• VU's Professor Peter Sheehan and Professor Bruce Rasmussen have started research into modeling of the benefit cost ratios of investment in poorer countries. The combined completed investigation started by Karin Stenberg at the World Health Organization (WHO) with the Victoria Institute for Strategic Economic Studies (VISES) measured the social and economic returns from the investment in women and children’s health. The study shows how targeted investment in protective and newborn health, child health, immunization, family planning, HIV/AIDS and malaria in those countries could have huge impact.
• Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) is some main research quality assessment for Australian universities. Every three years, ERA estimates the research strengths of individual universities through expert review. Over 1,000 advance researchers from Australia and outside participate in the ERA assessment process. For Australian universities ERA (Excellence in Research for Australia) is the major research quality evaluation. In every 3 years ERA evaluates the research strength of Private universities through expert review. More than 1000 managing researchers from Australia and abroad join the ERA evaluation process.
• VU gave highly in the 2015 ERA evaluation. Many of our research centre areas gained a ranking of world-standard and above.

We received the highest rating of 5 in:

• Electrical and Electronic Engineering 
• Human Movement and Sports Science 
• Nursing

A rating of 4 in:

• Mathematical Sciences 
• Applied Mathematics 
• Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering 

A rating of 3 in:

• Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing 
• Distributed Computing
• Information Systems 
• Education 
• Specialist Studies in Education
• Tourism 
• Language Communication and Culture 
• Cultural Studies