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Curtin University was founded in 1966 as the Western Australian Institute of Technology.{{Citation | author1=White, Michael | title=WAIT to Curtin : a history of the Western Australian Institute of Technology | year=1996 | publication-date=1996 | publisher=Paradigm Books (Curtin University) | isbn=978-1-86342-490-5}} The four people who drove its establishment were Lesley Phillips, who was Superintendent of Technical Education from 1943 to 1948; George Hayman,{{efn||name=fn1}} who held the same position from 1948 to 1962; T. L. Robertson, Director of Education; and Haydn Williams, Director of Technical Education.

Its nucleus comprised the tertiary programs of the Perth Technical College, which opened in 1900.{{Citation | author1=Perth Technical College | title=The history of the Perth Technical College from | publication-date=1979 | publisher=The College | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32759546 | access-date=15 September 2020 | archive-date=18 April 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418044753/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32759546 | url-status=live }} The university's Bentley campus was selected in 1962 and officially opened in 1966. The first students enrolled in 1967.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} Haydn Williams was the first director of WAIT.

In 1969, three more institutions were merged with WAIT: the Kalgoorlie School of Mines (opened in 1902), the Muresk Agricultural College (opened in 1926), and the Schools of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy (in operation since the 1950s at Shenton Park).{{cite web|url=http://official.curtin.edu.au/history.html|title=History: WAIT to Curtin|access-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421193102/http://www.official.curtin.edu.au/history.html|archive-date=21 April 2008|url-status=dead}} Between 1966 and 1976 WAIT experienced an expansion from 2,000 to 10,000 students.{{cite book|chapter-url=http://epress.anu.edu.au/info_systems_aus/mobile_devices/ch10s02.html|title=The information systems academic discipline in Australia|last=Gable|first=Guy|chapter=Overview of WA universities|date=September 2008|isbn=978-1-921313-94-3|publisher=ANU E-Press|access-date=2011-10-16|archive-date=9 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309091838/http://epress.anu.edu.au/info_systems_aus/mobile_devices/ch10s02.html|url-status=live}}

In December 1986 WAIT was made a university, under provisions of the WA Institute of Technology Amendment Act 1986.{{Gazette WA|date=19 December 1986|title=Western Australian Institute of Technology Amendment Act 1986: Proclamation|page=1986:4861}} Curtin University took its name from former Prime Minister of Australia John Curtin. In 1987, Curtin University of Technology became Western Australia's third university and Australia's first university of technology.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} By the mid-1990s, it had enrolments of 20,000 students, making it one of Australia's largest universities.{{Cite book |title=Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia |date=2009 |publisher=University of Western Australia Press |editor-last=Gregory |editor-first=Jenny |pages= |editor-last2=Gothard |editor-first2=Jan}}

In 1993, Curtin founded a graduate business school in St Georges Terrace. In 2002 it was moved to Murray Street, where it remains. The school was developed on the foundation of Curtin's existing Master of Business Administration program.{{Cite web|date=2020|title=Curtin University History|url=https://about.curtin.edu.au/history-facts/history/|url-status=live|website=Curtin University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621101954/https://about.curtin.edu.au/history-facts/history/ |archive-date=21 June 2020 }}

In 2005, Curtin and Murdoch University were engaged in a feasibility study into the possibility of a merger.{{cite news|url=http://announce.curtin.edu.au/release2005/c13605.html|title=Curtin agrees to discuss merger|date=23 June 2007|access-date=2007-10-25|publisher=Curtin University Media Releases|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819215742/http://announce.curtin.edu.au/release2005/c13605.html|archive-date=19 August 2006|url-status=dead}} On 7 November 2005, the institutions announced that a merger would not be undertaken.{{cite news|url=http://announce.curtin.edu.au/release2005/c24405.html|title=Curtin Murdoch merger proposal not to proceed|date=2 November 2007|access-date=2007-10-25|publisher=Curtin University Media Releases|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819212542/http://announce.curtin.edu.au/release2005/c24405.html|archive-date=19 August 2006|url-status=dead}}

