Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology – Printing

RMIT Shows Itself

RMIT Printing believes its industrial partnerships have been the key to the consideration of its enviable position, over the past six years, as the number one provider of structured training in printing in Victoria.

Apprentices from around Australia number about 650 each year. Add to that 250 full time certificate students, which includes international students from Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Mauritius, India, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong.

A growing strength is the excellent enterprise programme with training tailored for vendors and manufactures.

In 1898, printing was first offered at RMIT University’s precursor, the Working Men’s College. Since 1992, every diploma or certificate from RMIT Printing has carried the seal of RMIT University. For printing graduates, the adventure continues, because RMIT University is offering more and more pathways from Diplomas into Degrees.

RMIT Printing is based at RMIT University Brunswick campus, in two new purpose-built buildings. The way in which they dovetail is a model of maximization of today’s industry workflows. The latest building, opened in 2000, now brings RMIT’s graphic technology students under the one roof, for the first time.

This building won the Victorian Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) award for the best institutional building of 2000.

RMIT printing staff welcome tours of the campus, only 5 kilometres from the CBD. Contact enterprise training manager Robert Black on (03) 9925 9413 or email robert.black@rmit.edu

Article and photo duplicated from ProPrint May 2001 page 69.