• Rank: # 461st QS Survey
  • 164

James Cook University

JCU is Queensland’s second oldest university. We offered our first courses in Townsville in 1961 as an annex of the University of Queensland. Since then we have become a dynamic, multi-campus university with a total of 17,500 students. Our main campuses are located in Townsville and Cairns, and we have international campuses in Singapore and Brisbane.After a decade under the stewardship of the University of Queensland, JCU became a university in its own right on 20 April 1970. The proclamation was signed by Queen Elizabeth II at a special ceremony in Townsville, which took place 200 years, to the day, after the University’s namesake, explorer Captain James Cook, first sighted Australia. Read a brief history of JCU spanning 1957 to 2008.

Ranking

# 461st

QS Survey 2023

# 251st-300th

Times Higher 2022

# 424th

QS Survey 2022

# 201st-300th

Academic Ranking of World Universities 2021

Admission Criteria & Eligibility

  Band 1    

  Band 2   

Band 3a

 Band 3b

 Band 3c

IELTS 

6

(no component lower than 6.0)

6.5

(no component lower than 6.0)

7

(no component lower than 6.5)

7

(with 7.0 in three components and 6.5 in one component)

7

(no component lower than 7.0)

TOEFL

(paper based)

550

(plus minimum Test of Written English score of 4.5)

570

(plus minimum Test of Written English score of 4.5)

577

(plus minimum Test of Written English score of

5.5)

577

(plus minimum Test of Written English score of 5.5)

577

(plus minimum Test of Written English score of 5.5)

TOEFL

(internet based)

79

(minimum writing score of 19)

90

(minimum writing score of 21)

100

(minimum writing score of 23)

100

(minimum writing score of 23)

100

(minimum writing score of 23)

Pearson (PTE Academic)  57  64  72  72  72

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Campus

Campus Facts

400

(Acres) Main Campus Size

7

Number of Campuses

1961

Established Year

Weather

24°C

Winter Day Temp.

19°C

Winter Night Temp

27°C

Spring Day Temp.

20°C

Spring Night Temp.

32°C

Summer Day Temp.

28°C

Summer Ngt Temp.

29°C

Autumn Day Temp.

23°C

Autumn Ngt Temp.

Student Diversity

19:31

Male : Female

34%

Int. Students

21,927

Total Students

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Full Time Students

1 %

African American

1 %

Asian

1 %

Latin American

1 %

White

Cost of Living

$14,400

Cost of Living in city

$20,880

Living cost of campus

Contact Details

James Cook University

1 James Cook Drive, James Cook University QLD, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 4811

Phone: + 61- 7- 4781-5601
College Website