Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university and member of the Group of Eight, 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.[14]
"ANU" redirects here. For other uses, see ANU (disambiguation).
Established in 1946, ANU is the only university to have been created by the Parliament of Australia.[a] It traces its origins to Canberra University College, which was established in 1929 and was integrated into ANU in 1960.[15] ANU enrols 13,329 undergraduate and 11,021 postgraduate students and employs 4,517 staff.[16] The university's endowment stood at A$1.8 billion as of 2018.[17]
ANU counts six Nobel laureates and 49 Rhodes scholars[18] among its faculty and alumni.[19] The university has educated two prime ministers and more than a dozen current heads of government departments of Australia. The latest releases of ANU's scholarly publications are held through ANU Press online.[20]
History[edit]
Post-war origins[edit]
Calls for the establishment of a national university in Australia began as early as 1900.[21] 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.[21] Planning for 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.[21]
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Network compromise[edit]
The network of the university was subject to serious compromise from November 9 to December 21, 2018. ABC News reported that the initial breach occurred when a phishing message was previewed.[121][122] After investigating, the university published a report on the incident.[123] Recommendations from the Chief Information Security Officer to avoid further compromise are generally applicable.
Affiliations[edit]
ANU is a member of the Group of Eight, Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the International Alliance of Research Universities, UNESCO Chairs, U7 Alliance,[124] Winter Institute.[125] and Global Scholars Program.[126]
ANU participates in the US Financial Direct Loan program.[127] 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.[128] ANU and University of Melbourne are the only two Australian partner universities of Yale University's Fox Fellowship program.[129] ANU has exchange partnership with Yale University,[130] Brown University,[131] MIT[132] and Oxford University,[133] and ANU has a research partnership with Harvard University.[134]