Our discoverers are your motivators

Our Murdoch Discoverers are involved in some amazing things.

They’re saving whale sharks and helping fight the threat of terrorism. They’re unravelling Asian politics, making medical breakthroughs and writing award-winning novels.

When they’re not deep in their research, they’re an active part of Murdoch life, teaching and inspiring our undergraduate and graduate students alike.

Maybe that’s why in an independent, national survey of Australia's public universities, graduates ranked us amongst the very best.*

The exceptional work of our ‘discoverers’ makes us one of the leading research universities in the country.

Murdoch University ranks in Australia’s top eight for research intensivity* and attracts more than its fair share of Commonwealth and private sector funding, including $10.5 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Over seventy per cent of our academic staff hold higher degree qualifications. The Australian average is a mere fifty per cent.

Discover more about our discoverers by selecting from the menu on the left of this page and reading the fascinating and inspiring stories of their research endeavours and achievements.

*Source: Good Universities Guide 2007