History
VU was launched in 1916 as Footscray Technical School. Since then, it has undergone several name changes through a series of amalgamations with institutions across the west of Melbourne.
The institutions that were combined to form VU, include:
- Footscray Technical School, renamed Footscray Technical College
- Footscray Technical College, renamed Footscray Institute of Technology
- Footscray College of TAFE
- Newport Technical School, renamed Newport College of TAFE
- Gellibrand College of TAFE, renamed Western Metropolitan College of TAFE.
- Western Melbourne Institute of TAFE
- Melbourne College of Decoration (Painting, Decorating and Signwriting Programs only)
- Flagstaff College of TAFE
- Western Melbourne Institute of TAFE
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