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The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university and member of the Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and institutes.<ref name="structure">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Established in 1946, ANU is the only university to have been created by the Parliament of Australia.Template:Efn-la It traces its origins to Canberra University College, which was established in 1929 and was integrated into ANU in 1960.<ref name="timeline">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ANU enrols 13,329 undergraduate and 11,021 postgraduate students and employs 4,517 staff.<ref name="Quickstats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The university's endowment stood at A$1.8 billion as of 2018.<ref name="AnnualReport2018">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ANU counts six Nobel laureates and 49 Rhodes scholars<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> among its faculty and alumni.<ref name="nobel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The university has educated the incumbent Governor-General of Australia, two former prime ministers, and more than a dozen current heads of government departments of Australia. The latest releases of ANU's scholarly publications are held through ANU Press online.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
HistoryEdit
Template:AnchorPost-war originsEdit
Calls for the establishment of a national university in Australia began as early as 1900.<ref name="history">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After the location of the nation's capital, Canberra, was determined in 1908, land was set aside for the ANU at the foot of Black Mountain in the city designs by Walter Burley Griffin.<ref name="history"/> Establishment of the university was disrupted by World War II but resumed with the creation of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction in 1942, ultimately leading to the passage of the Australian National University Act 1946 by the Chifley government on 1 August 1946.<ref name="history"/>
A group of eminent Australian scholars returned from overseas to join the university, including Sir Howard Florey (co-developer of medicinal penicillin), Sir Mark Oliphant (a nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project), and Sir Keith Hancock (the Chichele Professor of Economic History at Oxford). The group also included a New Zealander, Sir Raymond Firth (a professor of anthropology at LSE), who had earlier worked in Australia for some years.<ref name="history"/> Economist Sir Douglas Copland was appointed as ANU's first Vice-Chancellor and former Prime Minister Stanley Bruce served as the first Chancellor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ANU was originally organised into four centres—the Research Schools of Physical Sciences, Social Sciences and Pacific Studies and the John Curtin School of Medical Research.<ref name="history"/>
The first residents' hall, University House, was opened in 1954 for faculty members and postgraduate students. Mount Stromlo Observatory, established by the federal government in 1924, became part of ANU in 1957. The first locations of the ANU Library, the Menzies and Chifley buildings, opened in 1963. The Australian Forestry School, located in Canberra since 1927, was amalgamated by ANU in 1965.<ref name="timeline"/>
Template:Anchor Canberra University CollegeEdit
Canberra University College (CUC) was the first institution of higher education in the national capital, having been established in 1929 and enrolling its first undergraduate pupils in 1930.<ref name="history"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its founding was led by Sir Robert Garran, one of the drafters of the Australian Constitution and the first Solicitor-General of Australia.<ref name="CUC">Template:Cite book</ref> CUC was affiliated with the University of Melbourne and its degrees were granted by that university.<ref name="history"/> Academic leaders at CUC included historian Manning Clark, political scientist Finlay Crisp, poet A. D. Hope and economist Heinz Arndt.<ref name="CUC"/>
In 1960, CUC was integrated into ANU as the School of General Studies, initially with faculties in arts, economics, law and science. Faculties in Oriental studies and engineering were introduced later. Bruce Hall, the first residential college for undergraduates, opened in 1961.<ref name="timeline"/>
Modern eraEdit
The Canberra School of Music and the Canberra School of Art combined in 1988 to form the Canberra Institute of the Arts, and amalgamated with the university as the ANU Institute of the Arts in 1992.<ref name="timeline"/><ref name="archives-CIA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="archive-IoA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ANU established its Medical School in 2002, after obtaining federal government approval in 2000.<ref name="medical">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On 18 January 2003, the Canberra bushfires largely destroyed the Mount Stromlo Observatory.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ANU astronomers now conduct research from the Siding Spring Observatory, which contains 10 telescopes including the Anglo-Australian Telescope.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In February 2013, financial entrepreneur and ANU graduate Graham Tuckwell made the largest university donation in Australian history by giving $50 million to fund an undergraduate scholarship program at ANU.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
