Situated at 241 Royal Parade in Parkville, it provides co-educational accommodation to 350 undergraduate and graduate students who are attending the University of Melbourne and nearby tertiary institutions.

Shortly after the end of World War II, the Australian government invited university students from countries in South and Southeast Asia to study in Australia as part of an aid program called the Colombo Plan.

[4] The college began its first intake in 1957, welcoming forty-two men from Australia and overseas as an independent, multicultural, self-supporting residential hall owned and operated by the University of Melbourne.

While the idea formed part of its original vision, the International House Council initially feared the inclusion of women might call into question the moral tone of the college.

The hall's arms are a blue and yellow shield containing three migratory birds in the lower segment, symbolizing the distance the students travel to live at International House.

The image of Greek victory goddess Nike, derived from the University of Melbourne's coat of arms, watches over these birds protectively while offering an olive branch of peace.

[7] Clunies Ross was the Chair of Rotary International's Service Committee at the time[8] and also a former Deputy Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.

[13] Originally built for the Scottish stained glass merchant James Ferguson in 1886, the building had belonged to the Victorian Children's Aid Society Home before it was acquired by International House.

[14] The building was created in the gothic revival architecture style is interlaced with stained glass windows on the north and southern ends.

The Founders Building was named in honor of the various groups and individuals who conceived the idea of establishing an International House in Melbourne and for those with a driving conviction and strong commitment that made it a reality.

Until December 2014, it was named for the wife of Theodore Alexander Scheps, who gave a sizeable donation to help secure the building for International House.

It incorporates the former Ida Scheps Wing at 197 Royal Parade and provides 57 apartments, academic facilities and a café for use by the hall community.

'Satadal' is a Sanskrit word used to suggest unity in diversity, and harmony in multiformity because it means a hundred united petals of the Lotus.

Both undergraduate and graduate students participate in the University of Melbourne's Intercollegiate Sporting Program, including cricket, softball, squash, athletics, soccer, hockey, rowing, netball, AFL, volleyball, badminton, and swimming.

Now housed in the Hilda Stevenson Building, the room also showcases Royce Abbey's collection of memorabilia from his time as President of Rotary International from 1988 to 1989.