Australian National University

Calls for the establishment of a national university in Australia began as early as 1900.{{cite web |url=http://heritage.anu.edu.au/?pid=7 |title=History of ANU |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=11 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411061502/http://heritage.anu.edu.au/?pid=7 |url-status=live }} 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. 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.

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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. Economist Sir Douglas Copland was appointed as ANU's first Vice-Chancellor and former Prime Minister Stanley Bruce served as the first Chancellor.{{cite web |url=http://about.anu.edu.au/profile/history/chancellors-vcs |title=Chancellors & Vice-Chancellors |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409073630/http://about.anu.edu.au/profile/history/chancellors-vcs |url-status=live }} 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.

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.

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ord/1929-20/19291219-49059/pdf/1929-20.pdf |title=Ordinance establishing Canberra University College |work=ACT Legislation Register |publisher=Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=24 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524043827/http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ord/1929-20/19291219-49059/pdf/1929-20.pdf |url-status=live }} Its founding was led by Sir Robert Garran, one of the drafters of the Australian Constitution and the first Solicitor-General of Australia.{{cite book |url=http://epress.anu.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ch1018.pdf |title=Canberra University College |work=Australian National University |year=2007 |doi=10.22459/AS.03.2007 |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=14 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514191407/http://epress.anu.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ch1018.pdf |url-status=live |last1=Coleman |first1=Peter |last2=Cornish |first2=Selwyn |last3=Drake |first3=Peter |last4=Arndt |first4=Bettina |isbn=9780731538102 |doi-access=free }} CUC was affiliated with the University of Melbourne and its degrees were granted by that university. Academic leaders at CUC included historian Manning Clark, political scientist Finlay Crisp, poet A. D. Hope and economist Heinz Arndt.

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.

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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.{{cite web |title=Canberra Institute of the Arts |url=http://archivescollection.anu.edu.au/index.php/canberra-institute-of-arts |publisher=ANU Archives |access-date=29 August 2018 |archive-date=29 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175401/http://archivescollection.anu.edu.au/index.php/canberra-institute-of-arts |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Institute of the Arts |url=http://archivescollection.anu.edu.au/index.php/institute-of-arts |publisher=ANU Archives |access-date=29 August 2018 |archive-date=29 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175359/http://archivescollection.anu.edu.au/index.php/institute-of-arts |url-status=live }}

ANU established its Medical School in 2002, after obtaining federal government approval in 2000.{{cite web |url=http://medicalschool.anu.edu.au/about-us/history |title=History of ANU Medical School |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409143752/http://medicalschool.anu.edu.au/about-us/history |archive-date=9 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}

On 18 January 2003, the Canberra bushfires largely destroyed the Mount Stromlo Observatory.{{cite web |url=http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observatories/mount-stromlo-observatory |title=Mount Stromlo Observatory |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409202353/http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observatories/mount-stromlo-observatory |url-status=live }} ANU astronomers now conduct research from the Siding Spring Observatory, which contains 10 telescopes including the Anglo-Australian Telescope.{{cite web |url=http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observatories/siding-spring-observatory/telescopes |title=Telescopes |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=11 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411011127/http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observatories/siding-spring-observatory/telescopes |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/tertiary-education/billionaire-gives-back-with-50m-uni-donation-20130205-2dvfk.html |title=Billionaire gives back with $50m uni donation |newspaper=The Canberra Times |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=27 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527105803/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/tertiary-education/billionaire-gives-back-with-50m-uni-donation-20130205-2dvfk.html |url-status=live }}

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.{{Cite news|title = Students put the Coalition on notice over climate change|url = http://www.theage.com.au/comment/students-put-the-coalition-on-notice-over-climate-change-20141022-119sn7.html|newspaper = The Age|date = 23 October 2014|access-date = 26 January 2016|first = Louis|last = Klee|archive-date = 14 November 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161114030831/http://www.theage.com.au/comment/students-put-the-coalition-on-notice-over-climate-change-20141022-119sn7.html|url-status = live}} 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:{{blockquote|On divestment, it is clear we were in the right and played a truly national and international leadership role. [...] [W]e seem to have played a major role in a movement which now seems unstoppable.{{cite web|title = Farewell ANU|url = http://vcdesk.anu.edu.au/2015/12/17/farewell-anu/|date = 17 December 2015|author = ANU Vice-Chancellor|access-date = 26 January 2016|archive-date = 21 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160121154738/http://vcdesk.anu.edu.au/2015/12/17/farewell-anu/|url-status = live}}}} {{as of|2014}} ANU holds investments in major fossil fuel companies.{{cite news|title = ANU sale of fossil fuel holdings not enough: students|url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-03/anu-selling-fossil-fuel-company-holdings-not-enough-student-says/5789748|website = ABC News| date=3 October 2014 |access-date = 26 January 2016|language = en-AU|archive-date = 9 October 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161009050544/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-03/anu-selling-fossil-fuel-company-holdings-not-enough-student-says/5789748|url-status = live}}

