La Trobe University

About La Trobe University

At La Trobe University you'll join bold and independent thinkers, challenge convention, and graduate ready to change the world.WE ADDRESS REAL WORLD ISSUESWe prepare you to have a positive impact on communities, businesses and organisations by making global citizenship, entrepreneurship and sustainability central to all our courses. Our researchers are leaders in their fields. Our five Research Focus Areas show our strengths in areas that matter to the Australian community: understanding disease; securing food, water and the environment; building healthy communities; sport, exercise and rehabilitation; and transforming human societies. WE HAVE A PROUD HISTORYWe were the third university established in Victoria, with a brief to be innovative and meet growing need for research and learning. Our name connects us to the story of Charles Joseph La Trobe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of the new colony of Victoria. He was a man driven by his need to make a difference to the communities he served, leaving a legacy that continues today at La Trobe University.CRICOS Provider 00115M (VIC) 02218K (NSW)TEQSA PRV12132 - Australian University