RMIT School of Media and Communication


RMIT's School of Media and Communication is an Australian tertiary education school within the College of Design and Social Context at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, located in Melbourne, Victoria.
The school hosts the university's Advertising, Audio/Visual, Communication Design, Creative Writing, Editing and Publishing, Film and Television, Journalism, Media, Music Industry, Multimedia, Photography, Professional Communication, Public Relations and Video Games programs.
The school was formed by the merger of the RMIT School of Creative Media and RMIT School of Applied Communication on 6 July 2009.

Location

The school is headquartered in Building 9 on Bowen Street at the RMIT City campus, located in the "RMIT Quarter" at the northern end of the Melbourne CBD. It moved in 2010 from Building 6, but because of its size still has staff in other buildings in the city campus. The school is also located in Building 94 on Cardigan Street in the "Carlton Precinct" of the RMIT City campus.

Rankings

In the 2019 by Discipline, RMIT is ranked 37th in the world for Communications and Media Studies.
In the most recent Excellence in Research for Australia ranking in 2018, RMIT was judged to have achieved the highest ranking, well above world standard for the field of Communication and Media studies and above world standard for the field of Cultural Studies and Design Practice and Management, reinforcing our dedication and expertise in these areas. RMIT was also judged to be at world standard for the fields of Film, Television, and Performing Arts and Creative Writing.
In the 2019 World Times Higher Impact Rankings RMIT was ranked 10thoverall in the world and ranked 1st in the World for SDG10 Reducing inequalities.

Awards

Past Media and Communication students have won a range of awards in their fields including:
The School currently places around 600 students each year with multiple industry partners in Australia and overseas. It is also supported by Adjunct Professors who are leaders in industry and their field.

AFI Research Collection

The Australian Film Institute Research Collection is a non-lending, specialist film and television industry resource. It opened in the mid-1970s as the George Lugg Library, and was a joint venture between the AFI and the Victorian Federation of Film Societies. In 2002 it became an auspice of the RMIT School of Media and Communication, in conjunction with the AFI. In 2020 the AFI Research Collection became part of the RMIT Public Engagement Group.

ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making

In 2019, it was announced that staff from the School will form the leadership and host a  new ARC Centre. In collaboration with other universities, staff won funding for an Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. The Centre will be headed by Professor Julian Thomas. $AU 31.8 million in funding was matched by industry and the Centre will start in 2020.
https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2019/oct/automated-decision-making-research-centre

Notable alumni