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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

RMIT-Nexsen partnership celebrated with national award for advancing diagnostic innovation

25 May 2026

RMIT Distinguished Professor Vipul Bansal has been recognised with a national award for leading a long‑term partnership that is transforming how infections are diagnosed around the world.

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Fast-food waste driven by wrong orders: study

20 May 2026

A review into food waste in Australia’s quick service restaurants has found order mistakes are the biggest driver of food waste, with better staff training a key part of the solution.

Australia-Spain research community gathers for the launch of the AuSpire postdoctoral network

19 May 2026

The Australia-Spain Network for Innovation and Research Excellence (AuSpire) unites international researchers conducting projects grounded in the concept of planetary wellbeing.

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Immune system overreaction linked to deadly flu in pregnancy

15 May 2026

Researchers have discovered why influenza can lead to life-threatening complications during pregnancy, as Australia prepares for the flu season.

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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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