University of Western Australia

The University of Western Australia ("UWA") is Western Australia's oldest university, established in February 1911. It is one of Australia's "Group of Eight" leading universities. The University was established under and is governed by the University of Western Australia Act 1911. The Act provides for the control and management of the University to be the responsibility of the Senate, and gives it the authority, amongst other things, to make statutes, regulations and by-laws, details of which are contained in the University Calendar.

Campus

The Crawley campus is also one of Perth's premier tourist attractions. Many of the buildings are constructed from limestone, including the enormous Winthrop Hall with its Romanesque architecture. These buildings are dotted amongst green parks and thickets of trees such as the Sunken Garden. The campus is adjacent to the Swan River. It is also a popular spot for weddings. There are also several residential colleges nearby including Currie Hallhttp://www.currie.uwa.edu.au, St George's College, St Catherine's College, Trinity College, and St Thomas More College.

Related Topics:
Limestone - Romanesque architecture - Swan River

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The university also established a UWA Albany Centre in 1999 to meet rural education needs. In 2005, Curtin University of Technology joined UWA in Albany to provide additional course offerings to the local rural community. UWA Albany offers postgraduate coursework and research programmes through the Institute for Regional Development and the Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management. The UWA Rural Clinical School provides year-long rural placements for fifth-year medical students in Albany.

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The main campus ground holds a number of attractions, which includes the Berndt Museum of Anthropology. The museum holds extensive collections of Australian Aboriginal art and Aboriginal cultural materials, as well as collections from Melanesia, Asia and South-East Asiahttp://www.berndt.uwa.edu.au/. There is also the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, which is acknowledged as one of the finest university galleries in Australia. The Gallery presents a program of innovative exhibitions, featuring the University's extensive Art Collection, as well as new, contemporary art, and touring shows http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/.

Related Topics:
Anthropology - Melanesia - Asia - South-East Asia

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The university is also constantly expanding its infrastructures, with the opening of the $22 million University Club in June 2005, and the new UWA Watersports Complex in August 2005 being recent examples of this. In September 2005, the opening of a $64 million Molecular and Chemical Sciences building further highlighted the university's commitment to nurturing and developing high quality research and development by expanding infrastructures

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UWA is one of the largest landowners in Perth, as a result of government and private bequests.

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Image:UWASocrates_gobeirne.jpg|Socrates bust.

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Image:ReflectionPool_UWA_gobeirne.jpg|Reflection Pool.

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Image:UWAFiveLamps_gobeirne.jpg|Great gate mosaic.

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Image:UWABalcony_gobeirne.jpg|Clock tower balcony.

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