The University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley
Perth WA 6009
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 8 9380 3939
Fax: +61 8 9382 4071
Website Address: www.uwa.edu.au

• Overview
• Facilites and Other Information
• Accomodation
• Areas of Study

Overview:

Located on the banks of the Swan River in Perth, The University of Western Australia (UWA) is the State's oldest and most prestigious university. Since its establishment in 1911, UWA has earned an international reputation for excellence and enterprise. It is characterised by the quality of its education across a broad and balanced range of disciplines in the arts, sciences and major professions.

The campus at UWA, with its extensively landscaped gardens, is widely acknowledged as on of the most beautiful in Australia. Located on teh banks of the Swan River, the architecture is a harmonized combination of traditional Romanesque buildings, intermingled with state-of-the-art research facilities, well-equipped lecture theatres and laboratories.

The Good Universities Guide 2003 has given UWA 5 star rating for prestige, research performance, staff qualifications, student demand and gender balance. The University is also highly rated in numbers of international students, cultural diversity, student-staff rations, proportion of graduates getting a job, academic services, student support and leisure facilities.

Facilites and Other Information

• Total number of International Students: 2,348
• Percentage of International Students: 13.4%
• Total number of Students: 15,559

Accomodation

There are five residential colleges conveniently located adjacent to the University campus and offer a range of facilities. The Housing Service offers a free and confidential service to enrolled students of the University.

Areas of Study

• Arts
• Creative Arts
• Agriculture
• Architecture and Fine Arts
• Communication Studies
• Computer Science
• Economics and Commerce
• Education
• Engineering
• Health Science
• Medicine and Dentistry
• Music
• Psychology
• Science