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James Cook University
James Cook University/CRICOS Code 00117J
Why study at James Cook University
James Cook University is a leading Australian tropical research university. The university is proudly named after eighteenth century explorer and navigator, Captain James Cook. The University was proclaimed in Townsville on 20 April 1970, two hundred years after Cook charted the eastern seaboard of Australia.
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JCU offers courses in a broad range of study areas and has a strong research focus, particularly in matters relating to life in the tropics. In a ranking of the world's top 500 universities, JCU was one of only 13 Australian universities listed (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Academic Ranking of World Universities 2003).
Location
JCU's campuses are located in tropical northern Queensland, a region which is extremely popular with international visitors. The university is ideally located in the midst of two major natural attractions that draw record number of visitors to the region every year. Two attractions worth mentioning are the Great Barrier Reef and the Rainforests which is ideal for scientific research.
Townsville and Cairns are thriving coastal cities each with populations of around 130 000.
JCU is well renowned for its quality of teaching, small class sizes and highly qualified and experienced staff.
More and more students from other parts of Australia and abroad are discovering the advantages of tropical northern Queensland as a study location.
Study Options / Courses
- Undergraduate Study Areas:
- Accounting
- Anthropology
- Aquaculture
- Archaeology
- Arts
- Asia Pacific Community Development
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biotechnology
- Botany
- Business @ JCU
- Chemistry
- Communication
- Community Welfare*
- Community Welfare and Business
- Computer Science, see Information Technology
- Creative Arts (NEW)
- Criminology
- Design and Multimedia
- Earth Sciences
- E-business
- Economics
- Education
- Education - BEd (Professional Development)
- Education - Graduate Bachelor of Education
- Engineering programs
- English
- Environmental Science and Ecology programs
- Environmental Studies
- Environmental and Urban Planning
- Finance
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Geography
- History
- Hospitality Management
- Human Resource Management
- Immunology
- Indigenous Media
- Indigenous Studies
- Information Systems
- Information Technology
- International Studies
- Journalism
- Languages
- Law
- Management
- Marine Biology (Advanced)
- Marine Science programs
- Marketing
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Medicine
- Microbiology
- Multimedia Game Development (NEW)
- Music
- Nursing Science
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacy
- Photography
- Physical Oceanography and Meteorology
- Physics
- Physiology
- Physiotherapy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Policy
- Science at JCU
- Social Science*
- Social Work*
- Sociology
- Speech Pathology
- Sport and Exercise Science
- Teaching, see Education
- Tertiary Access programs
- Theatre
- Tourism Studies
- Tropical Agriculture (NEW)
- Veterinary Science (NEW)
- Visual Arts
- Zoology
Postgraduate Study Areas:
- Arts and Social Sciences
- Indigenous studies
- cultural heritage studies
- arts
- archaeology
- maritime archaeology
- journalism
- psychology
- public policy
- social sciences
- social work
- women's studies.
- Business, Law and Tourism
- business administration (eg. MBA)
- management
- commerce
- dispute resolution
- economics
- legal studies
- tourism (including ecotourism).
- Creative Arts
- music
- photography
- film
- theatre
- graphic design
- creative writing
- illustration
- painting
- gold and silversmithing
- printmaking
- ceramics
- artists books
- Education Postgraduate
- primary and secondary education.
- Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences
- health sciences
- tropical animal and veterinary sciences
- biomedical sciences
- medicine
- nursing (including midwifery)
- occupational therapy
- pharmacy
- public health and tropical medicine (including disaster and refugee health, infection control and travel medicine)
- Science, Engineering and IT Postgraduate
- engineering (chemical, civil and environmental, electrical and computer systems, mechanical including computational)
- information technology (e-business, multimedia, networking, industry research and development, and science informatics)
- aquaculture
- astronomy
- earth sciences
- entomology
- environmental sciences
- geography
- marine sciences
- mathematics
- physics
- plant sciences
- wildlife biology and management
- zoology