Our University
Edith Cowan University (ECU) is located in Perth, Western Australia. It is Western Australia's second largest university with approximately 25,000 students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, approximately 4000 of whom are international students originating from over 90 countries outside Australia. ECU was granted university status in 1991 and was formed from an amalgamation of teachers' colleges with a history dating back to 1902 when the Claremont Teachers College was established; making ECU the modern descendant of the first institution of higher education in Western Australia.
The university offers more than 400 courses. Divisions of note include the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), recognised as one of Australia's prestigious performing arts training academies; the School of Nursing and Midwifery which offers the largest undergraduate nursing program in WA; and the School of Education which offers the widest range of secondary teaching specialisations within WA. The university is also the largest provider of Psychology and Community Studies courses in Western Australia.
This section is designed to give new academic staff a feel for the University. It provides an overview of the environment within which we teach, profiling our students and staff and highlighting the key external bodies that shape teaching and learning at ECU.
The items within this section, which can be accessed from the menu on the left, include:
- Who was Edith Cowan?
- University, faculty and school structure
- Students
- Staff
- External parties
- Current affairs
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