[10] Under Hoadley's leadership, the school expanded and began offering trade certificate courses, diplomas in architecture, building, and contracting, as well as evening classes.

Women first enrolled in day diploma courses in 1960, and changes to the federal government's immigration policy resulted in many more European and Asian students entering the school.

The secondary school component, now known as Footscray City College, was separated from the rest of the institute in 1972.

Further changes occurred in the 1980s, with the technical and trade education section separating from FIT to form the Footscray and Newport Colleges of TAFE.

[13][14] The institutions that combined to form VU include: Victoria University has campuses located throughout Melbourne's western region and the city centre.

The new VU City Tower will be Melbourne's tallest vertical campus, and is due for completion in 2021.

VU courses are also delivered by partner institutes throughout Asia, including in China, India, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka.

Victoria University delivers a number of business courses for international students at its campus in central Sydney,[23] which operates in partnership with the Education Centre of Australia (ECA).

[24] In late 2010, VU opened an A$8 million Sport and Recreation Learning Centre in partnership with the Western Bulldogs at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray.

[25] The Centre contains massage therapy clinics open to the public, as well as a 140-seat lecture theatre, a library, classrooms and offices.

[40] The Australian Government's QILT[b] conducts national surveys documenting the student life cycle from enrolment through to employment.

[41] These surveys place more emphasis on criteria such as student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction[41] than perceived reputation, research output and citation counts.

[47] Approximately 65% student in higher education degree programs, and 35% enrolled in TAFE training courses.