Australian Catholic University

Australian Catholic University
Type Public
Established 1 January 1991 (1991-01-01)
Chancellor John Fahey, AC
Vice-Chancellor Greg Craven
Students 32 000
Location Australia
Campus Urban, suburban, rural
Affiliations Universities Australia, ACCU, IFCU, ICUSTA, OUA
Website acu.edu.au

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a national public teaching and research university. It has seven campuses and offers programs in four faculties throughout Australia.[1] The university was formed on 1 January 1989 following the amalgamation of the Catholic College of Education in Sydney, the Institute of Catholic Education in Melbourne, McAuley College in Brisbane and Signadou College in Canberra.[2] As its name implies, the university has a Catholic identity, history, and mission.[3]

Profile

ACU has four faculties, each offering a range of courses:[4]

In addition to the above four faculties, the university has a number of research institutes, programs, academies, organisational units, partnerships and associated centres.

Campuses

Signadou Campus in Watson, ACT

ACU has seven campuses in six different cities:[5]

In addition, The Rome Center, which is a collaboration with The Catholic University of America, is expected to open in September 2015 in Rome.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Our university". Australian Catholic University. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. "Our history". Australian Catholic University. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  3. "Directorate of Identity and Mission". Australian Catholic University. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  4. "Faculties, institutes and centres". Australian Catholic University. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  5. "Campuses". Australian Catholic University. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  6. "Rome Center". Australian Catholic University. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 27°22′41″S 153°05′20″E / 27.378°S 153.089°E / -27.378; 153.089 (Australian Catholic University (Brisbane Campus))


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