Top 10 reasons to choose ACU

1. We take the personal approach?

   ACU is recognised nationally for is supportive and personal leaning environment, having received four out of five stars for staff-to-student ratios in the 2012 Good Universities Guide. Our highly qualified staff are committed to helping you achieve the best you can. ACU also offers you free and confidential counselling; disability support; career development services to help you land your perfect job; and academic skills support, to work with you to improve your writing skills, time management, exam preparation, and more.

2. A unique student experience?

   Life on our campuses is not just about study. Each campus has active student councils and clubs that organise social and sporting activities and events each semester. If sport is your thing, there’s a wide range of teams on each campus that compete in everything from oztag and netball, to beach volleyball, basketball and badminton. There are also performing arts clubs, choirs and ACU Wired – a national radio station run by staff and students. ACU students also have the chance to take part in World Youth Day and explore the link between faith and reason, with the support of a Campus Ministry on each campus..

3. Our Graduate outcomes

   ACU graduates are high achievers and enjoy one of the best rates of employment in Australia. Many of our graduates find jobs using their professional skills even before they have graduated.

4. We are Catholic

   As a Catholic university, we lay claim to 2000 years of Catholic intellectual tradition and are connected through our activities to the great Catholic universities of the world. ACU maintains strong links with the Catholic education, health and social welfare sectors.

5. We provide an education beyond the textbook

   ACU can provide you with an education so you not only qualify for your dream career, but you qualify for life. We are proud to teach, encourage and support students who want to make a difference in their own lives and in the lives of those around them, both personally and professionally.

6. Community Engagement and a commitment to social justice and the common good?

   As a university committed to serving the common good, ACU encourages and supports the efforts of our students to engage with their communities in a positive way. Many of our degrees will even allow your community volunteer work to count toward your degree. Our commitment to social justice sets us apart.

7. Opportunities for Early Achievers?

   If you're a young leader, an active member of your community or have worked to make a difference to the lives of others, you can receive special entry in to ACU through the Early Achievers' Program. The Early Achievers' application process means you can be recognised for your achievements and be guaranteed a place at University before main round offers come out.

8. Learn from leaders in the field?

   We have leading academics and recognised research capabilities in a number of traditional, contemporary and emerging fields. (ACU rates five stars for staff qualifications, Good Universities Guide 2008). We call some of the world's leading experts our own.

9. We're a national university with international ties?

   As a national university with six campuses across Australia, ACU provides students with a unique opportunity to engage in national events and have access to national resources. And with our study abroad and student exchange programs, and over 40 partner institutions worldwide, you can travel the world as part of your course.

10. We're opening doors to higher education

    As a university committed to equity and the dignity of the human person, we are striving to make it possible for more Australians to earn tertiary degrees. Our special access scheme, accessACU, offers bonus entry points to applicants who fall within certain categories. Special support is also available to Indigenous students (ACU rates five stars for Indigenous participation, Good Universities Guide 2009).