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]

• Education and Arts – including education, arts and humanities, global studies and international development studies, mathematics, media communications, social science, youth work, and creative arts, visual arts and design
• Health Sciences – including counselling, environmental science, exercise physiology, exercise science, mental health, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedicine, physiotherapy, public health, psychology, social work and speech pathology
• Law and Business – including commerce, business administration, accounting and finance, information technology, human resource management, law, marketing, supply chain management, occupational health and safety, and sustainability
• Theology and Philosophy – these disciplines encourage students to search for wisdom, knowledge and truth

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]

• North Sydney Campus (MacKillop)
• Strathfield Campus (Mount St Mary)
• Melbourne Campus (St Patrick's)
• Ballarat Campus (Aquinas)
• Brisbane Campus (McAuley at Banyo)
• Canberra Campus (Signadou)
• Adelaide Campus (St Francis of Assisi)

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

• List of Australian Catholic University people

References

External links

• Official website

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