About La Trobe University City
A city born from a university where people, place and culture converge, and lives are transformed.
La Trobe University has an ambitious vision to transform its Melbourne (Bundoora) campus into a dynamic and vibrant centre of innovation, knowledge and sustainability, that drives collaboration and shared social value, enriches community life, and stimulates economic prosperity through impact.
The unique green environment provides a welcoming place for people from diverse backgrounds to connect – to learn, live, work and thrive, creating a better future.
La Trobe University City will create:
- 20,000+ new jobs over ten years
- Education facilities for 40,000+ students
- Additional housing for 12,000 students, staff and private residents
- $3.5 billion in Gross Regional Product (GRP) over the next ten years.
See our progress
- La Trobe University City plan announced in 2018
2018
- La Trobe receives a six star Green Star Communities accreditation
- Health and Wellbeing Hub announced
- Sports Park AFL oval, soccer pitches, pavilion open
2019
- Nangak Tamboree officially named and works commence to enhance and protect the bio-diverse waterway
- Commitment to be Net Zero by 2029 is announced
- La Trobe-led Australian Research Council (ARC) Industry Transformation Research Hub for Medicinal Agriculture (ARC MedAg Hub) launched
2020
- Stage 2 of the Sports Park completed with the opening of the La Trobe Sports Stadium
- 624 bed student accommodation project is completed
2021
2022
- Healthscope announced to redevelop La Trobe Private Hospital
- La Trobe announces Plenary as our preferred Master Development Partner
- We heard from our local community, staff and students about what they like about our campus, the different spaces and facilities they us, and how we can improve the campus to benefit the wider community. You can read a summary of this feedback, which is helping us develop an updated master plan that will set out how the campus can grow to achieve our vision.
2023
- The Home of the Matildas officially opens
- La Trobe re-certified with 6 Star Green Star Communities rating
- Announcement of Victoria's largest urban solar farm
- Opening of the Digital Innovation Hub
- BioNTech announced to establish mRNA facility at La Trobe
- Healthscope to partner as hospital operator
- Medibank health partnership established to deliver comprehensive and coordinated physical and digital health and wellbeing services
- Northern Football Netball League (NFNL) calls La Trobe Sports Park home in a 20 year partnership
- Healthscope announced to redevelop La Trobe Private Hospital
- La Trobe announces Plenary as our preferred Master Development Partner to realise its ambitious plan to transform Melbourne’s north
- Digital Innovation Hub opens in partnership with global technology leaders Cisco and Optus
- BioNTech announced to establish mRNA facility at La Trobe