Why choose CDU?
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Top Australian university for employment outcomes
According to The Good Universities Guide 2025 CDU ranks as a leader for graduate employment outcomes
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100% flexible study options that suit you
With over 30 years of experience in online and distance education, we know how to support your flexible learning
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Top university for first-in-family study
The Good Universities Guide 2024 ranks CDU as a top 5 university in providing first-generation university education
Why choose CDU?
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Top Australian university for employment outcomes
According to The Good Universities Guide 2025 CDU ranks as a leader for graduate employment outcomes
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Kick-start your career by graduating job ready
With ample opportunities for industry networking, work placements and professional development, CDU students graduate career confident and job ready
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Top university for first-in-family study
The Good Universities Guide 2024 ranks CDU as a top 5 university in providing first-generation university education
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Scholarships
CDU is committed to providing opportunities to students through our scholarship program. Scholarships are sponsored by individuals, businesses, government, community groups and the university to assist students with the financial burden of studying.
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Our locations
From our Darwin, Casuarina and Palmerston locations down to Alice Springs and Sydney, find out what our campuses and centres have available to you.
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Student life
Whether you are looking for flexible study to juggle work and family, or want to get involved with clubs and societies, there's something for everyone at CDU.
Student life
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News
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CDU enters first-of-its-kind partnership to boost health literacy in Territory schools
A groundbreaking new initiative aimed at boosting health awareness and outcomes across the Northern Territory’s secondary schools has launched for the first time in Darwin.
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Sparks fly: Tradie’s tech dreams land ‘happy’ gig at Seabreeze
When sparky Ellie Hedington signed up to learn the ropes of live production, she never imagined she would be running a three-hour stage show for all of Darwin just a few months later.
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Rooting out plant diseases: Are computers ready to run our farms?
Nature is still too complex for artificial intelligence (AI) modelling to be effective, but the tipping point is close, according to a new study that found the technology may still trip at the last real-world hurdle.
Read more about Rooting out plant diseases: Are computers ready to run our farms?
Danala | Education and Community Precinct
The campus is the home of the CDU Library, CDU Art Gallery, NT Library, and Territory FM; and features learning and teaching areas, open plan workspaces, a grand staircase, and an interactive theatre room.
The campus is also less than a 20-minute drive to the Darwin International airport, and to the nearest shopping centre at Casuarina Square.
Education and Community Precinct
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.
Research and Innovation