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The University of Western Australia is recognised internationally as an excellent research-intensive university. Established in 1911, UWA is a member of the prestigious 'Group of Eight' Australian research-intensive universities.

UWA is characterised by a strong research and post-graduate emphasis based on, and closely linked to, a high quality undergraduate education across the range of disciplines in the arts, sciences and the major professions including law, medicine, engineering and computer science.

A UWA degree is an internationally recognised qualification. Our graduates are creative, original and enterprising, with the initiative, energy and world vision that comes from being part of a major international university involved in global education.

The University's research effort has had a major impact on the successful development of Australia's and particularly Western Australia's wealth of resources in the mining, energy and agricultural sectors. This is in addition to its major contribution to scholarship and research in medical science, the fundamental sciences, social science and the humanities.

UWA attracts more competitive research funding (per capita) than any other Australian university, and attracts research staff and graduate students from all over the world.

The University's reputation for internationally excellent research has resulted in major government and industry collaborations. The University hosts, or is a core member of, a range of national cooperative research centres.