ANU is well known for its history of student activism and, in recent years, its fossil fuel divestment campaign, which is one of the longest-running and most successful in the country.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The decision of the ANU Council to divest from two fossil fuel companies in 2014 was criticised by ministers in the Abbott government, but defended by Vice Chancellor Ian Young, who noted:<templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />
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A survey conducted by the Australian Human Rights Commission in 2017 found that the ANU had the second-highest incidence of sexual assault and sexual harassment.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 3.5 per cent of respondents from the ANU reported being sexually assaulted in 2016. Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt apologised to victims of sexual assault and harassment.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The ANU had funding and staff cuts in the School of Music in 2011–15<ref>"Puzzling rationale to ANU budget cuts" Template:Webarchive, The Canberra Times, 29 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.</ref> and in the School of Culture, History and Language in 2016.<ref>Rowan Callick, "ANU's Brian Schmidt faces test with language school cuts", The Australian, 6 April 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.</ref><ref>William Sima, "ANU celebrates excellence in Asia-Pacific studies by axing it" Template:Webarchive, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2017.</ref><ref name=Macdonald>Emma Macdonald, ANU Asian language budget cuts see top academics placed on fixed-term contracts Template:Webarchive, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2017</ref> However, there is a range of global (governmental) endowments available for Arts and Social Sciences, designated only for ANU.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Some courses are now delivered online.<ref>Template:YouTube, ANU TV. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
ANU has exchange agreements in place for its students with many foreign universities, most notably in the Asia-Pacific region, including the National University of Singapore, the University of Tokyo, the University of Hong Kong, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Seoul National University. In other regions, notable universities include Université Paris Sciences et Lettres the George Washington University, the University of California, the University of Texas, the University of Toronto in North America and Imperial College London, King's College London, Sciences Po, ETH Zürich, Bocconi University, the University of Copenhagen and Trinity College Dublin in Europe.<ref>ANU Exchange Partners Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 24 March 2019.</ref>
In 2017, Chinese hackers infiltrated the computers of Australian National University, potentially compromising national security research conducted at the university.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Campuses and buildingsEdit
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The main campus of ANU extends across the Canberra suburb of Acton, which consists of Template:Convert of mostly parkland with university buildings landscaped within.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ANU is roughly bisected by Sullivans Creek, part of the Murray–Darling basin, and is bordered by the native bushland of Black Mountain, Lake Burley Griffin, the suburb of Turner and the Canberra central business district. Many university sites are of historical significance dating from the establishment of the national capital, with over 40 buildings recognised by the Commonwealth Heritage List and several others on local lists.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
With over 10,000 trees on its campus,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ANU won an International Sustainable Campus Network Award in 2009<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was ranked the 2nd greenest university campus in Australia in 2011.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Four of Australia's five learned societies are based at ANU—the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Academy of Law. The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science and the National Film and Sound Archive are also located at ANU, while the National Museum of Australia and CSIRO are situated next to the campus.
