Australian National University

The Australian National University (ANU) is a national research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and institutes.

Founded in 1946, it is the only university to have been created by the Parliament of Australia. Originally a  research university, ANU commenced undergraduate teaching in 1960 when it integrated the Canberra University College, which had been established in 19 9 as a campus of the University of Melbourne. ANU enrolls 10,05  undergraduate and 10,840   students and employs 3,753 staff.^[4] The university’s endowment stood at A$1.13 billion in  01 .

ANU is ranked 1st in Australia and the whole of Oceania, and  0th in the world by the  018 QS World University Rankings, and 47th in the world (second in Australia) by the  016/17 Times Higher Education. ANU was named the world’s 7th (first in Australia) most international university in a  017 study by Times Higher Education. In the  016 Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking, an annual ranking of university graduates’ employability, ANU was ranked   nd in the world (first in Australia).^[8] ANU is ranked 100th (first in Australia) in the CWTS Leiden ranking.