Edith Cowan University

Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a public research university headquartered at Joondalup, a northern suburb of Perth in Western Australia, and it is the only Australian university named after a woman.伊迪丝·考恩大学（Edith Cowan University，简称 ECU）是一所公立研究型大学，总部位于西澳大利亚州珀斯北郊的君达乐，也是澳大利亚唯一以女性命名的大学。

It is named in honour of Edith Cowan, the first woman elected to an Australian parliament, gained university status on 1 January 1991, and traces its origins to the Claremont Teachers College founded in 1902.该校以澳大利亚议会首位女议员伊迪丝·考恩命名，于 1991 年 1 月 1 日获得大学地位，其前身可追溯至 1902 年创立的克莱蒙特师范学院。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 ECU is placed 545th globally, and in 2023 it enrolled 30,135 students, comprising 18,048 undergraduates, 9,573 postgraduates and 654 doctoral candidates.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，ECU 位列全球第 545 位；2023 年在校学生为 30,135 人，包括本科生 18,048 人、研究生 9,573 人与博士生 654 人。

History

• In 1847 the General Board of Education was established to oversee school development in the Swan River Colony, before being renamed the Central Board of Education.1847 年，普通教育委员会成立，负责监管天鹅河殖民地的学校发展，其后更名为中央教育委员会。
• In 1893 the Education Department superseded the Central Board, classifying schools, grading teachers, abolishing school fees and making attendance compulsory for children aged six to 14.1893 年，教育部取代中央教育委员会，开始对学校分类、为教师评级、取消学费，并规定 6 至 14 岁儿童强制入学。
• The institution's origins lie in the Claremont Teachers College, established in 1902 on land between Goldsworthy, Princess and Bay Roads in the western Perth suburb of Claremont.该校的起源是 1902 年创立的克莱蒙特师范学院，校址位于珀斯西部克莱蒙特区戈兹沃西路、公主路与湾路之间的土地。
• Claremont remained the only place in the colony where students could gain teaching qualifications until the Churchlands and Graylands colleges opened in the 1950s.直到 1950 年代教堂地学院与格雷兰兹学院开办之前，克莱蒙特一直是当地唯一可取得教师资格的机构。
• Graylands Teachers College was formed in 1955, followed by the Western Australian Secondary Teachers College in 1967, which was renamed the Nedlands College of Advanced Education on 1 January 1979.格雷兰兹师范学院于 1955 年成立，西澳中学师范学院于 1967 年成立，并于 1979 年 1 月 1 日更名为内德兰兹高等教育学院。
• Mount Lawley Teachers College opened in 1970 and Churchlands Teachers College in 1972, adding further teacher-training capacity across the Perth metropolitan area.曼罗利师范学院于 1970 年开办，教堂地师范学院于 1972 年开办，进一步扩大了珀斯大都会区的师资培养能力。
• In 1977 the Commonwealth Government recommended that Graylands Teachers College close at the end of 1979, with its operations merged into Churchlands, Mount Lawley and Claremont.1977 年，联邦政府建议格雷兰兹师范学院于 1979 年底停办，其办学职能并入教堂地学院、曼罗利学院与克莱蒙特学院。
• On 11 December 1981 Claremont, Nedlands, Mount Lawley and Churchlands amalgamated to form the Western Australian College of Advanced Education (WACAE), with campuses in Churchlands, Claremont, Mount Lawley and Nedlands.1981 年 12 月 11 日，克莱蒙特、内德兰兹、曼罗利与教堂地四所学院合并，组建西澳高等教育学院（WACAE），校区分设于教堂地、克莱蒙特、曼罗利与内德兰兹。
• A new Bunbury campus began taking students in 1986 and a Joondalup campus opened in 1987, while Western Australia's first nursing education programme was established during the 1980s.1986 年新的班伯利校区开始招生，1987 年君达乐校区启用，西澳首个护理教育课程也在 1980 年代设立。