In 2008, Curtin opened a campus in Singapore, its second offshore presence. In 2009, Curtin became the first university in the Australian Technology Network to be listed on the Academic Ranking of World Universities of research universities.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/dawkins-reforms-bear-fruit-at-curtin-university/story-e6frgcjx-1225794050227|title=Dawkins reforms bear fruit at Curtin University|date=4 November 2009|access-date=2009-11-14|publisher=The Australian|first=Bernard|last=Lane|archive-date=8 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008183454/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/dawkins-reforms-bear-fruit-at-curtin-university/story-e6frgcjx-1225794050227|url-status=live}}

In 2010, Curtin dropped the "of Technology" suffix, from then operating as "Curtin University".{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

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Curtin University's main campus is in Bentley, Western Australia, about {{convert|6|km}} south-east of the Perth central business district.{{Cite web|title=Curtin Perth, how big is the campus?, address - About {{!}} Curtin University|url=http://about.curtin.edu.au/campus-locations/perth#linkid=um-about-campus-locations-cta-perth|access-date=2021-03-31|website=about.curtin.edu.au|date=31 January 2020|archive-date=25 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325085527/https://about.curtin.edu.au/campus-locations/perth/#linkid=um-about-campus-locations-cta-perth|url-status=live}} The campus was developed on a former pine plantation established in the 1930s.

Curtin has multiple smaller off-site campuses in the Perth metropolitan area. The Graduate School of Business building is in the Perth central business district in the renovated former Government Printing Office, and the law school is on Murray Street in the old Public Health Department and Chief Secretary's building, a listed building on the State Register of Heritage Places. In 2016, Curtin entered into an agreement with the National Trust of Australia (WA) to use the restored Old Perth Boys' School at 139 St Georges Terrace for community and industry engagement. In 2018, Curtin renovated the original Perth Technical College building at 137 St Georges Terrace to create meeting rooms and learning spaces for professional development and postgraduate courses.{{Cite web|title=Perth Technical School |date=5 February 2020 |url=https://www.curtin.edu.au/about/history-facts/history/perth-technical-school/ |access-date=1 January 2023 |archive-date=11 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111114830/https://www.curtin.edu.au/about/history-facts/history/perth-technical-school/ |url-status=live}}

Exploration Geophysics and Petroleum Engineering are at the co-location research facilities of the Australian Resources Research Centre (ARRC),{{cite web|url=http://www.csiro.au/places/ARRC.html#1 |title=Perth: Australian Resources Research Centre (WA) - Participating Institutions |publisher=Csiro.au |date=18 December 2009 |access-date=2010-09-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706092929/http://www.csiro.au/places/ARRC.html |archive-date=6 July 2010 }} which also houses offices of CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering{{cite web |url=http://www.em.csiro.au |title=CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering |publisher=Em.csiro.au |access-date=2010-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617001430/http://www.em.csiro.au/ |archive-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead }} and National Measurement Institute.{{cite web |url=http://www.measurement.gov.au/ |title=Home - National Measurement Institute |publisher=Measurement.gov.au |date=1 July 2010 |access-date=2010-09-26 |archive-date=21 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921193730/http://www.measurement.gov.au/ |url-status=live }} The ARRC is in the Technology Park Bentley, adjacent to the main Bentley campus. Some university staff, researchers and students on practicum work in other locations, such as the Oral Health Centre of WA (OHCWA) in Nedlands{{cite web |url=http://www.health.wa.gov.au/services/detail.cfm?Unit_ID=931 |title=Oral Health Centre of Western Australia (OHCWA) |publisher=Health.wa.gov.au |date=18 September 2007 |access-date=2010-09-26 |archive-date=2 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902082253/http://www.health.wa.gov.au/services/detail.cfm?Unit_ID=931 |url-status=live }} and at Royal Perth Hospital, amongst other organisations.

Curtin has two bus stations, connected to the Transperth public transport network. The stations are also linked to the Mandurah railway line's Canning Bridge Station by a shuttle bus service. Curtin also has an internal bus network trialling autonomous buses on campus.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Curtin has campuses outside Perth, the largest being the Western Australian School of Mines at Kalgoorlie, and a number of micro-campuses in Esperance, Margaret River, Geraldton, and elsewhere. Nursing is the only course offered in Geraldton.{{when|date=August 2023}} The Muresk Institute at Northam left Curtin in 2012.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

