Corporate Body
Faculty of Engineering (1860 - )
The University of Melbourne
- From
- November 1860
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Functions
- Education and Engineering Industry
- Website
- http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria
Summary
In November 1860, the School of Engineering was created and engineering has been offered at the University of Melbourne ever since. Beginning with one lecturer and fifteen students, the Faculty of Engineering has grown over the years to include six departments.
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Published resources
Books
- Hohne, H., Success and failure in scientific faculties of the University of Melbourne: an extended follow-up of 901 students who had entered the Faculties of Science, Engineering, Medicine, Dentistry and Agriculture in 1943 and 1944 (Melbourne: Australian Council for Educational Rsearch, 1955), 129 pp. Details
- Rasmussen, Carolyn, Increasing Momentum: Engineering at the University of Melbourne, 1861-2004 (Carlton: University of Melbourne, 2004), 244 pp. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Rasmussen, Carolyn, 'Increasing momentum: the origins of engineering at the University of Melbourne', UniNews (2004), 4-5, http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/view.php?articleID=1810. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-620278. Details
Reviews
- Rasmussen, Carolyn, Increasing Momentum: Engineering at the University of Melbourne, 1861-2004 (2004)
Lloyd, Brian E., Historical Records of Australian Science, 16 (1), (2005), 113-115. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR05006. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 15 December 1999, Last modified: 13 March 2006
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