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University of Western Australia University of Western Australia

 

About Us:

 

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.

 

Faculty:

Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts:

  • School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts

Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences:

  • School of Humanities
  • School of Music
  • School of Social and Cultural Studies 

Business School:

  • Business School

Education:

  • Graduate School of Education

Engineering, Computing and Mathematics:

  • School of Civil and Resource Engineering
  • School of Computer Science and Software Engineering
  • School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
  • School of Environmental Systems Engineering
  • School of Mathematics and Statistics
  • School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering

Law:

  • Law School

Life and Physical Sciences:

  • School of Anatomy and Human Biology
  • School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences
  • School of Physics
  • School of Psychology
  • School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health

Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences:

  • School of Dentistry
  • School of Medicine and Pharmacology
  • School of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  • School of Population Health
  • School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care
  • School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
  • School of Surgery
  • School of Women's and Infants' Health

Natural and Agricultural Sciences:

  • School of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • School of Animal Biology
  • School of Earth and Environment
  • School of Plant Biology

School of Indigenous Studies

Courses Offered:

UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMMES

  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Bachelor of Commerce
  • Bachelor of Design
  • Bachelor of Science
  • Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)

 

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