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About Research at RMIT

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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 Impact Platforms

Unlike conventional discipline-based research structures, the Enabling Impact 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

Tree bark could help clean water and air

05 May 2026

Eucalyptus bark, usually stripped from logs and treated as waste, could be repurposed to help clean polluted water, filter dirty air and capture carbon dioxide, according to new research from RMIT University.

Tertiary sector must rethink its purpose and embrace 'Living Universities' to catalyse regeneration, new paper argues

01 May 2026

RMIT joins the call for universities globally to adopt a regenerative approach and play a key role in addressing the polycrisis

New technology helps flat-faced dogs breathe easy 

23 Apr 2026

Scientists have developed an injectable therapy that helps clear blocked airways in flat-faced dogs.

RMIT University launches Cloud Innovation Lab, powered by Amazon Web Services

22 Apr 2026

RMIT University has launched the RMIT AWS Innovation Lab (RAIL), powered by Amazon Web Services, in a landmark strategic collaboration designed to accelerate clinical research and public health, drive digital innovation and strengthen industry partnerships across Australia.

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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. The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R) supports research institutions and funding organisations in the implementation of the Charter and Code in their policies and practices.

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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

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.

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Multi-partner collaborations

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

Explore career opportunities in research at RMIT.

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Research Events

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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 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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