The Hayman Theatre was established in 1973 as Hayman Hall, for the use of theatre arts students. The Hall's name derives from George Hayman,{{efn|name=fn1|William George Inglis (George) Hayman, Superintendent of Technical Education from 1948{{cite web | title=History | website=Curtin University | date=5 February 2020 | url=https://www.curtin.edu.au/about/history-facts/history/ | access-date=21 August 2023}} until his retirement in 1962.{{cite web| url= https://slwa.wa.gov.au/pdf/ephemera/pr14610.pdf| title= Collection name: History of schools & teachers: Ephemera collection: PR14610| publisher= State Library of Western Australia}} who played a major part in establishing WAIT in 1967.}} who played a major part in establishing WAIT in 1967.{{cite web | last=Hussey | first=Toby | title=New Hayman Theatre unveiled | website=Your Local Examiner | date=4 May 2017 | url=https://www.yourlocalexaminer.com.au/new-hayman-theatre-unveiled/ | access-date=21 August 2023}} The theatre study company Theatreground as well as the Western Australian Theatre Company used the space. It was refurbished in 1977, creating the Theatre Upstairs above the main stage. After the Bentley Campus was expanded, in 2017 Hayman Theatre moved to Building 302.

In April 2017 Curtin University established its newest campus in Dubai at Dubai International Academic City.{{cite web |url=http://about.curtin.edu.au/campus-locations/dubai/ |title=Curtin University Dubai, address, phone number - About | Curtin University |date=31 January 2020 |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727130203/http://about.curtin.edu.au/campus-locations/dubai/ |url-status=live }} Australian Ambassador to the UAE HE Arthur Spyrou officially opened the campus on 10 September 2017.{{cite web |url=https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/curtin-university-launches-academic-programs-curtin-dubai/ |title=Curtin University launches academic programs at Curtin Dubai |date=22 January 2018 |access-date=30 March 2022 |archive-date=28 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328100343/https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/curtin-university-launches-academic-programs-curtin-dubai/ |url-status=live }} Curtin University Dubai courses use the same structure and unit curriculum as those at the Bentley campus. Curtin University Dubai is accredited by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA).{{citation needed |date=March 2022}} The academic qualifications Curtin grants are certified by KHDA and recognised in the Emirate of Dubai by all public and private entities.{{citation needed |date=March 2022}}

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Curtin's largest international campus is in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia. Curtin's operations in Miri began in February 1999. In 2002, a purpose-built campus was opened as Curtin's first offshore campus and the first foreign university campus in East Malaysia. It has around 4,000 students from over 45 countries, and academics from more than 15 countries.{{cite web |url=http://www.curtin.edu.my/campusnews/mediarelease/2011/PR_11-37.htm |title=Curtin Sarawak Malaysia |publisher=Curtin.edu.my |access-date=2012-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722014308/http://www.curtin.edu.my/campusnews/mediarelease/2011/PR_11-37.htm |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} Curtin Malaysia is the only approved CISCO Networking University in Miri and Brunei.[http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/netacad/index.html Academy Connection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613130050/http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/netacad/index.html |date=13 June 2006 }} - search for either Miri or Brunei

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Curtin University opened a Singapore-based campus on 23 November 2008.{{cite web |author=Nicol, Julia |title=Curtin announces new Singapore Campus |publisher=Curtin University of Technology |date=26 March 2008 |work=Curtin News |url=http://campusnews.curtin.edu.au/mediarelease/index2.cfm?release=4163 |access-date=2008-03-30 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708001717/http://campusnews.curtin.edu.au/mediarelease/index2.cfm?release=4163 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |author=Yeen Nie, Hoe |title=Australia's Curtin University of Technology to open Singapore campus |publisher=Channel NewsAsia |date=27 March 2008 |work=Singapore News |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/337393/1/.html |access-date=2008-03-27 |archive-date=29 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329000717/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/337393/1/.html |url-status=live }} Curtin Singapore courses use the same structure and unit curriculum as those at the Bentley campus.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} In 2022, Curtin Singapore moved to a new campus located at 10 Science Park Road, The Alpha, Science Park II.{{Cite web |last=Neish |first=Gordon |date=2011-12-21 |title=Campus & facilities |url=https://curtin.edu.sg/curtin-university/campus-facilities/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Curtin Singapore |language=en}}