ANU occupies additional locations including Mount Stromlo Observatory on the outskirts of Canberra, Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, a campus at Kioloa on the South Coast of New South Wales and a research unit in Darwin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Drill Hall GalleryEdit
The Drill Hall Gallery is housed a drill hall dating from the 1940s, for use in training soldiers for the Second World War, and as base for 3rd Battalion, Werriwa Regiment. The interior was remodelled to create an art gallery in 1984, and in 2004 the building was heritage-listed. Temporary exhibitions of the national collection were held in the hall while the National Gallery of Australia was being built. ANU took over the hall in 1992 to exhibit its own collection of artworks, and also as a venue for temporary exhibitions.<ref name=about>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
There are four separate exhibition spaces, which provide the venues not only for exhibitions developed by or in collaboration with the university, but also to accompany major conferences and public events. The venue hosts both national and international exhibitions. Sidney Nolan's panorama, Riverbend, which comprises nine panels, ís on permanent display at the Drill Hall Gallery.<ref name=about/>
Governance and structureEdit
University CouncilEdit
ANU is governed by a 15-member Council, whose members include the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Gareth Evans, a former Foreign Minister of Australia, was ANU Chancellor from 2010 to December 2019 and Brian Schmidt, an astrophysicist and Nobel Laureate, served as Vice-Chancellor from 1 January 2016 to 1 January 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Evans was succeeded as Chancellor by a fellow former Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, in January 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Schmidt was succeeded as Vice-Chancellor by cultural anthropologist and Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell in January 2024.<ref name=":0" />
Constituent collegesEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} ANU was reorganised in 2006 to create seven Colleges, each of which leads both teaching and research.<ref name="timeline"/> Additional restructuring occurred in 2017, resulting in changes to the names and schools within the Colleges.<ref name="Academic Colleges">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Arts, Humanities and Social SciencesEdit
The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences is divided into the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) and Research School of Humanities and the Arts (RSHA). Within RSSS there are schools and centres dedicated to History, Philosophy, Sociology, Politics & International Relations, Demography, Arab and Islamic Studies, and European Studies, as well as the Australian National Centre for Latin and American Studies,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
RSHA contains schools of Archaeology and Anthropology; Art & Design; and Literature, Languages and Linguistics, the latter of which include departments focusing on Linguistics & Applied Linguistics; English, Screen, Drama & Gender Studies; Languages & Cultures, and Classical Studies. RSHA also houses the ANU School of Music.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2017, ANU ranked 6th in the world for politics, 8th in the world for Social Policy and Administration and 11th in the world for development studies.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The college is also home to the Australian Studies Institute.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The college's School of Philosophy houses the ANU Centre for Consciousness, ANU Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences, and ANU Centre for Moral, Social and Political Theory, an organisation whose purpose is to "become a world-leading forum for exposition and analysis of the evolution, structure, and implications of our moral, social and political life."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its president is Nicholas Southwood and key people include Seth Lazar, Geoff Brennan, Bob Goodin, Frank Jackson, Philip Pettit and Michael Smith.Template:WhenTemplate:Citation needed
Asia and the PacificEdit
The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific is a specialist centre of Asian and Pacific studies and languages, among the largest collections of experts in these fields of any university in the English-speaking world.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The college is home to four academic schools: the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy, a research intensive public policy school; the School of Culture, History and Language, for studies of Asia-Pacific people and languages;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, covering politics and international affairs of Asia and the Pacific; and the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet, formerly the Regulatory Institutions Network), study of regulation and governance.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The college also houses the Australian Centre on China in the World, the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, and the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific, Australia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It has dedicated regional institutes for China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Pacific, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The college hosts a series annual and biannual updates, on various regions in the Asia-Pacific. The Crawford School of Public Policy houses the Asia Pacific Arndt-Cohen Department of Economics, the Asia Pacific Network for Environmental Governance, the Australia-Japan Research Centre, The Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, the ANU National Security College, the East Asia Forum publication and a number of other centres.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Crawford School of Public Policy also hosts offices and programs for the Australia and New Zealand School of Government. Many high performing Year in Asia program students gain the opportunity to travel to an Asian country of their choosing to study for one year specializing in one Asian language.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The college also has affiliation with Indiana University's Pan Asia Institute.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Business and EconomicsEdit
The ANU College of Business and Economics comprises four schools, which carry research and teaching in economics, finance, accounting, actuarial studies, statistics, marketing and management:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Research School of Management
- Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics
- Research School of Accounting
- Research School of Economics
Dedicated research centres within these schools include the Social Policy Evaluation, Analysis and Research Centre; the Australian National Centre for Audit and Assurance Research; the ANU Centre for Economic History; the National Centre for Information Systems Research; and the ANU Centre for Economic Policy Research. The college is professionally accredited with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia, CPA Australia, the Australian Computer Society, the Actuaries Institute Australia, the Institute of Public Accountants, the Association of International Accountants, the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute and the Statistical Society of Australia Inc.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It also has membership of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Systems and SocietyEdit
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The ANU College of Systems and Society brings together critical capabilities in understanding the modern interfaces between systems, technology, processes, the physical world, and the social world. The college comprises six academic units: the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Mathematical Sciences Institute, School of Computing, School of Cybernetics, and School of Engineering. ANU is home to the National Computational Infrastructure National Facility and was a co-founder of NICTA, the chief information and communications technology research centre in Australia.