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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/how-every-university-in-australia-ranks-for-sexual-harassment-and-assault-20170801-gxn594.html|title=Search how every university in Australia ranks for sexual harassment and assault|date=1 August 2017|work=The Age|access-date=2 August 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=4 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804132447/http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/how-every-university-in-australia-ranks-for-sexual-harassment-and-assault-20170801-gxn594.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/more-than-20-per-cent-of-students-at-australias-top-universities-sexually-harassed-by-staff-20170801-gxmwyz.html|title='We should all be shocked' leader of university with worst results comforts students|last=Bagshaw|first=Eryk|date=2 August 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2 August 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=5 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805043505/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/more-than-20-per-cent-of-students-at-australias-top-universities-sexually-harassed-by-staff-20170801-gxmwyz.html|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-01/sexual-assault-rate-at-anu-double-universities-nationally/8763350|title=Sexual assault rate at ANU double that of universities nationally|last1=Pianegonda|first1=Elise|date=1 August 2017|work=ABC News|access-date=1 August 2017|last2=Dorsett|first2=Jesse|language=en-AU|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801035815/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-01/sexual-assault-rate-at-anu-double-universities-nationally/8763350|url-status=live}}

The ANU had funding and staff cuts in the School of Music in 2011–15[http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/ct-editorial/puzzling-rationale-to-anu-budget-cuts-20160328-gnsrvu.html "Puzzling rationale to ANU budget cuts"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019215933/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/ct-editorial/puzzling-rationale-to-anu-budget-cuts-20160328-gnsrvu.html |date=19 October 2017 }}, The Canberra Times, 29 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017. and in the School of Culture, History and Language in 2016.Rowan Callick, [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/howard-warns-identity-politics-will-leave-history-students-in-the-dark/news-story/89a93da6ce9a230fb99b778f431f57e0 "ANU's Brian Schmidt faces test with language school cuts"], The Australian, 6 April 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.William Sima, [http://www.smh.com.au/comment/anu-celebrates-excellence-in-asiapacific-studies-by-axing-it-20160327-gnrxt6.html "ANU celebrates excellence in Asia-Pacific studies by axing it"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021010545/http://www.smh.com.au/comment/anu-celebrates-excellence-in-asiapacific-studies-by-axing-it-20160327-gnrxt6.html |date=21 October 2017 }}, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2017.Emma Macdonald, [http://www.smh.com.au/national/anu-asian-language-budget-cuts-may-see-top-academics-go-20160324-gnq4ow.html ANU Asian language budget cuts see top academics placed on fixed-term contracts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022085352/http://www.smh.com.au/national/anu-asian-language-budget-cuts-may-see-top-academics-go-20160324-gnq4ow.html |date=22 October 2017 }}, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2017 However, there is a range of global (governmental) endowments available for Arts and Social Sciences, designated only for ANU.{{cite web|url=http://cass.anu.edu.au/cass-giving/languages-endowments|title=Giving to CASS|first1=CASS Marketing &|last1=Communications|last2=externalrelations.cass@anu.edu.au|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021220556/http://cass.anu.edu.au/cass-giving/languages-endowments|url-status=live}} Some courses are now delivered online.{{YouTube|id=n5jJHCqrcIw|title=Learning anytime, anywhere}}, ANU TV. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

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 [https://www.psl.eu/en/university 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.[http://www.anu.edu.au/students/careers-opportunities/global-programs/exchange/list-of-exchange-partners ANU Exchange Partners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324030556/http://www.anu.edu.au/students/careers-opportunities/global-programs/exchange/list-of-exchange-partners |date=24 March 2019 }}. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

In 2017, Chinese hackers infiltrated the computers of Australian National University, potentially compromising national security research conducted at the university.{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/chinese-hackers-breach-anu-putting-national-security-at-risk-20180706-p4zq0q.html |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |title=Chinese hackers breach ANU, putting national security at risk |date=6 July 2018 |first1=Nick |last1=McKenzie |first2=David |last2=Wroe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710075935/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/chinese-hackers-breach-anu-putting-national-security-at-risk-20180706-p4zq0q.html |archive-date=10 July 2018}}{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-06/chinese-hackers-infilitrate-anu-it-systems/9951210 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |title=Chinese hackers infiltrate systems at Australian National University |first=Stephanie |last=Borys |date=8 July 2018 |quote=The ABC has been told the Australian National University (ANU) system was first compromised last year. |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710025722/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-06/chinese-hackers-infilitrate-anu-it-systems/9951210 |url-status=live }}

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The main campus of ANU extends across the Canberra suburb of Acton, which consists of {{convert|358|acre|km2}} of mostly parkland with university buildings landscaped within.{{cite web |url=http://www.anu.edu.au/about/tour/ |title=ANU Tour |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=2 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402234722/http://www.anu.edu.au/about/tour/ |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://heritage.anu.edu.au/files/1602_ANU%20Heritage%20Strategy%202010-12.pdf |title=ANU Heritage Strategy |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411131743/http://heritage.anu.edu.au/files/1602_ANU%20Heritage%20Strategy%202010-12.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2013 }}