Curtin University opened its fourth international campus in Mauritius on 3 May 2018 on the campus of Charles Telfair Institute in Moka south of Port Louis.{{cite web |title=Campus locations: Curtin Mauritius |website=Curtin University |date=31 January 2020 |url=https://about.curtin.edu.au/campus-locations/mauritius/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316135756/http://about.curtin.edu.au/campus-locations/mauritius/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Our partners |website=Curtin Mauritius |url=https://curtinmauritius.ac.mu/about-us/our-partners/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320044840/https://curtinmauritius.ac.mu/about-us/our-partners/ |url-status=live }}

Curtin University Sydney (Curtin Sydney) was established on 20 June 2005. The first campus was in The Rocks area. It later moved to the suburb of Chippendale, where it occupied the Berlei Building. Curtin Sydney's operation was contracted out to private tertiary education provider Navitas Group. It offered international students diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses. In 2014 Curtin Sydney was involved in a cash-for-results scandal where students since 2012 had paid MyMaster, a Sydney company, up to $1,000 each to write essays and assignments for them, as well as to sit online tests.{{cite news |last1=McNeilage |first1=Amy |last2=Visentin |first2=Lisa |title=WA's Curtin University caught in NSW 'essay writing' scandal |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/was-curtin-university-caught-in-nsw-essay-writing-scandal-20141112-11l15r.html |access-date=3 November 2020 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 November 2014 |archive-date=12 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812143910/https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/was-curtin-university-caught-in-nsw-essay-writing-scandal-20141112-11l15r.html |url-status=live }} In 2015, Curtin announced that Curtin Sydney would close in 2017.

From 2007, the university's teaching and research was divided into five faculties (previously known as divisions), which each include a number of schools.{{cite web|author=Curtin University|date=13 September 2010|title=Our study areas|url=http://futurestudents.curtin.edu.au/student-life/study-areas/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105092520/http://futurestudents.curtin.edu.au/student-life/study-areas/|archive-date=5 November 2012|access-date=2011-10-16}} These schools were consolidated in 2020 during a period of staff cuts.{{Cite web|title=What is a Faculty?|url=https://students.connect.curtin.edu.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/374/~/what-is-a-faculty%3F|access-date=2021-04-23|website=students.connect.curtin.edu.au|language=en-AU|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423211949/https://students.connect.curtin.edu.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/374/~/what-is-a-faculty%3F|url-status=live}} These are:

• Centre for Aboriginal Studies
• Faculty of Business and Law
• School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
• School of Management and Marketing
• Curtin Law School
• Faculty of Health Sciences
• Curtin Medical School
• Curtin School of Allied Health
• Curtin School of Nursing
• Curtin School of Population Health
• Faculty of Humanities
• School of Design and the Built Environment
• School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry
• School of Education
• Faculty of Science and Engineering
• School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
• School of Earth and Planetary Sciences
• School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences
• School of Molecular and Life Sciences
• Western Australian School of Mines: Minerals and Energy Engineering

The main library building is the TL Robertson Library, on the Bentley campus.{{Cite web|url=https://library.curtin.edu.au/about/robertson-library/|title=Robertson Library|website=Curtin University|access-date=17 October 2018|archive-date=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017123531/https://library.curtin.edu.au/about/robertson-library/|url-status=live}} It opened in 1972. After the building was extended in the 1990s, the university began a major refurbishment in 2021, due for completion in 2023.{{Cite web |title=TL Robertson Library Refurbishment |url=https://properties.curtin.edu.au/project/library-refurbishment/ |access-date=6 January 2023 |website=Curtin University|date=10 January 2014 }} Also on the Bentley campus is the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, holding a large collection of papers relating to John Curtin as well as other special collections, including the papers of political figures John Dawkins, Geoff Gallop, Hazel Hawke, and Carmen Lawrence, and Curtin academics Mike Daube (tobacco control) and Jules Black (sexology).{{Cite web|url=https://library.curtin.edu.au/about/collections/|title=Our Collections|website=Curtin University|access-date=17 October 2018|archive-date=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082228/https://library.curtin.edu.au/about/collections/|url-status=live}}

The John Curtin Gallery (JCG) is on the Bentley campus, in building 200A.{{cite web | title=About JCG - John Curtin Gallery | website=John Curtin Gallery | date=16 November 2017 | url=http://jcg.curtin.edu.au/about-jcg/ | access-date=3 April 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It has a focus on contemporary art, learning and research.{{cite web | title=Mission - John Curtin Gallery | website=John Curtin Gallery | date=1 December 2017 | url=http://jcg.curtin.edu.au/about-jcg/mission/ | access-date=3 April 2020 | archive-date=21 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821061242/https://jcg.curtin.edu.au/about/mission/ | url-status=live }}

