Australian National University

The Australian National University (ANU) is a state funded college in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Situated in the suburb of Acton, the fundamental grounds incorporates seven instructing and research schools, notwithstanding a few national institutes.

Established in 1946, it is the main college to have been made by the Parliament of Australia. Initially a postgraduate examination college, ANU started undergrad instructing in 1960 when it coordinated the Canberra University College, which had been set up in 1929 as a grounds of the University of Melbourne. ANU enlists 10,052 undergrad and 10,840 postgraduate understudies and utilizes 3,753 staff. The college's gift remained at A$1.13 billion in 2012.

ANU is reliably positioned among the world's top colleges. ANU is positioned parallel nineteenth on the planet (first in Australia) with King's College London by the 2015/16 QS World University Rankings, and 45th on the planet (second in Australia) by the 2014/15 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.In the 2014 Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking, a yearly positioning of college graduates' employability, ANU was positioned twentieth on the planet (first in Australia). ANU is positioned 89th (first in Australia) in the 2015 Leiden ranking.
ANU is positioned first in the 4 Palmes classification in the Eduniversal ranking. ANU is situated in the Top 10% in instructing, Top 10% in worldwide viewpoint and Top 10% in exploration on the planet in 2016.ANU is reliably positioned among the world's top colleges. ANU is positioned corresponding nineteenth on the planet (first in Australia) with King's College London by the 2015/16 QS World University Rankings, and 45th on the planet (second in Australia) by the 2014/15 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. In the 2014 Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking, a yearly positioning of college graduates' employability, ANU was positioned twentieth on the planet (first in Australia). ANU is positioned 89th (first in Australia) in the 2015 Leiden ranking. ANU is positioned first in the 4 Palmes classification in the Eduniversal ranking. ANU is situated in the Top 10% in instructing, Top 10% in worldwide standpoint and Top 10% in exploration on the planet in 2016.

ANU considers six Nobel laureates as a real part of its workforce and alumni. 94% of ANU exploration is evaluated as "above world standard" by Australian Government's Excellence in Research for Australia Report 2012. Students entering ANU in 2013 had a middle Australian Tertiary Admission Rank of 93, the equivalent most astounding among Australian universities. ANU was named the world's seventh most global college in a recent report by Times Higher Education.
Requires the foundation of a national college in Australia started as ahead of schedule as 1900.[17] After the area of the country's capital, Canberra, was resolved in 1908, area was put aside for the college at the foot Black Mountain in the city outlines by Walter Burley Griffin. Getting ready for the college was disturbed by World War II yet continued with the making of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction in 1942, at last prompting the entry of the Australian National University Act 1946 by the Parliament of Australia on 1 August 1946.

A gathering of prominent Australian researchers came back from abroad to join the college, including Sir Howard Florey (co-engineer of restorative penicillin), Sir Mark Oliphant (an atomic physicist who dealt with the Manhattan Project), Sir Keith Hancock (the Chichele Professor of Economic History at Oxford) and Sir Raymond Firth (a teacher of human studies at LSE).[17] Economist Sir Douglas Copland was selected as ANU's first Vice-Chancellor and previous Prime Minister Stanley Bruce served as the primary Chancellor.[18] ANU was initially sorted out into four focuses—the Research Schools of Physical Sciences, Social Sciences and Pacific Studies and the John Curtin School of Medical Research.