2025–2030 Strategic Plan

La Trobe’s 2025-2030 Strategic Plan is the University’s ambitious strategy for the next five years. It is focused on fields in which the University is a recognised leader and that will deliver growth – health, science and education – underpinned by innovation and an AI-first mindset across both curriculum and research, and with an overarching skills through equity lens.

Our vision

We are a university where inclusion and innovation produce real-world impact – through world-class research, strong industry partnerships, expanding access to higher education, and relentless focus on student success and career outcomes.

Our Strategic Foundations

At La Trobe, our people, values and partners are at the heart of everything we do, laying the foundation of our success as a university.

Our people

People are the heart of our strategy. Our success is driven by the leadership, accountability, capabilities, and commitment of our people.

Our values

Our values underline everything we do. We are proud to be a university founded on and driven by social justice.

Our partners

Our partners are essential for realising our ambitions to produce research and career-ready graduates with real-world impact.

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PROFESSOR THEO FARRELL

VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PRESIDENT

La Trobe University is proud of our past and the impact we have achieved. We are invested in our staff, our partners, and most of all our students. We are determined to shape a future that is better for Australia, our region, and the world.

Our strategy in under two minutes

Strategic Plan 2025–2030

Our refreshed 2025–2030 Strategic Plan aims to build on our investments and successes so we can have even more impact for the people and communities we serve.

Download the Strategic Plan [PDF 4.7 MB] Download Plan on a page [PDF 56.8 KB]

Our plans for the future

Accelerating our growth

Growth is crucial for the success of our university. It will enable us to invest in world-class research capabilities, teaching innovations and facilities, enhanced student support, and further upgrades to infrastructure.

Maximising our impact

Impact is more than just a promise, it's our purpose. We're globally recognised for advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and we're committed to achieving even more impact through research, education, and community engagement.

Shaping our future

We're driven by purpose and a belief in a better tomorrow. Through research, education programs and engagement with our partners, we aim to shape a better future where inclusion and innovation produce real-world impact.

Accelerating our growth

Health innovation

Regional campuses

Education innovation

Online and short courses

International growth

Maximising our impact

Research excellence

Industry engagement

Student experience

Equity, inclusivity, cohesion, safety

Indigenous and community engagement

Shaping our future

La Trobe University City

Lifelong learning

AI-first

Supporting strategies and plans

The 2025–2030 Strategic Plan is underpinned by a number of other strategies that support our direction and goals. Read more about these strategies and plans.

Built together: Shaping the 2025-2030 Strategy

Thank you to the 1,000+ staff, students, partners and government stakeholders who helped shape La Trobe’s 2025-2030 Strategy. Through surveys, workshops, consultations, and deep engagement across our community, your insights, ideas and aspirations have helped guide the direction of our shared future.

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Staff, students and stakeholders engaged face-to-face

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Engagements with key partners and strategic stakeholders

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Interactions with survey

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Engagements with local, state and federal government

40+

VC meetings and engagements

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Visits to the Strategic Plan intranet page

Explore our vision

Read about the exciting initiatives that will enable us to achieve even more impact through research, education, and community engagement.

Download the Strategic Plan [PDF 4.7 MB] Download Plan on a page [PDF 56.8 KB]

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La Trobe University proudly acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands where its campuses are located in Victoria. We recognise that Indigenous Australians have an ongoing connection to the land and the University values their unique contribution to both the University and the wider Australian society.