Our partners are integral to the education we provide. Potential partners will benefit from our commitment to advancing health outcomes, our extensive network of professionals and academics, and our proven track record of successful collaborations. Join us in making a meaningful difference in health and well-being, both locally and globally.
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Our partners push our research in innovative directions. As well as helping us launch research centres, partners often engage with us on high-profile projects or consultancy work. For a commercial fee, businesses can use our expertise for training, developing new materials and data analysis.
Many of our partners offer internship and work-integrated learning programs. Students can apply their theoretical knowledge and practise problem-solving, teamwork and communication skills in a real workplace.
We partner with healthcare organisations in metropolitan, regional, rural and international settings. Every one of our partnerships is built on a shared commitment to improve health and wellbeing, both locally and further afield.
By collaborating with a diverse range of partners, we bring together global insights and local expertise to address pressing health challenges, drive impactful research, and enhance learning opportunities for our students.
We partner with several major healthcare organisations in metropolitan, regional and rural settings.
We have global collaborations in health systems research, eHealth, exercise and sport science, mental health, public health and health innovation.
One of our top priorities is closing the gap in life expectancy and disadvantage between Aboriginal and Torres Strait populations and the rest of Australia. Through an internal partnership with Deakin's NIKERI Institute, our Indigenous Entry Stream provides a specialised pathway for Indigenous students to become healthcare practitioners.
Our school has strong partnerships with leading organisations in sport and nutrition sciences. Our partnerships ensure our teaching is relevant to industry trends, provide students access to work-integrated learning, and benefit our research through collaborative projects.
We work with many partners, providing research evidence to inform their policies and programs, as well as providing expert advice and guidance. Our major partners include the Melbourne Boomers, Geelong Cats, Melbourne Vixens and the Cancer Council.
Deakin is the official education partner of the Geelong Cats. We're also the proud naming rights sponsor of one of the Women’s National Basketball League's most powerful clubs, the Melbourne Boomers.
The School of Health and Social Development has links with universities around the world for academic collaborations and student exchange. We also have a wide range of industry partners who offer students applied research opportunities and work placements. Dynamic dialogues between teaching and research, and strong engagement between the school, industry and local communities are critical to improving population health and social wellbeing.
Diabetes Australia – Victoria highly values its collaboration with Deakin University in support of the Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes (ACBRD).
Craig Bennett
Former CEO, Diabetes Australia – Victoria
Our strong network of partners gives students access to a wide variety of clinical learning experiences, contributes to our courses and helps facilitate world-class research.
We partner with healthcare organisations in metropolitan, regional and rural settings, so students can nominate their preferred placement or complete all placements within one health service as part of our Fellowship program.
Our Clinical Partnership Network is the first fully coordinated partnership collaboration of its kind in Australia. Through this network, we conduct multidisciplinary, multi-site research, which feeds directly into our course content, education for the health services and clinical practice.
Director of Nursing and Midwifery Education Strategy at Monash Health, Katrina Nankervis, talks about the relationship between Monash Health and Deakin University.
We collaborate with health services, general practitioners, hospitals, training providers, councils and businesses to provide clinical placements and research opportunities for our students. Our partners help keep our courses relevant and responsive, provide invaluable work placements for our students and give us the opportunity to turn research into real-world treatments and methods.
The School of Psychology has links with universities around the world for academic collaborations and student exchange. We also have many industry partners who offer our students applied research opportunities and work placements. Our partners also have input into course development via our advisory boards.
We’re consistently delivering transformational solutions to local and global challenges.
Deakin's Applied AI Institute worked with med-tech pioneers Control Bionics to develop the world’s first autonomous driving wheelchair module.
Deakin joined forces with national accounting and finance bodies to offer Counting on U, a world-first mental health first-aid relationship program designed to support the mental health needs of small-to-medium (SME) business owners.
Deakin’s academic/health services partnership network has both significantly improved Victorian nursing and midwifery care and become an international showcase for translating research to make a real difference in the quality of health care.
Deakin has more than 500 partnerships in 65 countries. Working with us means you gain access to world-class facilities and a global network of experts and collaborators.
Get in touch with our Health Partnerships team to find out more.
