Charles Darwin University (CDU) is based in the capital city of Darwin at the heart of Australia’s tropical north. It is the Australian university located most closely to the Asia-Pacific region.

As a truly international university with 2,000 international students from 55 countries, CDU’s students and staff and academic and research endeavours are globally connected and respected.

CDU has all the advantages of a dual-sector university including flexibility in study options – as a recognised leader in online education – creativity, adaptability and freedom to embrace the history and traditions of First Australians and the multitude of nations represented by our international student population.

The university’s true character and richness stems from its location in the Top End of Australia: a youthful, multicultural, cosmopolitan and robust tropical city in a place steeped in Aboriginal tradition and culture, which enjoys a close interaction with the people of South-east Asia.

The release of the 2020 Good Universities Guide has seen CDU ranked 1^st out of 39 Australian Higher Education Institutions for Graduate Salary. CDU achieved a rating of five stars with a median graduate salary of $65,200.

As the university of Northern Australia, CDU has a distinct responsibility for providing leadership in and contributing to, local and global sustainability efforts.

CDU offer study options in Higher Education, Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Research in nine locations within Australia including Casuarina, Palmerston, Katherine, Alice Springs, and Sydney.

Casuarina campus is CDU’s largest study location and the main hub for Higher Education, Vocational Education and Training (VET), and Research programs. The campus is located in Darwin’s northern suburbs about 15kms from Darwin’s central business district and within 20kms to Palmerston city.

CDU is a new world university built on social justice, sustainability, creativity and collective effort.

As one of the few dual-sector universities in Australia, CDU offers courses for everyone at all levels, from Certificate I to PhD and everything in between.