Perth

City of Perth

UWA's location on the beautiful Swan River in the heart of Perth's leafy inner-city, borders lively and appealing neighbourhoods as well as Kings Park.

Perth offers an enviable combination of urban sophistication and international flavour, the lifestyle benefits of a coastal resort and the rich cultural mix of places many times larger.

Liveability

Perth has an enviable standard of living, and has been consistently voted one of the top ten cities in which to live by the The Economist.

Climate

The Mediterranean climate with warm dry summers is ideal for sports and outdoor activities such as golf, tennis, sailing, swimming and windsurfing.

Public transport

Perth's public transport system makes it easy to get around the city and to the main UWA campus if you don't drive.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (also referred to as WA) covers one third of the Australian continent. It spans more than 2.5 million square kilometres (roughly one million square miles), with a number of different climate zones.

Bordered largely by desert to the east, Western Australia is bounded by 12,500 kilometres (7813 miles) of the world's most untouched coastline to the west.

The landscape and scenery is incredibly diverse with towering forests, an ocean teeming with marine life and coral reefs, mysterious land formations and ancient gorges, superb food and wine, and lush fields of wildflowers.

International flavour

One of the first things you'll notice about Western Australia is its cultural diversity. People of more than 200 different nationalities live, work and study here, speaking 170 languages and practising more than 100 religions. Of all the states and territories, Western Australia has the highest proportion of people born overseas.

A dynamic economy

Western Australia exports expertise in traded services, information and communication technologies, tourism, resource and infrastructure engineering, education, health care, building and construction, defence systems, environmental systems, mining equipment and services, chemicals, food and wine.

Innovation

The key to much of Western Australia's economic success has been the development or adoption of advanced technologies. Coupled with this is an advanced, world-class education system that has borne a wealth of research and innovation. The awarding of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology to Professor Barry Marshall and Emeritus Professor Robin Warren, highlighted the quality of scientific research conducted at UWA.

Research initiatives between business and industry and priority areas of the University are encouraged and supported, especially in areas of academic strength.

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