Australian Technology Network
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Formation | 1975/1998 |
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Type | Public |
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Membership | 4 |
Website | http://www.atn.edu.au/ |
The Australian Technology Network (ATN) is a network of five universities from each mainland state of Australia, with a heritage of working closely with industry. The ATN was founded in 1975 as the Directors of Central Institutes of Technology (DOCIT), and was revived in 1998 in its present form.
All ATN member universities are featured in the Times Higher Education Supplement's "Top 300 Universities of the World" listing, and the network is considered to be the "technology-focused" group.[1]
Members
University | Location | State | Year of foundation | University Status | THE World University Rankings 2019[2] | Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018[3] | QS World University Rankings 2019[4] | QS Top 50 Under 50 World Young University Rankings 2019[5] | THE 250 Under 50 World Young University Rankings 2018[6] |
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Curtin University | Perth | WA | 1902 | 1986 | 301-350 | 151-200 | 250= | 20 | 68 |
RMIT University | Melbourne | Vic | 1887 | 1992 | 401-500 | 301-400 | 250= | 21 | 100 |
University of South Australia (UniSA) | Adelaide | SA | 1856 | 1991 | 201-250 | Not Ranked | 264= | 25 | 26 |
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) | Sydney | NSW | 1964 | 1988 | 196 | 301-400 | 160= | 10 | 16 |
History
The ATN originated in 1975 as the "Directors of Central Institutes of Technology (DOCIT)", a conference group consisting of the directors of Australia's leading "institutes of technology".[1] Each of DOCIT's original member institutions (NSWIT, QIT, RMIT, SAIT and WAIT) were located in the central business district of their respective state's capital city, hence they were deemed "central institutes of technology".[1]
DOCIT founded its original member institutes' distinctiveness on their size (they enrolled almost one third of all full-time advanced education students), on the advanced level of their teaching (most of their programs were degrees rather than the diplomas like that of other advanced education institutions) and their conduct of applied research (DEET, 1993:18). They were therefore like a "technology-focused" group.[1]
DOCIT encountered too much opposition to its aspirations, and disbanded in 1982. The conference group was later revived in 1999 as the Australian Technology Network, consisting of: the Curtin University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, University of South Australia and University of Technology Sydney.[1] Each ATN member university was granted public university status between 1986 and 1992, however their antecedents make them some of the oldest tertiary institutions in Australia.
The departure of QUT from ATN was announced on the 28th September 2018[7].
Today the ATN's member universities enroll around 180,000 students and 1 in 4 international students in Australia.[8] Its aim today is to help secure Australia’s reputation as the "clever country", contributing to its social and economic wealth by building strategic partnerships and undertaking solution-based research which is relevant to the expectations of industry and the community.[8]
See also
- List of universities in Australia
- Group of Eight (group of Australia's leading research-focused universities)
- Innovative Research Universities Australia
- Regional Universities Network
- Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee
- Golden Triangle (English universities)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Australian Technology Network - Griffith University Archived June 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019 Retrieved 26th September 2018.
- ↑ Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018 Retrieved 15th August 2018.
- ↑ QS World University Rankings 2019 Retrieved 10th June 2018.
- ↑ QS Top 50 Under 50 years World Young University Rankings 2019 Retrieved 23rd June 2018.
- ↑ Times Higher Education 250 Under 50 years World Young University Rankings 2018 Retrieved 23rd June 2018.
- ↑ ATN Membership Change Retrieved 4th October 2018.
- 1 2 About the ATN - ATN Homepage Archived October 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.