About University Campus

Our University Campus is a dedicated Year 9 campus providing students with a year-long hybrid secondary school-university learning experience.

An Australian-first initiative, University Campus was made possible through Ivanhoe Grammar School’s partnership with La Trobe University.

At this campus, our students are given an early taste of university learning that challenges them, inspires them and prepares them for the next stage of life.

Year 9 students from Ivanhoe and Plenty campuses are relocated each year to University Campus to take advantage of this unique experience.

University campus is located on the outskirts of La Trobe University’s Melbourne campus in Macleod in newly renovated terraces. These terraces have been transformed into modern educational spaces designed specifically to the learning needs of Year 9 students.

It includes open and flexible learning spaces which includes classrooms, an R-Lounge for reading and reflection, an innovation hub, science and music rooms –all newly constructed to take advantage of the light and beautiful surroundings of this campus. Additionally, our students have access to La Trobe University’s facilities including the media lab, radio studio, sport facilities, scientific laboratories and wildlife sanctuaries.

Through a joint educational program with La Trobe University, our students also have access to some of Australia’s most inspiring thinkers and researchers: La Trobe University Academics. The partnership between Ivanhoe Grammar School and La Trobe University is built on a successful Year 9 program that has run for the past 10 years. What began as a once a year university experience is now a dedicated campus in its own right.

Embracing The Curiosity And Independence Of Year 9 Students

Our Year 9 program at University Campus encourages students to learn by experience, become independent learners, interact with adults other than teachers, increase their cultural understanding and become contributing citizens of their community.

The program is designed to develop skills in problem solving, critical thinking, time-management, decision making and other life skills that they will carry with them into the Senior Years and beyond.

This is achieved through a mixture of core curriculum, inquiry-based units, co-curricular activities and service learning.