Charles Darwin University

Ours is a university deeply engaged with, and informed by, Australia's Indigenous people. Recognising that we operate on the lands of many strong Indigenous nations, respecting the knowledge and culture of Aboriginal people and committed to Indigenous advancement. These are truly unique features that CDU embraces as both challenges and opportunities for the years ahead, building on the strong foundations and remarkable achievements of our 25-year history. In this relatively short space of time, we have developed a reputation as one of the most innovative teaching and learning and most research-intensive universities in Australia and have risen to the ranks of the top 2 percent of world universities in 2015. CDU has provided and will continue to provide, the human capital that underpins the future prosperity of Northern Australia and our near Asian region, while also providing innovative and flexible online learning choices for a broader national student market.

Charles Darwin University is unique. No other single Australian university serves such a large area of the continent, in such a remote location and with such a small population to sustain it. While the Northern Territory covers around 16 percent of Australia, in 2015 it was home to just over 1 percent of the population, 30 percent of whom were Indigenous compared with around 3 percent of the general Australian population. The only university based in the Northern Territory, CDU is a dual sector university. We are the most northerly Australian university, literally on Asia's doorstep. Closer in many respects to the vast populations of Asia than to the southern Australian states.

At Charles Darwin University we offer a structure suited to your individual needs from VET courses through to undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs. These options allow you to start your studies at certificate or undergraduate level. Once you gain work experience, you could graduate with a doctorate. The business programs, coupled with high educational standards and close working relationships with relevant professional bodies, enable you to develop the personal and professional skills required to cope with social, professional and technological change in the business world.

Charles Darwin University is a new world university built on social justice, sustainability, creativity and collective effort. We are young, vibrant and internationally recognised for teaching and research, and your individual needs, expectations and aspirations are our top priority.

Charles Darwin University is a new world university; committed to bringing people together to use knowledge to shape the future. It's a place where everyone can follow their passion to make things better - however big or small.
CDU has more than 24,000 students spread across 11 campuses and centres in the Northern Territory, as well as in Melbourne, Sydney and online. CDU also delivers training in more than 170 locations across the Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.