Monash University Faculty of Science
The Monash University Faculty of Science is one of the largest science faculties in Australia, with about 3,500 students. It offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, from bachelor's degrees through to PhD. Originally, it was based entirely at Monash's Clayton campus, but since the 1990s it has extended to Gippsland and Malaysia.[1]
The faculty offers units of study in biological sciences, chemistry, earth, atmosphere and environment, mathematics, and physics and astronomy. The School of Chemistry within the faculty was ranked the best in Australia for both teaching and research in 2009.[2]
Associated with the faculty are a number of student societies, including the Monash Science Society, the Biological Society, the Biomedical Society, the Monash Environmental Science Students Association, Monash University Geology Students, the Society of Physics and Mathematics and the Monash Weather and Climate Society.[3]
The faculty has been strengthened by the opening of the Australian Synchrotron at the Clayton campus (open 31 July 2007), and the establishment of the Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science, with which the faculty is affiliated.
The faculty operates a number of other major research facilities such as the Monash Centre for Astrophysics, the Centre for Biodiversity and two observatories.
Schools in the Faculty of Science
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment
School of Mathematical Sciences
School of Physics and Astronomy
Monash University Malaysia, School of Science
Notable alumni
The Faculty of Science has produced a number of notable graduates who are leaders in their field, including:
- Greg Ayers - Director of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
- Peter Carey - Booker prize-winning novelist
- Damian Conway - Computer scientist
- Hugh Evans - Young Australian of the Year and founder of the Oaktree Foundation
- Tim Flannery - Writer, scientist, Australian of the Year 2007
- Peter Arthur Fox - Professor, scientist (known for: defining Informatics and Data Science in Earth Sciences; defining the Sun-Earth Connections Research Agenda and Convening the Community)
- Gail Gago - South Australian Minister for Environment, Conservation and Mental Health
- Lauren Hewitt - Australian athlete
- Geoff Hunt - World champion squash player
- Paul McNamee - Former tennis player and sports administrator
- John Thwaites - Former Deputy Premier of Victoria and Minister for Environment, Water and Climate Change
- Anna Wilson - World champion cyclist
- Greg Wilton - Politician
- Michael Wooldridge - Former Australian Minister for Health and Chairman of UNAIDS
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