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In Victoria, Australia, there is a public institution called Deakin University. The institution was established in 1974 and is named after Alfred Deakin, Australia's second prime minister.

Along with the online Cloud Campus, its primary campuses are located in Warrnambool, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Melbourne's Burwood neighbourhood, Geelong Waterfront, and Melbourne.

Additionally, Deakin offers learning facilities in the Victorian cities of Werribee and Dandenong.

As of 2021, Deakin University is among the top 1% of universities in the world, one of the top 26 young universities in the world, the third-highest ranked university in the world for sport science, one of the top 29 universities in the world for nursing, one of the top 32 universities in the world for education, and among less than 5% of business schools worldwide with Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business accreditation.

The research being done at Deakin is expanding. According to the 2018 Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) ratings, all Deakin research was deemed to be of world-class quality or higher. Its total research funding climbed from 4.5 million Australian dollars in 1997 to 47.2 million dollars in 2015. With 247 Higher degree by Research completions in 2020, the university's research income was $87.6 million.

Deakin University routinely achieves high rankings for undergraduate student satisfaction; in the 2019 Student Experience Survey, Deakin achieved the fourth highest rating nationally, the highest rating among all Australian public institutions, and the highest rating among all Victorian universities.

Since 2010, Deakin has continuously ranked in the top two among all Victorian universities for postgraduate student satisfaction, with the highest undergraduate student satisfaction ratings among all Victorian institutions.