International Network

Connecting researchers and educators to the world

AARNet provides links to Asia, North America and beyond

As Australia’s national research and education network, AARNet enables global collaboration by directly interconnecting Australian institutions with research and education networks across Asia, North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom. This international connectivity supports data-intensive research, international partnerships, and collaboration at scale.

AARNet International Map January 2026 — AARNet International Map

AARNet’s international connectivity builds on its National Network, extending Australia’s research infrastructure into global research and education communities.

Our international network collaborations

AARNet is part of the global network of research and education networks. It’s an international community fuelled by a strong collaborative spirit and a drive to push technical boundaries. These are some of the initiatives:

Global Network Advancement Group (GNA-G)

AARNet is a partner in GNA-G, a community of network professionals from Research & Education (Networking) organisations from all over the world, working together to develop a common global infrastructure to support data intensive collaborations.

Visit the GNA-G website

Global Network Advancement Group GNA-G network collaboration

Asia Pacific Oceania Network (APOnet)

AARNet is partner in APOnet, a regional collaboration between 11 national research and education networks that aims to improve high-speed network services between East Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and North America to support research.

Visit the APOnet website

Resources

AARNet International Map

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Our national network

Our national network connects institutions across Australia and supports AARNet’s international connectivity.

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The teams from AARNet, NMI, and UTS with an atomic clock.

Testing a new network timing core to keep Australia in sync

Using AARNet’s national network as a live testbed, UTS researchers are developing a more resilient way to distribute trusted time across the Internet.

21 Years of eduroam in Australia

AARNet celebrates two decades of providing trusted, seamless Wi-Fi access across campuses, schools, airports, and cultural institutions.

Australia’s breakthrough quantum-secure link protects data using the laws of physics

This technology promises to future-proof critical data against tomorrow’s cyber threats.