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Undergraduate Students

ECU is home to a great mix of students – from people straight out of high school, to mature age students, international students who've moved to Perth, and a growing number of online students. We provide an interesting mix of courses across eight different study areas. We hope you can join us!

Why ECU?

  • QILT logo

    ECU top in teaching quality

    For the fifth year in a row, ECU has received the top undergraduate teaching quality ranking of all 37 public universities in Australia.

    ECU was also the top-ranked public university in Australia for undergraduate skills development for the sixth year in a row.

    View QILT results.

  • The Good Universities Guide 2021

    Good Universities Guide

    In the 2021 Good Universities Guide, ECU graduates have given us a 5-star rating for teaching quality, skills development, student support, learning resources, learner engagement and overall student experience.

    The 5-star rating for undergraduate teaching quality has now been achieved for 14 straight years.

    Read more about the Good Universities Guide.

  • THE Impact Rankings 2020

    THE Impact Rankings

    ECU has been ranked number 9 in the world for Quality Education and is in the top 100 overall in the 2020 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact rankings, showing how the global higher education sector is working towards the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

    Read more about the THE Impact Rankings

  • THE World University Rankings 2020 Top 100 Young

    THE Young University Rankings

    ECU has been ranked in the world's top 100 universities under 50 years old in the 2020 Times Higher Education (THE) Young Universities Rankings, THE World University Rankings.

Fantastic facilities and programs

ECU offers a diverse range of undergraduate courses and our facilities are some of the best you'll find at any university in Australia. We have:

  • one of Australia's fastest-growing Engineering Schools
  • the largest Nursing program in Western Australia
  • Exercise Science laboratories considered among the best in the Southern Hemisphere
  • the oldest and most popular School of Education in Western Australia
  • one of the most comprehensive Arts & Humanities Schools in the Southern Hemisphere
  • one of the world's leading performing arts academies, WAAPA.

Courses

What can you study here?

To help our domestic and international students with a career direction, we group similar fields of work into study areas.

Within each study area, you can choose an undergraduate (first) degree. And within most degree courses, you can choose your specialty, or major subject.

Study courses online

At ECU, we understand that many people want to study, but have commitments like work and family that can make it hard to get to lectures.

It's why many of our undergraduate courses can be studied online.

Our study areas

To help you choose a career direction, we group similar fields of work into study areas. Within each study area you can choose an undergraduate or postgraduate degree. And within most degree courses, you can choose your specialty, or major subject.

Arts & Humanities Business & Law Engineering & Technology Medical & Health Sciences Nursing & Midwifery Science Teacher Education Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

Need some help deciding what to study?

Our future student events include a mix of on-campus and online sessions designed to help you decide what to study at ECU.

Download a guide

If you prefer paper over pixels, please download one of our guides.

Domestic Students

Undergraduate course guide Postgraduate course guide

International Students

Create your own guide International student guide

Become World Ready

World Ready facilities

  • Drawing Studio
    Drawing Studio
    Environmental Engineering and Fluid Mechanics Lab
    Environmental Engineering and Fluid Mechanics Lab
    Nutrition lab
    Nutrition Lab
    Circuits and Systems Lab
    Circuits and Systems Lab
    Exercise physiology lab
    Exercise Physiology Lab
    Renewable Energy Engineering Lab
    Renewable Energy Engineering Lab
  • VR art gallery
    Gallery 25 Exhibition Gallery
    Business Digital hub
    Digital Hub
    Materials Engineering Lab 3D Walkthrough
    Materials Engineering Lab
    Petroleum Engineering Research Lab
    Petroleum Engineering Research Lab
    Nursing Interactive Learning Space
    Nursing Interactive Learning Space
    Fashion Studio
    Fashion Studio
  • Robotics Laboratory
    Robotics Lab
    Schneider Electric Instrumentation Control & Automation Lab
    Schneider Electric Instrumentation Control & Automation Lab
    Photography studio
    Photomedia Studio
    Chemical Engineering Laboratory
    Chemical Engineering Lab
    Electronic Systems Lab
    Electronic Systems Lab
    Concrete Technology Laboratory
    Concrete Technology Lab
  • Wireless Communication Lab
    Wireless Communication Lab
    Occupational Therapy lab
    Occupational Therapy Lab
    Business Smart lab
    Business SMART Lab
    Radio Broadcasting Studio
    Radio Broadcasting Studio
    Structural Mechanics Lab
    Structural Mechanics Lab
    Hydraulics Lab
    Hydraulics Lab
  • Nursing Hi Fidelity Ward
    Nursing Hi Fidelity Ward
    Geotech Lab
    Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Laboratories
    Manufacturing and Motorsports Laboratories
    Manufacturing and Motorsports Lab
    Power Systems Laboratory
    Power Systems Lab

