The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Overview
It has almost 24,000 students enrolled across four faculties. A model of broad undergraduate studies followed by postgraduate professional qualifications is designed to produce well-rounded graduates, as well as provide additional entry opportunities for a wider range of students.
As Western Australia's premier university, UWA is the highest ranked University in Western Australia (ARWU 2019) and is also a world Top 100 University (ARWU 2019 and QS 2020).
As a research-intensive university, we're part of the Group of Eight (a coalition of top research universities in the country). We're also a foundation member of the Matariki Network of high-quality, research-intensive universities with a particular focus on student experience.
The consistently high entry (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) scores for UWA mean that the University's undergraduate cohort is the most academically talented of any West Australian university and generally is recognised as being of the highest quality in Australia.
In the last 60 years, students at UWA have been awarded 57 Rhodes scholarships.
We count among our graduates:
former Prime Minister, the late Hon Dr Bob Hawke, AC
His Excellency the Hon Dr Kim Beazley, AC, WA State Governor, past three WA Governors were UWA graduates
Federal Government minister and Attorney-General, the Hon. Christian Porter and many current and past Federal Members of Parliament
Nobel Prize winners Professor Barry Marshall, AC and Emeritus Professor Robin Warren, AC
Chancellor of the University of Western Australia, Dr Robert French, AC, former Chief Justice of the High Court
Academy Award winner Shaun Tan
former Premier, the Hon Colin Barnett as well as many State Members of Parliament and ministers
five of the last six Australian Ambassadors to China
and thousands of other leaders across all fields of human endeavour and community activity.
