About University of Western Australia:

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany and various other facilities elsewhere. UWA was established in 1911 by an act of the Parliament of Western Australia, and began teaching students two years later. It is the sixth-oldest university in Australia, and was Western Australia's only university until the establishment of Murdoch University in 1973.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
World University Rankings - - - - - - - - - - 129 123 116 124 125 111 138 138

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Agriculture 66 60 50 52 64 40 34 30 29 27 25 26 25 23 26 23 19
Engineering 279 269 - - - - 299 277 253 262 260 265 241 275 279 351-400 401-450
Life Sciences 214 219 157 189 161 164 144 146 144 139 125 141 131 135 159 166 176
Medicine 170 168 170 160 153 142 147 130 124 112 110 101 112 130 131 153 144
Natural Sciences - 255 274 274 255 292 263 266 281 236 196 213 215 216 183 193 162
Social Sciences 165 153 118 140 139 126 100 97 115 122 125 112 101 110 122 139 146

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Agricultural Sciences 67 64 52 35 34 37 25 28 34 42 39 34 35 42
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - 122 115 - 100 130 149
Chemistry - - - - - - 451-500 401-450 451-500 401-450 - - - -
Chemical Engineering - - - - - - - - - 235 239 212 252 301-350
Civil Engineering 172 144 132 117 109 112 106 124 100 88 50 73 93 136
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 103 107 128 130 155 145
Computer Science - - - - - 277 244 241 255 283 351-400 301-350 351-400 351-400
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - 119 136 - 162 179 184
Electrical Engineering - - - 274 283 258 231 228 228 215 297 255 301-350 298
Environment / Ecology 110 94 70 50 49 56 53 53 53 42 - 49 54 45
Geosciences 77 64 58 48 56 44 38 40 45 39 - 46 56 63
Immunology - - - - - - - - 124 146 - 163 178 173
Materials Science - - - - - - 451-500 401-450 401-450 351-400 351-400 351-400 351-400 225
Mathematics 293 - 278 273 284 - 366 301-350 301-350 301-350 351-400 301-350 451-500 401-450
Mechanical Engineering 143 138 159 127 111 111 87 70 72 99 121 155 227 217
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 193 195 - - - 191
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - 109 116 - 134 161 144
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - 193 185 - 184 192 167
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - 272 - - 266 228 177 149 198 282 256 284 237 212
Physics - - - - - - 301-350 269 351-400 351-400 351-400 301-350 301-350 301-350
Plant & Animal Science 24 25 22 24 18 18 19 15 15 15 11 10 14 12
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - 89 92 - 93 93 96
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 109 98 113 121 127 129
Space Science - - - - - - - - 95 148 - 80 109 61
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - - 280
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 110 105 136 119
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - - -