External Community Engagement

External Community Engagement

At Monash, our commitment to civic purpose and an ethic of service are central to who we are – as a community and as a university.

Students relaxing in beans bags at Peninsula campus

Our commitment to community engagement

Monash has a long and proud history of engagement with communities – both in Australia and abroad. Our vision is to ensure our campuses are, and are perceived to be, open, welcoming and accessible. In doing so, we will be a transformative force leveraging our resources, expertise, and commitment to foster opportunity, inclusivity, and innovation in communities.

The External Community Engagement Framework 2025-2030 builds on the University’s rich legacy of meaningful community engagement and outlines our approach to strengthening connections and collaborations, ensuring that our efforts contribute to long-term community impact and societal transformation. Through this Framework, Monash will ensure that it welcomes and engages with communities on all of our campuses – in Australia and internationally – collaborating to amplify opportunities and create positive impacts for both the University and wider community.

Learn more about the framework

Supporting communities we live and work with

“Equip yourself for life, not solely for your own benefit but for the benefit of the whole community” - Sir John Monash

As an international university with campuses embedded in local communities, we’re committed to engaging with the diverse communities surrounding each of our campuses and facilitating positive outcomes for all.

We do this through opening our campuses to our diverse neighbourhoods so that they can access the benefits of our excellent education and research, and so that we can connect to, and learn from, one another.

First Nations

Health and wellbeing

AI and technology

Climate resilience

Access and inclusion

Community uplift

Precincts