Our courses equip students to navigate complex environments and make an impact locally and globally.
We educate the next generation of teachers by providing courses from academic foundations and initial teacher education to provide valuable professional placement experience.
Disciplines
Message from the Dean
Our College prepares students to be teachers, creative thinkers and innovators in a complex changing world. We bring together expertise in education, Indigenous knowledge practices, human geography, disaster preparedness and management, languages, humanities and the creative industries.
Our reputation is based on extensive partnerships with government, industry and community stakeholders to address social, cultural and economic issues in:
- sparsely populated regional areas, including Northern Australia
- developing regions, including South-East Asia - particularly China, Indonesia and Timor-Leste
- Indigenous knowledge, social, cultural and economic futures.
Our research and teaching draw on the strength of the Northern Institute and the interdisciplinary expertise of our D-Labs.
D-Labs are multidisciplinary teams within the College primarily engaged in teaching, research, networking and business development. Together, academics, research students and industry professionals examine solutions for emerging social, cultural and economic issues in challenging contexts.
- Professor Ruth Wallace
Our work
Available Postgraduate projects
We welcome prospective research students to undertake their research journey at the College of Indigenous Futures, Education and the Arts
Find out moreNews and Events
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CIFEA enrolment and information day
Read more about CIFEA enrolment and information dayWhether you are thinking about study or a current student planning the rest of your year, our friendly staff and lecturers are available to chat with you, answer your questions, or help you with the enrolment process for the coming semesters.
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Supporting more First Nations students in the community services sector
Read moreProud Kirrae Whurrong, Gundijitmarra, Gunai Kurnai woman Tanya McDonald wants to improve the rates of First Nations students working in the community services sector in Alice Springs to reduce family violence.
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Director appointed for CDU’s new Academy of the Arts
A new Director has been appointed to run Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) new Academy of the Arts, to shape the direction of the academy and invigorate creative education in the Northern Territory.