With over 10,000 trees on its campus,{{cite web |url=http://heritage.anu.edu.au/index.php?pid=128 |title=Acton Tree Trail |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319002146/http://heritage.anu.edu.au/index.php?pid=128 |archive-date=19 March 2012 }} ANU won an International Sustainable Campus Network Award in 2009{{cite web |url=http://facilities.anu.edu.au/about-us/achievements-and-awards/sustainability-awards |title=Sustainability awards |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409084820/http://facilities.anu.edu.au/about-us/achievements-and-awards/sustainability-awards |archive-date=9 April 2013 }} and was ranked the 2nd greenest university campus in Australia in 2011.{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/australias-10-greenest-universities/story-e6frgcjx-1226215407489 |title=Australia's 10 greenest universities |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=28 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628005445/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/australias-10-greenest-universities/story-e6frgcjx-1226215407489 |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite web |url=http://about.anu.edu.au/campus |title=Campus – About ANU |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409065018/http://about.anu.edu.au/campus |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite web | title=About | website=Drill Hall Gallery | publisher=ANU | url=https://dhg.anu.edu.au/about/ | access-date=30 September 2021 | archive-date=30 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930031617/https://dhg.anu.edu.au/about/ | url-status=live }}

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.

{{see also|List of Australian National University people#Administration{{!}}Australian National University administrative people}}

ANU is governed by a 15-member Council, whose members include the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor.{{cite web |url=http://about.anu.edu.au/governance-structure/council |title=ANU Council |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409083901/http://about.anu.edu.au/governance-structure/council |archive-date=9 April 2013 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://about.anu.edu.au/governance-structure/council/council-membership |title=Council membership |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409193556/http://about.anu.edu.au/governance-structure/council/council-membership |archive-date=9 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=ANU announces next VC |url=https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/anu-announces-next-vc |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=reporter.anu.edu.au |language=en}} Evans was succeeded as Chancellor by a fellow former Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, in January 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-01/julie-bishop-announced-as-next-chancellor-of-anu/11374212 |title=Julie Bishop announced as next chancellor of Australian National University |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=1 August 2019 |access-date=18 October 2019 |archive-date=23 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923181111/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-01/julie-bishop-announced-as-next-chancellor-of-anu/11374212 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-01/julie-bishop-announced-as-next-chancellor-of-anu/11374212|title=Julie Bishop announced as next chancellor of Australian National University|date=1 August 2019|work=ABC News|access-date=14 August 2019|archive-date=14 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814140304/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-01/julie-bishop-announced-as-next-chancellor-of-anu/11374212|url-status=live}} Schmidt was succeeded as Vice-Chancellor by cultural anthropologist and Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell in January 2024.

{{Main|Academic structure of the Australian National University}}

ANU was reorganised in 2006 to create seven Colleges, each of which leads both teaching and research. Additional restructuring occurred in 2017, resulting in changes to the names and schools within the Colleges.{{Cite web |date=2014-09-22 |title=Academic Colleges |url=https://www.anu.edu.au/about/academic-colleges |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=ANU |language=en}}

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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,{{cite web |url=http://rsss.anu.edu.au/schools-centres |title=RSSS Schools |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409180605/http://rsss.anu.edu.au/schools-centres |url-status=live }} Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research,{{cite web |date=11 March 2022 |title=Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research |url=https://caepr.cass.anu.edu.au/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328224243/https://caepr.cass.anu.edu.au/ |archive-date=28 March 2022 |access-date=30 March 2022 |website=Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research}} and the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods.{{cite web | title=ANU Centre for Social Research & Methods | website=ANU Centre for Social Research & Methods | date=22 March 2022 | url=https://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/ | access-date=30 March 2022 | archive-date=31 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331232901/https://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/ | url-status=live }}

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.{{cite web |url=http://rsha.anu.edu.au/schools-centres |title=RSHA Schools |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409180712/http://rsha.anu.edu.au/schools-centres |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2017 |title=Top Universities – Subject Guide |work=ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences |access-date=10 March 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308220143/https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2017 |url-status=live }}

The college is also home to the Australian Studies Institute.{{cite web | title=About | website=Australian Studies Institute | date=30 March 2022 | url=https://ausi.anu.edu.au/about | access-date=30 March 2022 | archive-date=14 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314015816/https://ausi.anu.edu.au/about | url-status=live }}

