Charles Steward University (CSU) is an Australian comprehensive public university.
It was founded in 1989 by the amalgamation of the Mitchell Institute of Higher Education in Bathurst, the Riverina Murray Institute of Higher Education in Oberry Wodonga and the Riverina Institute of Higher Education in Wagga Wagga, and was named Charlester University in honour of Charles Stoutt School.
The University of Charleston has four faculties, namely, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Business, the Faculty of Education, and the Faculty of Science.
The university offers a large number of undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs, and is well known for its extensive distance learning.
Schools have undergraduate majors including accounting, management, economy, and the performing arts, journalism, mass communication, photography, advertising media, television production, social science, art, literature, anthropology, visual arts, graphic design, early childhood education, primary and secondary school education, English teaching, nursing, pharmacy, medicine, biological engineering, agriculture, applied science, computer and information technology, environmental science, ecology, parks and leisure management and so on.
Graduate programs offered include accounting, applied sciences, arts, business, trade, education, health sciences, information technology, social sciences, agriculture, theology, visual arts, and more.
The university also awards doctoral degrees in business administration, education, visual arts and sciences.
With multiple campuses, Charles Sturt University is the largest university in Australia outside of metropolitan areas and a leader in distance learning.
Through on-campus education, distance learning and a variety of delivery methods offered by course providers, universities have reached across national boundaries to promote their excellent courses to all parts of the world.
In the 2006 and 2007 Good Universities Guide, the University of Charleston received a five-star rating in the following areas: post-graduation starting salary, employment rate, positive graduation outcomes and international learning environment.