Research areas of expertise in the college include: Computing Foundations, Computational Science, Intelligent Systems, Data Science and Analytics, Software Innovation Institute, Cybernetics Education, Cybernetics Futures, Cybernetics Projects, Aerospace Engineering, Energy Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Information and Signals Processing, Mechatronics, Biodiversity and Conservation, Climate and Energy, Food soil water and agriculture, Forests and Fire, Indigenous people and the environment, Integrative methods and application, Urban systems and sustainability, Algebra and Topology, Analysis and Geometry, Applied and Nonlinear Analysis, Bioinformation Science, Computational Mathematics, Fusion plasma theory and modelling, Mathematical Physics, Stochastic analysis and risk modelling, Theoretical astrophysics, Public engagement and informal science, Public Policy and Science Advice, Responsible innovation and emerging technologies, Science media and culture, Theories and frameworks in science communication, and Topics in science communication.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Law, Governance and PolicyEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy comprises the ANU Law School and ANU School of Legal Practice. The college covers legal research and teaching, with centres dedicated to commercial law, international law, public law and environmental law.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In addition to numerous research programs, the college offers the professional LL.B. and J.D. degrees. It is the 7th oldest<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> of Australia's 36 law schools and was ranked 2nd among Australian and 12th among world law schools by the 2018 QS Rankings.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Students are given the chance to spend three weeks in Geneva concerning the institutional practice of International Law.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Science and MedicineEdit
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The ANU College of Science and Medicine comprises the Research Schools of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, and Physics.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Under the direction of Mark Oliphant, nuclear physics was one of the university's most notable early research priorities, leading to the construction of a 500 megajoule homopolar generator and a 7.7 megaelectronvolts cyclotron in the 1950s.<ref name="physics">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> These devices were to be used as part of a 10.6 gigaelectronvolt synchrotron particle accelerator that was never completed, however they remained in use for other research purposes.<ref name="physics" /> ANU has been home to eight particle accelerators over the years and operates the 14UD and LINAS accelerators.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Brian Schmidt (astrophysicist at Mount Stromlo Observatory) received the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the accelerating expansion of the universe.
The ANU College of Science & Medicine encompasses the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR), ANU Medical School, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, and Research School of Psychology.<ref name="Academic Colleges"/><ref name="smh">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> JCSMR was established in 1948 as a result of the vision of Nobel laureate Howard Florey.<ref name="jcsmr">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Three further Nobel Prizes have been won as a result of research at JCSMR—in 1963 by John Eccles and in 1996 by Peter Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel.
