Edith Cowan University was founded in 1902 and named after the first female Australian parliamentarian Edith Cowan. ECU is a modern and vibrant university that ranks among the top 100 young universities worldwide. The teaching quality of ECU has been rated as the highest five-star by the Excellent University Guide for 14 consecutive years. Almost all courses include internships since ECU is encouraging students to prepare for the future through internships and practical learning. ECU is committed to cultivating students' essential business skills in facing social media, the real world, and financial simulations; ECU is the first university in Australia to offer a cybersecurity program, with the largest security operations center in the southern hemisphere; ECU Education College is currently the largest in Western Australia; ECU has the top performing arts institution in Australia - the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). The exciting new ECU city campus is coming to the heart of Perth CBD.