• In 1989 WACAE underwent an independent review, the Caro Committee, led by former University of Melbourne vice-chancellor David Caro, whose panel included Roy Lourens, later ECU's first vice-chancellor.1989 年，WACAE 接受了由墨尔本大学前校长戴维·卡罗主持的独立评审——卡罗委员会，其成员包括后来出任 ECU 首任校长的罗伊·劳伦斯。
• One early proposal in the late 1980s was to call the institution Perth University, before it instead took the name Edith Cowan University on gaining university status.1980 年代末的一项早期提议曾拟将该校定名为珀斯大学，最终它在取得大学地位时改用了伊迪丝·考恩大学之名。
• WACAE was granted university status on 1 January 1991 and renamed Edith Cowan University after Edith Dircksey Cowan, and as of 2025 it remains the only Australian university named after a woman.WACAE 于 1991 年 1 月 1 日获得大学地位，并以伊迪丝·迪尔克西·考恩之名改为伊迪丝·考恩大学；截至 2025 年，它仍是澳大利亚唯一以女性命名的大学。
• Edith Cowan, born in 1861 at Glengarry near Geraldton, campaigned for women's suffrage and social justice, and her portrait appears on the 1995 and 2018 polymer designs of the Australian 50-dollar note.伊迪丝·考恩 1861 年出生于杰拉尔顿附近的格兰盖里，曾为妇女选举权与社会正义奔走，其肖像出现在澳大利亚 50 元纸币 1995 年与 2018 年的塑料钞设计中。
• In 1991 the university purchased the house in which Cowan and her family had lived for about 20 years, reconstructed it on the Joondalup campus and reopened it in 1997 as Edith Cowan House, Building 20.1991 年，该校购下考恩与家人居住约二十年的故居，在君达乐校区原样重建，并于 1997 年作为 20 号楼「伊迪丝·考恩之家」重新启用。
• Edith Cowan House now hosts the Peter Cowan Writers Centre, named after the writer and grandson of Edith Cowan who taught at the University of Western Australia.「伊迪丝·考恩之家」现为彼得·考恩写作中心所在地，该中心以西澳大学任教的作家、伊迪丝·考恩之孙彼得·考恩命名。
• The original Claremont building served for 16 years as a campus of ECU after the institution's formation in 1989, before being acquired by the University of Western Australia and becoming home to the Confucius Institute and University of Western Australia Press.克莱蒙特原建筑在该校 1989 年组建后继续作为 ECU 校区使用 16 年，后被西澳大学收购，成为孔子学院与西澳大学出版社的所在地。
• The Mount Lawley campus had been the home of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and it ceased teaching after semester 2 of 2025 ahead of the opening of the new city campus.曼罗利校区曾是西澳表演艺术学院（WAAPA）的所在地，在新市区校区启用前已于 2025 年第二学期后停止授课。
• In 2020 the 1.5-billion-dollar Perth City Deal between the federal and Western Australian governments proposed relocating the Mount Lawley campus to a site immediately west of Yagan Square, to be called ECU City.2020 年，联邦政府与西澳政府达成的 15 亿澳元「珀斯城市协议」提出将曼罗利校区迁至雅根广场正西侧的新址，并命名为 ECU 市区校区。
• On 17 December 2021 the city campus project was approved by DevelopmentWA, with the cost initially announced at 695 million dollars and later rising to 853 million dollars.2021 年 12 月 17 日，市区校区方案获西澳开发署（DevelopmentWA）批准，造价最初公布为 6.95 亿澳元，后升至 8.53 亿澳元。
• Construction of ECU City began in February 2023 and ended in late 2025, with classes commencing in February 2026, and the Mount Lawley site will be vacated by the end of 2027.ECU 市区校区的建设于 2023 年 2 月动工、2025 年底竣工，2026 年 2 月开始上课；曼罗利校址将于 2027 年底前腾空。