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 organization 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."{{cite web |title='Democratic duties' political philosophy forum in Canberra |url=http://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/society/democratic-duties-political-philosophy-forum-in-canberra/_nocache?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=print |website=CSU News |access-date=20 August 2018 |language=en |archive-date=23 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123165421/https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/society/democratic-duties-political-philosophy-forum-in-canberra/_nocache?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=print |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://publicethicsradio.wordpress.com/about/ |website=Public Ethics Radio |access-date=20 August 2018 |date=19 August 2008 |archive-date=20 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820173116/https://publicethicsradio.wordpress.com/about/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Avery Kolers wins ANU fellowship — Department of Philosophy |url=http://louisville.edu/philosophy/news/all/avery-kolers |website=louisville.edu |access-date=20 August 2018 |language=en |archive-date=11 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811195652/http://louisville.edu/philosophy/news/all/avery-kolers |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=PPE Talk: Seth Lazar, "Moral Sunk Costs" |url=https://ppe.unc.edu/event/ppe-talk-seth-lazar-moral-sunk-costs/ |website=ppe.unc.edu |access-date=20 August 2018 |archive-date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801204621/https://ppe.unc.edu/event/ppe-talk-seth-lazar-moral-sunk-costs/ |url-status=live }} Its president is Nicholas Southwood and key people include Seth Lazar, Geoff Brennan, Bob Goodin, Frank Jackson, Philip Pettit and Michael Smith.{{when|date=March 2022}}{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

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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.{{cite web |url=http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/about-us/our-story |title=Our story – College of Asia and the Pacific |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=20 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420190532/http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/about-us/our-story |url-status=live }} 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;{{cite web|url=https://chl.anu.edu.au/about-us-1|title=About Us|publisher=Australian National University|access-date=2023-05-24}} 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.{{cite web |title=About us : RegNet |url=https://regnet.anu.edu.au/about-us-1 |access-date=2023-05-24 |publisher=Australian National University}}{{cite web |url=http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/about-us/college-glance |title=College at a glance – College of Asia and the Pacific |work=Australian National University |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112001301/http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/about-us/college-glance |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite web |url=http://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/sdsc/aus-cscap |title=Australian member committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (Aus-CSCAP) |work=ANU Strategic & Defence Studies Centre |access-date=2 June 2015 |archive-date=28 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428020822/http://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/sdsc/aus-cscap |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web | title=Centres | website=Crawford School of Public Policy | date=15 September 2020 | url=https://crawford.anu.edu.au/centres | access-date=15 September 2020 | archive-date=28 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928053949/https://crawford.anu.edu.au/centres | url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/students/exchange-study-abroad/yearinasia |title=Year in Asia – College of Asia and the Pacific |work=Australian National University |access-date=25 January 2017 |archive-date=12 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212105106/http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/students/exchange-study-abroad/yearinasia |url-status=live }}

The college also has affiliation with Indiana University's Pan Asia Institute.{{cite web|url=http://iu.edu/~panasia/about/welcome-from-the-directors/|title=Welcome from the Inaugural Directors|access-date=14 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215022405/http://iu.edu/~panasia/about/welcome-from-the-directors/|archive-date=15 February 2017|url-status=dead}}

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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:{{cite web |url=http://cbe.anu.edu.au/college/schools-centres/ |title=Schools & centres – ANU College of Business and Economics |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329002102/http://cbe.anu.edu.au/college/schools-centres/ |archive-date=29 March 2013 }}

• 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.{{cite web |url=http://cbe.anu.edu.au/cbe/current-students/undergraduate-graduate-coursework/enrolment/professional-organisations-accreditation/ |title=Professional organisations & accreditation – ANU College of Business and Economics |work=Australian National University |access-date=2 June 2015 |archive-date=19 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419115750/http://cbe.anu.edu.au/cbe/current-students/undergraduate-graduate-coursework/enrolment/professional-organisations-accreditation/ |url-status=live }} It also has membership of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).{{cite web |url=http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List |title=Current Members |work=World Wide Web Consortium |access-date=25 January 2017 |archive-date=6 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606220200/https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List |url-status=live }}

{{main|ANU College of Systems and Society}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://systems.anu.edu.au/research/areas/ |title=Research Areas – ANU College of Systems and Society |work=Australian National University |access-date=21 January 2025 |url-status=live }}

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{{main|ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://law.anu.edu.au/anu-college-law/anu-college-law-research-centres |title=ANU College of Law research centres |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514192019/http://law.anu.edu.au/anu-college-law/anu-college-law-research-centres |archive-date=14 May 2013 }} In addition to numerous research programs, the college offers the professional LL.B. and J.D. degrees. It is the 7th oldest{{cite web |url=http://www.anu.edu.au/mac/images/uploads/ANU_Corporate_Brochure_web.pdf |title=ANU Brochure |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=14 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514191704/http://www.anu.edu.au/mac/images/uploads/ANU_Corporate_Brochure_web.pdf |url-status=live }} of Australia's 36 law schools and was ranked 2nd among Australian and 12th among world law schools by the 2018 QS Rankings.{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2018/law-and-legal-studies |title=QS Rankings – Law |work=Quacquarelli Symonds |access-date=13 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408092818/http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2012/law-and-legal-studies |archive-date=8 April 2013 }} Students are given the chance to spend three weeks in Geneva concerning the institutional practice of International Law.{{cite web |url=http://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/course/LAWS6258 |title=International Organisations (Geneva) |work=ANU Law School |access-date=2 June 2015 |archive-date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821060119/https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/Error/Index/404?aspxerrorpath=/course/LAWS6258 |url-status=live }}

