University of Western Australia

University of Western Australia

the founding chancellor,sir john Winthrop hackeet,, died in 1916, and bequeathed property which, after being carefully managed for ten years, yielded 425,000 to the university, a far larger sum than expected. this allowed the construction of the main buildings. many buildings and landmarks within the university bear his name, including Winthrop hall hackeet hall. in addition, his bequest funded many scholarship, because he did not wish eager students to be deterred from studying because they could not afford o do so.

the university degree structure has changed recently to further separate the undergraduate and postgraduate degrees available. justification for this new system is due to its simplicity and effectiveness in outsiders understanding the system. it is the first university in western Australia to have bachelors degree. the university offers a bachelor of science bachelor of commerce (BCom), bachelor of Arts (BA) and bachelor of  design  (BDes).

the university has further facilities across Stirling highway in Nedlands, linked by pedestrian underpasses beneath the highway, and paths in front of the residential colleges. although not directly contiguous with the main crawely sire, the university does own almost every parcel of land between them and has long term plans to expand the two sites towards each other. the university also has facilities in Clarendon, purchased in 205 from Edith cowan university. the university prefers to refer to these facilities asa UWA cleramont and as a campus. the university remains a single campus institution. UWA claremont is approximately 5 km west of the main crawely campus. further west still, the university also has staff in central claremont.

the university established a UWA Albany Centre in 1999  to meet rural education needs. in 2005, curtain university of technology joined UWA in Albany to provide additional course offerings to the local rural community. UWA Albany offers postgraduate coursework and research programmers 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, derby, broome, port headland karratha, geraldton,bunbury, narrogin, esperance, and kalgoorlie, western Australia, additionally, the university is involved in the combined universities centre for rural health in geraldton.

high school graduate with high academic achievement are also able to apply for "assured pathways". this means they are assured a place in the postgraduate degree for their chosen discipline while they complete their undergraduate degree. assured pathways are offered for studies in fields such as medicine, law, dentistry and engineering. prospective students may apply for an assured pathway  through the bachelor of philosophy. the assured pathways to dentistry via the bachelor of philosophy is the most difficult undergraduate and postgraduate pathway to obtain from the university. only one place is offered each year.