Development strategies and characteristics of the Australian National University

The paper discusses the development strategies and characteristics of the Australian National University(ANU) before 2010.ANU's development aims at becoming a research-oriented university at top international academic levels.The university motto is"Naturam Primum Cognoscere Rerum"(above all to find out the ways things are).Its culture is to put the idea of"to find"into students'hearts.The outlook on value is honesty,respect,freedom of academic researches,and so on.ANU has determined its own corresponding characteristics and responsibilities for its researches,education,communities and so on,taking its cultural idea and value outlook into consideration.The university has made basic criteria for its departments'references in making determination,asking all the departments to provide their own performance evaluation reports.Finally,the paper describes the blueprint and ten major characteristics of development strategies of ANU.