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{{Infobox University|name=The Australian National University|image_name= Australian_National_University_crest.png|motto=Naturam Primum Cognoscere Rerum (Latin: "First, to know the nature of things")]|type=Public university|chancellor=Dr Allan Hawke|vice_chancellor=Ian Chubb|city=Acton,_Australian_Capital_Territory|state=Australian Capital Territory|undergrad=8,100|postgrad=4,382|staff=1,441|campus=[Urban area, 350 acres/1.4Square kilometre|free_label=|free=|affiliations=Group of Eight (Australian Universities), APRU, International Alliance of Research Universities, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning|website= www.anu.edu.au-->The Australian National University, or ANU, is a Public university university located in Canberra, Australia. It was created 1 August 1946 as a postgraduate research university. In 1960 undergraduate education was added to the ANU by amalgamation with the Canberra University College. The University is governed by a 15 member Council.

ANU is a member of Australia's Group of Eight (Australian Universities), the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy and the International Alliance of Research Universities. The university is often ranked as the leading university in Australia on a number of measures Newsweek Top 100 Global Universities, and has had many notable List of Australian National University people, including five Nobel Prize winners.

History The ANU is the only Australian university to be established by an act of federal Parliament.{{cite web|title = ANU Profile|url = http://info.anu.edu.au/discover_anu/About_ANU/Profile/| accessdate=2007-06-23-->The Australian National University Act 1946-47 was introduced into parliament by the then Prime Minister, Ben Chifley, and Minister for Post-war Reconstruction, John Dedman. The bill was passed on 1 August 1946 with support from Opposition Leader Robert Menzies. A group of eminent Australian scholars were involved in the infancy of the ANU, including a leader in radar development and nuclear physics, Sir Mark Oliphant; the discoverer of the benefits of penicillin, Sir Howard Florey; eminent historian, Sir Keith Hancock; and renowned economist and public servant, Nugget Coombs.{{cite book|last= Foster|first= S.G.|authorlink=|coauthors= Varghese, M.M.|title= The making of the Australian National University 1946-1996|year= 1996|publisher= Allen & Unwin|location= Sydney|isbn= 1864480831-->

In 1960, ANU began offering undergraduate degree programs.

Academic leaders have included Professors: Manning Clark (historian); Bart Bok (astronomer) and Hanna Neumann (mathematician). Notable alumni include current List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition in Parliament of Australia, Kevin Rudd.

Academic structure The academic structure of the ANU is made up of three parts: The Institute of Advanced Studies, The Faculties and the University Centres.

The Institute of Advanced Studies The Institute is focused on post-graduate education and research and comprises nine research schools and a research centre: The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) is based at the Mount Stromlo Observatory. RSAA runs ANU's telescopes at the Siding Spring Observatory, in New South Wales. On Thursday 20 April, 2006 it was reported that the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics would build the world's most powerful telescope ""ANU part of elite group to build world's biggest telescope"" The Canberra Times . This project is a collaboration between an elite international group of research institutions which also includes the University of Arizona, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Harvard University. Research is carried out in areas such as agriculture, natural environment, neuroscience, visual sicence, health and technology. The Research School of Earth Sciences (RSES) is one of the top ten university geoscience programs in the world. The Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering (RSISE) contains the Department of information engineering and the Computer Sciences Laboratory. The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) is Australia's leading centre for research and postgraduate training on the Asia Pacific region. Priority research areas include Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Southwest Pacific. The Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering (RSPhysSE). The school's primary research areas are: materials science and materials engineering; lasers, nonlinear optics and photonics; nanotechnology and mesoscopic physics; atomic physics, molecules and the nuclear physics; plasma physics and surface science; physics and the environment. The Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) concentrates on theoretical and empirical research in the social sciences. The following programs exist within the school: Demography & Sociology, Economics, History, Law, Philosophy, Political Science and social theory & Political Theory. The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) was formed in 1948 as a result of the vision of Nobel Laureate Howard Florey and Prime Minister John Curtin. Two Nobel Prizes (Sir John Eccles in 1963 and Peter Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel in 1996) have been won by research performed at John Curtin. The Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES) includes economists, Hydrology, historians, ecologists, anthropologists and soil science. Research is undertaken into many natural resource and environmental issues.

The Colleges ANU's seven Colleges combine research with research-led teaching and are responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences consists of over 20 teaching and research disciplines in the fields of arts, humanities and social sciences. The College is particularly strong in Political Science. Also part of this college is the ANU School of Music. The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific focuses on study relating to Asia and the Pacific region. The ANU College of Business and Economics carries out teaching and research in the closely related fields of business and economics. The college is a leader in Economics. The ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science comprises the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (which in turn combines the Department of Engineering and the Department of Computer Science and the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering. The ANU College of Law, established in 1960. The College is a leader in International Law and Public Law. The ANU College of Medicine and Health Science is home to the newest of ANU's schools, the ANU Medical School http://medicalschool.anu.edu.au/ . The school's foundation was announced on April 10, 2001, and the first intake of students was in February 2004. The ANU College of Science is the largest of the ANU's Colleges.

