International partnerships

>5400 VU partner students

7 partner universities

Global research collaborations

We have strong partnerships with international universities, research institutes and community organisations.

These partnerships are nurtured through specialised services, creating extensive networks for our students and researchers in Australia and overseas.

Explore our international partnerships

Victoria University (VU) is one of the largest providers of Australian qualifications outside of Australia.

We pioneered transnational education partnerships in Asia, first delivering VU qualifications in Asia more than 20 years ago. Students at our international partner institutions become familiar with the Australian education system and gain the confidence to successfully complete a qualification in Australia.

We collaborate on research with international universities, businesses and communities.

A crowd of hundreds pose in graduation uniforms at VU's Malaysian graduation 2017

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International delivery partners

We deliver English-language courses, and a range of diplomas, bachelor and masters courses – both online and in-person – in partnerships with highly regarded international education organisations.

International research

We work with universities, governments, industry and other organisations around the world to facilitate researcher and student exchange programs, and foster international research collaborations.

International research & community engagement

Victoria University strives for internationally-recognised research success, especially in quality research outcomes aligned with our key research themes.

We partner and collaborate with institutions, industry groups, and organisations across the globe, including the World Health Organization and our long-standing alliance with Timor-Leste.

Our collaborative and commercial research activities have real-world applications and aim to find evidence-based solutions to important contemporary challenges in Australia, Asia and globally.

: Victoria University has provisioned education assistance to Timor-Leste through education and scholarship opportunities, a specialised training course delivered in-country, and joint conferences focussing on the development of the independent nation.

Many of these activities are the result of our association with institutions such as the Dili Institute of Technology and the Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e.

In 2009, Victoria University admitted the degree of Doctor of the University honoris causa to His Excellency Dr José Ramos-Horta, President of The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. The award recognised his contribution to the establish the independence of Timor-Leste.
: We are a leader in sport education and research. Our Institute for Health & Sport (IHES) undertakes research activities in collaboration with Australian sporting bodies including the Australian Sports Commission and the Australian Institute of Sport.

In April 2017, we became a signatory to the India-Australia Sport Partnership. We're sharing our sport expertise, research and experience with India as it establishes its first national sport university.

Our global approach to sports research (with IHES research programs) focuses on:

international sport policy and success

sporting excellence in India working with the Australia-India Council

Sports Tech Incubator (Start Up Village) India

socio-cultural and tourism dimensions of the Olympic Games.

Read about VU's Institute for Health & Sport (IHES)
: In partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), researchers from our Program of Applied Informatics developed the eSTEPS 2.0 software, a handheld computer-based data collection system.

The system transformed the paper-based STEPS questionnaire into an electronic form. eSTEPS can run from a PDA, incorporating automatic skips, valid range checks and automatic assigning of ID numbers, and other functions for data collections.

Read about the Program of Applied Informatics