The academic structure of the Australian National University is organised as seven academic colleges which contain a network of inter-related faculties, research schools and centres. Each college is responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate education as well as research in its respective field. ANU School of Art

ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences

The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences is divided into the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) and the Research School of Humanities and the Arts (RSHA). Within the Research School of Social Sciences there are schools dedicated to history, philosophy, sociology, political science and international relations, Middle Eastern studies and Latin American studies. RSHA contains schools focusing on anthropology, archaeology, classics, art history, English literature, drama, film studies, gender studies, linguistics, European languages as well as an art and

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ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific is a specialist centre of

Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...

and

Pacific studies Pacific studies is the study of the Pacific region (Oceania) across academic disciplines such as anthropology, archeology, art, economics, geography, history, linguistics, literature, music, politics, or sociology. In the fields of anthropology an ...

and languages. The College is home to three academic schools: the

Crawford School of Public Policy Crawford School of Public Policy is a research-intensive policy school within the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University which focuses on Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The school was named after Sir ...

, a research intensive public policy school; the School of Culture History and Language, the nation's centre dedicated to investigating and learning with and about the people, languages, and lands of Asia and the Pacific; and

Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs The Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs is a constituent of the College of Asia and the Pacific, but was formerly part of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU, which was founded in 1946 as part of the Institute of Advanced ...

, Australia's foremost collection of expertise in the politics and international affairs of Asia and the Pacific. The college also houses the Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW), the Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet) and the

CSCAP The Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) is a "non-governmental (second track) process for dialogue on security issues in Asia Pacific." There are currently twenty one member committees of CSCAP (from Australia, Cambodia, Ca ...

Australia. The College is affiliated with

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

Weatherhead East Asian Institute The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) at Columbia University is a community of scholars affiliated with Columbia's schools, bringing together over 50 full-time faculty, a diverse group of visiting scholars and professionals, and students from ...

and

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universit ...

's Pan Asia Institute.

ANU College of Business and Economics

The ANU College of Business and Economics comprises four Research Schools, Research School of Accounting; Research School of Economics; Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies & Statistics and Research School of Management

ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science

The ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science is divided into two Research Schools; the Research School of Computer Science and the Research School of Engineering. ANU is home to the National Computational Infrastructure National Facility and was a co-founder of

NICTA NICTA (formerly named National ICT Australia Ltd) was Australia's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence and is now known as CSIRO's Data61. The term "Centre of Excellence" is common marketing terminology u ...

, which was the main

information and communications technology Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, ...

research centre in Australia until 2016. At that stage NICTA was merged with

CSIRO The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentar ...

to form Data 61, a Research Business Unit.

ANU College of Law

The

ANU College of Law The ANU College of Law is the law school at the Australian National University and one of the seven academic Colleges of the ANU. It is located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. This provides the College with opportunities to connect with ...

, established in 1960, conducts legal research and teaching, with centres dedicated to

commercial law Commercial law, also known as mercantile law or trade law, is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and business engaged in commerce, merchandising, trade, and sales. It is often considered to be a branc ...

international law International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...

public law Public law is the part of law that governs relations between legal persons and a government, between different institutions within a state, between different branches of governments, as well as relationships between persons that are of direct ...

and

environmental law Environmental law is a collective term encompassing aspects of the law that provide protection to the environment. A related but distinct set of regulatory regimes, now strongly influenced by environmental legal principles, focus on the manage ...

. It is the 7th oldest of Australia's 36

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ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment

The ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment encompasses the

John Curtin School of Medical Research The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) is an Australian multidisciplinary translational medical research institute and postgraduate education centre that forms part of the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. The school ...

(JCSMR), the ANU Medical School, the Fenner School of Environment & Society and Research Schools of Biology, Psychology and Population Health.

ANU College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences

The

ANU College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences The ANU College of Science is a college of the Australian National University (ANU) that delivers research and teaching in physical, life, mathematical, and environmental sciences, as well as science communication. The College is composed of th ...

comprises the Research Schools of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Physics.

Research School of Physics

The

ANU Research School of Physics The Research School of Physics (RSPhys) was established with the creation of the Australian National University (ANU) in 1947. Located at the ANU's main campus in Canberra, the school is one of the four founding research schools in the ANU's Ins ...

focuses primarily on research into materials science and engineering; lasers, nonlinear optics and photonics; nanotechnology and mesoscopic physics; physics of atoms, molecules and the nucleus; plasma physics and surface science; physics and the environment. Under the direction of

Mark Oliphant Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, (8 October 1901 – 14 July 2000) was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played an important role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and in the development of nuclear weapon ...

, nuclear physics was one of the university's most notable early research priorities, leading to the construction of a 500 megajoule

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and a 7.7 megaelectronvolts

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in the 1950s. JCMSR

University centres

There are individual research centres connected to the University. *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 The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. The Council was established by the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', ...

, 1997–2008?, an ARC Centre of Excellence *Centre for Mental Health Research *

Centre for the Public Awareness of Science The Centre for the Public Awareness of Science is part of the Australian National University. In March 2000 it became an accredited Centre for the Australian National Commission for UNESCO. Work of the Centre As a UNESCO Centre, CPAS engages w ...

*Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems *Eccles Institute of Neuroscience *Humanities Research Centre *National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health *The National Centre for Information Systems Research *National Graduate School of Management *Mathematical Sciences Institute *The National Europe Centre

Australian National Institute for Public Policy

In May 2010, Prime Minister

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announced a $111.7 million commitment to the development by ANU of a new

Australian National Institute for Public Policy Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Aus ...

.ANU to establish $111.7m public policy precinct
/ref> The new National Institute is intended to centralize public policy expertise. A good portion of the funds ($53.1 million) were earmarked for building and developing the previously announced

Australian Centre on China in the World Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Aus ...

, which is one of three specialist centres along with the National Security College and the

Australia and New Zealand School of Government The Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) is an educational institution that teaches strategic management and high-level policy to public sector leaders. Formed in 2002 by a consortium of governments, universities and business ...

to be specifically incorporated under the umbrella of the National Institute. $19.8 million is set aside to create a joint building for the other two centres, with a further $17.3 million expressly dedicated to the National Security College.

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