The university is one of the partners in the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study, one of the largest cohorts of pregnancy, childhood, adolescence and early adulthood to be carried out anywhere in the world.{{cite news|url=http://health.thewest.com.au/news/2147/long-may-kids-health-study-raine|title=Long may kids' health study Raine {{!}} Health+Medicine|work=health.thewest.com.au|language=en|access-date=19 October 2018|archive-date=27 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227121856/http://health.thewest.com.au/news/2147/long-may-kids-health-study-raine|url-status=live}}

Curtin's Creative Writing staff and alumni have won the Miles Franklin Award seven times.{{cite web|url=http://news.curtin.edu.au/headlines/curtin-alumna-in-running-for-miles-franklin-literary-award/|title=Curtin alumna in running for Miles Franklin Literary Award | News and Events|publisher=news.curtin.edu.au|access-date=2014-11-04|date=27 March 2013|archive-date=4 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504075129/http://news.curtin.edu.au/headlines/curtin-alumna-in-running-for-miles-franklin-literary-award/|url-status=live}}

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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 #191 (11th 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 #26 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 #174 (13th 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 position of #251–300 (tied 14–19th 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 #201–300 (tied 9–15th 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 #164 (11th 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 #280 (12th 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 90.1%.{{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 80.9% for undergraduates and 87.9% 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|75000}} for undergraduates and {{AUD|93000}} for postgraduates.

In the 2023 Student Experience Survey, undergraduates at the university rated the quality of their entire educational experience at 77.4% meanwhile postgraduates rated their overall education experience at 75.5%.{{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}}

In 2022, the university formed an international university alliance with the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, United Kingdom and University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada to address global challenges together.{{cite web |title=Strategic Alliance {{!}} University of Calgary International {{!}} University of Calgary |url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/international/international-research/strategic-alliance |publisher=University of Calgary |language=en}} The alliance provides joint research centres, collaborative academic programs, industry linkage, and student and staff mobility exchanges.{{cite news |last1=Emilie |first1=Lauer |title=Curtin Uni joins tripartite alliance to tackle environmental issues |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/curtin-uni-joins-tripartite-alliance-to-tackle-environmental-issues/news-story/21b25439fb407e6236bae1cf64360f37?amp&nk=7fcfb82bed774c15378e373a5a82c683-1709948096 |access-date=27 September 2022 |work=The Australian |date=27 September 2022}} Curtin is also a member of the Australian Technology Network.{{cite web |title=Australian Technology Network of Universities |url=https://www.atn.edu.au |website=Australian Technology Network of Universities}}

The Curtin Student Guild is the student union at Curtin University{{Cite Legislation AU|WA|Act|cua1966252|Curtin University Act}}. It was founded in 1969 as the WAIT Student Guild.

The guild provides student representation services through the provision of faculty, international, postgraduate and equity representatives and the professional support service Student Assist.{{Cite web|title=Representatives|url=https://www.guild.curtin.edu.au/representatives|access-date=2021-04-23|website=www.guild.curtin.edu.au|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411224408/https://guild.curtin.edu.au/representatives|url-status=live}}

The guild operates most food and beverage outlets on campus, including Guild Cafés (Central, Engineering, Library), Angazi, Concept Coffee Co and Mallokup food outlets. Other commercial services include G-Mart, Curtin University's general store, printing, stationery and news outlet and The Tav.{{cite web |url=https://www.guild.curtin.edu.au/ |title=Curtin Student Guild | the Curtin Student Guild |access-date=23 April 2015 |archive-date=29 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429065015/http://www.guild.curtin.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}

The guild operates and funds all Curtin student clubs and societies. It also runs a number of events throughout the year, most notably the Toga Party held in semester one and the previous notable event Grasslands Music Festival held in semester two. The guild publishes Grok magazine.