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Finances and endowmentEdit
At the end of 2018, ANU recorded an endowment of A$1.8 billion.<ref name="AnnualReport2018" />
Academic profileEdit
ANU is a member of the Group of Eight, Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the International Alliance of Research Universities, UNESCO Chairs, U7 Alliance,<ref name="u7alliance.org">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Winter Institute.<ref name="ausi.anu.edu.au">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Global Scholars Program.<ref name="online.rice.edu">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ANU participates in the US Financial Direct Loan program.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The RG Menzies Scholarship to Harvard University is awarded annually to at least one talented Australian who has gained admission to a Harvard graduate school.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ANU and University of Melbourne are the only two Australian partner universities of Yale University's Fox Fellowship program.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ANU has exchange partnership with Yale University,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Brown University,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> MIT and Oxford University,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and ANU has a research partnership with Harvard University.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Libraries and archivesEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The library of ANU originated in 1948 with the appointment of the first librarian, Arthur McDonald.<ref name="timeline"/> The library holds over 2.5 million physical volumes<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> distributed across six branches—the Chifley, Menzies, Hancock, Art & Music, and Law Libraries and the external Print Repository.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Chifley and Hancock library are both accessible for ANU staff and students 24 hours a day.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Tuition, loans and financial aidEdit
For international students starting in 2025, tuition fees range from Template:AUD to Template:AUD per academic year for award programs lasting at least one year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Domestic studentsTemplate:Efn may be offered a federally-subsidised Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) which substantially decreases the student contribution amount billed to the student.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The maximum student contribution amount limits that can be applied to CSP students are dependent on the field of study.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Since 2021, Commonwealth Supported Places have also been limited to 7 years of equivalent full-time study load (EFTSL), calculated in the form of Student Learning Entitlement (SLE).<ref name="Student Learning Entitlement">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Students may accrue additional SLE under some circumstances (e.g. starting a separate one-year honours program) or every 10 years.<ref name="Student Learning Entitlement" /> Domestic students are also able to access the HECS-HELP student loans scheme offered by the federal government.<ref name="Student loans">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> These are indexed to the Consumer or Wage Price Index, whichever is lower, and repayments are voluntary unless the recipient passes an income threshold.<ref name="Student loans" />
The university also offers several scholarships, which come in the form of bursaries or tuition fee remission.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Academic reputationEdit
Template:Infobox Australian university ranking In the 2024 Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, which measures aggregate performance across the QS, THE and ARWU rankings, the university attained a position of #57 (6th nationally).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- National publications
In the Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking 2024, the university was ranked No. 2 amongst Australian universities.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Global publications
In the 2025 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (published 2024), the university attained a position of #30 (4th nationally).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 (published 2024), the university attained a tied position of #73 (4th nationally).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the university attained a position of #101–150 (6th nationally).<ref name="ARWU Rankings">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the 2024–2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities, the university attained a position of #85 (6th nationally).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024,Template:Efn the university attained a position of #238 (10th nationally).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Student outcomesEdit
The Australian Government's QILTTemplate:Efn conducts national surveys documenting the student life cycle from enrolment through to employment.<ref name="About QILT" /> These surveys place more emphasis on criteria such as student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction<ref name="About QILT">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> than perceived reputation, research output and citation counts.<ref name="Bridgestock 2024">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the 2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey, graduates of the university had an overall employer satisfaction rate of 84.2%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the 2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey, graduates of the university had a full-time employment rate of 80.7% for undergraduates and 88.5% for postgraduates.<ref name="GOS Survey 2023">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The initial full-time salary was Template:AUD for undergraduates and Template:AUD for postgraduates.<ref name="GOS Survey 2023" />
