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Codes and Definitions

Acronyms used at Curtin
Acronyms commonly used at Curtin which you may have seen in various reports.

Curtin Organisational Units
This page lists the Organisational Unit Codes for Faculties, Schools and Departments.

Statistical Reporting Definitions
Definitions have been separated in two A to Z listings. One for staff definitions and the other for student definitions.

Field of Education Codes
These classifications replace both the old Discipline list used for the classification of units and theses, and the Field of Study list used for the classification of courses and majors.

Research Reference Codes
These classification codes may be required to fill in application forms.

DEEWR Specifications for Students and Staff
The specifications are used by the universities in the process of compiling data to meet DEEWR requirements.

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