The University of Melbourne｜墨尔本大学

校 训: Postera Crescam Laude"We grow in the esteem of future generations"
建立时间: 1853
学校类型: Public
校 长: Ian Renard
教 员: 3,080人
学 生: 33,639人
所 在 地: Parkville, Victoria, Australia
校 园: Urban
学校网址: http://www.unimelb.edu.au

学校概况

墨尔本大学（The University of Melbourne，简称墨大）始建于1853年，乃澳大利亚历史第二悠久的大学，在澳大利亚被归为"砂岩学府"（Sandstone universities）之一。创校一百五十馀年以来，墨大在全球各地建立了一流的学术声誉，吸引了世界百余国的留学生前往就读。在世界大学排行榜中，排名稳居前百强，亦曾为上海交通大学评为亚太区第3名。

学校简介

墨大是澳大利亚八大名校之一，也是21世纪大学联盟的创始会员和秘书处所在地，同时还是泛太平洋大学联盟(APRU)的成员之一。

墨大主校园位于维多利亚州首府墨尔本市近郊的帕克维尔〔Parkville〕，其古老的钟楼、方场(quadrangle)与新建的多栋教学大楼交相辉映。著名的南草坪〔South Lawn〕于20世纪70年代重新修葺，是学生社交娱乐的重要场所。坪上树木植于钢管中，坪下为停车场，其建筑设计曾在澳大利亚获得殊荣。

墨尔本大学强调学生在学术造诣与为人格修养等的综合能力，戮力为学生塑造独特的“墨尔本经验”〔Melbourne experience〕。墨大校友及教授中已有Peter Doherty及Bert Sakmann〔医学奖〕等4位诺贝尔奖得主，此外还聘请诸如James Mirrlees（1996年，经济学）等外校诺奖得主来此客座教学。其他著名校友尚包括澳大利亚前总理Robert Menzies等在内的多位政治家，社会活动家、女权主义者Germaine Greer，作家Helen Garner，哲学家Peter Singer〔普林斯顿大学教授〕等等。根据The Bulletin最近专刊“最具影响力的100位澳大利亚人”，其中有13位与墨尔本大学有学术关系。

学校设施

墨尔本大学的图书馆是澳洲最古老和最大的图书馆之一，拥有藏书超过300万册，语种超过20种。囊括了图书、报纸和杂志、期刊、国会资料、声讯视觉资料、缩微印刷品、CD-ROM数据库等等。大学还建立了毕业生纪念册，目前拥有11万毕业生资料，成为世界范围的毕业生网络。职业和雇用咨询中心为学生提供各种就业服务。大学运动中心用有10个壁球场，4个举重训练馆，2个大体育馆为学生提供各种球类运动场地。室外网球场、橄榄球场、曲棍球场、赛道、板球场、篮球场应有尽有。校外还有赛艇和滑雪场地。总共有45个运动俱乐部。学生会有100多个俱乐部和社交团体，其中包括专门的中国学生社团。

英文补充

Student activities

The university has a rich student life due to the variety of clubs and services funded by the University of Melbourne Student Union. Student extracurricular activities generally come under the loose umbrella of the University of Melbourne Student Union, student sporting activities under the Sports Union and postgraduate students at University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association, a member of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations. Many student clubs are affiliated with UMSU, as well as student theatre and the official student newspaper, Farrago. A scandal engulfed the Union in 2003, eventually leading to its collapse, liquidation and subsequent rebirth as a new entity. However, given the introduction of Voluntary Student Unionism from the 1st July, 2006, it services and activities offered by this new Union have diminished. The shortfall in funding from declining membership has been offset to an extent by a recurrent grant from the University.

Prosh Week

A celebrated tradition at Melbourne, usually held in mid-August, whereby teams of students engage in various activities - the winner claiming the 'Prosh Week Trophy'.These shenanigans include giant boat races, conga lines through the Melbourne CBD, a billy kart rally, and jelly wrestling. It culminates with the infamous Scav hunt, at the conclusion of which the winning team is announced.

The term 'Prosh' is thought to have originated in one of two ways. It's chiefly considered to have evolved from an annual charity procession that once marched through the Melbourne CBD, producing the abbreviation 'prosh'. A second theory states that the term originated from when all of the faculty social balls were held in the same week. The week was nicknamed 'Posh week' due to the number of times students would have to dress up in formal attire. The effects of alcohol caused words to be slurred, and thus 'posh' became 'prosh'.

Sport

The university has participated in various sports in its history. It is was the overall champion in the Australian University Games (AUG) in 1997, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Cricket

The University of Melbourne Cricket Club, often called simply "University", plays the sport of cricket in the elite club competition of Melbourne, Australia, known as Victorian Premier Cricket. The club was founded in 1856 and played its first season of premier cricket in 1906–07. Known as the Students, the club has won 3 first XI premierships. Its home ground is on the campus of the University of Melbourne in Parkville

Australian rules football

The Melbourne University Football Club founded in 1859, was a notable Australian rules football club that played seven seasons in the Victorian Football League, and has since rejoined the ranks of amateur teams.

The University women's club, the Mugars, participates in the Victorian Women's Football League and is the most successful women's football team in the country.

Hockey

The University has hockey teams that compete in the Hockey Victoria competition. It is colloquially known as "Shop" or "Shoppers" to its members, and MUHC (pronounced "muck") to its rivals. The men's division has competed in State League One (the premier division) irregularly (most recently 2004 and 2006), often gaining promotion from State League Two only to be relegated the following year. The women's division had a State League One team in 2003-2005, and since being relegated have maintained a mid-SL2 position since.

It traditionally fields strong AUG hockey teams, winning the Syme Cup (men's division) in 1999 and 2000 and placing 2nd in 2001, 2005-07. Its best result in the women's competition is 2nd (2000, 2003).

Rugby Union

The Melbourne University Rugby Football Club, which celebrated its 100th birthday in 2008, is one of Victoria's major Rugby Union Clubs. The club has celebrated many premierships over the years, most recently the under 20's Colts team took out the premiership in 2008. It was the home club of Sir Edward Dunlop, the first Victorian to represent Australia in Rugby Union and notable survivor of the Japanese POW camps during the 2nd World War.