818-gj2arw| newspaper = [[Australian Financial Review]]| location         = [[Melbourne]]| access-date = 2015-09-24| archive-date = 20 February 2018| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20180220174321/http://www.afr.com/news/policy/education/seek-hits-the-jackpot-in-swinburne-university-venture-20150818-gj2arw| url-status = live}}</ref>

==Student life==
[[File:Swinburne hawthorn campus3.jpg|thumb|Students on campus]]

=== Student union ===
[[Swinburne Student Union]] (SSU) is the independent student representative body of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Membership is opt-in for all students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssu.org.au/services/|title=Services|work=Swinburne Student Union|access-date=17 July 2015|archive-date=25 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125203228/http://www.ssu.org.au/services/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notable people==
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=== Academics and staff ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Member !! Executive team !! Period
|-
| Pascale Quester || Vice-Chancellor || 2020–present
|-
| Chris Pilgrim || Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) ||
|-
| Tara Magdalinski || Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Quality) ||
|-
| [[Sarah Maddison]] || Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Innovation and Change) ||
|-
| [[Bronwyn Fox]]|| Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) ||
|-
| Beth Webster || Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Policy and Impact) ||
|-
| Qing-Lon Han || Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Quality) ||
|-
| [[Alan Kin-Tak Lau]] || Pro Vice-Chancellor (International Research Development) ||
|-
| Blair Kuys || Dean of the School of Design and Architecture [SoDA]||
|-
| [[Matthew Bailes]] || Director of the Data Science Research Institute and ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery || 
|-
| [[Karl Glazebrook]] || Laureate Fellow of the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing || 
|-
| [[Alan Duffy (astronomer)|Alan Duffy]] || Director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute ||
|}
* [[Nigel Buesst]], filmmaker<ref name=marchant2009>{{cite web |title=Go-Go Gorilla: Another Time, Another Place: Making My Film at Swinburne |website=Senses of Cinema  |date=July 2009  |url=https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2009/miff-premiere-fund-post-punk-dossier/hugh-marchant-swinburne/ |access-date=8 December 2024| quote=[[Melbourne International Film Festival|MIFF]] Premiere Fund/Post-Punk Dossier, Special Dossiers, Issue 51}}</ref>
* [[Monte Punshon]] taught here from 1956 until her retirement in 1959<ref>{{Citation |last=Furphy |first=Samuel |title=Ethel May (Monte) Punshon (1882–1989) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/punshon-ethel-may-monte-15788 |access-date=2024-02-21 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref>
* [[L. Scott Pendlebury]] (1914–1986): landscape and portrait artist; instructor (1946–1963), head of art school (1963–1974) at Swinburne Technical College<ref name="Laurence">{{cite web | url = http://www.kewgallery.com.au/index.htm?http://www.kewgallery.com.au/Artists/LaurencePendleburyCV.htm | title = Laurence Scott Pendlebury (1914–1986) | publisher = Kew Gallery | access-date = 16 November 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121231014346/http://www.kewgallery.com.au/index.htm?http://www.kewgallery.com.au/Artists/LaurencePendleburyCV.htm | archive-date = 31 December 2012}}</ref>
*[[Peter Tammer]], filmmaker and lecturer<ref name=marchant2009/>
*[[David Williamson]]: Australian dramatist and playwright (lectured in engineering and psychology)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Papers of David Williamson |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-337956683/findingaid |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref>

