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- 1881 - Francis Ormond announced offer for founding a working men's college in Melbourne (16 December 1881)
- 1887 - First building of the Working Men's College opened by Francis Ormond
- 1887 - The first trade class offered at the Working Men's College was in carpentry
- 1892 - Working Men's College Photographic Club Established
- 1899 - Full day courses commenced at the Working Men's College
- 1899 - Royal Commission on Technical Education (1899 - 1901)
- 1902 - Prototype for the first Junior Technical School established
- 1915 - Working Men's College Council make an offer to the Government to assist in training returned soldiers
- 1931 - Kernot School of Engineering Opened (23 July 1931)
- 1934 - Chemistry Laboratories named The David Avery Laboratories (21 March 1934)
- 1934 - Sir John and Lady Higgins Chemistry Laboratories opened (21 March 1934)
- 1935 - Zoning system proposed for Junior Technical Schools
- 1937 - Naming of R. B. McComas Wool School (14 October 1937)
- 1937 - The Education Department issued a directive that staff must retire on their 65th birthday
- 1938 - Art School Staff and Students involved in a Protest Demonstration at the College
- 1938 - Opening of Radio School
- 1939 - Francis Ormond School of Mathematics Opened (29 November 1939)
- 1945 - First Students' Representative Council (SRC) Elected
- 1950 - Bowen Street Closed
- 1964 - Graduates Association of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Established
- 1970 - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology divided into the Advanced College and the Technical College by 1970
- 1990 - RMIT officially became part of Victoria University of Technology
- 1998 - Vietnamese authorities invite RMIT to establish a fully foreign-owned university in Vietnam
- 2000 - RMIT is granted a licence for the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate education, training and research in Vietnam