Academics

• Edith Cowan University is organised into eight teaching schools, each with its own school colours, spanning arts and humanities, business and law, education, engineering, medical and health sciences, nursing and midwifery, science, and the performing arts.伊迪丝·考恩大学设有八个教学学院，各学院均有自己的院色，涵盖人文与艺术学院、商法与法学院、教育学院、工程学院、医学与健康科学学院、护理与助产学院、理学院以及表演艺术学院。
• The School of Business and Law was established in 1975 at Churchlands as the School of Business Studies, with an inaugural cohort of 224 students and Dr Valentine M Pervan as its first head of school, and it is accredited by AACSB.商法与法学院前身为 1975 年在教堂地成立的商业研究学院，首届学生 224 人，首任院长为瓦伦丁·M·佩尔万博士，现获 AACSB 认证。
• The School of Nursing and Midwifery was established in 1985 on the Nedlands campus and, as of 2022, has the largest nursing cohort in Western Australia with 2,422 students and the state's only dual nursing-and-midwifery degree.护理与助产学院于 1985 年在内德兰兹校区成立；截至 2022 年，它拥有西澳规模最大的护理学生群体共 2,422 人，并开设该州唯一的护理与助产双学位课程。
• The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, known as WAAPA, is the most comprehensive performing arts school in Australia by disciplines of study, offering programmes in acting, dance, music, theatre and production.西澳表演艺术学院（WAAPA）按学科门类计是澳大利亚覆盖最全面的表演艺术学院，开设表演、舞蹈、音乐、戏剧与制作等课程。
• WAAPA also offers a Doctor of Philosophy research programme and a vocational programme in Aboriginal performance, and it is relocated to the ECU City campus with six performance venues hosting over 300 performances a year.WAAPA 还开设博士研究课程与原住民表演职业课程，并迁往 ECU 市区校区，该校区设六座演出场馆，每年举办逾 300 场演出。
• Edith Cowan University had 30,135 students in 2023, made up of 18,048 undergraduates, 9,573 postgraduates and 654 doctoral candidates, and it hosts about 6,000 international students from more than 100 countries each year.伊迪丝·考恩大学 2023 年共有 30,135 名学生，包括本科 18,048 人、研究生 9,573 人与博士生 654 人，每年招收来自 100 多个国家约 6,000 名国际学生。
• ECU runs dual-degree programmes with the University of Portsmouth under which students are enrolled in and graduate from both institutions, covering biomedical science, environmental science, security studies and sports science.ECU 与英国朴茨茅斯大学合办双学位课程，学生同时注册于两校并取得双方学位，涵盖生物医学、环境科学、安全研究与体育科学等专业。
• The university partners with the University of Tasmania for naval engineering and offers offshore courses in China, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, alongside exchange links with about 90 overseas universities.该校与塔斯马尼亚大学合作开办海军工程课程，并在中国（含香港）、新加坡、斯里兰卡与越南等地开设境外课程，另与约 90 所海外大学建立交换联系。
• ECU is one of only two universities operating a federal Academic Centre of Cyber Security Excellence and the only Australian member of the International Cyber Security Center of Excellence.ECU 是仅有的两所运营联邦「网络安全卓越学术中心」的大学之一，也是国际网络安全卓越中心唯一的澳大利亚成员。
• ECU's research centres are grouped under eight strengths: health and wellness, education, environment and sustainability, electronic engineering and ICT, social and community, business and society, communications and creative arts, and security, law and justice.ECU 的研究中心按八大方向归类：健康与福祉、教育、环境与可持续性、电子工程与信息通信技术、社会与社区、商业与社会、传播与创意艺术，以及安全、法律与司法。
• Named research units include the Electron Science Research Institute, the Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, the ECU Security Research Institute and the Exercise Medicine Research Institute.具名研究机构包括电子科学研究所、海洋生态系统研究中心、澳大利亚原住民健康信息网、ECU 安全研究所与运动医学研究所。
• The university offers Western Australia's only aviation degree, together with paramedical studies, nurse practitioner and paramedic practitioner programmes, and a double degree in nursing and midwifery that few other Australian universities provide.该校开设西澳唯一的航空学位，另有辅助医疗、执业护士与执业急救员课程，以及澳大利亚其他高校少有提供的护理与助产双学位。
• ECU offers study programmes at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels across environmental science, healthcare, computer science, education, engineering, psychology, law, business and the performing arts.ECU 在本科、研究生与博士层次开设课程，覆盖环境科学、医疗健康、计算机科学、教育、工程、心理学、法律、商学与表演艺术等领域。
• The university maintains the Peter Cowan Writers Centre, the Fogarty Learning Centre and the Edith Cowan Institute for Education Research among its named academic units.该校设有彼得·考恩写作中心、福格蒂学习中心与伊迪丝·考恩教育研究所等具名学术机构。
• ECU City was designed by Lyons and includes a Health and Wellness Building, an award-winning library and student hub at Joondalup, and purpose-built spaces for the business, law and performing arts schools.ECU 市区校区由 Lyons 事务所设计，君达乐校区则设有健康与福祉大楼、屡获殊荣的图书馆与学习中心，并为商法、法律与表演艺术学院配置专用空间。
• Research at ECU spans health and wellness, education, the environment, engineering and information technology, and its schools deliver industry-connected learning through work-integrated placements in students' final semesters.ECU 的研究覆盖健康与福祉、教育、环境、工程与信息技术等领域，各学院通过学生最后一学期的工学结合实习，开展与产业衔接的教学。