{{main|ANU College of Science and Medicine}}

The ANU College of Science and Medicine comprises the Research Schools of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, and Physics.{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Our history & achievements {{!}} ANU College of Science and Medicine |url=https://science.anu.edu.au/about/our-history-achievements |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Australian National University |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519235259/https://science.anu.edu.au/about/our-history-achievements }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://physics.anu.edu.au/fire_in_the_belly/Fire_in_the_Belly03.pdf |title=The Big Machine |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517111518/http://physics.anu.edu.au/fire_in_the_belly/Fire_in_the_Belly03.pdf |archive-date=17 May 2013 |url-status=dead }} 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. ANU has been home to eight particle accelerators over the years and operates the 14UD and LINAS accelerators.{{cite web |url=http://physics.anu.edu.au/fire_in_the_belly/Fire_in_the_Belly14.pdf |title=The Accelerators of Nuclear Physics |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418145933/http://@physics.anu.edu.au/fire_in_the_belly/Fire_in_the_Belly14.pdf |archive-date=18 April 2013 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |date=2017 |title=Our history & achievements {{!}} ANU College of Science & Medicine |url=https://health.anu.edu.au/about/our-history-achievements#acton-tabs-link--tabs-0-band4-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519235308/https://health.anu.edu.au/about/our-history-achievements |archive-date=19 May 2023 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Australian National University}} JCSMR was established in 1948 as a result of the vision of Nobel laureate Howard Florey.{{cite web |url=http://jcsmr.anu.edu.au/about-us |title=About us – JCSMR |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=13 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313223734/http://jcsmr.anu.edu.au/about-us |url-status=live }} 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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At the end of 2018, ANU recorded an endowment of A$1.8 billion.

ANU is a member of the Group of Eight, Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the International Alliance of Research Universities, UNESCO Chairs, U7 Alliance,{{cite web|url=https://www.u7alliance.org/partners/|title=Partners|access-date=6 June 2020|archive-date=17 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217222554/https://www.u7alliance.org/partners/|url-status=live}} Winter Institute.{{cite web|url = https://ausi.anu.edu.au/events/2020-winter-institute-anu-nyu-pku-utokyo|title = 2020 Winter Institute – ANU-NYU-PKU-UTokyo|date = 11 November 2019|access-date = 6 June 2020|archive-date = 5 March 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210305233018/https://ausi.anu.edu.au/events/2020-winter-institute-anu-nyu-pku-utokyo|url-status = live}} and Global Scholars Program.{{Cite web |url=https://online.rice.edu/global-scholars-program/about/ |title=About the Global Scholars Program – Rice Online Learning |access-date=13 February 2021 |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413211319/https://online.rice.edu/global-scholars-program/about/ |url-status=dead }}

ANU participates in the US Financial Direct Loan program.{{cite web|url=http://www.anu.edu.au/students/scholarships-support/us-financial-aid|title=US Financial Aid|date=8 November 2014|access-date=15 May 2017|archive-date=22 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522011122/http://www.anu.edu.au/students/scholarships-support/us-financial-aid|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.anu.edu.au/students/scholarships/rg-menzies-scholarship-to-harvard|title=R.G. Menzies Scholarship to Harvard|date=24 May 2016|access-date=15 May 2017|archive-date=5 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505103040/http://www.anu.edu.au/students/scholarships/rg-menzies-scholarship-to-harvard|url-status=live}} ANU and University of Melbourne are the only two Australian partner universities of Yale University's Fox Fellowship program.{{cite web|url=http://foxfellowship.yale.edu/australian-national-university-university-melbourne-australia|title=The Australian National University & The University of Melbourne, Australia – Yale Fox International Fellowships|access-date=19 February 2017|archive-date=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219171817/http://foxfellowship.yale.edu/australian-national-university-university-melbourne-australia|url-status=live}} ANU has exchange partnership with Yale University,{{cite web |url=https://studyabroad.yale.edu/programs/australian-national-university |title=Australian National University | Study Abroad | Yale University |publisher=Studyabroad.yale.edu |date= |accessdate=2022-03-08 |archive-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423050217/https://studyabroad.yale.edu/programs/australian-national-university |url-status=live }} Brown University,{{cite web |url=https://www.brown.edu/about/administration/financial-aid/study-away-agreements |title=Study Abroad Financial Aid Agreements with Brown University {{!}} Financial Aid |website=www.brown.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129133851/https://www.brown.edu/about/administration/financial-aid/study-away-agreements |archive-date=2019-01-29}} MIT and Oxford University,{{cite web |url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/fees-funding/international/scholarships-exchanges/anu?wssl=1 |title=Australian National University (ANU) Exchange | University of Oxford |publisher=Ox.ac.uk |date=2022-02-01 |accessdate=2022-03-08 |archive-date=4 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204042616/https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/fees-funding/international/scholarships-exchanges/anu?wssl=1 |url-status=live }} and ANU has a research partnership with Harvard University.{{cite web |url=https://www.anu.edu.au/about/global-engagement/north-america-liaison-office/anu-strengthens-its-partnership-with-harvard |title=strengthens its partnership with Harvard University |publisher=ANU |date=2018-02-09 |accessdate=2022-03-08 |archive-date=5 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605182719/https://www.anu.edu.au/about/global-engagement/north-america-liaison-office/anu-strengthens-its-partnership-with-harvard |url-status=live }}

