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title: "RMIT University: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology is a public research university located in the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Proposed by Francis Ormond, and established in 1887 by Ormond, the Victorian government, Trades Hall Council and others, it is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in Australia, a founding member of the Australian Technology Network (ATN), and a member of Universities Australia (UA)."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rmit-university
type: Organization
wikidata: Q1057890
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Melbourne_Institute_of_Technology
website: https://www.rmit.edu.au/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# RMIT University

> The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology is a public research university located in the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Proposed by Francis Ormond, and established in 1887 by Ormond, the Victorian government, Trades Hall Council and others, it is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in Australia, a founding member of the Australian Technology Network (ATN), and a member of Universities Australia (UA).

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: Australia
- Founded: 1887-01-01
- Headquarters: Melbourne
- Status: private
- Website: https://www.rmit.edu.au/
- Employees: 3,230
- Also known as: Melbourne Technical College, RMIT, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/RMIT
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rmituwc

## Key people

- Francis Ormond, founder (Australian politician)
- Peter Temple (Australian crime fiction writer (1946-2018))
- Philip Brophy (Australian film director)
- Jill Singer (Australian journalist)
- Margaret Gardner (Australian economist and Governer of Victoria)
- Jonathan Mills (Australian composer)
- Madhu Bhaskaran (Indian engineer)
- Tim Ferguson (Australian comedian and writer)
- Ranulph Glanville (British cyberneticist (1946-2014))
- Mark Burry (New Zealand architect)
- Betty Churcher (Australian art gallery director (1931-2015))
- Kwan Mei-Ko (Chinese mathematician)
- James F. Scott (American physicist)

## Ownership

Subsidiaries: RMIT Gallery, College of Science, Engineering and Health, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, RMIT Training, [ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-arc-centre-of-excellence-for-automated-decision-making-and-society.md)

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on RMIT University, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rmit-university#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1057890, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Melbourne_Institute_of_Technology

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