Prof David Battersby
Vice-Chancellor

University of Ballarat

Education

The University of Ballarat is the only regionally headquartered, multi-sector university in Australia. It is only one of three Australian universities which takes its name from an Indigenous word, with Ballarat meaning "resting place". The University's Act mandates that it must provide for the "educational, cultural, professional, technical and vocational services to the community and of persons living and working in Central and Western Victoria." The University has six campuses. They are located at Mt Helen, the historic SMB and Camp Street Campuses in Ballarat and at Horsham, Stawell and Ararat.

The University of Ballarat offers the best of both worlds combining a strong tradition of 137 years of tertiary education in Ballarat with the freedom and dynamism that comes with being a relatively new University with close links to local industry and technology.

The University has 25,000 students of whom 7,500 are international students and 25 per cent of its students are studying for postgraduate qualifications. It draws its 17,500 domestic students from across Australia and especially from a broad area of regional Victoria including the communities of Ballarat, Ararat, Stawell, Horsham, Nhill, Hamilton, Maryborough, Warrnambool, Portland, Bacchus Marsh, Bendigo, Mildura and Swan Hill. All of these communities have significantly lower participation rates in postsecondary education than the national average.

Prof David Battersby
Vice-Chancellor
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