Australian National University

The Australian National University is Australia’s only national university and home to some of the world’s leading educators and researchers. Over 3,800 staff drive research and learning excellence at the University. Through their effort, ANU is consistently ranked amongst the top 50 research universities in the world. The University is committed to attracting, developing and retaining outstanding people and offers flexible employment options for both academic and professional staff. ANU staff and students are part of a strong on-campus community. They work and study in a rich environment. The campus is like a small town on over 147 hectares of parkland with plenty of shops and cafés, a medical centre and multiple sporting facilities. 

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 postgraduate research university, ANU commenced undergraduate teaching in 1960 when it integrated the Canberra University College, which had been established in 1929 as a campus of the University of Melbourne.[3] ANU enrolls 10,052 undergraduate and more than 10,840 postgraduate students and employs about 3,753 staff. The university's endowment stood at A$1.13 billion in 2012.[1]

ANU is consistently ranked among the world's top universities. ANU is ranked co-equal 19th in the world (first in Australia) with King's College London by the 2015/16 QS World University Rankings, and 52nd in the world (second in Australia) by the 2015/16 Times Higher Education. ANU was named the world's 25th  and first in Australia most international university in a 2016 study by Times Higher Education. In the 2015 Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking, an annual ranking of university graduates' employability, ANU was ranked 32nd in the world (first in Australia). ANU is ranked 89th  in the 2015 CWTS Leiden ranking. ANU is ranked first in the 4 Palmes category in the Eduniversal ranking.

ANU counts six Nobel laureates among its faculty and alumni.[11] The university has educated two prime ministers, 30 current Australian Ambassadors and more than a dozen current heads of Government departments of Australia. Students entering ANU in 2013 had a median Australian Tertiary Admission Rank of 93, the equal-highest among Australian universities.Academics of ANU

Main article: Academic structure of the Australian National University

ANU is governed by a 15-member Council, whose members include the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor. Gareth Evans, a former Foreign Minister of Australia, has been ANU Chancellor since 2010 and Brian Schmidt, an astrophysicist and Nobel Laureate, became Vice-Chancellor on 1 January 2016. Ian Chubb, Vice-Chancellor from 2001 to 2011, is now the Chief Scientist of Australia.

Undergraduate students are represented by the Australian National University Students' Association  and postgraduates by the Postgraduate and Research Students' Association . The Australian National University Union manages catering and retail outlets and function amenities on behalf of all students.

In its most recent disclosure at the end of 2013, ANU recorded an endowment of A$1.13 billion and more.