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  • Top 100 university globally for quality education

    According to the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2021

  • #2 for employment and starting salaries

    The Good Universities Guide 2021 ranks CDU as a leader for graduate employment and starting salaries outcomes

  • 30 years' experience in distance and online education

    We have what it takes to support flexible study

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Drones for innovation playground event

Inspiring young Territorians to pursue science, technology and innovation

Charles Darwin University (CDU) and Inspired NT is inspiring young Territorians to pursue careers in science, technology and innovation as part of a new interactive and educational event, Innovation Playground.

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  • CDU Art Gallery presents ground-breaking truth-telling exhibition

    In a compelling new exhibition, Charles Darwin University Art Gallery puts the lens on the nation’s history of colonisation and mining and its impacts as experienced by First Nations people in Australia.

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  • CDU appoints Associate Vice-Chancellor of Central Australia

    CDU appoints local Territorian with strong links to industry, government and business sector as the Associate Vice-Chancellor, Central Australia of Charles Darwin University in Alice Springs.

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Research and Innovation

We are a research-intensive university with a commitment to building collaborative, co-designed research support. Concentrated within the central unit of Research and Innovation, we provide high-quality support and administration of research and consultancy projects, from conception to completion.

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CDU Alumni Awards

CDU takes great pride in the achievements our alumni are making in their world. Their accomplishments benefit both society and the University, advancing the common good and inspiring others. The annual Alumni Awards acknowledge and celebrate these achievements by our outstanding alumni in their professional field or community service activities.

Nominations are now closed for the 2021 CDU Alumni Awards. 

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