Apple University Consortium
The Apple University Consortium was a partnership between Apple Australia and a number of Australian universities, formed in 1985.[1]
Every two years it held the AUC Academic & Developers Conference. It also sponsored subsidised seats to the WWDC conference in San Francisco each year for university staff and students. As of September 28, 2012 Apple ceased funding the AUC.
There was a separate organization called the Apple University Consortium that united American universities, also formed in the 1980s.[2]
Members
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
- 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)
References
- ^ Young, Jeffrey R.; Blumenstyk, Goldie (1998-12-18). "Apple Seeks to Regain Its Stature in World of Academic Computing". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
Many administrators remember working closely with Mr. Jobs during the early days of the Macintosh. Back in 1985, the company created a then-unique partnership between Apple and higher education called the Apple University Consortium, or A.U.C. It was a group of 24 elite colleges and universities that agreed to buy thousands of Macintoshes in exchange for discounts of more than 50 per cent off regular prices. The consortium also served as an advisory group for Apple and gave administrators a chance to exchange tips on how to use the computers.
- ^ Guy Kawasaki. The Macintosh Way. Scott, Foresman and Company. p. 103.