University in Perth, Western Australia
Edith Cowan University Former names
Motto Freedom Through Knowledge [ 2] Type Public research university Established 1902 (antecedent)[ 1] 1991 (as university)[ 3] Accreditation TEQSA [ 4] Academic affiliations
Budget A$ 486.23 million (2023)[ 5] Visitor Governor of Western Australia (ex officio )[ 6] Chancellor Denise Goldsworthy [ 7] Vice-Chancellor Clare Pollock [ 8] Academic staff
822 (FTE , 2023)[ 9] Administrative staff
1,187 (FTE , 2023)[ 9] Total staff
2,009 (FTE , 2023)[ 9] Students 30,135 (2023)[ 9] Undergraduates 18,048 (2023)[ 9] Postgraduates 9,573 (2023)[ 9] 654 (2023)[ 9] Other students
1,860 (2023)[ 9] Location , , 31°45′00″S 115°46′15″E / 31.75009°S 115.77073°E / -31.75009; 115.77073 (Joondalup Campus ) Campus Urban and regional , 120.7 hectares (298.3 acres)[ 11] Named after Edith Dircksey Cowan [ 12] Colours Lavender, orange, navy and white[ 2]
Nickname Various Sporting affiliations
Mascot Ernie the Emu[ 13] Website www .ecu .edu .au
Edith Cowan University (ECU ) is a public research university in Western Australia .[ 14] It is named in honour of the first woman to be elected to an Australian parliament , Edith Cowan , and is the only Australian university named after a woman.[ 15] It is the second-largest university in the state with over 30,000 students in 2023.[ 16] Gaining university status in 1991, it was formed from an amalgamation of tertiary colleges with a history dating back to 1902 when the Claremont Teachers College was established,[ 17] making it the modern descendant of the first tertiary institution in Western Australia .[ 18]
It offers study programs in healthcare , biomedicine , computer science , education , engineering , psychology , sports science , law , business , humanities , social sciences , aeronautics and the performing arts .[ 19] It also offers a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) research program and various majors of study in commerce , the arts and sciences .[ 20] The university has a partnership with the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom , with which it offers dual-enrolled programs with integrated overseas study, and the University of Tasmania for naval engineering .[ 21] [ 22] ECU also has a notable cybersecurity research program being one of two universities operating federal Academic Centres of Cyber Security Excellence (ACCSE)[ 23] and the only Australian member university in the InterNational Cyber Security Center of Excellence (INCS-CoE).[ 24]
It has two metropolitan campuses in Perth (Joondalup and Mount Lawley ) and a regional campus in Bunbury .[ 25] The main Joondalup campus forms the flagship institution of the Joondalup Learning Precinct and features a pine park and pond in the university quadrangle .[ 26] The Mount Lawley campus, which is home to its Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts among other schools, is re-locating to the Perth central business district in late 2025 as part of a new city campus being built west of Yagan Square .[ 27] [ 28] The Bunbury campus is located in bushland adjacent to the St John of God Bunbury Hospital which is home to a diverse range of native wildlife including cockatoos , possums , quolls , kangaroos and wallabies .[ 29] [ 30]
The university has produced some of Australia's most prominent figures in the performing arts , operates a large nursing school,[ 31] has a long history of teacher education[ 17] and has a significant presence in cybersecurity research.[ 23] [ 24] It is also notable for achieving the highest student satisfaction rate nationally among the 37 public universities that participate in the federal government's QILT Student Experience Survey.[ 32] It has retained the position annually from 2020 to the latest survey in 2022.[ 33] [ 34] As of the Good Universities Guide 2024, it is also one of two national universities to have maintained a 5-star student satisfaction rating for teaching quality for 17 consecutive years.[ 35]
Entrance to the Joondalup campus The central student services hub
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^ a b "Corporate Style Guide" (PDF) . Edith Cowan University . Perth , Western Australia . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024 .
^ "School of Nursing and Midwifery: 1991 - 2016" (PDF) . Edith Cowan University . Perth , Western Australia . 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024 .
