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James Cook University

university in Australia
Organization public_university Q536512

Facts

16 properties

Identity

Instance of
public university, open-access publisher[5]
Official website
www.jcu.edu.au[9]
Short name
JCU[26]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded

Status and dates

Inception
1970[8]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1970 BnF data 1960 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗ROR 1961 edition 2026-09-26 · cc0-1.0+geonames-cc-by-4.0 ↗

Location

Country
Australia[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -19.328°, 146.757°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Queensland[3]

Financials

Employees
+4000[10]

Relations

Child organization or unit
Australian Tropical Herbarium[7]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded
Member of
ORCID, Inc., Innovative Research Universities[1][2]
More facts +6
Affiliation
Innovative Research Universities[25]
Language used
English[27]
Named after
James Cook[6]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher[28]
Ranking
440 (340–462, n=14)[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Social media followers
19k (17k–19k, n=3)[29][30][31]
🏷️ Also known as
en James Cook University en JCU ar جامعة جيمس كوك es Universidad James Cook fa دانشگاه جیمز کوک fr JCU fr Université James-Cook he אוניברסיטת ג'יימס קוק id Universitas James Cook it Università James Cook ja ジェームズクック大学 pt Universidade James Cook ru Университет Джеймса Кука th มหาวิทยาลัยเจมส์คุก vi Đại học James Cook Singapore vi James Cook University vi JCU zh 詹姆士库克大学 zh-hant 詹姆士庫克大學
🔖 Identifiers · 44
ROR ID
04gsp2c11
ISNI
0000000404741797
VIAF cluster ID
158629700, 127297219
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2005010148
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata no2005010148 isni_public n81110730 edition 2026-10-01 · CC0 1.0
GND ID
104769767X
OpenAlex ID
P4310317999
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata P4310317999 OpenAlex I86467917 edition 2026-09-27 · CC0 1.0 ↗
GRID ID
grid.1011.1
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
JCU Entrance.jpg ↗
ARWU university ID
James-Cook-University
Australian Suppliers Directory ID
ORG0000092882
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
120743460
CANTIC ID
981058511994806706
Show all 44 identifiers +32
CRICOS Provider Code
00117J
Crunchbase organization ID
james-cook-university
DOI prefix
10.25120
Encyclopedia of Australian Science ID
A000228b
Facebook username
jamescookuniversity
Freebase ID
/m/0k19c
Google Maps Customer ID
12074184948484292026
Google Scholar organization ID
1264566496879567180
HAL structure ID
303225
IdRef ID
029032644
Indeed company ID
James-Cook-University
Instagram username
jamescookuniversity
J9U entity ID
987007263239105171, 987013316955505171
KISTI ID
K000195644
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
86467917
NL CR AUT ID
ko2010593683, ko2010593684
Open Funder Registry funder ID
501100001792
QS World University ID
james-cook-university
Quora topic ID
James-Cook-University
Ringgold ID
8001
SAM ID
XMH7VSBEADK4
SEEK company ID
432669
SNARC ID
Ignacio Merino
Scilit organization ID
11
Te Papa agent ID
40911
Times Higher Education World University ID
james-cook-university
Topic's main category
Category:James Cook University
U-Multirank university ID
james-cook-university
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058511994806706
World Higher Education Database ID
IAU-009807
X (Twitter) username
jcu
Yale LUX ID
group/e5689d97-9c40-44be-8d74-c991d38e984e

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🔗 Connections
← Affiliated with 110
Alexandra Aikhenvald, Jan Strugnell, William F. Laurance, Karen Hoare, Tasmin L. Rymer, Tom Bridge, Amelia S Wenger, Amy E Peden +102 more
Employees / affiliates 13
Dale Spender, R. M. W. Dixon, Alexandra Aikhenvald, Carden Wallace, Bruce Kapferer, Henry Reynolds, Tracy D. Ainsworth, Charles Clarke +5 more
Notable alumni 12
Christina Ochoa, Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, Brian D. Warner, Gretta T. Pecl, Henry Reynolds, Josh Hall, Roland Kun, Tracy D. Ainsworth +4 more
Has these parts 2
James Cook University Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, James Cook University Australian Tropical Forest Institute
← Category combines topics 2
Category:James Cook University alumni, Category:Academic staff of James Cook University
Category for alumni of educational institution 1
Category:James Cook University alumni
Category for employees of the organization 1
Category:Academic staff of James Cook University
Country 1
Australia
Instance of 1
public university
Language used 1
English
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Queensland
Named after 1
James Cook
SNARC ID 1
Ignacio Merino
Topic's main category 1
Category:James Cook University
← Category's main topic 1
Category:James Cook University
← Parent organization or unit 1
James Cook University Singapore
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James Cook University was founded in 1970. The organization currently employs 4.0k individuals.

Related Entities

Australia Brian D. Warner Geoff Sutcliffe James Cook James Cook University Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine James Cook University Australian Tropical Forest Institute James Cook University Singapore Malcolm Lewis Heron Sebastian Schinzel Wei Xiang

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  1. 17w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    J9U entity ID → 987007263239105171, 987013316955505171
    "Created claim: J9U entity ID: 987013316955505171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
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