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Research and Innovation Precinct

Co-locating industry on campus to accelerate growth

A precinct for our partners to co-locate, build your own world and connect with our leading researchers, capabilities, expertise and ecosystem.

About the Precinct

The innovation ecosystem

Our precinct partners have unique access to our people and places, world-class facilities, knowledge and extensive networks and students who are hungry to break new ground. We support industries of the future and offer the flexibility to use our labs and offices or build your own space. Become part of Melbourne’s University City of the Future and let us help you develop and scale ideas from concept through to market.

Partner with the Precinct

Co-locate with us

Co-locate with us

Our Research and Innovation Precinct spans 40 hectare in the heart of the Bundoora campus. Co-located partners have the opportunity to move into ready-to-go offices or you can build your own space tailored to your exact needs.

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Benefit from the ecosystem

Benefit from the ecosystem

We are all about helping our co-located businesses thrive. Being a part of La Trobe and the University City of the Future will give you access to specialist expertise, world-class facilities and infrastructure, diverse networks and partnership opportunities and a robust talent pipeline.

What are we about

Explore our Innovation Hubs

Digital Innovation Hub 

Digital Innovation Hub 

Helping businesses transform through digital skills and technologies.

Transform your business with digital technology

Bio Innovation Hub 

Bio Innovation Hub 

Providing lab space and equipment for industry to commercialise and develop new products.

Accelerate your research and development

Precinct domain areas

Health and wellbeing

Health and wellbeing

Leading healthcare innovation in biotech, biomedical and allied health.

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Agriculture, food and environment 

Agriculture, food and environment 

Developing solutions to support local and national agrifood production in a resource-limited world.

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Digital transformation 

Digital transformation 

Answering the biggest digital transformation questions of our time in the areas of cyber security, Internet of Things (IoT), intelligence and big data.

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Let’s work together

Case studies

Don’t just take our word for it, read stories from our partners about how they leveraged co-locating opportunities to stay ahead of their competition.

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