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Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian
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based in
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,
Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, Western Australia. It is named after
John Curtin John Curtin (8 January 1885 – 5 July 1945) was an Australian politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Australia from 1941 until his death in 1945. He led the country for the majority of World War II, including all but the last few ...
, Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 to 1945, and is the largest university in Western Australia, with 59,939 students in 2021. Curtin was conferred university status after legislation was passed by the
Parliament of Western Australia The Parliament of Western Australia is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Western Australia, forming the legislative branch of the Government of Western Australia. The parliament consists of a lower house, the Legislati ...
in 1986. Since then, the university has expanded its presence and has campuses in Singapore, Malaysia,
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and
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, and has ties with 90 exchange universities in 20 countries. The university comprises five main faculties with over 95 specialists centres. It had a campus in
Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mounta ...
from 2005 to 2016. Curtin University is a member of the
Australian Technology Network The Australian Technology Network (ATN) is a network of six Australian universities, with a strong history of innovation, enterprise and working closely with industry. ATN traces its origins back to 1975 as the Directors of Central Institutes o ...
. Curtin University is active in research in a range of academic and practical fields. Curtin is the only Western Australian university whose students have won the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering's Postgraduate Student Gold Medal as at 2020.


History

Curtin University was founded in 1966 as the Western Australian Institute of Technology. Its nucleus comprised the tertiary programs of the
Perth Technical College Central Institute of Technology was a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institution based in Perth, Western Australia until 2016 when it became a part of North Metropolitan TAFE. It was the equal oldest post-secondary educational institutio ...
, which opened in 1900. The university's Bentley campus was selected in 1962, and officially opened in 1966. The first students enrolled the following year. In 1969, three more institutions were merged with WAIT: the
Kalgoorlie School of Mines Western Australian School of Mines (WASM) was founded in 1902 as the ''Kalgoorlie School of Mines'' It was a tertiary school specialising in subjects directly related to the Western Australian mining industry. Originally located in Coolgardie, ...
(opened in 1902), the Muresk Agricultural College (opened in 1926), and the Schools of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy (in operation since the 1950s at
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). Between 1966 and 1976 WAIT experienced an expansion from 2,000 to 10,000 students. In December 1986 WAIT was made a university, under provisions of the ''WA Institute of Technology Amendment Act 1986''. Curtin University took its name from the former Prime Minister of Australia,
John Curtin John Curtin (8 January 1885 – 5 July 1945) was an Australian politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Australia from 1941 until his death in 1945. He led the country for the majority of World War II, including all but the last few ...
. In 1987, Curtin University of Technology became Western Australia's third university and Australia's first university of technology. In 1993, Curtin founded a graduate business school in
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. It was moved to Murray Street in 2002, where it remains today. The school was developed on the foundation of Curtin's existing
Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...
program. In 2005, Curtin and
Murdoch University Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its n ...
were engaged in a feasibility study into the possibility of a merger. However, on 7 November 2005, both institutions announced that a merger would not be undertaken. In 2008, Curtin opened a campus in Singapore, its second offshore presence. In 2009, Curtin became the first university in the Australian Technology Network to be listed on the Academic Ranking of World Universities of research universities. In 2010, Curtin dropped the "of Technology" suffix, from then operating as "Curtin University".


Campuses

The main Curtin University campus is located in
Bentley, Western Australia Bentley is a southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, southeast of Perth's central business district. Its local government areas are the City of Canning and the Town of Victoria Park. Bentley is home to the main campus ...
, about south-east of the
Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
central business district. Curtin has three smaller off-site campuses within the Perth metropolitan area. The Graduate School of Business building is located in the
Perth central business district Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
in the renovated former Government Printing Office and the law school is located on Murray Street in the old Public Health Department and Chief Secretary's building, a listed building on the State Register of Heritage Places. Exploration Geophysics and Petroleum Engineering are located at the co-location research facilities of the Australian Resources Research Centre (ARRC) which also houses offices of
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Earth Science and Resource Engineering and National Measurement Institute. The ARRC is located in the Technology Park Bentley, adjacent to the main Bentley campus. Some university staff, researchers and students on practicum work in other locations such as the Oral Health Centre of WA (OHCWA) in Nedlands and at
Royal Perth Hospital Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) is a 450-bed adult and teaching hospital located on the northeastern edge of the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. History The hospital traces its history back to the first colonial hospital, whi ...
, amongst other organisations. Curtin has campuses outside
Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, the largest being the Western Australian School of Mines at
Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is sometimes referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, as the surrounding urban area includ ...
, and a number of micro-campuses in locations such as Esperance,
Margaret River The Margaret River is a river in southwest Western Australia. In a small catchment, it is the eponym of the town and tourist region of Margaret River. The river arises from a catchment of just 40 square kilometres in the Whicher Range. ...
and
Geraldton Geraldton ( Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West region of the Australian state of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth. At June 2018, Geraldton had an urban population of 37,648. ...
. Nursing is the only course offered in Geraldton. The Muresk Institute at Northam left Curtin in 2012.


