Founded in 1946, it is the only university to have been created by the Parliament of Australia. Originally a postgraduate research university, ANU commenced undergraduate teaching in 1960 when it integrated the Canberra University College, which had been established in 1929 as a campus of the University of Melbourne.[ ANU enrols 10,052 undergraduate and 10,840 postgraduate students and employs 3,753 staff. The university's endowment stood at A$1.13 billion in 2012.
ANU is consistently ranked among the world's top universities. ANU is ranked equal 25th in the world (first in Australia) by the 2014/15 QS World University Rankings, and 45th in the world (second in Australia) by the 2014/15 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. In the 2014 Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking, an annual ranking of university graduates' employability, ANU was ranked 20th in the world (first in Australia).
ANU counts six Nobel laureates among its faculty and alumni. Students entering ANU in 2013 had a median Australian Tertiary Admission Rank of 93, the equal-highest among Australian universities. ANU was named the world's 7th most international university in a 2014 study by Times Higher Education.
Contents [hide]
1 History
1.1 Post-war origins
1.2 Canberra University College
1.3 Modern era
2 Academics
2.1 Rankings
2.2 Colleges
2.2.1 Arts and Social Sciences
2.2.2 Asia and the Pacific
2.2.3 Business and Economics
2.2.4 Engineering and Computer Science
2.2.5 Law
2.2.6 Medicine, Biology and Environment
2.2.7 Physical and Mathematical Sciences
3 Campus
3.1 Library
3.2 Residential halls and colleges
4 Notable alumni and faculty
5 Affiliations
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
History[edit]
Post-war origins[edit]
Calls for the establishment of a national university in Australia began as early as 1900. After the location of the nation's capital, Canberra, was determined in 1908, land was set aside for the university at the foot Black Mountain in the city designs by Walter Burley Griffin. Planning for 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 Parliament of Australia on 1 August 1946.
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