Scholarship opportunities to reduce your expenses

Scholarships recognise those whose life journey may have been challenging, as well as students who've shown outstanding academic excellence and endeavour.

A scholarship can help you realise your ambitions by paying for fees, text books and living expenses.

Realise your dream with our scholarships

Explore your options

  • I was always interested in athletic performance.

  • Bachelor of Computer Science student Mason learnt a lot during his Work Integrated Learning placement and was made to feel like he was part of the team right from the start.

  • Arshil Jah experience studying his Masters of Civil Engineering.

  • Nursing and Midwifery double degree student Jessica Burgess talks about her ECU experience.

  • Civil Engineering student, Bojan Markoski, talks about studying the course with Edith Cowan University (ECU). Bojan discusses the reasons he decided to study Civil Engineering and the structure of the units in the course. He says the students spend a couple of weeks learning the theory, then spend time in the labs applying those theories to real-world problems.

    He has already applied things he learnt in labs to his work. He approached the City of Stirling to do a project on the lack of information they had on existing drainage data. ECU had the facilities to do scale-model testing of road drainage. The data Bojan's project produced is now incorporated into drainage design to provide an increased accuracy in designs. Bojan discusses the materials available for units, the flexibility of the units and support provided by lecturers. He talks about how he studies part-time, while working full-time for the City of Stirling.

    He accesses online lectures and recordings. He says the lecturers have offered a lot of support to him. He also discusses the practical assessments incorporated into units, such as a lab or site investigation, where you apply Engineering theory to a real-world problem and enhances your learning.

    Bojan talks about the facilities and state-of-art laboratories he can access across all Engineering fields. He says this means he's able to use equipment that you'd use in the workforce, this gives him an edge over people who haven't used this machinery and equipment.

  • Communications (Broadcasting & Journalism) student Aine Ryan talks about the hands on and practical experience.

  • Cyber Security student Scott Anderson talks about how enjoyable he finds the course and the supportive teaching.

Student stories

  • ECU Early Childhood Education student Sally Strang

    Sally Strang

    ECU Early Childhood Education student

    "ECU's School of Education has friendly and knowledgeable lecturers with industry experience"

    I have always been passionate about teaching but never considered studying at university as my family still needed me at home. I had already heard that ECU was an excellent university for Education courses, but seeing ECU students on practicum placement at my children’s school and the fact that my children are now old enough to walk to and from school is what influenced me to pursue full time study.

    ECU’s School of Education has friendly and knowledgeable lecturers with industry experience which really adds credibility to the content I am being taught. I am learning so much about how to be a good educator while establishing strong professional relationships with lecturers and tutors.

    I am loving the campus experience and making a lot of new friends, and I am really grateful for the annual practicum placement opportunities that ECU offers. It gives me an accurate look into a classroom through the educator’s eyes. I can’t wait to begin my career in teaching.

  • Lachlan Graham

    Bachelor of Science (Nursing) student

    "The level of personal attention offered by SW staff is hard to beat"

    Nursing student Lachie came to ECU via UniPrep and is now fulfilling a dream by studying at university in the place he loves.

  • Samantha Ridgway

    Chemistry student

    "The chemistry was right to return to study"

    Applied and Analytical Chemistry student Samantha Ridgway talks about how easy it was to come back to study as a mature age student.