Corporate Body

Curtin University (1987 - )

From

1987
Western Australia, Australia

Functions

Education

Alternative Names

Western Australian Institute of Technology (Former name, 1969 - 1986)

Summary

Curtin University of Technology is the cumulative result of multiple educational institutions in Western Australia that transformed over time. Between 1902 and 1953 the Western Australian School of Mines, Kalgoorlie (1902), the Muresk Agricultural College (1926) and the School of Physiotherapy (1953) opened. In 1969 these schools merged to form the Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT). In 1987 due to expanding course offerings and funding requirements WAIT became the Curtin University of Technology, before shortening its name to Curtin University in 2010.

Related People

Baddeley, Adrian John (1955 - )
Professor of Computational Statistics 2015 -
Bray, Igor
Head of Department of Physics, Astronomy and Medical Imaging Science 2010 -
De Laeter, John Robert (1933 - 2010)
Professor of Physics 1986 - 1995; Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development) 1987 - 1995
Gale, Julian David
Professor of Computational Chemistry 2007 - ; John Curtin Distinguished Professor 2010 -
Green, Roy Montague (1935 - )
Chair, Nanochemistry Research Institute 2005 -
Grice, Kliti
John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry 2014 -
Jones, Barry Owen (1932 - )
Awarded the John Curtin Medal 2001
Watts, Donald Walter (1934 - 2023)
Director, Western Australian Institute of Technology 1980 - 1986; Vice-Chancellor 1986 - 1987

Published resources

Resource Sections

'Historical Timeline', in Curtin University, Curtin University, 12 April 2018, http://about.curtin.edu.au/who/history/timeline/. Details
White, Michael, 'WA Institute of Technology', in Curtin University, Curtin University, 9 November 2017, http://about.curtin.edu.au/who/history/wa-institute-technology/. Details

Elizabeth Daniels

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