Western Australia
State of Australia
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| 2024 | Ranked #7 in the Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking. |
| 2024 | Attained #91 position in the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities (8th nationally). |
| 2024 | Ranked #211 in the CWTS Leiden Ranking (8th nationally). |
| 2024 | Attained #77 position in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (7th nationally). |
| 2024 | Ranked #101-150 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (tied 6-7th nationally). |
| 2024 | Achieved a tied #149 position in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (8th nationally). |
| 2024 | Achieved #91 position in the Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities (7th nationally). |
| 2023 | Achieved 84.3% employer satisfaction rate for graduates in the Employer Satisfaction Survey. |
| 2023 | Recorded 69.6% full-time employment rate for undergraduate graduates and 89.2% for postgraduate graduates in the Graduate Outcomes Survey. |
| 2020 | The University of Western Australia recorded 4,373 international student enrolments out of a total student body of 18,717, marking a significant increase in foreign student representation, predominantly from south-east Asia. |
| 2020 | Outskirts journal ceased publication after being published biannually since 1997. |
| May 2019 | Final edition of Outskirts journal published (Volume 14). |
| 2018 | Alumnus Akshay Venkatesh received the prestigious Fields Medal, a significant achievement in mathematics. |
| 2016 | The Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, a $62 million research facility, was completed on campus. |
| 2014 | A $9 million new CO2 research facility was completed, providing modern facilities for carbon research. |
| 2013 | The university introduced a Bachelor of Philosophy program. |
| 2012 | The University of Western Australia changed its degree structure to create a more simplified and understandable system for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, becoming the first university in Western Australia to implement this new approach. |
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