In the 2023 Student Experience Survey, undergraduates at the university rated the quality of their entire educational experience at 79.4% meanwhile postgraduates rated their overall education experience at 72.5%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Student lifeEdit
Student associationsEdit
Australian National University Students' Association (ANUSA) is the students' union of the Australian National University and acts as a representative body for the undergraduate, postgraduate and research students.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Australian National University Union is another student association that manages catering, retail outlets and other amenities on behalf of all students.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Student mediaEdit
WoroniEdit
Woroni is a student publication at Australian National University. It was first published on 23 May 1947 under the title Student Notes: Canberra University College Students Association.<ref name="notes2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 14 February 1950, the name was changed to Woroni,<ref name="Woroni">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which is derived from an Indigenous Australian word meaning "mouthpiece". Woroni is published bi-monthly in full colour magazine format, and features local news and opinion.<ref name="notes2"/>
The magazine was originally published by the school's student association.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> An independent student organization called ANU Student Media was incorporated in October 2010, and has operated Woroni ever since.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2012, an online radio station called Woroni Radio was launched,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and a video production arm called Woroni TV was started in 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
This newspaper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of January 2015, issues dating from 1950 to 2007 are available via Trove.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Digital versions of works published since 2011 are uploaded and available in colour on electronic publishing platform issuu.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ANU ObserverEdit
ANU Observer is another of the Australian National University's student news publications. Founded in 2017, ANU Observer is an online news site that covers breaking campus news, student life, student politics, arts and culture, sports, university policy and more. ANU Observer is an ANU student association, meaning all students are members by default (and can attend and vote at General Meetings.)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Observer also produces a weekly podcast called Our Experts Have Observed, which can be accessed via Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
Residential halls and collegesEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Eleven on-campus residential halls are affiliated with ANU—Bruce Hall, Burgmann College, Burton & Garran Hall, Fenner Hall, John XXIII College, Ursula Hall, Wamburun Hall, Wright Hall, Yukeembruk Village, Graduate House and Toad Hall.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Together these residence accommodate for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Four UniLodge residences are also available to ANU students, situated just off campus—Davey Lodge, Kinloch Lodge, Warrumbul Lodge and Lena Karmel Lodge.<ref name=":1" /> In 2010, the non-residential Griffin Hall was established for students living off-campus. Another off-campus student accommodation was launched by UniGardens Pty, University Gardens<ref name="UniGardens Canberra student accommodation">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> located in Belconnen.
In 2014, 2019 and 2020 there were major protests organised by student leaders across all of the ANU's halls of residence<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> against steep rent hikes, neglect of pastoral care support, and repeated failures to address issues relating to sexual assault and sexual harassment.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Though supported by a majority of students living on residence, the ANU's response to past protests has been mixed, with many recommendations and requests for student consultations ignored. The outcome of the 2020 protests revolve around demands for stronger SASH policy, accountability surrounding tariff rises, and commitments to adequate pastoral care; the outcome of these protests is as yet unknown. Protests have been held since on the issue, with one high-profile one occurring on the same day as the annual Open Day in 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Kinloch Lodge
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Lena Karmel Lodge
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Davey Lodge
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Wright Hall
Notable peopleEdit
Notable alumniEdit
ANU alumni are often visible in government. Bob Hawke and Kevin Rudd, former Australian Prime Ministers, attended the university, as did senior politicians Annastacia Palaszczuk, Barry O'Farrell, Nick Minchin, Kim Beazley Sr, Peter Garrett, Craig Emerson, Stephen Conroy, Gary Gray, Warren Snowdon, Joe Ludwig and Catherine King and Michael Keenan. ANU has produced 30 current Australian Ambassadors, and more than a dozen current heads of Australian Public Service departments, including Prime Minister & Cabinet secretaries Michael Thawley and Martin Parkinson, Finance secretary Jane Halton, Education secretary Lisa Paul, Agriculture secretary Paul Grimes, Attorney-General's secretary Chris Moraitis, Environment secretary Gordon de Brouwer, Employment secretary Renee Leon, Social Services secretary Finn Pratt, Industry secretary Glenys Beauchamp, Treasury secretary Chris Higgins, Australian Secret Intelligence Service director-general Nick Warner and Australian Competition & Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims. Graduates also include Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands Gordon Darcy Lilo, Foreign Minister of Mongolia Damdin Tsogtbaatar, former Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Don Brash, former British Secretary of State for Health Patricia Hewitt and former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk.