=== Notable alumni ===
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====Swinburne Film and Television School alumni====
{{further|Swinburne Film and Television School#Alumni}}
*[[Gillian Armstrong]]: director<ref>{{cite web |title=Gillian Armstrong AM, b. 1950 |website=National Portrait Gallery people |date=9 October 2024 |url=https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/gillian-armstrong-1950 |access-date=6 December 2024| quote=Gillian Armstrong (b. 1950) studied theatre and film-making at Swinburne Technical College and was a star student at the newly-established Australian Film and Television School in the early 70s.}}</ref><ref name=vcaarchive>{{cite web |title=VCA Film and Television Archive |website=Museums and Collections |date=11 September 2024 |url=https://museumsandcollections.unimelb.edu.au/collections/visual_arts/vca-film-and-television-archive |access-date=7 December 2024}}</ref>
*[[Garth Davis]]: director<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/film/2018/04/07/director-garth-davis-finds-religion/15230232006055 | title = Director Garth Davis finds religion | last = Dow | first = Steve | date = 7 April 2018 | work = [[The Saturday Paper]] | access-date = 21 August 2024 | url-access = subscription}}</ref>
* [[Andrew Dominik]]: director<ref>{{cite news | url = https://variety.com/2001/film/news/andrew-dominik-2-1117792063/ | title = Andrew Dominik | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = 15 January 2001 | last = Grove | first = Don | access-date = 21 August 2024}}</ref>
* [[Paul Goldman (director)|Paul Goldman]]: director<ref name=marchant2009/>
* [[Geoffrey Hall (cinematographer)|Geoffrey Hall]]: [[cinematographer]]<ref name=acs>{{cite web |title=Geoffrey Hall ACS |website=[[Australian Cinematographers Society]] (ACS) |date=13 March 2024 |url=https://cinematographer.org.au/hall-of-fame/geoffrey-hall-acs/ |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>
* [[Mark Hartley]]: director<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swinburne.edu.au/alumni/alumni_profile/alumni_profile/mark_hartley.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413200957/http://www.swinburne.edu.au/alumni/alumni_profile/alumni_profile/mark_hartley.htm|archive-date=13 April 2012|title=Student Achievements - Persuading, changing and influencing: Mark Hartley|access-date=20 April 2010|publisher=Swinburne}}</ref>
* [[John Hillcoat]]<ref name=marchant2009/>
*[[Clayton Jacobson (director)|Clayton Jacobson]]: director<ref>{{cite web | title=Clayton Jacobson | website=Bison Films | url=https://www.claytonjacobson.com/clayton-jacobson | access-date=25 March 2023}}</ref>
* [[Chris Kennedy (filmmaker)|Chris Kennedy]]<ref name=marchant2009/>
* [[Michael Leunig]], cartoonist<ref name=leunigposter>{{cite web |title= Swinburne School and Television 21 years old, 1986| quote= Poster to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Swinburne School of Film and Television, 1986. Poster includes cartoon by Swinburne alumnus Michael Leunig. |website=Swinburne Commons |url=https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/items/d42f717b-ebdc-4e33-b764-c2a5f1b912b6/1/ |access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref>
* [[Richard Lowenstein]]: director<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/five-faves-richard-lowenstein-picks-what-to-watch-in-isolation/p0bqptroo | title = Five faves: Richard Lowenstein picks what to watch in isolation | website = SBS | access-date = 21 August 2024 | date = 19 June 2020}}</ref>
* [[Nique Needles]]:  artist, musician, and actor<ref name=marchant2009/>
*  [[John Ruane (director)|John Ruane]]: director<ref name=oa2/>
* [[Sarah Watt]]: director<ref name=senses>{{cite web |title=A Tribute to Sarah Watt |website=Senses of Cinema|date=19 March 2014 |url=http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2011/feature-articles/a-tribute-to-sarah-watt/ |access-date=6 December 2024|quote= Sarah Watt completed a Graduate Diploma of Film and Television (Animation) at the Swinburne (now VCA) School of Film and Television, Melbourne in 1990}}</ref><ref name=vcaarchive/>
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<ref>{{cite web |title=Swinburne Film and TV School |website=Screen Australia |url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/c/swinburne-film-and-tv-school/9410/#ccR234 |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nicola Woolmington |website=Innersense Productions |url=https://www.innersense.com.au/mif/woolmington.html |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=From Killer Whales to underworld killers, the evolution of a documentary filmmaker |website=Pursuit |date=20 October 2015 |url=https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/from-killer-whales-to-underworld-killers-the-evolution-of-a-documentary-filmmaker |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Roger and Katherine Scholes |website=University of Tasmania |date=5 April 2003 |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/Scholes.htm |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref>--->

====Others====
*[[David Baden-Powell]] hereditary peer and scout leader
*[[Steph Catley]]: Australian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-06-13 |title=Athlete spotlight: Matildas star Steph Catley |url=https://www.swinburneonline.edu.au/athlete-spotlight-matildas-star-stephanie-catley/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Swinburne Online |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* [[Margaret Gurney (artist)|Margaret Gurney]]: Australian artist (Swinburne Technical College)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://vasgallery.org.au/Margaret-Gurney-Dip-Art-postgrad-community-education-development-FVAS~86925 | website = The Victorian Artists Society | title = Margaret Gurney Dip.Art; postgrad, community, education, development, FVAS | access-date = 21 August 2024}}</ref>
* [[Sam Hammington]]: comedian<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-22/australian-becomes-reality-tv-star-in-south-korea/5758640 | title = Australian Sam Hammington 'kicking goals' as unlikely reality TV star in South Korea | date = 22 September 2014 | last = Page | first = Wendy | work = [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] | access-date = 21 August 2024}}</ref>
*[[Amanda Howard]]: true crime writer and serial killer specialist{{citation needed|date= March 2023}}
* [[Bridget Hustwaite]], [[Triple J]] radio presenter, television presenter, journalist and author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theswinstandard.net/2017/10/04/bridget-hustwaite-presenter-triple-j/ |title=Bridget Hustwaite, presenter at Triple J |work=The Standard |date=4 October 2017 |access-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526185818/http://www.theswinstandard.net/2017/10/04/bridget-hustwaite-presenter-triple-j/ |archive-date=26 May 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Wahid Supriyadi]]: Indonesian diplomat<ref>{{cite web |title=GERILYA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE DIPLOMACY |url=https://www.tabloiddiplomasi.org/gerilya-people-to-people-diplomacy/ |website=Tabloid Diplomasi |access-date=21 August 2024 | language=Indonesian | date = 15 May 2013}}</ref>
*[[Houman Younessi]]: International authority and expert on [[information technology]] and [[biotechnology]]{{citation needed|date= March 2023}}

==See also==
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*[[Education in Australia]]
*[[List of universities in Australia]]
*[[National Institute of Circus Arts]]
*[[PMI Victorian History Library Inc.|PMI Victorian History Library]]

==Footnotes==
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==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://swinburne.edu.au University website]
*[https://www.teqsa.gov.au/provider/swinburne-university-technology Accredition information] at [[Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency]]

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