The university is consistently ranked as the best university in Australia, and is one of only three Australian universities in the top 50 worldwide in several international surveys (it is followed by the University of Sydney and University of Melbourne), including the Newsweek Top 100 and the annual Times Higher Education Supplement rankings. Its notable staff and alumni include five Nobel laureates.
This university is governed by a 15-member council. The university is a member of several university alliances and cooperative networks, including the Group of Eight (Australian Universities), the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy and the International Alliance of Research Universities
History
The ANU is the only Australian university to be established by an act of the Federal Parliament. The Australian National University Act 1946-47 was introduced into parliament by the then Prime Minister, Ben Chifley, and the Minister for Post-war Reconstruction, J.J. Dedman. The bill was passed on 1 August 1946 with support from the Opposition Leader Robert Menzies. A group of eminent Australian scholars were involved in the infancy of the ANU, including a leader in radar development and nuclear physics, Sir Mark Oliphant; the discoverer of the benefits of penicillin, Sir Howard Florey; the eminent historian, Sir Keith Hancock; and the renowned economist and public servant, Herbert ‘Nugget’ Coombs.
After its establishment, the university conducted research and provided only postgraduate education. The former Canberra University College was amalgamated into the Australian National University in 1960, as the School of General Studies, to provide for the education of undergraduate students.
Rankings
The Australian National University is consistently ranked as the best in Australia and one of the top twenty in the world.
The following publications ranked universities worldwide. The Times Higher Education Supplement consistently ranks the Australian National University very highly. In 2007, its position 16th in the world and the best in Australasia, and placing it higher than Stanford University and Cornell University on the overall ranking.
The 2008 Shanghai Jiao Tong University rankings place ANU as the 59th university in the world. Both ranking systems use research output as a key determinant of quality. ANU ranks highest on research compared to other Australian universities.
Academic structure
The university is split into seven colleges and the Institute of Advanced Studies. The colleges undertake both undergraduate teaching, postgraduate studies and research. The Institute of Advanced Studies comprises of nine research schools which focus exclusively on research.
The university's seven Colleges combine research with research-led teaching and are responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
ANU College of Business and Economics
ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
ANU College of Law
ANU College of Medicine and Health Science
ANU College of Science
The ANU College of Science is the largest of the university's Colleges.
The Institute of Advanced Studies
The Institute is focused on post-graduate education and research and comprises nine research schools and a research centre:
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA)
Research School of Biological Sciences
Research School of Chemistry
Research School of Earth Sciences
The Research School of Earth Sciences (RSES)
Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering
The Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering (RSISE)Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS)
Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering
The Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering (RSPhysSE)
Research School of Social Sciences
The John Curtin School of Medical Research
The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR)
The Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies
The Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES)
University Centres
The University Centres are organisational structures that can draw from both the Faculties and the Institute.
Asia Pacific College of Diplomacy
Crawford School of Economics and Government,
Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics
Centre for Cross-Cultural Research
Centre for Mental Health Research
Centre for the Public Awareness of Science
Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems
Humanities Research Centre
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
National Graduate School of Management
Mathematical Sciences Institute (joint with The Faculties and the Institute)
The National Europe Centre
Australian National University ranked 16th in the 2008 THES-QS World University ranking
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