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Undergraduate
If you’re starting your first degree you’ll have plenty of courses to choose from across our three campuses, including online study options.
Postgraduate
Enhance your career prospects, change direction or become a researcher. Our flexible postgraduate program includes online study options.
International
We welcome students from all over the world. We’re home to more than 6,000 international students from over 100 countries.
Important things you should know if you're thinking of studying here.
Why ECU?
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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.
Over 85% of ECU students participating in the government’s QILT survey, rated their teaching quality positively. ECU was also the top-ranked public university in Australia for undergraduate skills development for the sixth year in a row.
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Good Universities Guide In the 2020 Good Universities Guide, ECU graduates have given us a 5-star rating for:
- Teaching quality
- Skills development
- Student support
- Learning resources
- Median salary (based on the starting salary for new domestic graduates under age 25, and in their first full-time job.)
The 5-star rating for teaching quality has now been achieved for 13 straight years. We're the only public university in Australia to have achieved such a consistently high endorsement.
Read more about the Good Universities Guide.
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THE Impact Rankings 2020 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.
The rankings show how the global higher education sector is working towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
ECU also ranked in the top 4% of universities surveyed for Gender Equality, and in the top 50 for Good Health and Wellbeing and Sustainable Cities and Communities.
Read more about the THE Impact Rankings
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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.
Young universities are measured on their teaching, research, citations, international outlook and industry income.
These are the same performance indicators as measured in the overall THE World University Rankings.
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World University Rankings - Engineering ECU has been ranked in the world’s top 175 universities for Engineering and Technology in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2020.
This latest THE ranking moves ECU up from last year’s global top 250 into the top 175, reflecting ongoing improvements in areas such as teaching, research, international outlook and citations.
Student
stories
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"I chose ECU because it offered fully online units with fantastic student support, which was ideal when I was working full time at the start of my degree"
Aaron TuckerECU Finance graduate My entire world view has been expanded by studying at ECU. I had no real idea how complicated Finance was before I started. The further into my studies I have progressed, the more I have leant on things I picked up in the first year introductory classes. The skills I have picked up during my course have always had a compounding effect and I now feel comfortable to market myself to employers.
The lecturers are deeply knowledgeable and very helpful when you have concerns or questions. I have met many fellow students through my studies that I now call friends.
I can't recommend ECU highly enough, especially given their flexibility and world class facilities.
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"Anything is achievable"
Rebecca MacMillanECU Science graduate Coming from a farming background, I was always interested in studying biology. So I made the decision to move here and begin my studies at ECU.
ECU offered me a course with exciting fieldwork and lecturers who were so welcoming. They even helped me find work experience positions! I have completed volunteer work at the Western Australian Herbarium.
I’ve learned that anything is achievable if you set your mind to it and focus on your goals and dreams.
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"As a mature age student, I was apprehensive about ‘going back to school'"
Julian RooneyBachelor of Engineering (Electrical Power) Honours student I chose ECU for the high quality of courses, the friendly atmosphere on campus, combined with the opportunity to study a quality engineering course in regional WA – without having to move to the city, find accommodation, and change jobs immediately.
I’ve found there is a great balance in the course between theory and practice, with field trips and opportunities to meet people form relevant industries.
As a mature age student, I was apprehensive about ‘going back to school’, however the other students and lecturers could not have been friendlier or more accommodating.
I completed Year 12 many years ago, so was able to apply direct to ECU with my old tertiary entrance score. The process was really easy – had I know it would be this easy, I might have gone back to study many years ago!