Why choose CDU?
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Five-star Australian university for employment outcomes
According to The Good Universities Guide 2024 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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#5 Australian university for first-in-family study
The Good Universities Guide 2024 ranks CDU as a leader in providing first-generation university education
Why choose CDU?
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Five-star Australian university for employment outcomes
According to The Good Universities Guide 2024 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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#5 Australian university for first-in-family study
The Good Universities Guide 2024 ranks CDU as a leader 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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Seafarers creating local jobs and endless opportunities
With a world-wide shortage of seafarers’, a Northern Australia business is training up its own workforce in collaboration with Charles Darwin University (CDU) TAFE to ensure essential services to remote communities are maintained without relying on a fly in, fly out workforce.
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Project to improve PFAS firefighting alternative
As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams in firefighting for the safer but less effective fluorine-free foams, a new Charles Darwin University project is aiming to increase the efficacy of this alternative foam.
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Researchers train AI to diagnose lung diseases
Artificial Intelligence could become a radiologist’s best friend, with researchers training the technology to accurately diagnose pneumonia, COVID-19 and other lung diseases.
Read more about Researchers train AI to diagnose lung diseases
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