Campus

• ECU operates three campuses: the Joondalup headquarters in Perth's north, the ECU City campus in the Perth central business district, and the South West campus in Bunbury, while a fourth at Mount Lawley ceased teaching in 2025.ECU 现设三个校区：位于珀斯北部的君达乐总部、珀斯中央商务区的市区校区，以及位于班伯利的西南校区；第四个曼罗利校区已于 2025 年停止授课。
• The Joondalup campus forms the flagship of the Joondalup Learning Precinct, which also includes the West Coast College of TAFE and the Western Australian Police Academy, and it is served by the Joondalup CAT bus and close to the Mitchell Freeway.君达乐校区构成「君达乐学习园区」的核心，园区内还有西岸技术与继续教育学院与西澳警察学院，该校区有君达乐 CAT 公交服务，且邻近米切尔高速公路。
• The ECU City campus sits immediately west of Yagan Square, built above the underground Perth Busport opposite Perth railway station, making it directly served by public transport in the city centre.ECU 市区校区位于雅根广场正西侧，建于地下珀斯公交枢纽之上、珀斯火车站对面，可直接通过市中心公共交通抵达。
• The South West campus at Bunbury, two hours' drive south of Perth, is the largest university campus outside the metropolitan area and adjoins the St John of God Bunbury Hospital within a health and education precinct.位于珀斯以南两小时车程的班伯利西南校区，是都会区以外规模最大的大学校区，并与圣约翰天主班伯利医院同处一个健康与教育园区。
• In 2020 the university opened its five-level SuperLabs science building, which features the largest permanent periodic table in the world, covering 662 square metres across an entire side of the building.2020 年，该校启用五层高的 SuperLabs 理科大楼，其外墙面设有全球最大的常设元素周期表，面积达 662 平方米。
• In 2014 ECU opened the ECU Health Centre on Dundebar Road in Wanneroo, housing the Wanneroo GP Super Clinic, the ECU Psychological Services Centre, a pharmacy and allied health practitioners.2014 年，ECU 在万纳鲁邓德巴路开设 ECU 健康中心，内设万纳鲁全科超级诊所、ECU 心理服务中心、药房与各科辅助医疗执业者。
• Former ECU campuses at Churchlands, Claremont and Nedlands in Perth's western suburbs were closed, with Churchlands becoming a residential estate in 2006 and the Nedlands and Claremont sites acquired by the University of Western Australia in 1990 and 2004.ECU 在珀斯西郊的教堂地、克莱蒙特与内德兰兹旧校区均已关闭，其中教堂地于 2006 年改建为住宅区，内德兰兹与克莱蒙特校址分别于 1990 年与 2004 年由西澳大学取得。
• Joondalup campus facilities include a multimillion-dollar sport and fitness centre, on-campus accommodation and an outdoor cinema screening Telethon Community Cinemas at the Joondalup Pines during summer.君达乐校区设施包括耗资数百万澳元的体育健身中心、校内住宿，以及夏季在君达乐松林放映 Telethon 社区电影的露天影院。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Edith Cowan University is placed 545th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，伊迪丝·考恩大学位列全球第 545 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place ECU in the 351-375 band globally.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将 ECU 列入全球 351 至 375 区间。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities edition of 2026-2027 ranks ECU 435th in the world.在 2026 至 2027 年版美国新闻最佳全球大学排名中，ECU 位列世界第 435 位。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places Edith Cowan University in the 901-1000 band.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将伊迪丝·考恩大学列入 901 至 1000 区间。
• In the 2026 QS World University Rankings ECU attained a tied 487th place and 26th nationally, while Times Higher Education 2026 placed it in the 351-400 band and it ranked 13th among Australian universities in the Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking 2025.在 2026 年 QS 世界大学排名中，ECU 并列第 487 位、全国第 26 位；泰晤士高等教育 2026 年排名将其列入 351 至 400 区间，并在 2025 年《澳大利亚金融评论》最佳大学排名中位列澳大利亚高校第 13 位。
• In the 2024 Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, which combines the QS, THE and ARWU results, ECU placed 398th globally and 27th nationally.在综合 QS、THE 与软科结果的 2024 年顶尖大学综合排名中，ECU 位列全球第 398 位、全国第 27 位。
• In the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024 ECU placed 1,024th in the world, and OpenAlex attributes 32,258 works to the university with 1,653,726 citations.在 2024 年 CWTS 莱顿排名中，ECU 位列世界第 1,024 位；OpenAlex 为其收录 32,258 篇成果，被引 1,653,726 次。
• In the 2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey ECU graduates recorded an overall employer satisfaction rate of 83.2 percent, while the 2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey gave full-time employment rates of 77.1 percent for undergraduates and 91.1 percent for postgraduates.在 2023 年雇主满意度调查中，ECU 毕业生的整体雇主满意度为 83.2%；2023 年毕业生成果调查显示，本科生与研究生全职就业率分别为 77.1% 与 91.1%。
• In the 2023 Student Experience Survey, undergraduates at ECU rated the quality of their entire educational experience at 81.7 percent and postgraduates at 83.1 percent.在 2023 年学生体验调查中，ECU 本科生对整体教育体验的评分为 81.7%，研究生为 83.1%。

