Murdoch University

Murdoch University is a public university based in Perth, Western Australia. It began operations as the state's second university in 1973, and accepted its first students in 1975. Its name is taken from Sir Walter Murdoch (1874–1970), the Founding Professor of English and former Chancellor of the University of Western Australia.RankingsAccording to the Times Higher Education Supplement 2013, Murdoch University was ranked within the top 301–350 universities worldwide. However since 2003, Academic Ranking of World Universities has not listed Murdoch University within the top 500 universities. The QS World University rankings placed Murdoch University in the top 551–600 universities in 2013. Webometrics ranked Murdoch University at #753 worldwide.Strengths and affiliationsMurdoch University is a research intensive institution and a member of Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU Australia).According to The Australian newspaper ("What makes a good school of journalism"), The Graduate Careers Council of Australia found that Murdoch journalism graduates rated satisfaction with their course at a level within the top five nationally.Murdoch University is the founder of the ACICIS (Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies) Study Indonesia program, a non-profit consortium of Australian universities that was established in 1994 to coordinate semester-long study programs at partner universities in Yogyakarta and Malang in Indonesia, for Australian university students.