Curtin University

Curtin University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia. It began in 1966 as the Western Australian Institute of Technology and became Curtin University of Technology in 1987, named for wartime prime minister John Curtin; it later shortened the name while keeping an applied and resources profile. The main Bentley campus sits in Perth's inner southeast.

The university is organized into faculties of health sciences, business and law, humanities, and science and engineering. It is known for mining, petroleum, and minerals education through the Western Australian School of Mines in Kalgoorlie, and for health, construction, and business programs. Research groups work on resources, radio astronomy linked to the Square Kilometre Array, and public health.

Curtin enrolls about 60,000 students across Perth and campuses in Malaysia, Dubai, Mauritius, and Singapore, with a large international share from more than 100 countries. It is one of Australia's larger universities by headcount. Alumni are concentrated in mining, government, and health in Western Australia.

Graduate study is built around coursework master's degrees in engineering, resources, health, and business, with thesis options in the same faculties. The teaching year follows the Australian semester calendar. Research students compete for Australian government awards and university stipends. Bentley is a suburban campus with student housing, about 20 minutes from central Perth.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Curtin University lists 1 master's program, in urban planning. Curtin University holds rank 204 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.