Student life

• Edith Cowan University's motto is Freedom Through Knowledge, reflecting the belief of its namesake that education was the key to growth, change and improvement.伊迪丝·考恩大学的校训是「Freedom Through Knowledge」（以知识得自由），呼应其命名者所坚信的教育是成长、变革与进步之钥。
• All students are represented by the ECU Student Guild, which also covers postgraduate students through its Postgraduate Studies Department and international students through the International Students' Council.全体学生由 ECU 学生会代表，该会通过研究生事务部覆盖研究生，并通过国际学生理事会覆盖国际学生。
• ECU has more than 31,000 students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and more than 6,000 international students from over 100 countries study with the university each year.ECU 的本硕层次在校生超过 31,000 人，每年有来自 100 多个国家的 6,000 余名国际学生就读。
• Discipline societies include ECU Engineers, the Society of Security Science, the Town Planning Student Association, ECU Nurses, the Western Australian Student Paramedics and the ECU Society of Psychology and Social Science.学科社团包括 ECU 工程师协会、安全科学学会、城市规划学生协会、ECU 护士协会、西澳学生急救员协会与 ECU 心理学与社会科学学会。
• Social and sporting clubs affiliated with ECU Sport or the Guild include the ECU Badminton Club, the ECU Cheerleading Club, Jack of Arts, Enactus and the ECU Quidditch Club.隶属于 ECU 体育部或学生会的文体社团包括 ECU 羽毛球俱乐部、ECU 啦啦队、Jack of Arts、Enactus 与 ECU 魁地奇俱乐部。
• The Joondalup campus sits within the Joondalup Learning Precinct and is serviced by the Joondalup CAT, connecting students with the wider northern suburbs of Perth.君达乐校区位于君达乐学习园区内，由君达乐 CAT 公交提供服务，将学生与珀斯北部更广的郊区相连。
• The South West campus in Bunbury offers a cafe, a common room, on-campus accommodation and smaller class sizes, and forms part of an education precinct with the South West Institute of Technology.班伯利西南校区设有咖啡馆、公共休息室、校内住宿与较小的班级规模，并与西南理工学院构成一个教育园区。
• With the opening of the ECU City campus in February 2026, students gained a central Perth base above the Perth Busport, bringing the academy's performing arts, business and law schools into the heart of the city.随着 2026 年 2 月 ECU 市区校区启用，学生获得了位于珀斯公交枢纽之上的市中心据点，学校的表演艺术、商学与法学院也随之进入城市核心。

