The Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences is one of Australia's leading medical schools, and offers the broadest range of undergraduate and postgraduate medicine-related programs of any Australian university. It is the largest health care faculty of any Australian university, and is part of the largest university in Australia.
The faculty operates from Monash University campuses in Australia, Malaysia and South Africa. The Clayton, Peninsula (Frankston) and Caulfield campuses are all based in metropolitan Melbourne, and the Gippsland campus is in rural Victoria, where it can best contribute to the faculty’s strengths in rural health research and education. The medical course at the University's Sunway campus in Malaysia is the only program outside of Australia to be accredited by the Australian Medical Council, and is also accredited by the Malaysian Medical Council. Researchers, clinicians and students are also based at major hospital sites, particularly at The Alfred, Monash Medical Centre, and Bendigo Hospital. The Faculty's commitment to rural and regional health is reflected by a presence in many such areas including a clinical school in Johore Bahru, Malaysia.
The Faculty supports over 1,500 academic and general staff (not including casual and sessional staff), along with some 1,500 honorary staff, and a total of approximately 9,500 postgraduate and undergraduate students.
The research facilities and platforms at Monash, which are based around the new complex at Clayton campus, make the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences one of Australia's premier research organisations.
Representatives from the faculty, including the Dean, Professor Steve Wesselingh,[1] are prominent in the program of the World Health Summit held annually in Berlin, where Monash participates as the only Australian member of the prestigious M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers and Medical Universities. Professor Wesselingh is the Co-President of the 2011 World Health Summit, to be held during October 2011 in Berlin under the patronage of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy. The Governor of the State of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser is closely connected with the Faculty as a former leader of the Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR), and is a member of the advisory council for the World Health Summit.
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Recognised as being in the top tier of Australian universities for health by the Australian Government’s Learning and Teaching Performance Fund, the faculty offers 23 undergraduate courses, as well as a range of postgraduate options (by both coursework and research). Up to 2010, no comparable health care faculty has received a greater cumulative amount of such funding in recognition of academic performance .
The undergraduate courses[3] include:
Postgraduate studies[4] cover those areas and additional fields including:
The Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences is administered through ten schools.[5]
The Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences incorporates three research institutes that enjoy varying degrees of autonomy, being:
Research centres within or jointly established by the Faculty include:
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