Apple University Consortium

The Apple University Consortium is a partnership between Apple Australia and a number of Australian universities. Every two years it holds the AUC Academic & Developers Conference in an Australian city. It also sponsors subsidised seats to the WWDC conference in San Francisco each year for university staff and students.

Mission statement

"To enhance and increase computing technology on campus, provide low-cost computing to the University community and, in conjunction with Apple, further develop Apple products and share experiences amongst other tertiary education institutions."[1]

Apple Ceases Funding

As of September 28, 2012 Apple will no longer provide funding for the AUC. The AUC Executive's intention is that programs already announced for 2012 will continue as planned, however, a paper to be circulated in early June will detail the wind-up of the AUC and it is expected that some programs will not be offered as per the AUC Executive's intention.[2]

Members of the AUC

Western Australia

• Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
• Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia
• Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia
• The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia

South Australia

• The Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia
• The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
• The University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia

Victoria

• Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria
• La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria
• Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
• Swinburne University, Melbourne, Victoria
• Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria
• The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria

Tasmania

• The University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania

New South Wales

• Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
• Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales
• Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales
• The University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales
• The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
• The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales
• The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales
• The University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales
• The University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales
• The University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales

ACT (Canberra)

• The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Queensland

• Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland
• Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland
• James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland
• The University of Queensland, Brisbane,
• The University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland

Associate Members of the AUC

• Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra (through ANU)
• The University of Canberra, Canberra (through ANU)
• Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland (through Uni Qld)
• The University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland (through Griffith Uni)
• SAE Institute, Byron Bay, NSW (through Southern Cross University)

International Associate Member of the AUC

• Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi - 642 003, Tamil Nadu, India

References

1. AUC : About the AUC
2. Taken from an email circulated by Tony Gray, Chair of the Apple University Consortium, dated 25 May 2012.

External links

• Official website