Applying for Postgraduate Residence at Trinity
Postgraduates are encouraged to apply for residential places in the College. Application can be made at any time, although it is likely that rooms will be available only from the beginning of each semester. Graduates pursuing higher degrees may wish to consider applying for a position as a resident tutor.
Applying for a residential place at Trinity College is an easy, three-stage process. Applications from postgraduates are usually finalised at the same time as undergraduate admissions (January and June) as any unfilled graduate rooms are then allocated to senior undergraduates. It is therefore unlikely that rooms will be available for mid-semester entry.
Trinity has a fine new residential facility known as the Gourlay Building, with en suite facilities, a seminar room, kitchen and visiting scholar apartments, designed with the needs of postgraduate students in mind.
All postgraduate students are eligible for membership of the Cripps Middle Common Room, a social and intellectual club that fits between the Junior (undergraduate) Common Room and the Senior (staff, including resident tutor) Common Room.
Application Form
- Complete the on-line residential colleges Postgraduate Application Form
Note
that this form is used for application to ALL colleges at the
university of Melbourne. This form can be submitted at any time, but is
usually sent to Trinity College around October.
After completing the on-line application you will be asked to print and sign a transcript of your submission. You must then post this transcript with the application fee of $35 and two passport-sized photographs of yourself to the College of your first preference.
Your application will not be complete until these have been received.
Written Statements
After your application form has been received, the College will contact you requesting:
- a hand-written statement about yourself, indicating your interests, ambitions and reasons for applying to Trinity College.
- one academic and one personal referee to complete a written reference and return this directly to the College.
Interview
- Attend a short interview with a member of the residential College staff.
The
interview can be arranged for any convenient time, but is normally
undertaken between September and December. For applicants who live
interstate or overseas and are unable to attend an interview in
Melbourne, a telephone interview can be arranged.
Trinity Contact
All enquiries concerning applications should be directed to:
Residential Admissions
Trinity College
Parkville VIC 3052
telephone: +61 3 9348 7109
facsimile: +61 3 9348 7468
email: admissions @ trinity.unimelb.edu.au