La Trobe University

La Trobe University is an Australian public university established in 1964 and named for Charles La Trobe, the first lieutenant-governor of Victoria. Its principal campus is at Bundoora in Melbourne's northern suburbs, with additional campuses in Bendigo, Albury-Wodonga, Mildura, and Shepparton. It was founded as one of Victoria's new research universities during the 1960s expansion of higher education.

Academic organization includes schools of humanities and social sciences, education, business, law, science, psychology and public health, and allied health. Research nodes that matter for graduate students include the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science and the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, plus clinical partnerships in Melbourne hospitals. Archaeology, molecular science, nursing, and health sciences have long graduate track records.

Enrollment is about 36,000 students, including a substantial international cohort, often more than a quarter of the student body, much of it from Asia. Graduate students are a minority of the total. Faculty number in the low thousands. Alumni work in Victorian public services, health, and education.

Research degrees follow the Australian PhD model of supervised thesis work with limited coursework; professional master's degrees are taught. The academic year uses two main semesters. Research Training Program stipends support many doctoral candidates. Bundoora is a suburban campus with student housing; inner Melbourne is a tram and bus ride south.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, La Trobe University lists 1 doctoral program, in education. La Trobe University holds rank 269 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.