Australian Catholic University

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a national public teaching and research university. It has seven campuses and offers programs in four faculties throughout Australia.The university was formed on 1 January 1989 following the amalgamation of the Catholic College of Education in Sydney, the Institute of Catholic Education in Melbourne, McAuley College in Brisbane and Signadou College in Canberra.As its name implies, the university has a Catholic identity, history, and mission.

ACU has four faculties, each offering a range of courses:

Education and Arts – including education, arts and humanities, global studies and international development studies, mathematics, media communications, social science, youth work, and creative arts, visual arts and design

Health Sciences – including counselling, environmental science, exercise physiology, exercise science, mental health, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedicine, physiotherapy, public health, psychology, social work and speech pathology

Law and Business – including commerce, business administration, accounting and finance, information technology, human resource management, law, marketing, supply chain management, occupational health and safety, and sustainability

Theology and Philosophy – these disciplines encourage students to search for wisdom, knowledge and truth

In addition to the above four faculties, the university has a number of research institutes, programs, academies, organisational units, partnerships and associated centres.

ACU has seven campuses in six different cities:

North Sydney Campus (MacKillop)

Strathfield Campus (Mount St Mary)

Melbourne Campus (St Patrick's)

Ballarat Campus (Aquinas)

Brisbane Campus (McAuley at Banyo)

Canberra Campus (Signadou)

Adelaide Campus (St Francis of Assisi)

In addition, The Rome Center, which is a collaboration with The Catholic University of America, is expected to open in September 2015 in Rome.