Partner with RMIT

Partner with RMIT

At RMIT’s College of Design and Social Context we’re passionate about working in partnership with business, industry, the cultural sector, policymakers and communities, to create new knowledge and advance innovative solutions to sector and societal challenges, on a local and global scale.

Urgent challenges face us, from finding new ways to manage resources sustainably, to better design that inclusively supports living. From greening our urban environments and accelerating digital literacy, to policies that better shape our future.

By partnering with us across a range of areas including research, commercialisation and developing your future workforce, we accelerate your capability and capacity to solve.

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Ways to engage

Partnering with the College of Design & Social Context offers you and your organisation access to exceptional talent and fresh perspectives, world-class facilities, and ground-breaking research. 

Below are some of the ways you can collaborate with us

PhD, Student Placements and Work Integrated Learning Experiences 

Provide industry-relevant education and training to support a strong and vibrant talent pipeline.

Access to Talent 

Showcasing outstanding student outcomes at bi-annual exhibitions. Connecting you with work-ready graduates, career fairs and upskilling bootcamps. A place to advertise jobs.

Mentoring through Learning and Teaching Programs 

Mentoring, advice, industry teaching, prizes and scholarships, to ensure curriculum and graduate readiness that aligns with industry needs.

Workforce Training 

Upskilling employees with accredited education or non-accredited training.

Industry Advisory Groups 

Influencing the future of education and your industry.

Research and Innovation with Impact 

World-leading research that translates into growing your business and sustaining your future. DSC Research Domains.

State-of-the-Art Facilities 

Cutting edge facilities in which to explore innovation – world-leading media studios and edit suites; games and AV labs; robotics workshops; exhibition galleries; and The Capitol Theatre.

DSC partnerships focus on three key multidisciplinary domains:

Design and Creative Industries

Social Change, Care and Justice

Urban and Built Environment

Across each domain we lead new partnerships and collaborations that respond to real-world problems, to expand current knowledge, through a flexible and interdisciplinary approach.

Our partner network includes:

  • Urban Design and Construction Partners
  • Social Policy, Innovation and Enterprise Partners
  • Government/Policymaking Partners 
  • Arts and Culture Partners
  • Placemaking Partners
  • Practice Research Symposium Global Partners

Major partners

The College of Design and Social Context is renowned for its breadth and depth of partnerships across every sector. Underpinning our approach to partnering is a philosophy that, our knowledge is for sharing and our research is for improving life.

National Gallery of Victoria

RMIT has been the NGV Design Partner since 2016 with the partnership central to RMIT’s dedication to excellence in design and architecture, along with design teaching, learning and practice-based research.

ACMI

RMIT has partnered with ACMI since 2016 and has been the ACMI Major Research Partner since 2019. The partnership aims to provide rich and diverse opportunities for collaborative public programming, research and thought leadership.

ADOBE

RMIT has partnered with Adobe for digital learning and teaching for over twenty years and been an Adobe Creative Campus since 2022.

Adobe Creative Campus

Explore our partnership outcomes

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RMIT wins workplace culture award for inclusion and accessibility innovation
Society and Environment
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RMIT University’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) team has been awarded the 2025 AHEIA Award for Workplace Culture Excellence, recognising their leadership in fostering a more inclusive and accessible workplace culture across the university. 

Michele Lee performing 'These Other Things' at The Capitol

These Other Things explores grief through levity
Art, Design and Culture
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Hmong-Australian playwright, screenwriter, RMIT alumni and current PhD candidate Michele Lee’s latest piece These Other Things recently showed at The Capitol, as RMIT Culture’s annual Capitol Commission performance.

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RMIT experts are available for comment on the Victorian state budget 2025-26
Society and Environment
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As Treasurer Jaclyn Symes prepares to deliver her first state budget, RMIT experts are available for comment on a variety of issues, including the cost of living, housing planning, transport infrastructure, health and creative industries.

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WFH while you’re unwell? You’re better off taking a sick day
Society and Environment
Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 16 May 2025

As we approach cold and flu season, workers who feel unwell may find themselves torn between taking a sick day or choosing to push through while working from home. An RMIT expert explains the potential negative impacts for those who choose not to rest and recuperate.

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We welcome new partnerships that align with our mission to bring creativity, technology, and enterprise together. 

Partnering with DSC is a straightforward process. Here's how you can get involved:

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Step 1

Express Interest: reach out to our Partnership Team to express your interest in collaborating.

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Collaborative Planning: work with our team to develop a partnership plan that aligns with your objectives and student learning outcomes.

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Engage and Collaborate: develop knowledge and understanding of each other through engagement with our students, researchers or learning and teaching and over time build strength, capability and transformative impact, together.

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Celebrate Success: showcase the outcomes and celebrate the impact of our collaborations.

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Contact our team

General Enquiries for Partnered Projects can be directed to: dsc.industryengage@rmit.edu.au 

Otherwise, please contact the team:

Belinda Anson, Director of Strategic Partnerships – belinda.anson@rmit.edu.au

Chelsea Denny, Partnerships and Engagement Officer – chelsea.denny@rmit.edu.au

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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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