Federation University Australia

Federation University Australia is a dual-sector university with multiple campuses in Victoria, Australia. The university is based in Ballarat, but there are also campuses in Ararat, Horsham, Stawell, Churchill and online offering technical and further education and Horsham's Higher Education Nursing program. The Ballarat and Mount Helen campuses offer traditional university programmes, a few of which are Business, Engineering, Mining, Education, Nursing, and Art.In 2013 the Federation University Australia came into being, after the University of Ballarat merged with Monash University, Gippsland campus.HistoryUniversity of BallaratTertiary education at Ballarat began in 1870, making it Australia's third oldest tertiary institution.The university merged with Monash University's Gippsland (Churchill) campus in 2013, and the merged schools are now the Federation University Australia. The name change was made as the result of the passage of the amended University of Ballarat Act 2010 bill through the state's parliament.