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About Research at RMIT

Research Centres and Groups

RMIT is making a global impact in research through collaborations with local and international partners to deliver advanced multidisciplinary solutions.

Research facilities

RMIT’s focus as a global university of technology, design and enterprise is supported by a range of research hubs such as the Advanced Manufacturing Precinct and the MicroNano Research Facility.

Enabling Capability Platforms

Unlike conventional discipline-based research structures, the Enabling Capability Platforms connect researchers from multiple disciplines and from across Colleges under a thematic umbrella.

Research fellows

Our Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellowship program is internationally acclaimed for its applied, interdisciplinary research. We are proud to influence partnerships that help to commercialise research knowledge and scale up effective innovations.

Research and Innovation

RMIT is currently making a step change with significant investment in our people, systems and processes. Our global university includes a vibrant campus with outstanding facilities in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. We have a creative environment that fosters collaboration and inspires innovative thinking that empowers our people to pursue cutting-edge research. To help shape the world, our teams enjoy support from the latest in digital tools, contemporary work spaces, industry networks and communities of practice.

Research and Innovation

RMIT is currently making a step change with significant investment in our people, systems and processes. Our global university includes a vibrant campus with outstanding facilities in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. We have a creative environment that fosters collaboration and inspires innovative thinking that empowers our people to pursue cutting-edge research. To help shape the world, our teams enjoy support from the latest in digital tools, contemporary work spaces, industry networks and communities of practice.

Research highlights and impact

New map shows Melbourne’s parks will struggle in next stage of lockdown

23 Sep 2020

Looking forward to catching up with friends in a park as lockdown eases? Unfortunately, so is everyone else – and we’re going to need more space, finds new RMIT research.

Thin and ultra-fast photodetector sees the full spectrum

23 Sep 2020

Researchers have developed the world’s first photodetector that can see all shades of light, in a prototype device that radically shrinks one of the most fundamental elements of modern technology.

Ten ways RMIT research is helping to build a more sustainable future

22 Sep 2020

From turning back the emissions clock to building more durable roads from old tyres, RMIT researchers are tackling today’s biggest challenges and developing solutions for a more sustainable world.

New study reveals why flu can be devastating for pregnant women

22 Sep 2020

New research helps explain why flu can lead to life-threatening complications during pregnancy, suggesting the virus does not stay in the lungs but spreads throughout the mother’s body.

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HR Excellence in Research

RMIT fully endorses the general rules of the European Charter for Researchers and The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers and will be proud to be recognised with the HR Excellence in Research Award as a sector leader in researcher recruitment and development in Australia.

Find out more

RMIT is working with industry and other partners to pursue exciting research and innovation initiatives that are changing lives for the better.

Research Industry Partnerships

RMIT delivers solutions for industry through applied research. RMIT’s researchers are committed to supporting our partners to create and capture value through tailored approaches for small business through to research programs in consortiums.

Multi-partner collaborations

RMIT leads and/or contributes expertise to a number of multi-partner research collaborations. These collaborations bring together researchers from universities, industry and government, both Australian and international to produce high quality research outcomes that contribute to the achievement of national objectives and solve global problems.

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Current Opportunities

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Acknowledgement of country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business. - Artwork created by Louisa Bloomer

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