What La Trobe offers
An exciting, high-quality learning environment
La Trobe takes a bold approach to higher education, delivering socially responsible, inclusive, relevant and radical teaching and research. Our courses are taught by passionate, highly qualified academic staff – many of whom have extensive professional profiles and industry experience and are recognised as national and international experts in their fields.
We are also a highly engaged university. Our academics regularly post opinion pieces and podcasts on interesting issues and our Ideas and Society programme hosts some of Australia’s leading thinkers.
Read more about La Trobe’s commitment to providing a high quality learning environment.
Not just a degree, but preparation for life
We produce graduates who are not only academically proficient, but are able to make a real contribution to the workforce and society. This is illustrated by La Trobe receiving a 4-star ranking in the Good Universities Guide 2011 for the category ‘success in getting a job’. Put simply, La Trobe graduates get jobs.
La Trobe graduates can be found working in a diverse range of companies, and government and community organisations within Australia and around the world.
Read about some of La Trobe’s most successful alumni.
Fantastic industry networks and experience
La Trobe has many links with business, industry and government. You’ll be kept aware of new developments within your chosen field, and have the opportunity to gain valuable industry experience. Through taking industry placements while studying, many La Trobe students have jobs waiting for them upon graduation.
Read more about the opportunities to gain industry experience while studying at La Trobe.
A great environment for study, creativity and socialising
At La Trobe you’ll become a member of an incredibly diverse and friendly community with a strong spirit and identity. With a multitude of academic, social and recreational activities available, whatever your interests, you’ll find people on campus who share them.
You’ll also enjoy peaceful and beautiful campus environments. In fact, La Trobe was recently ranked as Victoria’s leading university for student experience (The Sweeney Research Uni Student Report, 2009).
Read more about our great campus environments.
Access to a global education network
La Trobe is strongly committed to internationalisation. Our worldwide affiliations attract both staff and students from around the world while simultaneously providing opportunities for local students and staff to travel overseas and gain international experience through a range of exchange programs. Currently La Trobe has links with over 100 institutions in 30 countries.
Read more about La Trobe’s international affiliations.
Lots of mature-age students at La Trobe
Unlike some Universities, La Trobe attracts significant numbers of mature-age students (21-years and older). Around 4 per cent of students at our Melbourne campus are mature-age, ranging to 70 per cent of students at some of our regional campuses. You will not be the only one!
Plenty of support along the way
The thought of enrolling in a university course might fill you with mixed feelings. Understandably, a determination to do well may sit alongside a few concerns about adjusting to student life. At La Trobe we have the support structures in place to help you quickly find your feet at university.
Our language and academic skills advisers can help develop your writing, reading and note-taking skills. They can also provide useful tips on performing presentations and preparing for exams.
Other free services available to La Trobe students include counselling, careers advice, legal and financial aid, disability support, indigenous support and student-run advocacy support. La Trobe also provides childcare facilities on or near-by our Melbourne, Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo and Mildura campuses.
Read more about La Trobe’s support services.