Other notable alumni include High Court of Australia judges Stephen Gageler and Geoffrey Nettle, Fijian archaeologist Tarisi Vunidilo, Wallisian member of the Congress of New Caledonia Ilaïsaane Lauouvéa, Chief Federal Magistrate John Pascoe, political journalist Stan Grant, human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, former Chief of Army David Morrison, Kellogg's CEO John Bryant, former Singapore Airlines CEO Cheong Choong Kong, Indiana University president Michael McRobbie, University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellors Alan Gilbert and Glyn Davis, mathematician John H. Coates, computer programmer Andrew Tridgell, public intellectual Clive Hamilton, journalist Bettina Arndt, and economists John Deeble, Ross Garnaut, Peter Drysdale, John Quiggin and commercial litigator Jozef Maynard Borja Erece, the youngest law graduate in Australian history.
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Academics and staffEdit
Notable past faculty include Mark Oliphant, Keith Hancock, Manning Clark, Derek Freeman, H. C. Coombs, Gareth Evans, John Crawford, Hedley Bull, Frank Fenner, C. P. Fitzgerald, Pierre Ryckmans, A. L. Basham, Bernhard Neumann, and former Indonesian Vice-president Boediono. Nobel Prizes have been awarded to former ANU Chancellor Howard Florey and faculty members John Eccles, John Harsanyi, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Peter Doherty and Brian Schmidt.<ref name="nobel" /> Notable present scholars include Hilary Charlesworth, Ian McAllister, Hugh White, Warwick McKibbin, Keith Dowding, Amin Saikal and Jeremy Shearmur.
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Honorary doctorate recipientsEdit
Notable Honorary Doctorate recipients have included former Australian public officials Stanley Bruce, Robert Menzies, Richard Casey, Angus Houston, Brendan Nelson, Owen Dixon, Australian notable persons Sidney Nolan, Norman Gregg, Charles Bean, foreign dignitaries Harold Macmillan, Lee Kuan Yew, Aung San Suu Kyi, Sheikh Hasina, K. R. Narayanan, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Saburo Okita and notable foreign scientists John Cockcroft, Jan Hendrik Oort and Alexander R. Todd.
ControversiesEdit
2023 attackEdit
In September 2023, an ex-student stabbed two female students and assaulted a male student with a frying pan. There were several injuries but no fatalities.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ANU Chancellor Julie Bishop later called for the ACT government to explain why the university was not informed of the risk beforehand.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Network compromiseEdit
The network of the university was subject to serious compromise from 9 November to 21 December 2018. ABC News reported that the initial breach occurred when a phishing message was previewed.<ref>"Inside a massive cyber hack that risks compromising leaders across the globe" Template:Webarchive. ABC News, Stephanie Borys. 2 October 2019.</ref><ref>"The ANU hack came down to a single email — here's what we know" Template:Webarchive. ABC News, Stephanie Borys. 2 October 2019.</ref> After investigating, the university published a report on the incident.<ref>"Incident Report On The Breach Of The Australian National University's Administrative Systems" Template:Webarchive. Office of the Chief Information Security Officer. Undated; retrieved 6 May 2020.</ref> Cyber safety recommendations are generally applicable.
2025 Review of Workplace Culture and Governance at the College of Health and MedicineEdit
In May 2025, the university released the findings of an independent review led by former Victorian Police Commissioner Christine Nixon into gender and cultural issues within ithe College of Health and Medicine. The review revealed widespread bullying, harassment, sexism, racial discrimination, and nepotism across the college and its constituent schools, including the John Curtin School of Medical Research, the School of Medicine and Psychology, and the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. The review, based on interviews with 83 individuals and 67 written submissions, described a "remarkable tolerance" for misconduct, with reporting pathways often compromised by conflicts of interest. It identified entrenched dysfunction, a toxic "work until you drop" culture, and significant gender imbalances in senior academic positions. Since the commissioning of the review in 2024, the university closed the standalone College of Health and Medicine and merged it with the College of Science. Vice-Chancellor Genevieve Bell publicly apologised and committed to implementing all 17 recommendations, including structural reform and external monitoring.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
See alsoEdit
- ANU research centres and institutes
- ARC Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites
- Australian National University Boat Club
- List of universities in Australia
FootnotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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