James Cook University

James Cook University, Townsville Campus, Townsville

#=445 QS Global World Ranking
PublicStatus
Very HighResearch Output
7,768Total Students
843Faculty
926Int'l Students

About

James Cook University (JCU) is the second oldest university in Queensland and Australia's leading university in the tropics. Offering excellence in teaching and research, JCU is a vibrant, mulit-campus university with its main sites in the tropical Queensland cities of Townsville and Cairns and an international campus in Singapore. Total student enrolments are more than 18000 and growing, including over 5000 international students from 100 countries. There are over 300 programs available to international students to study at JCU.

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University highlights

2012
#362
2014
#351
2015
#350
2016
#=387
2017
#=340
2018
#=367
2019
#=369
2020
#=377
2021
#=462
2022
#=424
2023
#=461
2024
#=415
2025
#=445

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Student & Staff

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Data

Total students

7,768

PG students

17%

UG students

83%

International students

926

PG students

50%

UG students

50%

Total faculty staff

843

Int'l staff

148

Domestic staff

695

Total students

7,768

PG students

17%

UG students

83%

International students

926

PG students

50%

UG students

50%

Total faculty staff

843

Domestic staff

695

Int'l staff

148

2024

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Scholarships

Offered

Yes

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