^ "Edith Cowan University" . Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency . Melbourne , Victoria . Archived from the original on 15 October 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024 .
^ "Annual Report 2023" (PDF) . Edith Cowan University . Perth , Western Australia . 14 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024 .
^ "Edith Cowan University Act 1984" (PDF) . Western Australian Legislation (Parliamentary Counsel's Office) . Perth , Western Australia : Government of Western Australia (Department of Justice ). 8 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2024 .
^ "Current University Council Members" . Edith Cowan University . Perth , Western Australia . 15 September 2021. Archived from the original on 28 October 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024 .
^ "Vice-Chancellor" . Edith Cowan University . Perth , Western Australia . 30 September 2024. Archived from the original on 28 October 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024 .
^ a b c d e f g h "Pocket Stats 2023" (PDF) . Edith Cowan University . Perth , Western Australia . Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024 .
^ "Our campuses" . Edith Cowan University . Perth , Western Australia . 22 February 2023. Archived from the original on 26 October 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024 .
^ "Pocket Stats 2021" (PDF) . Edith Cowan University . Perth , Western Australia . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024 .
^ "Edith still lights the way" . Edith Cowan University . Perth , Western Australia . 2 August 2024. Archived from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024 .
^ "Student Sport" . Edith Cowan University . Perth , Western Australia . 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024 .
^ "Edith Cowan University Act 1984 - All Versions" . Western Australian Legislation . Parliamentary Counsel’s Office of the Department of Justice (Government of Western Australia ). 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2024 .
^ "Off the shelf: Edith Cowan Special Edition" (PDF) . Parliamentary Library of Western Australia . Parliament of Western Australia . November 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022 .
^ "Pocket Stats 2023" (PDF) . Edith Cowan University . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024 .
^ a b McKenzie, John Alexander (1981). Twenty-Five Years: A History of Claremont Teachers College 1952 - 1977 . Claremont Teachers College . pp. 1–27. ISBN 0908503024 .
^ "State Records Office of Western Australia: list of all recognised education and training institutions in WA" . State Records Office of Western Australia . Government of Western Australia . 23 August 2004. Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2022 .
^ "Courses" . Edith Cowan University . 12 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024 .
^ "Higher Degree by Research" . Edith Cowan University . 7 February 2023. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024 .
^ "Students can study in Portsmouth and Australia on new dual degree programme" . University of Portsmouth . 31 August 2022. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2024 .
^ "24V3 Bachelor of Maritime Engineering (Specialisation) (Honours)" . University of Tasmania . 25 March 2024. Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024 .
^ a b "Academic Centres of Cyber Security Excellence (ACCSE)" . Department of Education . Australian Government . Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022 .
^ a b "INCS-CoE – InterNational Cyber Security Center of Excellence" . INCS-CoE – InterNational Cyber Security Center of Excellence . Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022 .
^ "Our campuses" . Edith Cowan University . 22 February 2023. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024 .
^ "Joondalup Learning Precinct" . City of Joondalup . Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024 .
^ Spagnolo, Joe (14 August 2021). "New ECU City state-of-the-art Perth CBD university campus images revealed" . The West Australian . Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024 .
^ Naglazas, Mark (30 August 2023). "Centre stage: How WAAPA's move into the heart of the city will reshape Perth" . WAtoday . Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024 .
^ "Environmental Management Plan Implementation Schedule, South West iv Campus, Bunbury" (PDF) . Edith Cowan University . ATA Environmental. 22 August 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024 .
^ Harewood, Greg (19 February 2008). "Edith Cowan University, South West Campus, Bunbury, Fauna Assessment" (PDF) . Edith Cowan University . ENV Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2024 .
^ "Study areas" . Edith Cowan University . 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2024 .
^ "2022 Student Experience Survey" (PDF) . Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching . Australian Government . June 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024 .
^ "2021 Student Experience Survey" (PDF) . Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching . Australian Government . August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024 .
^ "2020 Student Experience Survey" (PDF) . Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching . Australian Government . March 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2024 .
^ "5 Star Experience" . Edith Cowan University . 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022 .