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Australian National University

National research university in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

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About

instance of
inception
  • 7 February 1947
  • 1946
native label
  • The Australian National University
short name
  • ANU
  • 澳國立 (zh-hant)
  • 澳国立 (zh-hans)
motto text
  • Naturam Primum Cognoscere Rerum (la)
language used

Location and contact

country
located in the administrative territorial entity
headquarters location
  • Canberra · country: Australia · postal code: 0200 · street address: Chancelry Building [10]
location
coordinate location
  • -35.2778, 149.1205
official website

People and numbers

count of students
  • 17,380
employees
  • 4,955 · 2024
Earlier figures (5)
  • 5,154 · 2023
  • 4,542 · 2022
  • 4,340 · 2021
  • 4,841 · 2020
  • 4,687 · 2019

Rankings and recognition

ranking
  • 84 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2023
  • 30 · QS World University Rankings · 2026
  • 78 · Times Higher Education World University Rankings · 2026
Earlier figures (32)
  • 30 · QS World University Rankings · 2025
  • 34 · QS World University Rankings · 2024
  • 30 · QS World University Rankings · 2023
  • 27 · QS World University Rankings · 2022
  • 31 · QS World University Rankings · 2021
  • 29 · QS World University Rankings · 2020
  • 24 · QS World University Rankings · 2019
  • 20 · QS World University Rankings · 2018
  • 22 · QS World University Rankings · 2017
  • 19 · QS World University Rankings · 2016
  • 25 · QS World University Rankings · 2015
  • 27 · QS World University Rankings · 2014
  • 24 · QS World University Rankings · 2012
  • 79 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2022
  • 76 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2021
  • 67 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2020
  • 76 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2019
  • 69 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2018
  • 97 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2017
  • 77 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2016
  • 77 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2015
  • 74 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2014
  • 66 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2013
  • 64 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2012
  • 70 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2011
  • 59 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2010
  • 59 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2008
  • 57 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2007
  • 54 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2006
  • 56 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2005
  • 53 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2004
  • 49 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2003

Finances

total revenue
  • 1,599,369,000 Australian dollar · 2024
Earlier figures (5)
  • 1,595,330,000 Australian dollar · 2023
  • 1,235,932,000 Australian dollar · 2022
  • 1,428,044 Australian dollar · 2021
  • 1,297,514,000 Australian dollar · 2020
  • 1,508,535,000 Australian dollar · 2019
total assets
  • 5,552,519,000 Australian dollar · 2024
Earlier figures (5)
  • 5,450,795,000 Australian dollar · 2023
  • 5,239,881,000 Australian dollar · 2022
  • 4,813,920 Australian dollar · 2021
  • 4,660,733,000 Australian dollar · 2020
  • 4,153,146,000 Australian dollar · 2019
donations
  • 32,069,000 Australian dollar · 2024
Earlier figures (5)
  • 29,598,000 Australian dollar · 2023
  • 17,320,000 Australian dollar · 2022
  • 19,347 Australian dollar · 2021
  • 15,321,000 Australian dollar · 2020
  • 13,000,000 Australian dollar · 2019

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit
affiliation
member of
4 more
owner of

Other facts

motto
number of volunteers
  • 66 · 2024
Earlier figures (3)
  • 41 · 2023
  • 40 · 2022
  • 500 · 2021
start time
  • 1947
Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)
coat of arms image
image
Wikimedia and technical details (8)
Commons category
  • Australian National University
topic's main category
category for alumni of educational institution
on focus list of Wikimedia project
described by source
API endpoint URL
terms of service URL
social media followers
  • 20,989 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 41699268 · 4 February 2023
Earlier figures (3)
  • 19,914 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 41699268 · 8 January 2022
  • 18,837 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 41699268 · 7 January 2021
  • 18,140 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 41699268 · 19 April 2020
Identifiers in other databases (60)
ACMI ID
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
ARWU university ID
AusStage venue ID
Australian Business Number
Australian Government Organisations Register ID
autonomous system number
Baidu Tieba name
  • 澳洲国立大学 · number of works: 157,597 · 3 March 2023
  • anu · number of works: 18,595 · 13 March 2023
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
CRICOS Provider Code
Crunchbase organization ID
Encyclopedia of Australian Science ID
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
  • 21p5ZM · subject named as: 澳大利亚国立大学 · studied by: pedagogy · last update: 20 January 2022
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
  • 150489 · main subject: pedagogy · subject named as: 澳大利亚国立大学
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
Facebook username
Freebase ID
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Google Maps Customer ID
Google Scholar organization ID
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
  • 3255951 · subject named as: АВСТРАЛИЙСКИЙ НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
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Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
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National Archives of Australia entity ID
NL CR AUT ID
  • ko2005291497 · subject named as: Australian National University
Open Funder Registry funder ID
  • 501100000995 · object named as: Australian National University
OpenAlex ID
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OSM Name Suggestion Index ID
QS World University ID
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Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
SCImago Institutions Rankings ID
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Times Higher Education World University ID
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U-Multirank university ID
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
  • 2862 · subject named as: Australian National University
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X (Twitter) username
  • anumedia · number of subscribers: 18,140 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 41699268 · 19 April 2020
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