University of Western Australia
| University of Western Australia University of Western Australia |
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| motto | Seek wisdom |
| founding | 1911 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Perth , Australia |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dawn Freshwater |
| Students | 18,000 (2007) |
| Employee | 3,000 (2007) |
| Website | www.uwa.edu.au |
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a university in Perth on the west coast of Australia that was founded in 1911 . It is the oldest university in Western Australia and belongs to the Group of Eight , a research group of Australian universities.
The original campus was on Hay Street in the city center. He was in a passage on Irwin Street known as Tin Pot Alley because the roof was made of tin .
The main campus has been located in Crawley since the 1930s. The original building on Irwin Street used to be the Senate boardroom. Some of the sports facilities are located in the Mt. Claremont district.
The Crawley Campus is one of Perth's premier tourist attractions. Many of the buildings were built from limestone , including the Winthrop Hall, the UWA landmark, built according to Romanesque style principles . In the northern area of the campus, the buildings are surrounded by parks in which a large number of different species of trees, plants and birds can be found. Along the campus, the Swan River forms Matilda Bay .
Faculties
The university offers law, medicine and dentistry, art, architecture, education, economics, natural, agricultural and engineering sciences (including mathematics, physics and computer science) at nine faculties:
- Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts
- Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Economics and Commerce (UWA Business School)
- Education
- Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences
- Law
- Life and Physical Sciences
- Medicine and Dentistry
- Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Right on campus there are several student residences ( residential colleges ), including the St George's College, St Catherine's College, Trinity College, Currie Hall and Sir Thomas More College.
Others
The UWA is known for its extensive range of social activities for students. Organized in the Student Guild , the student council , the UWA has to cover a large number of clubs, the numerous areas of interest. A highlight for several years now has been Prosh , a day in the first few weeks of the university year when students dress up and parade through the city center. They sell self-written newspapers for a charitable cause.
Political and private legacies make it one of the city's largest landowners. Notable graduates include Bob Hawke , Carmen Lawrence , Kim Beazley , Malla Nunn, and Alan Fels .
Other local universities are Curtin University of Technology , Edith Cowan University , Murdoch University and the University of Notre Dame . Some of these universities have branches in other cities such as Kalgoorlie , Esperance , Albany and Broome .
German partner universities
- RWTH Aachen
- University of Passau
- Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in the Matariki university network
- University of Koblenz-Landau
- WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management ( formerly: Scientific University for Management )
- Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
- Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf
Illustrations
Winthrop Hall
Irwin St Building
UWA Center
Motorola Software Center
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Web links
- Official website (English)
Footnotes
- ^ The University of Western Australia: Vice-Chancellor. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .
Coordinates: 31 ° 58 ′ 48 ″ S , 115 ° 49 ′ 6 ″ O