{{Main| Australian National University Library}}

The library of ANU originated in 1948 with the appointment of the first librarian, Arthur McDonald. The library holds over 2.5 million physical volumes{{cite web |url=http://anulib.anu.edu.au/using-the-library/collections/ |title=Collections – ANU Library |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409121053/http://anulib.anu.edu.au/using-the-library/collections/ |url-status=live }} distributed across six branches—the Chifley, Menzies, Hancock, Art & Music, and Law Libraries and the external Print Repository.{{cite web |url=http://anulib.anu.edu.au/using-the-library/branches/ |title=Branches- ANU Library |work=Australian National University |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409121009/http://anulib.anu.edu.au/using-the-library/branches/ |url-status=live }} Chifley and Hancock library are both accessible for ANU staff and students 24 hours a day.{{cite web|url=http://anulib.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/chifley-level-3-now-open-247|title=Chifley Level 3 now open 24/7 – ANU Library – ANU|website=anulib.anu.edu.au|access-date=15 May 2017|archive-date=11 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511185547/http://anulib.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/chifley-level-3-now-open-247|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://anulib.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/hancock-library-now-open-247|title=Hancock Library is now open 24/7 – ANU Library – ANU|website=anulib.anu.edu.au|language=en|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321225926/https://anulib.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/hancock-library-now-open-247|url-status=live}}

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For international students starting in 2025, tuition fees range from {{AUD|32020}} to {{AUD|95360}} per academic year for award programs lasting at least one year.{{Cite web |title=International tuition fees |url=https://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/fees-payments/international-tuition-fees |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217190837/https://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/fees-payments/international-tuition-fees |archive-date=17 December 2024 |access-date=28 February 2025 |website=The Australian National University |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}} Domestic students{{Efn|name=Domestic students|According to the Higher Education Support Act 2003, domestic students include permanent residents and New Zealand citizens in addition to Australian citizens.{{Cite web |date=16 November 2023 |title=5. Domestic and overseas students |url=https://www.education.gov.au/higher-education-publications/higher-education-administrative-information-providers-october-2021/5-domestic-and-overseas-students |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921075810/https://www.education.gov.au/higher-education-publications/higher-education-administrative-information-providers-october-2021/5-domestic-and-overseas-students |archive-date=21 September 2024 |access-date=12 November 2024 |website=Department of Education |publisher=Australian Capital Territory |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}}} may be offered a federally-subsidised Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) which substantially decreases the student contribution amount billed to the student.{{Cite web |date=30 July 2024 |title=Commonwealth supported places (CSPs) |url=https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/commonwealth-supported-places-csps |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118030734/https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/commonwealth-supported-places-csps |archive-date=18 January 2025 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Study Assist |publisher=Department of Education (Australian Government) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}} The maximum student contribution amount limits that can be applied to CSP students are dependent on the field of study.{{Cite web |date=7 January 2025 |title=Student contribution amounts |url=https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/commonwealth-supported-places/student-contribution-amounts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121194609/https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/commonwealth-supported-places/student-contribution-amounts |archive-date=21 January 2025 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Study Assist |publisher=Department of Education (Australian Government) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}

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).{{Cite web |date=21 November 2024 |title=Student learning entitlement (SLE) |url=https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/student-learning-entitlement-sle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221002359/https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/student-learning-entitlement-sle |archive-date=21 December 2024 |access-date=3 January 2025 |website=Study Assist |publisher=Department of Education (Australian Government) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}} Students may accrue additional SLE under some circumstances (e.g. starting a separate one-year honours program) or every 10 years. Domestic students are also able to access the HECS-HELP student loans scheme offered by the federal government.{{Cite web |date=10 January 2025 |title=HECS-HELP |url=https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/hecs-help |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129101829/https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/hecs-help |archive-date=29 January 2025 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Study Assist |publisher=Department of Education (Australian Government) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}} These are indexed to the Consumer or Wage Price Index, whichever is lower, and repayments are voluntary unless the recipient passes an income threshold.

