Ahmad Abdullah Belhoul

Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne is a public-spirited institution that makes distinctive contributions to society in research, learning and teaching and engagement. It’s consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with international rankings of world universities placing it as number 1 in Australia and number 34 in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013-2014).

Monash University (or simply Monash) is a public university based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the State of Victoria. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL, and is the only Australian member of the influential M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities and National Academies. Monash enrolls approximately 45,000 undergraduate and 17,000 graduate students,[2] making it the university with the largest student body in Australia. It also has more applicants than any university in the state of Victoria.[3] Monash is home to major research facilities, including the Australian Synchrotron, the Monash Science Technology Research and Innovation Precinct (STRIP), the Australian Stem Cell Centre, 100 research centres[4] and 17 co-operative research centres. In 2011, its total revenue was over $1.5 billion, with external research income around $282 million.[5] The university has eight campuses, six of which are in Victoria (Clayton, Caulfield, Berwick, Peninsula, Parkville, and Gippsland), one in Malaysia, and one in South Africa.[6] Monash also has a research and teaching centre in Prato, Italy,[7] a graduate research school in Mumbai, India[8] and a graduate school in Jiangsu Province, China.[9] Since December 2011, Monash has also had a global alliance with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.[10] The Clayton campus contains the Robert Blackwood Hall, named after the university's founding Chancellor Sir Robert Blackwood and designed by Sir Roy Grounds, which boasts superb acoustics and is considered Melbourne's best music venue outside the CBD