Deakin University is a large comprehensive university, especially in the fields of education, psychology, information technology, communication, architecture and so on. Deakin University's research focuses on developing links with industry and professional associations, encouraging the development of constructive partnership between faculty and students engaged in research, and incorporating students' research projects into the school's research activities. Deakin University offers a range of courses in arts, education, health and behavioral sciences, economics and law, science and technology.

Institution: Deakin University has schools of literature and education, medicine, nursing and behavioral sciences, business and law, and science and technology.

Academic research: Deakin University mainly has the following three research fields: marginal technology, health and happiness, and social prosperity in Australia.

Well-known alumni: Janine Burke: novelist, writer and literary historian; Carolyn Hardy: CEO of UNICEF Australia; Christopher Lynch: Chief Financial Officer of BHP Billiton; Michael maloof: CEO of Carlton Football Club.