The university also offers several scholarships, which come in the form of bursaries or tuition fee remission.{{Cite web |title=Scholarships |url=https://study.anu.edu.au/scholarships |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214212922/https://study.anu.edu.au/scholarships |archive-date=14 February 2025 |access-date=28 February 2025 |website=The Australian National University |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}

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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).{{Cite web |title=University Results |url=https://research.unsw.edu.au/artu/artu-results |website=Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities |publisher=University of New South Wales |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}

; National publications

In the Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking 2024, the university was ranked #2 amongst Australian universities.{{Cite web |title=Best Universities Ranking |url=https://www.afr.com/lists-and-awards/best-universities-ranking |website=Australian Financial Review |publisher=Nine Entertainment |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}

; Global publications

In the 2025 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (published 2024), the university attained a position of #30 (4th nationally).{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings 2025: Top Global Universities |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |website=QS World University Rankings |publisher=Quacquarelli Symonds |language=en-GB |publication-place=London, United Kingdom}}

In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 (published 2024), the university attained a tied position of #73 (4th nationally).{{cite web |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings |work=Times Higher Education |publisher=Inflexion |language=en-GB |publication-place=London, United Kingdom}}

In the 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the university attained a position of #101–150 (6th nationally).{{cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings |website=Academic Ranking of World Universities |publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy |language=en |publication-place=Shanghai, China}}

In the 2024–2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities, the university attained a position of #85 (6th nationally).{{Cite web |title=Best Global Universities Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings |website=U.S. News & World Report |language=en-US |publication-place=Washington, D.C., United States}}

In the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024,{{efn|The CWTS Leiden Ranking is based on P (top 10%).|name=a}} the university attained a position of #238 (10th nationally).{{Cite web |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2024/list |website=CWTS Leiden Ranking (Centre for Science and Technology Studies) |publisher=Leiden University |language=en |publication-place=Leiden, Netherlands}}

The Australian Government's QILT{{Efn|Abbreviation for Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching.}} conducts national surveys documenting the student life cycle from enrolment through to employment. These surveys place more emphasis on criteria such as student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224528/https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=Australian Government |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}} than perceived reputation, research output and citation counts.{{Cite web |last=Bridgestock |first=Laura |date=19 April 2021 |title=World University Ranking Methodologies Compared |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224525/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |archive-date=2 January 2025 |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quacquarelli Symonds |language=en-GB |publication-place=London, United Kingdom}}

In the 2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey, graduates of the university had an overall employer satisfaction rate of 84.2%.{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224527/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=Australian Government |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}

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.{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey: National Report |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220062418/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=Australian Government |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}} The initial full-time salary was {{AUD|72000}} for undergraduates and {{AUD|96400}} for postgraduates.

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%.{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Student Experience Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224530/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=Australian Government |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=WoroniWith Friends Like These: ANUSA to Absorb Postgraduates |url=https://www.woroni.com.au/news/with-friends-like-these-anusa-to-absorb-postgraduates/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Woroni |language=en}} The Australian National University Union manages catering and retail outlets and function amenities on behalf of all students.

Woroni is one of the student publications of the Australian National University, first formed in 1950. Woroni is published fortnightly in full colour tabloid format, and features broad coverage of university and local news, opinion, features, arts and culture, sports, and leisure. Most of the newspaper since its beginnings have been digitised through the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia. Woroni also features an online radio broadcast, Woroni Radio, as well as video production through Woroni TV.

[https://anuobserver.org/ ANU Observer] is another of the Australian National University's student news publications. Founded in 2017, 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.){{Cite web |title=Governance |url=https://anuobserver.org/about/governance/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=The ANU Observer |language=en-AU}} Observer also produces a weekly podcast called Our Experts Have Observed, which can be accessed via [https://open.spotify.com/show/5qFQ3TY6dMzXxWsy2zk02c Spotify] or [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/our-experts-have-observed/id1676416863 Apple Podcasts].

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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.{{Cite web |title=Our residences {{!}} The Australian National University |url=https://study.anu.edu.au/accommodation/our-residences |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Australian National University}} 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. 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{{cite web |url=http://unigardens.com.au/ |title=UniGardens, ANU & UC student accommodation and apartments, Canberra, Belconnen |work=UniGardens |access-date=27 July 2014 |archive-date=17 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517003034/http://unigardens.com.au/ |url-status=live }} 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{{cite web|last=Lansdown|first=Sarah|date=2020-08-22|title=ANU students feel pinch of residence tariff rise|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6890170/anu-students-feel-pinch-of-residence-tariff-rise/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=The Canberra Times|language=en|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026131606/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6890170/anu-students-feel-pinch-of-residence-tariff-rise/|url-status=live}} against steep rent hikes, neglect of pastoral care support, and repeated failures to address issues relating to sexual assault and sexual harassment.{{cite web|title=Review of ANU Residences' Response to Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment – Staff Services – ANU|url=https://services.anu.edu.au/news-events/review-of-anu-residences-response-to-sexual-assault-and-sexual-harassment|access-date=2020-08-22|website=services.anu.edu.au|language=en|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920112231/https://services.anu.edu.au/news-events/review-of-anu-residences-response-to-sexual-assault-and-sexual-harassment|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web |last=SnapWidget |title=💰 The Rent is Too Damn High! 💰 ANU has sold off students for profit. More and more of us have to struggle to balance classes with our jobs in... |url=https://snapwidget.com/v/ib/17917285409879549/?src=LX7MDYWn |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=SnapWidget |language=en}}