University Centres The University Centres are organisational structures that can draw from both the Faculties and the Institute.



Campus The ANU's main campus is located in, and occupies most of the Canberra suburb of Acton, Australian Capital Territory. The campus covers 1.45 km² (350 acres) adjoining native bushland, Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory), Lake Burley Griffin, the suburb of Turner, Australian Capital Territory and the City Centre, Australian Capital Territory. Eight of the university's nine affiliated halls and colleges are located on campus, while Fenner Hall is located on Northbourne Avenue in the nearby suburb of Braddon, Australian Capital Territory. The halls and colleges are:



With over 10,000 trees on its "green" campus, the ANU was awarded the Silver Greenhouse Challenge Award at the annual Australian Engineering Excellence Awards in 2003.

The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) is located away from the main campus in Acton, at the Mount Stromlo Observatory, near Weston Creek in south Canberra. RSAA also runs the Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales. Since the destruction of Mount Stromlo's telescopes in the Canberra bushfires of 2003, this is ANU's only telescope site. The university also runs a coastal campus at Kioloa Coastal Campus on the South Coast, New South Wales of New South Wales dedicated to field work training, and a North Australia Research Unit in Darwin, Northern Territory in the Northern Territory.

Students on all campuses are represented by the ANU Students' Association. Representation for postgraduate students is provided by the Postgraduate and Research Students' Association (PARSA), a member of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations.

Precincts The ANU campus is divided into eight precincts, with three on the west side of Sullivans creek, and five on the east side.





Prizes The university sponsors various prizes. The list includes: The university has also been the recipient of a number of teaching awards. These include:
Dr. Richard Baker:
Dr. Alastair Greig:Dr. Baker & Dr. Greig co-teach SRES 1001.

International reputation In 2006, London's Times Higher Education Supplement and Newsweek Newsweek Top 100 Global Universities ranked ANU 16th and 38th in the world respectively, - both indicies ranking it as the top university in Australia.

See also

References

External links

{{Infobox University|name=The Australian National University|image_name= Australian_National_University_crest.png|motto=Naturam Primum Cognoscere Rerum (Latin: "First, to know the nature of things")]|type=Public university|chancellor=Dr Allan Hawke|vice_chancellor=Ian Chubb|city=Acton,_Australian_Capital_Territory|state=Australian Capital Territory|undergrad=8,100|postgrad=4,382|staff=1,441|campus=[Urban area, 350 acres/1.4Square kilometre|free_label=|free=|affiliations=Group of Eight (Australian Universities), APRU, International Alliance of Research Universities, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning|website= www.anu.edu.au-->The Australian National University, or ANU, is a Public university university located in Canberra, Australia. It was created 1 August 1946 as a postgraduate research university. In 1960 undergraduate education was added to the ANU by amalgamation with the Canberra University College. The University is governed by a 15 member Council.

ANU is a member of Australia's Group of Eight (Australian Universities), the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy and the International Alliance of Research Universities. The university is often ranked as the leading university in Australia on a number of measures Newsweek Top 100 Global Universities, and has had many notable List of Australian National University people, including five Nobel Prize winners.

History The ANU is the only Australian university to be established by an act of federal Parliament.{{cite web|title = ANU Profile|url = http://info.anu.edu.au/discover_anu/About_ANU/Profile/| accessdate=2007-06-23-->The Australian National University Act 1946-47 was introduced into parliament by the then Prime Minister, Ben Chifley, and Minister for Post-war Reconstruction, John Dedman. The bill was passed on 1 August 1946 with support from Opposition Leader Robert Menzies. A group of eminent Australian scholars were involved in the infancy of the ANU, including a leader in radar development and nuclear physics, Sir Mark Oliphant; the discoverer of the benefits of penicillin, Sir Howard Florey; eminent historian, Sir Keith Hancock; and renowned economist and public servant, Nugget Coombs.{{cite book|last= Foster|first= S.G.|authorlink=|coauthors= Varghese, M.M.|title= The making of the Australian National University 1946-1996|year= 1996|publisher= Allen & Unwin|location= Sydney|isbn= 1864480831-->

In 1960, ANU began offering undergraduate degree programs.

Academic leaders have included Professors: Manning Clark (historian); Bart Bok (astronomer) and Hanna Neumann (mathematician). Notable alumni include current List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition in Parliament of Australia, Kevin Rudd.

