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• 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

University of Western Australia

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Why UWA?

• Learn

• Career

• Enjoy

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

Bachelor of Science

• THREE YEAR - 38 Majors and 21 Programs

• FOUR YEAR - 14 Programs, including concurrent

honours

Restoration Ecology / Environmental Science / Conservation Biology / Land Rehabilitation

Chemistry / Physical Chemistry / Biochemistry / Green Chemistry / Environmental Chemistry

Dr. Gavin Flematti

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.

Quality of Science at UWA

2009 West Australian Rhodes Scholar Dustin Stuart – BSc Advanced Science (Hons) – Chemistry and Physics

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

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

New Science Library

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Accommodation

• 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

Currie Hall ۰ Trinity ۰ St. Catherine’s ۰ St. Thomas More ۰ St. George’s

Getting Involved

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