2025 Annual Report
2025 Annual Report: Highlights from the past year at Monash University
A message from the Vice-Chancellor and President
Professor Sharon Pickering, Vice-Chancellor and President
Monash University achieved an extraordinary level of excellence and impact in 2025, reflecting our growing international reach and scale, and our commitment to the communities and industries around us as a genuinely global anchor institution.
It was a year of key strategic importance as the University embarked on a series of critical initiatives including our commitment to a new state-of-the-art campus in Kuala Lumpur, and our investment in the new MAVERIC advanced AI supercomputer that will secure Australia’s sovereign capability to supercharge research.
Our performance in 2025 enables us to navigate increased external volatility with care and confidence and make direct and immediate investments in our people, our teaching and research infrastructure and replacing our legacy systems.
These long-term investments and commitments position Monash as a leader in shaping the future of both education and research across Australia and internationally as a university of the Indo-Pacific.
I extend my heartfelt appreciation for your commitment. To work among the exceptional minds at Monash is a rare privilege, and one for which I am consistently grateful.
I invite you to read the full Annual Report to learn about Monash’s progress in working with government, industry and community to deliver excellence and impact.
The numbers
Excellent (Research)
In 2025, Monash focused on initiatives to bolster our global research expertise and footprint, along with delivering life-changing research outcomes across areas such as health, climate change and technology.
MAVERIC
We announced a $60 million investment to build and operate a world-class AI supercomputer to transform local research capability.
Boston Hub to expedite drug discoveries and innovations
We launched the Monash Boston Hub in the US to fast-track drug discovery and health innovations for patients in Australia and around the world.
Next-generation talent recruitment initiative
EMERGE @ Monash was launched, an initiative to attract exceptional and diverse early and mid-career researchers from around the world.
Excellent (Education)
We solidified our role as a leader in transformative education in 2025 through technological advancements and enhancements to students’ learning journeys and experiences.
Parbinata
Parbinata transforms our Clayton campus into a hub for Indigenous knowledge sharing, embedding First Nations perspectives across education, student life and environmental stewardship.
PAAIR
We completed the first stage of our programmatic assessment approach to supporting artificial intelligence in teaching, assessment and learning.
SETU
A new evidence-based Student Evaluation of Teaching and Units instrument was built through rigorous psychometric design and intensive testing.
International
We reinforced our global influence in 2025, cementing ourselves as the university of the Indo-Pacific with our future campus in Kuala Lumpur. We continued supporting our international students with increased study offerings and awards to help students access education.
Future campus in Kuala Lumpur
We announced the future Monash University, Malaysia campus in Kuala Lumpur, expected to open in 2032.
Undergraduate programs in Indonesia
We announced the expansion of course offerings at our Indonesia campus with three bachelor programs to be introduced in 2026.
International Campus Network
We formally recognised several key Monash locations as campuses to reflect our reach and capabilities as a university of the Indo-Pacific.
Enterprising
Enterprise at Monash connects individuals and organisations with our world-class research, talent and resources. We are a leader in the commercialisation of bold ideas and impactful solutions supporting student entrepreneurs, start-ups and a portfolio of 33 spinout companies.
Monash Ventures Pre-Seed Fund
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Monash Velos Accelerator
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RAGE Biotech secures funding
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