Melbourne Burwood Campus The university's largest campus is in
Burwood about 45 minutes by tram (
route 75) from the Melbourne CBD. Located alongside Gardiner's Creek parklands between Elgar Road on the north-west border and
Mount Scopus Memorial College on the east border. The campus has around 31,975 (2020) undergraduate and postgraduate on-campus students. A recent addition to the Burwood campus in 2021 was the law building, designed by Australian architecture firm
Woods Bagot. This building was awarded first place, gold at the 2022 WAN Awards.
Waurn Ponds Campus The original campus of Deakin University is located in the regional city of
Geelong in the suburb of
Waurn Ponds, 72 kilometres south west of
Melbourne. The campus, serviced by the Princes Highway and the Geelong Ring Road. It has a student population of more than 8,382 (2020). The campus is home to the Geelong Technology Precinct, which provides research and development capabilities and opportunities for university–industry partnerships and new enterprises in the region. The
Elite Sports Precinct is home to the
Deakin Ducks Football Club, and is used by the
Geelong Football Club as an alternate training facility. The Waurn Ponds Deakin Residence houses 800 students in shared dorms, shared units, town houses and studio apartments. The residence is made up of
Alfred Deakin College,
Barton College, and
Parkes College. The Deakin University School of Medicine was opened in 2008 by the then Prime Minister of Australia
Kevin Rudd. Deakin's
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) is a four-year, graduate-entry program, which requires students to complete a Bachelor’s degree (of at least three-year duration) before entry, together with
GAMSAT/
MCAT test and a medical
MMI interview. Course entry is highly competitive with more than 3600 domestic applicants indicated Deakin as a preference for 130 MD places in 2023-2024 via GEMSAS, making it one of the most applied-to medical schools in Australia. Clinical education of the MD program can be completed at one of the clinical schools in
Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Warrnambool Campus The
Warrnambool Campus was created in 1990 when the university absorbed the
Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education. It is situated on the banks of the Hopkins River in the coastal city of
Warrnambool, close to local surf beaches and popular tourist attractions in close proximity to the
Great Ocean Road and
The Twelve Apostles. The site is approximately from the Warrnambool CBD, serviced by the
Princes Highway and by its own railway station, and bus services from Melbourne and Geelong, as well as locally in Warrnambool between the campus and the city. There is an on-campus student population of more than 520 (2020) pursuing courses in arts, business, education, environment, health sciences, law, management, marine biology, nursing and psychology.
Geelong Waterfront Campus in the foreground The
Geelong Waterfront Campus is Deakin's newest campus, located on
Corio Bay, in the central business district of
Geelong. Originally built as the Dalgety's Woolstores in 1893, the buildings have been extensively renovated. More than 5,362 (2020) students are based at the Geelong Waterfront Campus, which hosts the schools of Architecture and Built Environment, Health and Social Development, Psychology, and Nursing and Midwifery, as well as the Faculty of Business and Law. A $37 million redevelopment of the Dennys Lascelles Building has increased the capacity of this campus, allowing the university to provide an expanded range of courses. The building houses the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library and the
Alfred Deakin Institute. This campus houses Costa Hall, a 1422-seat concert auditorium, which is used for the university's graduation ceremonies and is part of
Geelong Arts Centre. ==Governance and structure==