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University of Western Australia - University - Study Abroad - Kenznow

University Of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia

Rankings

2023
QS:
#7
TIMES:
#8
US News:
#8
2022
QS:
#7
TIMES:
#8
US News:
#8
ARWU:
#8
2021
QS:
#7
TIMES:
#8
US News:
#8
2020
QS:
#7
TIMES:
#8
ARWU:
#7
2019
QS:
#7
TIMES:
#7
US News:
#7
ARWU:
#7
ERA:
#7
2018
QS:
#7
TIMES:
#7
US News:
#7
ARWU:
#6
ERA:
#6
2017
QS:
#7
TIMES:
#7
US News:
#7
ARWU:
#6
ERA:
#6

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About Institution

The University of Western Australia (UWA) was established in 1911 as the State's first university. It was also the first free university in the British Empire, actively promoting equal access to tertiary education for all social classes.

The University was established due largely to the efforts of Sir John Winthrop Hackett, who had a long-standing vision and passion to provide Western Australia with a university. Proprietor and editor of The West Australian newspaper, he chaired a Royal Commission which recommended the establishment of a university. Later he was the founding Chancellor and bequeathed more than £425,000 (the equivalent of more than $32 million today) to the University.

There was consensus among legislators of the time that the University not only be free, but also provide tertiary education of a practical nature to help develop Western Australia's pioneering economy. At the time of the University's foundation, Perth's population was just 121,000 and its economy relied mostly on agricultural, pastoral and mining industries.

As a result, the founding professorial appointments were in Agriculture, Mining and Engineering, Geology, Mathematics and Physics, Chemistry, History and Economics, Biology, and English. These were balanced to an extent by the appointment of lecturers in Classics and Ancient History, French, German, Mental and Moral Philosophy, and Veterinary Science. Overarching these 12 posts were three faculties – Engineering, Science and Arts.

More than 100 years later, the University is now home to nine Faculties and Schools and a number of Research Institutions and Centres which celebrated the University's Centenary in 2013. UWA also entered the internationally-recognised Academic Ranking of World Universities' Top 100 listing, continuing to set the standard for other West Australian universities to follow in terms of recognition for its achievements nationally and internationally.


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