Dubai campus

In April 2017 Curtin University established its newest campus in
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at
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. Australian Ambassador to the UAE HE Arthur Spyrou officially opened the campus on 10 September 2017. Curtin University Dubai courses use the same structure and unit curriculum as those offered at the Bentley campus. Curtin University Dubai is accredited by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA). The academic qualifications granted by Curtin University is certified by KHDA and is recognised in the Emirate of
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by all public and private entities.


Malaysia campus

The campus in
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,
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, Malaysia is Curtin's largest international campus. Curtin's operations in Miri began in February 1999. In 2002, a purpose-built campus was opened as Curtin's first offshore campus and the first foreign university campus in East Malaysia. It has around 4,000 students from over 45 countries, and academics from more than 15 countries. Curtin Malaysia is the only approved
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Networking University in Miri and Brunei.


Singapore campus

Curtin University opened a Singapore-based campus on 23 November 2008. Curtin Singapore courses use the same structure and unit curriculum as those offered at the Bentley campus.


Mauritius campus

Curtin University opened its fourth international campus in Mauritius on 3 May 2018 on the campus of
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in
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south of
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.


Former Sydney campus (2005–2016)

Curtin University Sydney (Curtin Sydney) was established on 20 June 2005. The first campus was located in The Rocks area. It was later relocated to the suburb of Chippendale where it occupied the historical Berlei Building. The operation of Curtin Sydney was contracted out to private tertiary education provider
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. It offered diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses to international students. In 2014 Curtin Sydney was involved in a cash-for-results scandal where students since 2012 had paid MyMaster, a Sydney company, up to $1,000 each to write essays and assignments for them, as well as sit online tests. In 2015, Curtin announced the closure of Curtin Sydney from early 2017.


Organisation


Faculties

From 2007, the university's teaching and research is divided into five faculties (previously known as divisions), which each include a number of schools. These schools were consolidated in 2020 during a period of staff cuts. These are: * Centre for Aboriginal Studies * Faculty of Business and Law ** School of Accounting, Economics and Finance ** School of Management and Marketing ** Curtin Law School * Faculty of Health Sciences ** Curtin Medical School **Curtin School of Allied Health **Curtin School of Nursing **Curtin School of Population Health * Faculty of Humanities ** School of Design and the Built Environment ** School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry ** School of Education * Faculty of Science and Engineering ** School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering ** School of Earth and Planetary Sciences ** School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences ** School of Molecular and Life Sciences ** Western Australian School of Mines: Minerals and Energy Engineering


Libraries

The main library is TL Robertson Library, located on the Bentley campus. The university library includes the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library collection.


John Curtin Gallery

The John Curtin Gallery (JCG) is located on the Bentley campus, in building 200A. It has a focus on
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, learning and research.


Transport

Curtin has two of its own bus stations, which is connected to the
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public transport network. The station is also linked to the
Mandurah railway line The Mandurah line is a commuter railway and service on the Transperth network in Western Australia that runs from Perth south to the state's second largest city Mandurah. The service is operated by Transperth Train Operations, a division of th ...
's
Canning Bridge Station Canning Bridge railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Mandurah line, four kilometres from Perth station inside the median strip of the Kwinana Freeway located adjacent to the suburb of Como. Hist ...
by a shuttle bus service. The university also has its own internal bus network trialling autonomous buses on campus.


Academic profile

The university is one of the partners in the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study, one of the largest cohorts of pregnancy, childhood, adolescence and early adulthood to be carried out anywhere in the world.


