Type | Public |
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Established | 1967 (CAE) 1990 (University Status) |
Chancellor | Tom Calma, AO |
Vice-Chancellor | Deep Saini |
Administrative staff
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1,000 |
Students | 13,000 |
Location | Bruce, Canberra, ACT, Australia |
Campus | Urban 296 acres (1.2 km2) (Bruce campus) |
Nickname | UC |
Affiliations | ASAIHL, New Generation Universities |
Website | www.canberra.edu.au |
University rankings | |
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University of Canberra | |
THE-WUR World | 401-500 |
Australian rankings | |
THE-WUR National | 24 |
ERA National | 33 |
The University of Canberra (UC) is a public university that is located in Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
UC offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses covering six main learning areas: Applied Science, Health, Art and Design, Business, Government and law, Education and Information Sciences and Engineering. As of 2014, the university also offers its degrees at the Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE, Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE and South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE.
UC partners with two local ACT schools UC Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra and University of Canberra High School Kaleen. The University of Canberra College also provides pathways into university for domestic and international students.
The campus is within walking distance of Westfield Belconnen, and 12 minutes by regular bus service or car from Canberra’s Civic Centre.
The University of Canberra was first established in 1967 as the Canberra College of Advanced Education. The Canberra CAE became the University of Canberra under sponsorship of Monash University in 1990.
Over 70,000 students have graduated from the university since 1970.
The University of Canberra has grown by seventy-eight percent since 2007, going from 7,300 students to over 13,000 in 2014. The median Australian Tertiary Admission Rank of UC students is approximately 71.