The Student Guild is governed independently of the University by students through the Guild Council, which consists of executive members: president, vice-presidents, secretary and councillors. All other representatives sit on the Representation Board. Students elect their representatives annually in September.{{cite web |url=https://www.guild.curtin.edu.au/Common/ContentWM.aspx?CID=40 |title=Student reps |publisher=Guild.curtin.edu.au |access-date=2016-11-20 |archive-date=21 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121043338/https://www.guild.curtin.edu.au/Common/ContentWM.aspx?CID=40 |url-status=live }} Major Groups that contest elections include Illuminate, consisting of broadly left-wing Independent students; Left Action, aligned with Socialist Alternative; groups aligned with the Labor Right; and Joke Ticket's, from various political leanings.{{Cite web|date=2019-09-23|title=Illuminate holds a firm grasp on the Guild: results of the 2019 CSG Election {{!}} Grok|url=https://grokonline.com.au/2019/09/23/and-thats-a-wrap-results-of-the-2019-guild-election/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=grokonline.com.au|language=en-AU|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423211949/https://grokonline.com.au/2019/09/23/and-thats-a-wrap-results-of-the-2019-guild-election/|url-status=live}} The Guild currently has an Illuminate majority.

As of 2023, Curtin University's basketball teams, the Carnabys, play in the University Basketball League (UBL).{{cite web|url=https://programmed.com.au/programmed-sponsors-curtin-university-basketball-league-the-carnabys/|title=Programmed Sponsors Curtin University Basketball League, The Carnabys!|website=Programmed.com.au|date=5 July 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208122039/https://programmed.com.au/programmed-sponsors-curtin-university-basketball-league-the-carnabys/|archive-date=8 December 2023}}

The men's team of the Curtin University Football Club is based on the main campus. The club currently (2023) competes in the Football West State League Division 2.{{cn|date=December 2023}}

The Curtin University FC women's team were one of the inaugural teams in the National Premier Leagues WA Women competition (which commenced in 2020), and is a part of the National Premier Leagues Women's structure.{{cite web|url=https://footballwest.com.au/female-football-in-wa-moves-into-new-era/|title=Female football in WA moves into new era|publisher=Football West|date=4 December 2019|access-date=7 December 2019|archive-date=7 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207110530/https://footballwest.com.au/female-football-in-wa-moves-into-new-era/|url-status=dead}} The team was previously part of the Women State League Division 1 from (at least) 2012 to 2019.{{cn|date=December 2023}}

Curtin University offers on campus accommodation at five separate precincts, managed by UniLodge:{{Cite web|url=https://www.unilodge.com.au/|title=Student Accommodation Australia - Housing & Apartments|website=Unilodge|access-date=9 August 2019|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809001445/https://www.unilodge.com.au/|url-status=live}} Kurrajong Village,{{Cite web|url=https://www.unilodge.com.au/student-accommodation-perth/kurrajong-village|title=Perth Student Accommodation | Curtin University|website=Unilodge|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=19 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019220315/https://www.unilodge.com.au/student-accommodation-perth/kurrajong-village|url-status=live}} Erica Underwood House,{{Cite web|url=https://www.unilodge.com.au/student-accommodation-perth/erica-underwood|title=Curtin Uni Accommodation | UniLodge Erica Underwood House|website=Unilodge|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021104207/https://www.unilodge.com.au/student-accommodation-perth/erica-underwood|url-status=live}} Guild House,{{Cite web|url=https://www.unilodge.com.au/student-accommodation-perth/guild-house|title=Furnished Apartments Perth Near CU | UniLodge Guild House|website=Unilodge|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020194128/https://www.unilodge.com.au/student-accommodation-perth/guild-house|url-status=live}} Vickery House{{Cite web|url=https://www.unilodge.com.au/student-accommodation-perth/vickery-house|title=Curtin University Housing Perth | UniLodge Vickery House|website=Unilodge|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=19 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019200213/https://www.unilodge.com.au/student-accommodation-perth/vickery-house|url-status=live}} and St Catherine's College.{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://stcatherines.curtin.edu.au/ |website=St Catherine's College, Curtin |access-date=11 August 2022 |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811034410/https://stcatherines.curtin.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}

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Notable people who have attended Curtin University include:

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• Mouza Sulaiman Mohamed Al-Wardi, museum curator, Director of the Collections Department at the National Museum (Oman){{Cite web|title=Faces behind stellar show of Oman's National Museum|url=https://timesofoman.com/article/14743-faces-behind-stellar-show-of-omans-national-museum|access-date=2021-06-16|website=Times of Oman|language=en|archive-date=21 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821061236/https://timesofoman.com/article/14743-faces-behind-stellar-show-of-omans-national-museum|url-status=live}}
• James Angus, sculptor
• Ain Bandial, Bruneian journalist and editor
• Natalie Barr, news presenter on Seven Network's Sunrise{{cite web |url=http://www.celebrityspeakers.com.au/brspeaker_bio.asp?Speaker_Index_Text=608 |title=Celebrity Speakers Biography: Natalie Barr |access-date=2008-02-15 |archive-date=4 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304154210/http://www.celebrityspeakers.com.au/brspeaker_bio.asp?Speaker_Index_Text=608 |url-status=dead }}
• Carrie Bickmore, co-host of The Project (Australian TV program)
• John Butler, musician
• Michaelia Cash, Attorney-General of Australia, member of Australian Senate
• Natalia Cooper, journalist for Nine News at the Nine Network Sydney{{cite web |url=http://humanities.curtin.edu.au/alumni.cfm?id=33 |title=Curtin Faculty of Humanities: Alumni |access-date=2008-02-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080307020423/http://humanities.curtin.edu.au/alumni.cfm?id=33 |archive-date = 2008-03-07}}
• Priya Cooper, Gold medal swimmer at the Sydney Paralympic Games{{cite web |url=http://alumni.curtin.edu.au/people/profiles/priya_cooper.html |title=Curtin Alumni: Priya Cooper |access-date=2008-02-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070829185219/http://www.alumni.curtin.edu.au/people/profiles/priya_cooper.html |archive-date = 2007-08-29}}
• Judy Davis, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress
• Jessica De Gouw, actor
• Shane Dikolli, accountant
• Jon Doust, comedian, writer, novelist and professional speaker
• Elissa Down, film director{{cite news |last=Rachel |first=Donkin |title=WA's catwalk star Gemma shines in her feature film debut |url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=54424 |newspaper=The West Australian |date=15 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412211500/http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=54424 |archive-date=12 April 2009 |access-date=2008-02-15}}
• Valerie Glover, artist
• Claire Hooper, comedian
• Kenneth Maxwell, educationist
• Hannah McGlade, academic, human rights advocate and lawyer
• Judith Lucy, comedian{{cite news |title=Funny girl |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/11/1057783349263.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 July 2003 |access-date=2008-02-15 |archive-date=20 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820021942/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/11/1057783349263.html |url-status=live }}
• Kate Mulvany OAM, actor and playwright{{cite web | last=Rebeiro | first=Luke | title=Back to where it all began: Kate Mulvany is Hayman Theatre patron | website=News at Curtin | date=2 March 2018 | url=https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/media-release/back-began-kate-mulvany-hayman-theatre-patron/ | access-date=20 August 2023}}
• Frances O'Connor, actor{{cite web|url=http://humanities.curtin.edu.au/communication_and_cultural_studies_grad_achievements.cfm |title=Communication & Cultural Studies - Graduate Achievements |access-date=2008-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903124317/http://humanities.curtin.edu.au/communication_and_cultural_studies_grad_achievements.cfm |archive-date = 2007-09-03}}
• David McComb, lead singer of The Triffids, songwriter and poet
• Sheila McHale, former Cabinet minister in the Government of Western Australia{{cite web |url=http://alumni.curtin.edu.au/people/profiles/sheila_mchale.html |title=Curtin Alumni: Sheila McHale |access-date=2008-02-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070829185858/http://www.alumni.curtin.edu.au/people/profiles/sheila_mchale.html |archive-date = 2007-08-29}}
• Ljiljanna Ravlich, former Cabinet minister in the Government of Western Australia{{cite web |url=http://www.ministers.wa.gov.au/ravlich/index.cfm?fuseaction=biography.main |title=Ljiljanna Ravlich MLC Biography |access-date=2008-02-15 |archive-date=1 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101021228/http://www.ministers.wa.gov.au/ravlich/index.cfm?fuseaction=biography.main |url-status=live }}
• Kate Raynes-Goldie, game designer and social media scholar
• Tracy Ryan, poet
• Philip Salom, poet
• Elaine Smith, actor
• Ben Templesmith, illustrator & author of 30 Days of Night
• Tim Winton, author
• Siti Rozaimeriyanty, architect and politician
• Romaizah Mohd Salleh, Bruneian Minister of Education{{Cite web |title=CURRICULUM VITAE |url=https://www.seameo.org/img/ministers/brunei1.pdf |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=www.seameo.org}}

