James Cook University

James Cook University
motto	"Light ever increasing"
founding	1970
Sponsorship	state
place	Townsville / Cairns , Australia
Chancellor	Bill Tweddell
Students	15,756 (2007)
Employee	4,000
including professors	608
Annual budget	113.6 million AUD
Website	jcu.edu.au

The James Cook University , shortly JCU is a university in Townsville and Cairns , in the Australian state of Queensland .

James Cook University was founded in 1970; Namesake is James Cook . In addition to the two main locations, Townsville and Cairns, there are locations in Brisbane and Singapore as well as institutes in Mackay , Mount Isa , Thursday Island , Orpheus Island , Paluma and "Fletcherview" in the vicinity of Charters Towers .

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Faculties


Australian Capital Territory	Australian Defense Force Academy • Australian National University • University of Canberra
New South Wales	Charles Sturt University • Macquarie University • Southern Cross University • University of Newcastle • University of New England • University of New South Wales • University of Sydney • University of Technology, Sydney • University of Western Sydney • University of Wollongong
Northern Territory	Charles Darwin University
Queensland	Bond University • Central Queensland University • Griffith University • James Cook University • University of Queensland • Queensland University of Technology • University of Southern Queensland • University of the Sunshine Coast
South Australia	University of Adelaide • Flinders University • University of South Australia • Torrens University Australia
Tasmania	University of Tasmania
Victoria	Deakin University • University of Divinity • Federation University Australia • La Trobe University • University of Melbourne • Monash University • RMIT University • Swinburne University of Technology • Victoria University
Western Australia	Curtin University • Edith Cowan University • Murdoch University • University of Notre Dame Australia • University of Western Australia
National	Australian Catholic University