Academic structure The academic structure of the ANU is made up of three parts: The Institute of Advanced Studies, The Faculties and the University Centres.

The Institute of Advanced Studies The Institute is focused on post-graduate education and research and comprises nine research schools and a research centre: The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) is based at the Mount Stromlo Observatory. RSAA runs ANU's telescopes at the Siding Spring Observatory, in New South Wales. On Thursday 20 April, 2006 it was reported that the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics would build the world's most powerful telescope ""ANU part of elite group to build world's biggest telescope"" The Canberra Times . This project is a collaboration between an elite international group of research institutions which also includes the University of Arizona, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Harvard University. Research is carried out in areas such as agriculture, natural environment, neuroscience, visual sicence, health and technology. The Research School of Earth Sciences (RSES) is one of the top ten university geoscience programs in the world. The Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering (RSISE) contains the Department of information engineering and the Computer Sciences Laboratory. The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) is Australia's leading centre for research and postgraduate training on the Asia Pacific region. Priority research areas include Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Southwest Pacific. The Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering (RSPhysSE). The school's primary research areas are: materials science and materials engineering; lasers, nonlinear optics and photonics; nanotechnology and mesoscopic physics; atomic physics, molecules and the nuclear physics; plasma physics and surface science; physics and the environment. The Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) concentrates on theoretical and empirical research in the social sciences. The following programs exist within the school: Demography & Sociology, Economics, History, Law, Philosophy, Political Science and social theory & Political Theory. The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) was formed in 1948 as a result of the vision of Nobel Laureate Howard Florey and Prime Minister John Curtin. Two Nobel Prizes (Sir John Eccles in 1963 and Peter Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel in 1996) have been won by research performed at John Curtin. The Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES) includes economists, Hydrology, historians, ecologists, anthropologists and soil science. Research is undertaken into many natural resource and environmental issues.

The Colleges ANU's seven Colleges combine research with research-led teaching and are responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences consists of over 20 teaching and research disciplines in the fields of arts, humanities and social sciences. The College is particularly strong in Political Science. Also part of this college is the ANU School of Music. The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific focuses on study relating to Asia and the Pacific region. The ANU College of Business and Economics carries out teaching and research in the closely related fields of business and economics. The college is a leader in Economics. The ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science comprises the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (which in turn combines the Department of Engineering and the Department of Computer Science and the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering. The ANU College of Law, established in 1960. The College is a leader in International Law and Public Law. The ANU College of Medicine and Health Science is home to the newest of ANU's schools, the ANU Medical School http://medicalschool.anu.edu.au/ . The school's foundation was announced on April 10, 2001, and the first intake of students was in February 2004. The ANU College of Science is the largest of the ANU's Colleges.

University Centres The University Centres are organisational structures that can draw from both the Faculties and the Institute.



Campus The ANU's main campus is located in, and occupies most of the Canberra suburb of Acton, Australian Capital Territory. The campus covers 1.45 km² (350 acres) adjoining native bushland, Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory), Lake Burley Griffin, the suburb of Turner, Australian Capital Territory and the City Centre, Australian Capital Territory. Eight of the university's nine affiliated halls and colleges are located on campus, while Fenner Hall is located on Northbourne Avenue in the nearby suburb of Braddon, Australian Capital Territory. The halls and colleges are:



With over 10,000 trees on its "green" campus, the ANU was awarded the Silver Greenhouse Challenge Award at the annual Australian Engineering Excellence Awards in 2003.

The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) is located away from the main campus in Acton, at the Mount Stromlo Observatory, near Weston Creek in south Canberra. RSAA also runs the Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales. Since the destruction of Mount Stromlo's telescopes in the Canberra bushfires of 2003, this is ANU's only telescope site. The university also runs a coastal campus at Kioloa Coastal Campus on the South Coast, New South Wales of New South Wales dedicated to field work training, and a North Australia Research Unit in Darwin, Northern Territory in the Northern Territory.

Students on all campuses are represented by the ANU Students' Association. Representation for postgraduate students is provided by the Postgraduate and Research Students' Association (PARSA), a member of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations.

Precincts The ANU campus is divided into eight precincts, with three on the west side of Sullivans creek, and five on the east side.





Prizes The university sponsors various prizes. The list includes: The university has also been the recipient of a number of teaching awards. These include:
Dr. Richard Baker:
Dr. Alastair Greig:Dr. Baker & Dr. Greig co-teach SRES 1001.

International reputation In 2006, London's Times Higher Education Supplement and Newsweek Newsweek Top 100 Global Universities ranked ANU 16th and 38th in the world respectively, - both indicies ranking it as the top university in Australia.

See also

References

External links



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