James Cook University: Statistics

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#575 of 14,131 In the World
#27 of 59 In Oceania
#22 of 40 In Australia
#2 of 1,012 For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation
Top100 For 11 other topics
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Acceptance rate
40%
Enrollment
22,500
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private
partnership
Highest Degree
Doctorate
Website
jcu.edu.au
Languages
English

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Acceptance Rate40%
Admissions RequirementsSecondary school certificate or recognized foreign equivalent, or previous tertiary study. Credit may be granted for studies in another tertiary institution. Students whose language is not English must show proficiency in English (6.0 IELTS, with non-component lower than 5.5 or 550 TOEFL minimum, with a test of written English-minimum score of 19) ()
Academic CalendarFebruary to November (February - June; July-November)
Enrollment22,500
Full time employee850
Student:staff ratio26:1

Publications & Citations

Publications
23,885
Citations
1,026,103

James Cook University majors

by publication & citation count

Environmental Science
9,200 / 580,976
Medicine
6,109 / 218,561
Biology
6,011 / 297,757
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
5,319 / 208,981
Ecology
4,403 / 378,076
Psychology
2,027 / 69,706
Chemistry
1,997 / 77,367
Demography
1,996 / 140,116
Geography and Cartography
1,882 / 97,262
Engineering
1,686 / 46,639
Business
1,667 / 53,467
Geology
1,458 / 63,216
Environmental Management
1,433 / 121,379
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation
1,355 / 86,710
Computer Science
1,221 / 33,026
Physics
1,005 / 27,205
Sociology
1,001 / 27,912
Zoology
902 / 31,633
Public Health
830 / 34,690
Health Science
829 / 17,179
Oceanography
746 / 45,986
Economics
655 / 16,592
Political Science
598 / 8,655
Nursing
598 / 11,888
Communications and Public Relations
592 / 14,011
Materials Science
563 / 14,762
Healthcare Management (MHA)
559 / 9,536
Petrology and Geochemistry
529 / 23,660
Mathematics
529 / 15,215
Art & Design
517 / 9,564
Hospitality and Hotel Management
499 / 22,590
Physical Therapy
496 / 13,300
Botany
466 / 23,569
Surgery
444 / 18,082
Education Majors
429 / 10,812
Agricultural Science
412 / 15,560
Family medicine
397 / 6,448
Social Psychology
388 / 14,690
Animal Science
345 / 11,812
Evolutionary Biology
342 / 15,986

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1991 109 1170
1992 143 1665
1993 186 1725
1994 180 1918
1995 219 2108
1996 225 2229
1997 280 2913
1998 311 3852
1999 302 4428
2000 306 5441
2001 367 6343
2002 380 7770
2003 426 8868
2004 510 11683
2005 671 14322
2006 817 17798
2007 844 21407
2008 863 25924
2009 1037 31651
2010 1017 35605
2011 1195 44584
2012 1356 51983
2013 1588 63667
2014 1617 73135
2015 1769 81763
2016 1822 88971
2017 1815 98199
2018 1760 96568
2019 1730 112259
2020 1824 128927
2021 1935 147465

Tuition

UndergraduateGraduate
Local students $6,250$6,250
International students $6,250$6,250

James Cook University has financial aid programs and on-campus housing.

Programs and Degrees

Programs Associate's degree Bachelor's Master's Doctoral
Design | Arts | Humanities ++++
Business | Politics | Social Sciences ++++
Languages | Culture | Linguistics ++++
Nursing | Health | Pharmacy | Medicine ++++
Engineering | IT ++++
Maths | Natural Sciences ++++

James Cook University alumni

  1. Christina Ochoa

    Christina Ochoa
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1985-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    actorwriter
    Biography

    Christina Ochoa is a Spanish actress, science communicator, and producer.

  2. Sonny Thoss

    Sonny Thoss
    Born in
    Papua New Guinea Flag Papua New Guinea
    Years
    1981-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Joachim Gunther "Sonny" Thoss is a German-Filipino former professional basketball player. He played his entire career in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) with the Alaska Aces, where his jersey number is retired.

  3. Rachel Carling-Jenkins

    Rachel Carling-Jenkins
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1975-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    politiciansocial worker
    Biography

    Rachel Carling-Jenkins is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2014 to 2018, representing Western Metropolitan Region for the Democratic Labour Party (2014-2017), Australian Conservatives (2017-2018) and as an independent (2018). She did not recontest her Legislative Council seat at the 2018 election, instead unsuccessfully contesting the Legislative Assembly seat of Werribee.

  4. Katarina Carroll

    Katarina Carroll
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1963-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    police officer
    Biography

    Katarina Ruzh Carroll APM (born 17 November 1963) is an Australian police officer and the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service since July 2019. She is the first female commissioner of QPS. She was formerly the Commissioner of the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services from August 2015 until July 2019.

All 21 notable alumni

General info

Alternative names JCU
Founded 1970
Accreditation Department of Education and Training of Australia
Motto Crescente Luce
Light ever increasing
Academic structure Faculty of Law, Business and Creative Arts
Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences
Affiliations and memberships Universities Australia
Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU)

Location and Contacts

Address 1 James Cook Drive, Douglas
Townsville, Queensland, 4811
Australia
City population 179,000
Phone +61 (0)7 4781 4111
Fax +61 (0)7 4779 6371

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