Australian National University

Education at  The Australian National University (ANU) offers students an experience unlike that at any other Australian university.  ANU is an education-intensive research institution, where developing individual talents to the fullest extent possible through the quality of the learning experience is our highest educational priority.

Consistently ranked as Australia’s leading research university and one of the top research universities in the world, ANU offers the chance to study alongside some of the world’s greatest minds.

Rankings of A1 in the Australian Government's Learning and Teaching Performance Fund 2008 recognise the ANU focus on quality in the students' learning experience.

Through educational partnerships with some of the world’s finest universities, ANU provides its students with opportunities for international experiences and ensures that our educational standards are commensurate with the world’s best.

Australia ’s only truly national university, ANU was established by the Australian Parliament in 1946 to enhance the economic, social, cultural and intellectual development of the nation.

Located on a picturesque 145-hectare site in the heart of Canberra, the nation’s capital, ANU is a coveted destination for students, offering research-led programs, outstanding access to study resources including academic skills and learning centres, and an enviable student experience.

The University provides state-of-the-art technology, including well-equipped lecture theatres, computing and laboratory facilities, five main libraries and a wide choice of accommodation options.

Adjacent to the city centre, the campus offers easy access to a wide range of shops, restaurants, sporting and medical facilities.

ANU makes moving to Canberra easy by guaranteeing accommodation to new domestic undergraduate students who are from outside the Canberra region. For more information on how to take up this great offer, visit http://accom.anu.edu.au .  

Constantly striving to improve the quality of its research and teaching, the University conducted an extensive review of quality in 2004, involving assessments by hundreds of national and international academics.  Well over 70 per cent of international experts asked to assess ANU research in preparation for the review ranked ANU as one of the top 50 universities in their field — with 40 per cent placing ANU in the world’s top 25.

The university is focused on continuing to strive for excellence in all it does and has forged close links with government, business and research institutions in Australia and abroad. The University is involved in collaborative projects with organisations ranging from NASA to the European Union, and is a founding member of the International Alliance of Research Universities .

Number of Available Higher Education Places

In 2006, the ANU had 10,855 places (EFTSL) (13,131 students)

National Priority Places 

ANU does not currently offer any nursing or teaching.

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Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
Telephone: (02) 6125 5111
Fax: (02) 6125 0751

Campus Location

 
Australian National University Campus
East Road, Acton, ACT 2601

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Online Handbook

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ANU has seven Colleges, made up of the research and education Centres, Schools and Faculties that contribute to the various broad disciplines. The ANU Colleges link research and teaching at undergraduate, postgraduate and higher degree levels, and give the base to achieve research at the highest standards of excellence, educational programs informed by current research and active researchers that give students a memorably good experience of ANU.

ANU Colleges

ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences 

• Faculty of Arts
• Research School of Humanities
• Humanities Research Centre
• Centre for Cross Cultural Research
• Australian National Dictionary Centre
• National Europe Centre
• Research School of Social Sciences
• Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research

ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

• Faculty of Asian Studies
• Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
• Crawford School of Economics and Government
• Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy
• International Centre of Excellence in Asia-Pacific Studies

ANU College of Business and Economics

• Faculty of Economics and Commerce
• National Graduate School of Management

ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science

• Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
• Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering

ANU College of Law

ANU College of Science

• Faculty of Science
• Mathematical Sciences Institute
• Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Research School of Chemistry
• Research School of Biological Sciences
• Research School of Earth Sciences
• Fenner School of Environment and Science

ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences

         ANU Medical School

• John Curtin School of Medical Research
• National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
• Centre for Mental Health Research
• Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute
• Australian Centre for Economic Research in Health

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Open Days

Application process 

Tertiary Admission Application
Direct Applications

Important Enrolment Dates

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Fees Schedule: Tuition Fees and Student Contribution amounts 

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Minimum Entrance Requirements  

Minimum Entrance Requirements information 

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Recent quality review and audit information can be found at:

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Credit Transfer and Articulation Information

Credit Transfer and Articulation 
For Engineering 

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Learning and Teaching Information

Learning and Teaching Information