The Perfect Base for Your Research Visit to Melbourne

Fully furnished serviced apartments in North Melbourne — steps from the University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus, with everything you need to focus on your work.

Whether you’re visiting for a two-week research exchange, a semester-long sabbatical, or a conference at one of Australia’s leading universities, finding the right accommodation makes all the difference. Hotel rooms feel cramped after a few days. Share houses mean navigating leases, furniture, and strangers. What visiting academics and researchers really need is a home — one that’s ready from the moment you arrive.

Q Squared Serviced Apartments in North Melbourne offers exactly that — fully furnished, self-contained apartments just minutes from the University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus, at rates that make sense for extended stays.

Location: Right Where You Need to Be
The University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus is one of the great research precincts in the southern hemisphere — home to world-class faculties in medicine, science, engineering, arts, and law. Q Squared is ideally positioned in nearby North Melbourne, giving you easy access to campus without the noise and expense of the CBD.

From our front door, you can reach:
• University of Melbourne Parkville campus — a short tram or bicycle ride
• Melbourne Connect innovation precinct — home to research institutes and industry partners
• Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Parkville medical precinct — within walking distance
• Carlton and Lygon Street — Melbourne’s famous cafe and restaurant strip, minutes away
• Melbourne CBD — tram connections throughout the day

A Home, Not Just a Room
Visiting researchers and academics have different needs from holiday travellers. You need space to think, a proper desk to work at, a kitchen to cook real meals, and somewhere genuinely comfortable to decompress after long days in the lab or library. Our apartments are designed with exactly that in mind.

Each apartment includes:
• A fully equipped kitchen — cook your own meals, host a colleague for dinner
• Fast, reliable Wi-Fi — essential for video calls, data access, and late-night literature reviews
• Separate living and sleeping areas — so you can keep work and rest genuinely separate
• In-apartment laundry — no hunting for a laundromat during a six-week stay
• All linen, towels, and essentials provided — arrive with just your luggage

Flexible Stays That Match Your Research Schedule
Academic visits don’t fit neatly into hotel booking windows. A visiting fellowship might run for three months. A collaborative project could bring you to Melbourne for two or three separate trips across a year. Q Squared offers flexible short and medium-term stays — from a couple of weeks through to several months — with rates that reflect the length of your commitment.

We’re happy to work with university HR departments, research institutes, and grant-funded projects to arrange invoicing and accommodation agreements that suit your institution’s requirements.
The Parkville Precinct: More Than a Campus

One of the best things about basing yourself in North Melbourne is the neighbourhood itself. Parkville and the surrounding inner suburbs offer a genuine urban village feel — cafes where academics gather, bookshops, parks for walking, and easy access to everything Melbourne has to offer.

Lygon Street in nearby Carlton is Melbourne’s iconic Italian precinct — perfect for long lunches with collaborators or winding down after a conference day. The Royal Exhibition Building and Melbourne Museum are just around the corner. And the CBD’s cultural institutions, galleries, and restaurants are easily reached by tram.
Ready to Book Your Research Stay?

We understand that visiting academics often have specific needs — and that accommodation arrangements are sometimes made at short notice when a grant or fellowship comes through. We’re here to make the process as easy as possible.
Contact Q Squared directly to discuss your dates, your budget, and what you need from your stay. Whether you’re visiting from interstate or arriving from overseas, we’ll have everything ready for you before you walk through the door.

Visit us at qsquaredservicedapartments.com or get in touch to arrange your stay.