The Melbourne Burwood campus is a large campus with cutting-edge digital facilities. It's just a 30-minute drive from Melbourne's frantic CBD. It is one of Deakin University's busiest campuses, with roughly 32,000 students. This site has aesthetically significant structures as well as a variety of open areas and parks. In comparison, the Geelong Waurn Ponds has almost 8,000 pupils. Students may take use of world-class programmes and facilities here. The Geelong campus is located on a bay among some of Australia's best surf beaches.

Engineering laboratories, libraries, a newspaper, and a creative lab are some of the amenities available to students at Deakin University. The libraries on Deakin University's campus are also open beyond normal hours. Each of theDeakin University's  four campuses features athletic, intellectual, cultural, religious, and social clubs and organisations. Sports and exercise facilities are also offered on all Deakin University campuses. International students may also apply for a variety of scholarships at the Deakin University. Scholarships at Deakin University for Indian students include the Deakin Scholarship for Excellence, the Vice-Academic Chancellor's Excellence Scholarship, the Deakin Student Support Scholarship, the Deakin Achieving Potential Scholarship, and others.

You may become involved in over 120 clubs and organisations distributed throughout the campuses. Deakin Burwood Basketball Association, Deakin University Football and Netball Club (Sharks) & Sharks Players United, and Deakin Snow Riders are among the university's sporting clubs (DSR). The Top Regional Sports Precinct at the University of Melbourne is a collection of facilities that support the activities of a diverse variety of users, from elite athletes like the Geelong Cats AFL team to student-run groups like the Deakin Ducks Soccer Club. There's an AFL oval the size of the MCG, a 50-meter long-jump track with sandpits, as well as basketball and netball facilities.

According to the Australian Graduate Survey 2010-2015, Graduate Outcomes Survey 2016-2019 (GOS), and Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching, Deakin University’s  undergraduate students have been the most happy of any Victorian university for the last ten years (QILT). Emma Alberici (ABC Journalist/Presenter), Julie Attwood (Member of Queensland Legislative Assembly), Tim Callan (AFL player with the Western Bulldogs), and many more have graduated from Deakin University, contributing to its name and renown.