A Study On How The University Of Melbourne Become The World-class University

World class universities are the leading force in scientific research and technological development,and the core of bringing together and cultivating top talents.It is also an important source of knowledge.In an era of cooperation and competition between countries relying on talent and science and technology.How to establish a world class local university has become an important field of higher education in the world.The University of Melbourne is one of the members of the Australian Union of eight Schools.After its entry into 21 th century,with carried out some reform practice under the guidance of the development strategy of "raising prestige" series of schools,it not only became the leading school of Australia’s eight schools union,but also the status of the international community has also been promoted by leaps and bounds.This study takes the driving force of world-class universities formed under the influence of internal and external environment of Melbourne University around the 21 st century as the starting point.Based on the objective orientation and core initiatives of the school building to understand its practical operation,and the achievements in the world-class universities construction process are followed by an analysis of their experiences,problems,and future development trends.Finally,some thoughts and suggestions are put forward for the development of the world-class universities in China.The study consists of five parts:First part: The driving force of Melbourne University in building a world-class university.This section details the external threats,opportunities and internal strengths and weaknesses of the University of Melbourne in building world-class universities,namely four dimensions: international competition,external security,school potential and internal challenges.Influenced by the reform measures of world-class universities in various countries and university rankings,the University of Melbourne wants to take a competitive advantage in the era of knowledge-based economy and enhances its core competitiveness as the only way to enhance its international prestige.The promulgation and perfection of Australia’s relevant laws,regulations,economic and educational policies have objectively contributed to the building of a world-class university at the University of Melbourne.At the same time,the University of Melbourne lays the foundation for its follow-up development through the education philosophy and the collected resources after a century-long development.However,the University of Melbourne seeking to achieve a balanced development of its core competitiveness,enhance its international status,and the urgent aspiration of being a world-class university has become the direct driver of its reform.Second part:The Practice of Melbourne University in Constructing a World-class University.This section describes the goals and core initiatives of the University of Melbourne in building a world-class university.The strategic goal of the University of Melbourne is divided into three dimensions of teaching,research and social services,to achieve the transformation of knowledge to practice,the education and teaching of internation,research-oriented trends and the country’s social services based in all Australian.Under the guidance of macroeconomic goals,the University of Melbourne started with the core competitiveness of resources,organization,culture,functions and environment,and adjusted or reformed the building of world-class university in a targeted manner.Third part : Achievements of Melbourne University in building world-class university.This section is devoted to analyzing the positive impact of building a world-class university at the University of Melbourne.A comprehensive analysis of the reform,its practice has yielded good results.The status of a scientific research town has been continuously strengthened.Its social service capability has been steadily improved.Its international influence has been increasing year by year.The promotion of sound development of schools has played a positive role in building a world-class university.Fourth part:The Evaluation of Melbourne University in Building World-Class University.This part relates to the summary of the experience during the construction of world-class university in the University of Melbourne,the discussion of the problems and the analysis of future trends.Through a series of measures to promote the development,the University of Melbourne closely focuses on the functions of teaching,research and social services,fully develops and utilizes all kinds of resources to promote the development of individual students,schools and society as a whole.However,in the process of long-term construction,the problems encountered by the development of the University of Melbourne are also constantly emerging.The pressure on education funds is huge,the development of basic disciplines lags behind and the proportion of teachers and students is gradually expanding.Based on the current accumulated experience and problems encountered,the development of the University of Melbourne in the future will further improve basic service facilities,promote career-oriented cooperation between schools and enterprises,achieve social services through teaching and research achievements,and conduct multi-layered international cooperation.Fifth part:Enlightenment from Melbourne University in Building World-Class University.Based on the development goals,core measures,implementation results and characteristic evaluations of the research,this part will put forward feasible suggestions for the construction of world-class universities in our country through such aspects as changing concepts,improving strategy and implementing evaluation.In this part,we put forward the following suggestions on the first-rate construction of colleges and universities in our country: innovating education concept,orienting towards the global development;perfecting auxiliary programs,standardizing the demands of the times of construction;attaching importance to world-class assessment,implementing the effect of the strategy;breaking the professional boundaries,achieving interdisciplinary personnel training;enhancing alumni participation;developing a positive alumni culture.