Established in 1911, the University of Western Australia is an Australian Group of Eight higher education institution and the oldest university in the state of Western Australia. The main campus is located on the banks of the Swan River, or Derbal Yerrigan, on the land of the Whadjuk Nation in Boorloo/Perth. The university educates 28,000 students a year from 115 countries, offering undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral degrees across 22 schools.
UWA is recognised as an outstanding research institution, operating 39 research centres and institutes across a number of fields. Its key research focusses include health and biotechnology, frontier technology, culture and heritage and resilient environments. Key attractions to the university include its excellent academic record and offerings, consistently ranking among the top 100 universities in the world by QS World University Rankings, and its beautiful campus, where resident peacocks can be found living in the historic Arts precinct. The university engages meaningfully with the community via many avenues, including the United Nations Regional Centres of Expertise (UNRCE), which strives to provide and facilitate Education for Sustainable Development in local and regional communities by bringing together formal, non-formal and informal organisations. Sustainable operations are another important emphasis for the university, which has adopted a goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040 for Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
