With more Nobel Laureate alumni than any other Australian university, ANU also counts former two-time Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as a past student. Across the lake from Parliament House, it sits close to the National Museum of Australia. Its world-class facilities include seven teaching and research colleges. It's one of the world's top universities for political science, while also being one of the best places to study philosophy. Choose any of our properties in Canberra Centre to be able to walk to class.