Murdoch History
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Murdoch University is one of five universities in Western Australia. Planning for Murdoch began in 1970. The second university to be established in Western Australia and the seventeenth in Australia, it was formally constituted on 25 July 1973, the date on which the Governor appointed the first members of the University Senate under section 12(1)(9) of the Murdoch University Act.
Murdoch had ten Foundation Professors. The foundation Vice Chancellor was Professor Stephen Griew.
In 1975, its inaugural year, Murdoch University enrolled 672 undergraduate students.
In 2006, Murdoch University had 13,217 enrolled students. This included 11,111 Australian students and 2,106 international students. There were 752 students enrolled in postgraduate research degrees.
For more recent
Student Enrolment Statistics
, refer to the
Statistics Centre
.
The staffing level in 2006 was 1,437, including 496 academic staff. For more detail on staffing by level, function and gender, refer to the
Statistics Centre
.
For additional historical information, including the names of the Chancellors, Foundation Professors, Honorary Degree recipients, Rhodes Scholars, Senate Medalists, Senate Members, University Medallists and Vice Chancellors, refer to the
University Archives
.
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Sir Walter Murdoch
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Campuses
Murdoch University has three campuses, Murdoch, Rockingham and Peel. The main campus is located at South Street, Murdoch, 15 kilometres south of Perth and 8 kilometres from the port of Fremantle. The University's first regional campus was established at Rockingham in 1996 and had its first intake of students in July 1997. It was officially opened in 1998. In 2003, Murdoch University was awarded funding for a University Learning Centre in the Peel region. The new Centre, completed in early 2005, is co-located with Mandurah Senior College and Challenger TAFE at the Peel Education and TAFE Campus in Mandurah. The first intake of students at the Peel Campus was in 2004.
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