Our campuses

Melbourne

Student population: 21573

Staff numbers: 2180

Established: 1964

Levels of study: undergraduate and postgraduate
Areas of Study: arts, communications, business, computing and engineering, counselling and psychotherapy, education, health science and social work, law and legal studies, outdoor and environmental education, sciences and psychology, sport, tourism and hospitality.

Distance from Melbourne CBD: approximately 14 kilometres
Getting here: car, tram (no. 86), bus, carpool, and bicycle (bicycle facilities include bike paths, lockers, secured parking, parking frames and showers). Visit La Trobe’s TravelSmart website for more information on cycling, carpooling and arriving by public transport to our Melbourne campus.

The Melbourne campus (La Trobe’s main campus) is set in 256 hectares of beautiful bushland on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri and Boonerwrung people, 14kms north-east of Melbourne’s CBD.

The campus has a genuine community feel that offers a fantastic environment for both study and socialising. There’s always plenty going on for students, with regular cultural and sporting activities, live entertainment, and a host of other activities run by student clubs and associations. In addition to its serene setting, the campus is renowned for its world-class library, Research and Development Park, and wildlife sanctuary.

Read more about La Trobe’s Melbourne campus.

Bendigo

Student population: 4155
Staff numbers: 375

Established: 1991

Levels of study: undergraduate and postgraduate

Areas of Study: arts, communications, business, computing and engineering, counselling and psychotherapy, education, health science and social work, law and legal studies, outdoor and environmental education, sciences and psychology, sport, tourism and hospitality.
Distance from Melbourne: approximately 150 kilometres

Getting here: car, bus, and bicycle (bicycle facilities include lockers and showers). Visit La Trobe’s TravelSmart website for more information on cycling and arriving by public transport to our Bendigo campus.

La Trobe University's Bendigo campus is the University's second largest campus with a student body consisting of more than 4,000 local and international students. Due to the relatively small size of the student population, the campus community is strong and close-knit. The Bendigo campus is situated in a beautiful bushland setting on the traditional land of the Dja DjaWurung and Jaara people, just three kilometres from the centre of the city.

Bendigo is a vibrant and progressive regional city that maintains strong links to its past. As one of the centres of Australia’s 1850s gold rush, Bendigo is filled with a rich sense of history and heritage. Beautifully restored buildings line its wide streets, which also feature many fantastic restaurants and cafes. As a regional centre, Bendigo is surrounded by vast amounts of agricultural land that features wineries, orchards and grazing properties. All major forms of transport – rail, road and air – link Bendigo directly to Melbourne and other major regions of Victoria.

Read more about La Trobe’s Bendigo campus.

Albury-Wodonga

Student population: 966
Staff numbers: 112
Established: 1991
Levels of study: undergraduate and postgraduate
Areas of Study: arts, business and accounting, education, nursing, psychology, social work & human services, environmental management, ecology, sciences.
Distance from Melbourne: approximately 300 kilometres (and 556 kilometres from Sydney)
Getting here: car, bus and bicycle (bicycle facilities include parking frames and showers). Visit La Trobe’s TravelSmart website for more information on how to get to our Albury-Wodonga campus.

The Albury-Wodonga campus is located on the traditional lands of the Dhudhuroa and Wiradjuri people adjacent to the Murray River. With the Riverina and the Australian Alps at its doorstep, the region offers a wide range of employment, sporting, leisure and cultural opportunities, making it a great place to live, study and find work.

As well as modern teaching facilities, including the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, the campus has a range of services and facilities to support students.

Read more about La Trobe’s Albury-Wodonga campus.

Mildura

Student population: 417
Staff numbers: 46

Established: 1996

Levels of study: undergraduate and postgraduate

Areas of Study: accounting, arts, business, education, graphic design, nursing, social work, 
visual arts

Distance from Melbourne: approximately 560 kilometres
Getting here: car, bus and bicycle (bicycle facilities include parking frames and showers. Mildura cycling map - (PDF 21.6MB)

With a relatively small campus, La Trobe’s Mildura students benefit from plenty of one-on-one contact time with staff. Courses are designed to meet industry needs at regional, national and global levels, and the campus enjoys strong relationships with local business and community.

Mildura is located is north-western Victoria on the traditional land of the Nyeri Nyeri, Latji Latji, Barkindji and Muthi Muthi people. It’s renowned for its Mediterranean-style climate, and is a major centre for the vast agricultural and horticultural region that takes in parts of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

Mildura is also home to a strong arts community, and offers a great cafe and restaurant culture.

Read more about La Trobe’s Mildura campus.

Shepparton

Student population: 375

Staff numbers: 26
Established: 1994

Levels of study: undergraduate and postgraduate

Areas of Study: arts, business, commerce, education, nursing

Distance from Melbourne: approximately 170 kilometres
Getting here: car, bus and bicycle (bicycle facilities include parking frames and showers). Visit La Trobe’s TravelSmart website for more information on how to get to our Shepparton campus.

La Trobe’s new $10-million Shepparton campus building opened in late 2010. Designed with sustainability in mind, it features a café-bookshop, open-plan study area, meeting rooms and a nursing skills laboratory.

The central Victorian town of Shepparton is located 180 kilometres north of Melbourne in the Goulburn Valley, on the traditional land of the Yorta Yorta and Bangerang people. Set in a major fruit-growing and dairy region, it’s the regional centre for an area known as the food bowl of Australia.

Read more about La Trobe’s Shepparton campus.