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Overview

Edith Cowan University (ECU) is located in the beautiful city of Perth, Western Australia, which is well known as a friendly, safe, and cosmopolitan city with a Mediterranean climate. Boasting state-of-the-art facilities and high quality teaching, ECU is a modern institution focused on innovation and excellence. More than 20,000 students make up ECU’s culturally diverse student body, with almost 20 per cent of students coming to ECU from over 90 countries around the world.

ECU is rated as a 5 star Teaching Quality University, and has also been awarded a 5 star rating for its MBA course, one of the best in Australia, for the academic quality of its teaching staff, corporate links, and gender equality. (Good Universities Guide 2009).

ECU Courses
ECU is an innovative university which prides itself on being relevant to the real world. The University offers the right balance of academic study and real practical work as part of its programs. With over 400 different courses from bachelor’s through to master’s and doctorate degrees, there are endless opportunities for everyone.  There are many new and unique cutting edge courses including Performing Arts, through the famous Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Aviation, Motorsports, Game Design, Photomedia, and Mechatronics.

ECU prides itself on being relevant to the real world and its degrees have a large practical component. This may take the form of practicum/work placements or industry-based assignments, offering students the opportunity to work in real world laboratories or teaching facilities or discussion of real life case studies.

ECU Graduates
ECU is in constant communication with industry and professional bodies to ensure that courses on offer are innovative, practical, and relevant to graduates in their respective fields.  As a result, both local and international employers highly regard and seek ECU graduates. Students are award winners in their industry and readily employed.

Recent Awards

• Winner of two national BHERT awards in 2006
• Winner of two prestigious Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching in 2006
• First Australian Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
• International Student Advisers' Network of Australia (ISANA) Outstanding Individual Achievement Award 2006
• Winner of five categories at the National Awards of the Journalism Education Association in 2006
• World winners of the 2007 IAA Dentsu InterAd XI Global Student Advertising Competition