University of Western Australia

2. University of Western Australia • A top research-intensive university • Member of the Group of Eight • Ranked in the top 50 universities in the world for life and agricultural sciences in 2009 • Ranked 2nd in Australia for the quality of its undergraduate programs in 2009

3. Why UWA? • Learn • Career • Enjoy

4. Why study science at UWA? • UWA is successful • UWA is the whole package • UWA has great facilities • A UWA science degree will launch you into an amazing career • UWA offers flexibility

5. Bachelor of Science • THREE YEAR - 38 Majors and 21 Programs • FOUR YEAR - 14 Programs, including concurrent honours

6. Restoration Ecology / Environmental Science / Conservation Biology / Land Rehabilitation

7. Chemistry / Physical Chemistry / Biochemistry / Green Chemistry / Environmental Chemistry Dr. Gavin Flematti

8. International Radio Astronomy Research Centre • Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Telescope The WA State Government has awarded UWA two Premier’s Fellows to build our capacity in radio astronomy and funded a $20 million research centre, to be hosted by UWA.

9. Quality of Science at UWA 2009 West Australian Rhodes Scholar Dustin Stuart – BSc Advanced Science (Hons) – Chemistry and Physics

10. Go Further – International linkages and Student Exchange • We have active collaboration with universities in North America, Europe, Asia. These involve staff and student exchanges, collaboration in research and benchmarking • Korea University • Queen’s University, Canada • University of Sheffield, England • National University of Singapore • Zhejiang University, China • Shanghai Jiao Tong University,China • University of Freiberg, Germany • University of Vienna, Austria • Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France • University of Bergen, Norway

11. Scholarships UWA Excellence Awards Diversity & Merit Awards Group of Eight Scholarships Vice-Chancellor’s Awards of Distinction UWA Fogarty Foundation Scholarships Commonwealth Learning Scholarships Course specific scholarships

12. New Science Library

13. Career Percentage of graduates finding full time employment UWA UWA UWA national national all WA unis all WA unis all WA unis national Graduates average starting salaries $‘000 UWA UWA UWA all WA unis all WA unis all WA unis national national national

14. Individual rooms Internet and telephone Rooms cleaned weekly Three meals per day Sports facilities Social activities Pastoral care Study support services Walk distance to uni Accommodation Currie Hall ۰ Trinity ۰ St. Catherine’s ۰ St. Thomas More ۰ St. George’s

15. Getting Involved

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