File:Kinloch Lodge January 2013.jpg|Kinloch Lodge

File:Lena Carmal Lodge June 2013.jpeg|Lena Karmel Lodge

File:UniLodge ANU - Davey Lodge in Civic.jpg|Davey Lodge

File:AUS Canberra, Central, Australian National University 044.jpg|Wright Hall

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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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|File: Hawke Bob BANNER.jpg |Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (1983–1991).

|File: Kevin Rudd official portrait.jpg |Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia (2007–2010, 2013).

|File: Annastacia Palaszczuk 2016.jpg |Annastacia Palaszczuk, 39th Premier of Queensland (2015–2023).

|File: Premier Barry O'Farrell - Flickr - Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer.jpg |Barry O'Farrell, 43rd Premier of New South Wales (2011–2014).

|File: 120718-A-AO884-034 Australian Army Chief Lt. Gen. David Morrison cropped.jpg |Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Australian Chief of Army (2011–2015).

|File: Don.Brash.jpg |Don Brash, New Zealand Opposition Leader (2003–2006) and Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor (1988–2002).

|File:Συνάντηση ΥΠΕΞ κ. Δ. Δρούτσα με ΥΠΕΞ Ινδονησίας Dr. R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa (5029794319) (cropped).jpg |Marty Natalegawa, 16th Foreign Minister of Indonesia (2009–2014).

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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. Notable present scholars include Hilary Charlesworth, Ian McAllister, Hugh White, Warwick McKibbin, Keith Dowding, Amin Saikal and Jeremy Shearmur.

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|File: H. C. Coombs.jpg |H.C. Coombs, first Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia.

|File: MarkOliphantPortrait.jpg |Mark Oliphant, known for the co-discovery of tritium, helium-3 and nuclear fusion.

|File: Howard Walter Florey 1945.jpg |Howard Florey, Nobel Prize in Medicine Laureate (1945) for his role in developing penicillin.

|File: Boediono, official vice-presidential portrait (2009).jpg |Boediono, Vice President of Indonesia (2009–2014).

|File: Ian Chubb.jpg |Ian Chubb, Chief Scientist of Australia (2011–2016).

|File: Gareth Evans University of Melbourne.jpg |Gareth Evans, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (1988–1996).

|File: Brian Schmidt.jpg |Brian Schmidt, Nobel Prize in Physics Laureate (2011) and former ANU Vice-Chancellor.

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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.

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.{{cite web |title=Man charged with attempted murder over stabbing of two female students at ANU |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-19/man-charged-over-stabbing-of-two-female-students-at-anu/102872460 |website=ABC News |language=en-AU |date=18 September 2023}} ANU Chancellor Julie Bishop later called for the ACT government to explain why the university was not informed of the risk beforehand.{{cite web |title = ANU chancellor Julie Bishop demands answers over Monday's violent on-campus incident|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-21/julie-bishop-angry-anu-alex-ophel-alleged-stabbing-incident/102883734 |website=ABC News |language=en-AU |date=21 September 2023}}

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.[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-02/anu-cyber-hack-how-personal-information-got-out/11550578 "Inside a massive cyber hack that risks compromising leaders across the globe"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422044621/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-02/anu-cyber-hack-how-personal-information-got-out/11550578 |date=22 April 2020 }}. ABC News, Stephanie Borys. 2 October 2019.[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-02/the-sophisticated-anu-hack-that-compromised-private-details/11566540 "The ANU hack came down to a single email — here's what we know"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516081821/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-02/the-sophisticated-anu-hack-that-compromised-private-details/11566540 |date=16 May 2020 }}. ABC News, Stephanie Borys. 2 October 2019. After investigating, the university published a report on the incident.[https://imagedepot.anu.edu.au/scapa/Website/SCAPA190209_Public_report_web_2.pdf "Incident Report On The Breach Of The Australian National University's Administrative Systems"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723225639/https://imagedepot.anu.edu.au/scapa/Website/SCAPA190209_Public_report_web_2.pdf |date=23 July 2020 }}. Office of the Chief Information Security Officer. Undated; retrieved 6 May 2020. [https://dmm.anu.edu.au/7JPtR_cybersafety/package.php Cyber safety recommendations] are generally applicable.

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