ECU is a responsive and forward-thinking institution and an Australian leader in the provision of professionally focused degree programs. As the modern descendant of the first higher education institution in Western Australia, ECU upholds a well deserved reputation for teaching excellence that dates back to the beginning of the twentieth century.

The university has developed strong links with industry, government and research institutes in Australia and overseas. These links help the University to design and develop relevant courses and appropriate research projects. Areas of strength include the ‘knowledge-based’ disciplines of Finance and Business, Computing and IT, Media and Communications, Education, Health and Social Sciences, Nursing, Visual and Performing Arts.

ECU’s origins go back to 1902 when it began as a teaching college. Today it is Western Australia’s second largest university with almost 23,000 students. Named in honor of Edith Dircksey Cowan, the first woman elected to an Australian Parliament in 1912, ECU is a responsive and forward-thinking institution and an Australian leader in the provision of professionally focused degree programs. The University has three metropolitan campuses in Churchlands, Mount Lawley and Joondalup and a regional campus in Bunbury, a city 200kms south of Perth. ECU’s mission is to:

• Provide high quality teaching, utilizing new educational and communication technologies;
• Develop new knowledge in selective fields through research and scholarship;
• Enhance access to higher education
• Produce graduates with wisdom, insight and skills to contribute to the betterment of society, to strengthen and enrich the intellectual cultural and economic life of the regional, state, national and international community’s the University serves.

ECU is an active member of various international university networks, such ECU is an active member of various international university networks, such as the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the International Association of Universities, the Commonwealth Universities Study Abroad Consortium, and other multilateral student exchange programs such as UMAP (University Mobility in the Asia and Pacific). ECU also plays a leading role in the AEN (Australian European Network), and UTRECHT Exchange program.