About us
About us
The Faculty of Science at Monash University is at the forefront of innovation and discovery in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and earth, atmospheric and environmental sciences.
Our Research Centres
- Centre for Quantitative Finance and Investment Strategies
- The ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies
- Monash Centre for Atomically Thin Materials (MCATM)
- Centre for Geometric Biology
- Monash Academy for Cross & Interdisciplinary Mathematical Applications (MAXIMA)
- The Monash Centre for Astrophysics
- Centre for Modelling of Stochastic Systems (CMSS)
Our State-of-the-Art Facilities
Watch science come alive at the Monash Science Precinct.
Key Faculty Metrics 2017
$155M
Revenue
$127M
Direct expenses
$26M
Research income
$30M
Student fees and Commercial income
6,500
Undergraduate and Postgraduate student enrolments
540
Higher degree by research
student enrolments
Our Rankings
As one of the premier Science faculties in Australia and in the world, Monash Science has an outstanding reputation for both teaching and research.
Monash Science is ranked the best university in Australia for Chemistry. *
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings has ranked our Schools of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy within the top 100.
And our academics’ high-impact research has contributed to Monash University’s Number 1 ranking in the prestigious Nature Index.
* Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2015, QS World Rankings 2017