Notable people

• Edith Dircksey Cowan, born in 1861, was the first woman elected to an Australian parliament and the university's namesake, and her image appears on the Australian 50-dollar note.伊迪丝·迪尔克西·考恩生于 1861 年，是澳大利亚议会首位女议员，也是该校的命名者，其形象印在澳大利亚 50 元纸币上。
• Hugh Jackman, the Australian actor and singer known for Wolverine and for Broadway and film musicals, trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts within ECU.以「金刚狼」及百老汇与电影音乐剧闻名的澳大利亚演员兼歌手休·杰克曼，曾在 ECU 旗下的西澳表演艺术学院受训。
• Heath Ledger, the Australian actor who won a posthumous Academy Award for The Dark Knight in 2008, was also a graduate of WAAPA at Edith Cowan University.因《蝙蝠侠：黑暗骑士》于 2008 年追授奥斯卡奖的澳大利亚演员希斯·莱杰，同样是 ECU 西澳表演艺术学院的毕业生。
• Frances O'Connor, the Australian actress known for Mansfield Park and The Missing, and Tim Minchin, the comedian and composer of Matilda the Musical, both studied at WAAPA.以《曼斯菲尔德庄园》与《失踪》闻名的澳大利亚女演员弗朗西丝·奥康纳，以及音乐剧《玛蒂尔达》的创作者蒂姆·明钦，都曾在 WAAPA 学习。
• Lisa McCune, the Australian actress best known for the television series Blue Heelers, is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.以电视剧《蓝色牧羊犬》闻名的澳大利亚女演员莉莎·麦丘恩，是西澳表演艺术学院的毕业生。
• Robert French was the inaugural chancellor of Edith Cowan University from 1991 to 1997 and later served as Chief Justice of Australia from 2008 to 2017.罗伯特·弗伦奇于 1991 至 1997 年出任伊迪丝·考恩大学首任校监，后于 2008 至 2017 年担任澳大利亚首席大法官。
• Hendy Cowan, a former Deputy Premier of Western Australia, served as chancellor of the university from 2004 to 2018, and Kerry Sanderson was chancellor from 2019 to 2021.西澳前副州长亨迪·考恩于 2004 至 2018 年任该校校监，凯丽·桑德森则于 2019 至 2021 年任校监。
• Roy Lourens was the first vice-chancellor of Edith Cowan University from 1991 to 1997, having earlier served on the Caro Committee that reviewed WACAE.罗伊·劳伦斯于 1991 至 1997 年出任伊迪丝·考恩大学首任校长，此前曾参与评审 WACAE 的卡罗委员会。
• Steve Chapman served as vice-chancellor from 2015 to 2024, succeeding Kerry Cox and preceding Clare Pollock, who took office on 30 September 2024.史蒂夫·查普曼于 2015 至 2024 年任该校校长，先后接替克里·考克斯、并交棒给 2024 年 9 月 30 日就职的克莱尔·波洛克。
• Gaye McMath commenced as ECU's sixth chancellor on 27 August 2024, while Professor Clare Pollock became vice-chancellor and president on 30 September 2024.盖伊·麦克马思于 2024 年 8 月 27 日出任 ECU 第六任校监，克莱尔·波洛克教授则于 2024 年 9 月 30 日出任校长兼总裁。