Curtin University is an institution of higher education in Perth, Western Australia. The roots of the institution go back to the founding of Perth Technical School in 1900. The school became Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT) in 1967. In 1986, the institute was granted university status, and it opened as Australia’s first university of technology in 1987. At that time, it also was renamed Curtin University of Technology in honor of John Curtin. Curtin had served as Australia’s prime minister from 1941 to 1945. The university adopted use of the shorter name Curtin University in 2010. The shortened form became the official name when the act that had given the school university status was amended in 2017.
Curtin University of Technology was the first Australian university to provide educational services to the Southeast Asia region. The student body includes international students from many countries. Many students study on overseas campuses in Malaysia, Maruritius, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. In Australia, the university has campuses in Bentley and other parts of Greater Perth, and in Kalgoorlie. In addition to the research centers in each of the major academic disciplines, the university is a major partner in cooperative research centers in such fields as hydrometallurgy, petroleum research, landscape environments and mineral exploration, telecommunications research, and renewable energy research.
The university’s website at https://www.curtin.edu.au/ offers additional information.
See also Perth.