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• Aboriginal Studies
• Joan Winch, nurse and educator
• Business and Law
• Rozaina Adam, member of Parliament in Maldives
• Cody Fern, actor
• Samantha Hall, entrepreneur, environmental and Antarctic researcher
• Brad Hogg, cricketer
• Dean Israelite, film director
• Health Sciences
• John Worsfold, coach of the Essendon Football Club and ex-coach of the West Coast Eagles{{cite web |url=http://alumni.curtin.edu.au/people/profiles/john_worsfold.html |title=Curtin Alumni: John Worsfold |access-date=2008-02-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070829185546/http://www.alumni.curtin.edu.au/people/profiles/john_worsfold.html |archive-date = 2007-08-29}}
• Science and Engineering
• Jim Geelen, professor
• Samantha Hall, entrepreneur, environmental and Antarctic researcher
• Andrew Long, geophysicist
• Zaneta Mascarenhas, engineer and Labor member for Swan

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• Arts and media
• Nguyễn Phương Khánh, Miss Earth 2018
• Samita Nandy, Canadian sociologist

Curtin's faculty includes prominent scholars such as environmental scientist Peter Newman, writer Kim Scott and isotope geochemist Kliti Grice.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}{{when|date=August 2023}}

Past prominent faculty members include the postmodernist Niall Lucy, writer Elizabeth Jolley and journalist Robert Duffield.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} The broadcaster Erica Underwood was the first woman to serve on the main council in 1974 when it was the council of the Western Australian Institute of Technology.{{Citation |last=Oliver |first=Bobbie |title=Erica Reid Underwood (1907–1992) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/underwood-erica-reid-17081 |access-date=2024-05-01 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}

Curtin has become active in research and partnerships overseas, particularly in mainland China, and has received funding from major Chinese companies, such as Tencent.{{Cite news|last=Borrello|first=Eliza|date=2019-11-11|title=James Jing says his research career is dead and he blames the 'tentacles' of influence from China|language=en-AU|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-11/chinese-cultural-influence-over-australia-felt-in-perth/11670654|access-date=2019-11-17|archive-date=17 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117011811/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-11/chinese-cultural-influence-over-australia-felt-in-perth/11670654|url-status=live}} It is involved in a number of business, management, and research projects, particularly in supercomputing, where the university participates in a tri-continental array with nodes in Perth, Beijing, and Edinburgh.{{cite news|date=20 May 2005|title=China signs WA gas deal|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/next/curtin-reaches-out-to-break-chinese-gridlock/2005/08/15/1123957995098.html|access-date=2007-10-25|archive-date=4 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104045037/http://www.smh.com.au/news/next/curtin-reaches-out-to-break-chinese-gridlock/2005/08/15/1123957995098.html|url-status=live}} The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited the Woodside-funded hydrocarbon research facility during his visit to Australia in 2005.{{cite news|date=3 April 2006|title=Chinese Premier visits Curtin to view innovative technology|publisher=Curtin University Media Releases|url=http://announce.curtin.edu.au/release2005/c05706.html|url-status=dead|access-date=2007-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829162708/http://announce.curtin.edu.au/release2005/c05706.html|archive-date=29 August 2007}} Funding from major Chinese companies connected to the state have led to concerns that Curtin University has limited academic freedom on certain topics.

In 2020, a roof at Curtin University collapsed, killing a 23-year-old construction worker after he fell more than {{convert|20|m|abbr=on}}, and leaving two other construction workers injured.{{cite news |title=Curtin University roof collapse leaves worker dead and two others injured in Perth hospital |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-13/curtin-university-roof-collapses-reports-casualties/12762640 |access-date=18 August 2021 |agency=ABC News |date=13 Oct 2020 |archive-date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821061247/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-13/curtin-university-roof-collapses-reports-casualties/12762640 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Curtin University: One dead after roof collapses in Australia |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54518418 |access-date=18 August 2021 |agency=BBC News |date=13 Oct 2020 |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418044622/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54518418 |url-status=live }}

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