I extend to you a warm welcome to the University of Canberra website. 

This site is designed to tell you about the University and to help you make the right decision about your studies. You can be confident that a degree from the University of Canberra – Australia’s capital city university – will open many doors to you; leading to new thinking, new knowledge and new opportunities. It will support you in attaining your career goals with a highly respected qualification.

The University of Canberra prides itself in being a recognised leader in the provision of high quality undergraduate and postgraduate education underpinned by a sound research profile. We have in the past two years been acknowledged for our strong learning and teaching performance in successive all-Australian universities assessments. 

We are a University that engages with the needs of the community we serve and we provide focused learning experiences. We educate professionals for approximately 30 different professions, including health, education, resource science, communication, design, business and government and international studies. 

Our teaching and learning emphasise flexible programs, student-centred learning, online delivery components and development of graduate qualities for successful employment. The University is consistently among those with the highest employment rates for graduates in Australia, and has been so for many years. The success of our students is testimony to the quality and substance of a University of Canberra education.

The University of Canberra, based in Australia’s National Capital, is a cosmopolitan Australian university in a world whose boundaries diminish daily. We have a particularly strong commitment to internationalisation and we attract students and staff from all over the world. We also provide opportunities for our students to gain international experience through a scheme of exchange initiatives. 

The University of Canberra is a single campus with a range of amenities and diverse learning experiences. It prides itself on a student-centred learning environment which especially values students for their uniqueness and capacity to contribute to university life. All the staff of the University look forward to the energy, freshness and creative ideas that each year’s intake of new students brings to our campus.

I hope you enjoy browsing our website and I encourage you to seek more information by contacting the University about your particular areas of interest.

Professor Stephen Parker
Vice-Chancellor and President