Psychology written in February 1888 and the Department of Psychology being founded in 1946 In 2011 the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences introduced the Doctor of Physiotherapy as Australia’s first three-year entry to practice graduate level program The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences is the University of Melbourne’s largest faculty Faculty structure The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences encompasses several Schools directly beneath it. Within each School, there are also several Departments, Research Centres, and Institutes that are contained. Each Department, Research Centre, and Institute can also contain several Research Unit sub-organisations which focus on specific research areas. An overview of the Faculty Schools and structure are as follows: Melbourne Medical School Department of Clinical Pathology Department of Critical Care Department of Medicine and Radiology Department of Surgery Department of Psychiatry Department of Paediatrics Department of General Practice Department of Rural Health Department of Medical Education Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Mobile Learning Unit Melbourne Dental School Melbourne School of Health Sciences Department of Audiology & Speech Pathology Department of Nursing Centre for Psychiatric Nursing Department of Social Work Department of Physiotherapy Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences Melbourne School of Population and Global Health Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Centre for Health Equity Centre for Health Policy Centre for Mental Health Nossal Institute for Global Health Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences University Psychology Clinic School of Biomedical Sciences Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department of Microbiology & Immunology Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics Department of Physiology Faculty Institutes, Centres and Departments Health & Biomedical Informatics Centre Melbourne Poche Centre for Indigenous Health Melbourne Neuroscience Institute Doherty Institute Centre for Youth Mental Health Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Medical Bionics Department The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Burnet Institute Murdoch Childrens Research Institute St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research Research The University of Melbourne was ranked ninth in the world in clinical, pre-clinical and health subjects by the 2018 QS World University Rankings. The Faculty is highly active with over 1400 researchers in eight broad research domains encompassing the breadth of medicine, dentistry and the health sciences. As of 2016, some examples of research outcomes from the University of Melbourne School of