ECU offers innovative and practical courses across a variety of disciplines and we have a vibrant research culture. ECU is a leader in developing alternative entry pathways to higher education.
We have three campuses in Western Australia. Joondalup and Mount Lawley in the Perth metropolitan area and our South West campus in Bunbury, 200km south of the Perth CBD.
ECU provides a variety of services and facilities that go beyond the classroom, with opportunities for personal development and social interaction for students and staff.
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At ECU we concentrate our research in areas of strength to deliver tangible outcomes.
There are several ways to get involved with research at ECU.
ECU has a lively research community that is committed to supporting research students.
Research Services provides comprehensive support services to researchers.
We value industry partnerships and offer access to world-class research across our nine ECU Strategic Research Institutes and Centres.
ECU links our stakeholders to our professional talent pool across a range of disciplines and research topics.
We collaborate with all types of businesses, including new start-ups, small to medium enterprises, not-for-profits, community organisations, government and large corporates in the resources sector.
ECU delivers training that can be tailored to industry needs.
Extra-curricular learning for childrenChildren's University Edith Cowan aims to inspire students between seven and fourteen to develop confidence and a love of learning through validated activities beyond the school curriculum.
The Inspiring Minds scholarship program are equity scholarships that give students an opportunity to access an education that may otherwise be out of reach.
EventsCatch up with fellow graduates at one of our regular alumni events.
We love to see our graduates back at ECU helping current students achieve their dreams.
Tell us what you've been up to since you graduated or stay in the alumni loop.
Take advantage of a range of career development or other alumni benefits.
Joondalup Campus virtual tour
The School of Medical and Health Sciences operates a number of working laboratories in each of its study areas. Our laboratories are fully equipped with some of the most state of the art equipment available for use by undergraduate and postgraduate students in Australia. The School also operates an extensive number of highly specialised research areas within each discipline area.
Our exercise laboratories are considered some of the best in the Southern Hemisphere. We attract high performance sports teams for testing, including the Australian Sports Commission (AIS) and Cycling Australia professional cycling teams, the West Coast Eagles, Perth Wildcats and many other elite athletes.
The dedicated nutrition laboratory is designed for students to work on practical projects involving food. The multi-functional laboratory has a food demonstration and teaching area; computing stations for dietary analysis, diet development and individual or group work areas for food preparation; cooking, tasting and food analysis.
Our body composition room consists of equipment for anthropometric measurements and a COSMED BOD POD for determining body composition through Air Displacement Plethysmography.
Occupational therapy laboratories and teaching suites have specialised equipment for studying occupational therapy, gaining hands-on skills in physical rehabilitation, assistive technology and communication technology.
The School's purpose-built laboratories are fully-equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and cater to a whole range of functions in biomedical and medical science. Medical Science laboratories includes anatomy, microbiology, genetics, histology, physiology and biochemistry facilities, along with fluorescence microscopy and digital imaging.
The paramedical suite equipment provides a realistic pre-hospital environment by replicating all the requirements of a working ambulance. The suite contains state-of-the-art manikins for simulation of emergency medical situations without the need for actors. Students can practice emergency medicine on training dummies under the supervision of working paramedics and use real defibrillators without the risk of injury. The latest paramedical equipment is used to consolidate students’ theoretical knowledge by hands-on practical learning.
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