La Trobe University - Clinical Teaching
Mechanical Services Value: ~$4mil
Principal: Plenary
Construction Managers: Kane Constructions
Mechanical Consultant: AECOM
Architect: Woods Bagot
The La Trobe University Health Clinic, currently being built at La Trobe’s Melbourne campus in Bundoora, will be the largest interdisciplinary university clinic in Victoria, helping train an additional 400 allied health professionals each year from 2026. Operating as a state-of-the-art healthcare facility serving the public, the centre will provide students with clinical placements and valuable hands-on experience, ensuring they are confident and skilled to enter the workforce. It will offer a broad range of allied health services to the public, including orthoptics, speech pathology, podiatry, psychology, dietetics and nutrition, physiotherapy, audiology and occupational therapy. La Trobe’s orthoptics students are already having an impact for public patients, partnering with the Royal Children’s Hospital to help reduce wait times. One of only two Australian universities offering orthoptist training, the clinic will expand its services when the new building opens. The clinical teaching building, due to be completed in July 2026, is part of La Trobe's $170 million investment in health innovation, which will deliver teaching, research and infrastructure to boost Australia’s healthcare workforce by an extra 4000 professionals by 2030 in areas of need.