Australian National University

Bob Hawke,
23rd Prime Minister of Australia,
1983-1991.

Kevin Rudd,
26th Prime Minister of Australia,
2007-2010.

The Australian National University (ANU) is a public teaching and research university located in Australia capital, Canberra. Following the Second World War, then Prime Minister Ben Chifley and the Minister for Post-war Reconstruction J.J. Dedman introduced a bill to the Parliament of Australia to establish the university, with the aim conducting and promoting research in Australia. The bill was passed on 1 August 1946 and its provisions came into effect on 7 February 1947. As such, the ANU is the only Australian university to have been established by an act of the Federal Parliament, as other Australian universities were established by State or Territory parliaments. After its establishment, the University conducted research and provided only postgraduate education. In 1960, the former Canberra University College, which had operated since 1930, was amalgamated into the ANU as the School of General Studies to provide for the education of undergraduate students. As of 2010, the university had a financial endowment of A$1.2371 billion.
As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students. Two Australian Prime Ministers attended the university, and the ANU includes six Nobel laureates among its staff and alumni.

Chifley Library

The Australian National University consistently ranks among the top universities in Australia and is one of the top universities in the world in a number of fields. ANU is a member of several university alliances and cooperative networks, including the Group of Eight, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy and the International Alliance of Research Universities.

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