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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

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Funding of $6 million to support RMIT research to measure First Nations digital inclusion

12 Dec 2024

The announcement is part of the Australian Government’s plan to invest $68 million to narrow the digital gap by supporting more First Nations communities to access the internet.

World-first green hydrogen innovation wins prestigious Climate Innovation Challenge

11 Dec 2024

South East Water and RMIT University's ground-breaking method for producing green hydrogen from solar energy and recycled water has won the 2024 Water Minister’s Climate Innovation Challenge.

Study reveals the reasons women leave cyber security: bullying, 24/7 culture, pay gap

04 Dec 2024

New research from RMIT University has investigated why women are under-represented in Australia’s cyber security workforce and why the few that do enter the sector, often end up leaving it.

Internet use grows in remote First Nations communities, but cost still a barrier

03 Dec 2024

A new report shows internet access in Australia’s remote and very remote communities improved in the past two years as 4G, Wi-Fi and satellite infrastructure is bolstered across regional 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.

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.

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.

Current Opportunities

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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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aboriginal flag

torres strait flag

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.

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