Overview of Trinity College
Founded in 1872, and affiliated in 1876 as the first college ‘of and within’ the University of Melbourne, Trinity College is a unique tertiary institution that provides a diverse range of high quality academic programs for over 1500 talented students from across Australia and around the world. These programs include:
- The residential College for undergraduate and postgraduate students of the University of Melbourne, both resident and non-resident
- Trinity College Foundation Studies (TCFS), a one–year course which prepares able overseas students for undergraduate entry to the University of Melbourne and other leading Australian universities
- Trinity College Theological School (TCTS), which trains Anglican clergy and offers courses in theology for lay people, on campus, online, and in parishes
- International Summer Schools for secondary school students
- Other short courses.
Trinity College actively contributes to the life of the wider University, and its main campus is set within the University grounds.
An Anglican institution, Trinity welcomes people of all faiths and none. The College
celebrates, and is enriched by, the diversity of backgrounds of its staff and students.
Trinity student numbers in all parts of the College in 2006 were:
| Residential College |
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| Resident students | 302 | 427 |
| Non-resident students | 125 | |
| Trinity College Foundation Studies | 736 | |
| Theology | ||
| On–campus | 44 | 407 |
| Online | 83 | |
| Certificate of Theology | 280 | |
| Summer Schools | 157 | |
| ARA Workshops | 23 | |
| TOTAL STUDENTS IN 2006 | 1750 |