The University of Melbourne is a public-spirited institution that makes distinctive contributions to society through research, learning and teaching, and engagement. It is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with international university rankings placing it at Number 1 in Australia and Number 32 in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2017-2018).

The university’s School of Social and Political Science has an Indonesia strategy that aims to build research and executive education collaboration with Indonesian government agencies and key civil society groups. The University of Melbourne hosts Indonesia at Melbourne, a blog that presents analysis, research and commentary on contemporary Indonesia.

The Nossal Institute for Global Health ‘at The University of Melbourne’ is part of the consortium implementing the Knowledge Sector Initiative, together with RTI International, the Overseas Development Institute and the Australian
National University.