Rankings and reputation

Curtin University has achieved 'Top 10 Australia University' status in 6 out of 10 major global rankings (ARWU, US News, CWUR, Leiden, RUR, URAP). Curtin is ranked 160th globally and 10th nationwide by U.S. News & World Report ''Best Global Universities Rankings'' in 2023. Curtin University is again ranked in the world's top one percent of universities and ninth in Australia based on the 2022
Academic Ranking of World Universities The ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'' (''ARWU''), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong Universi ...
. In addition, Curtin University has achieved its highest-ever result in the annual ''QS World University Rankings'' by rising to 193rd globally in the 2023 edition. It was ranked 2nd in the world for Engineering - Mineral & Mining, and ranked 5th in Australia for Architecture in the 2022 ''QS World University Rankings by Subject''. Curtin's Creative Writing staff and alumni have won the
Miles Franklin Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–1 ...
seven times.


Student life


Accommodation

Curtin University offers on campus accommodation at four separate precincts which is managed by UniLodge. These accommodation options include Kurrajong Village, Erica Underwood House, Guild House, Vickery House and St Catherine's College.


Student guild

The Curtin Student Guild is the
student union A students' union, also known by many other names, is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social ...
at Curtin University. The guild was founded as the WAIT Student Guild in January 1969. The guild provides student representation services through the provision of faculty, international, postgraduate and equity representatives and the professional support service Student Assist. The guild operates most of the food and beverage outlets on campus, including Guild Cafés (Central, Engineering, Library), Angazi, Concept Coffee Co, Mallokup and Beakers food outlets. Other commercial services include G-Mart, Curtin University's general store, printing, stationery and news outlet and The Tav. The guild operates and funds all Curtin student clubs and societies. The guild also runs a number of events throughout the year, most notably the Toga Party held in semester one and the previous notable event Grasslands Music Festival held in semester two. The guild publishes ''Grok'' magazine. The Student Guild is governed by students through the Guild Council which consists of executive members: president, vice-presidents, secretary and chair of the Representation Board and councillors. All other representatives sit on the Representation Board. Student representatives are elected to their positions by students in annual elections held in September. Major
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that contest elections include Illuminate, Progress, Left Action and the Joke Ticket. The Guild is currently operated by an Illuminate majority.


Sport


Men's soccer

The men's team of the Curtin University Football Club is based on the main campus. The club currently (
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) competes in the
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.


Women's soccer

The Curtin University FC Women's team are one of the inaugural teams in the new National Premier Leagues WA Women competition (which commenced in 2020), and is a part of the National Premier Leagues Women’s structure. Previously they had been a part of the Women State League Division 1 from (at least) 2012 to 2019.


Notable people


Faculty and staff

Curtin's faculty includes prominent scholars such as environmental scientist Peter Newman, writer
Kim Scott Kim Scott (born 18 February 1957) is an Australian novelist of Aboriginal Australian ancestry. He is a descendant of the Noongar people of Western Australia. Biography Scott was born in Perth in 1957 and is the eldest of four siblings with a ...
and isotope geochemist Kliti Grice. Past prominent faculty members include the post-modernist
Niall Lucy Niall Lucy (11 November 1956 - 5 June 2014) was an Australian writer and scholar best known for his work in deconstruction. Career Niall Lucy served as a professor in the School of Media, Culture & Creative Arts at Curtin University, and a ...
, writer
Elizabeth Jolley Monica Elizabeth Jolley AO (4 June 1923 – 13 February 2007) was an English-born Australian writer who settled in Western Australia in the late 1950s and forged an illustrious literary career there. She was 53 when her first book was publishe ...
and journalist Robert Duffield.


Alumni

Among people to attend Curtin University are: *Aboriginal Studies ** Joan Winch, nurse and educator *Business and Law **
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, actor ** Samantha Hall, entrepreneur, environmental and Antarctic researcher **
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, cricketer **
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, film director *Health Sciences **
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and ex-coach of the
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*Humanities ** Mouza Sulaiman Mohamed Al-Wardi, museum curator, Director of the Collections Department at the
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. ** James Angus, sculptor **
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Sydney **
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, actress **
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, film director ** Valerie Glover, artist **
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, academic, human rights advocate and lawyer **
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, songwriter and poet **
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, game designer and social media scholar ** Tracy Ryan, poet **
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. It is involved in a number of business, management, and research projects, particularly in supercomputing, where the university participates in a tri-continental array with nodes in Perth,
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-funded hydrocarbon research facility during his visit to Australia in 2005. Funding from major Chinese companies connected to the state have led to concerns that Curtin University has limited academic freedom on certain topics. In 2020, a roof at Curtin University collapsed, killing a 23-year-old construction worker after he fell more than , and leaving two other construction workers injured.


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* API Network, a publisher associated with the university and University of Queensland *
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