Events

RMIT is hosting webinars, presentations and interactive events online across a range of topics and disciplines. Browse our events to find one you might be interested in. Hope to see you there!

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RMIT Study Expo

Find out firsthand what your future study will look like at the RMIT Study Expo this May. Our friendly staff will be available to answer questions, assist with applications, and offer support with scholarships and accommodation.


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PREMSTEM Conference: Research into neonatal brain repair

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 13 May 2025 - 15 May 2025
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Barcelona

Discover PREMSTEM's research into stem cells from umbilical cord tissue as a therapy for preterm brain injury and share your own research.

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Small steps, big change: designing superblocks and resilience in Barcelona and Melbourne

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 15 May 2025
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

In this special event for Melbourne Design Week, Salvador Rueda Palenzuela – international urban ecologist, placemaking expert and one of the pioneers of the Barcelona Superblocks – will join RMIT Professor Marco Amati in conversation.

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Trebor Scholz – From Vibe to Viability: A Methodology for Building Transformative Alternatives in the Digital Economy

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 16 May 2025
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

At a special event hear New York author, scholar, activist and digital economies expert Professor Trebor Scholz explain how global communities across 60 countries are building alternatives to unaccountable algorithms and covert technology.

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These Other Things

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 17 May 2025
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

Michele Lee's latest theatrical creation sees her take to the stage to perform her own work for the first time in a one-woman show that is a raw and hilariously offbeat exploration of life, loss, and everything in between.

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Colm Tóibín: From Brooklyn to Long Island

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 19 May 2025 - 21 May 2025
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. The Capitol

One of Ireland's most celebrated writers appears in Melbourne for one night only to reflect on his extraordinary career and discuss his latest novel, Long Island, presented by RMIT University in partnership with The Wheeler Centre and Melbourne Writers Festival.

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Jeanette Winterson: Forty Years of Storytelling

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 24 May 2025
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. The Capitol

RMIT University and The Wheeler Centre are proud to present one of the world's most celebrated and versatile writers for an exclusive Melbourne appearance, reflecting on her extraordinary career and its lasting impact.

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RMIT Study Expo

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 29 May 2025
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

Take the first step towards achieving your career goals by joining us at the RMIT Study Expo. Discover more than just what's on offer — get a glimpse of your future in May.

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Bridging Minds: Australia-France Research Forum

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 03 Jun 2025 - 04 Jun 2025
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

This event brings together stakeholders from various STEM disciplines and related areas to share insights and foster innovation between Australia and France.

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Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 04 Jun 2025 - 15 Jun 2025

Watch lasers bounce off The Capitol's iconic ceiling, transforming the auditorium into a kinetic sculpture of light.

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Space-Out Competition: Find your mat. Evacuate your mind. Drift to victory.

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 09 Jun 2025
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

RMIT and the RISING Festival present Space-Out, making its Naarm debut. Created by South Korean artist Woopsyang, this global competition celebrates the art of doing nothing. Participants sit still for 90 minutes—no tech, no talking, no sleeping. Judged on heart rate and crowd reaction, glory goes to those who go blank.

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Tech and Trades Experience Day 2025

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 10 Jul 2025
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

Get hands-on in RMIT's Tech and Trade facilities for free!

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RMIT Alumni UK Annual Dinner

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 09 Oct 2025

Join the RMIT Alumni UK Annual Dinner with RMIT's Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Alec Cameron and Chancellor Peggy O'Neal AO.

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ISAR Winter Research School – Epistemology, Methodology and Methods

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 17 Nov 2025 - 20 Nov 2025
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Barcelona

International Studies in Advanced Mental Health Research (ISAR)

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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