Corporate Body

School of Engineering (c. 1887 - 1967)

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

From
c. 1887
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To
1967
Functions
Education and Engineering Industry
Location
Melbourne, Victoria

Summary

Engineering has been taught since the opening of the Working Men's College in 1887. Surviving the institutions various name changes, it was while known as the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology that faculties were first introduced and the School of Engineering became the Faculty of Engineering.

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 c. 1887 - 1967 School of Engineering
       1967 - Faculty of Engineering

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