Australian National University [ANU]

Australian National University has been established by the Parliament of Australia in Canberra, Australia. It was established in 1946. In the early days of its notion it was a postgraduate research university but later it was also added under the graduate curriculum in 1960 when the University of Canberra was integrated into the College. There are more than twenty thousand students enrolled in the University and four thousand members of the staff. The university is counted among the top universities of the world. It was ranked number one in the country in the country and by 2013 QS World University Rankings was ranked 20th in the world. Students have to work hard to get admission in affiliated institutes of Australian National University. ANU is a member of many prestigious organizations, such as the International Coalition of eight and Group of Research Universities. It is a partnership with many famous universities around the world. Some of them are Cambridge University, Oxford University, University of Tokyo and the National University of Singapore.

It was restructured in 2006 and formed seven colleges where both teaching and research is done. The names of following colleges are:

· Arts and social sciences

· Asia and the pacific

· Business and economics

· Engineering and computer science

· Law

· Medicine, biology and environment

· Physical and mathematical sciences

ANU Facilities

The University has enjoyed a large library divided into six areas - Chiffali, Mengeez, Hancock, Art and Music, and Law Libraries and External Print Repository. It currently has more than 2.5 billion physical blocks. Residential facilities are also provided to students and staff members. At present, there are seven residential blocks in the university campus and the campus is for students living in a campus.

Few courses are:-

Arts, Society & Culture

· American Studies

· Ancient Greek

· Anthropology

· Arab and Islamic Studies

· Archaeology, Art History

· Arts, Asia Pacific Studies

· Asian Languages

· Asian Studies

Business And Commerce

· Accounting