University of Western Australia - Exchange

City: Perth Country: Australia

University of Western Australia Website

Overview

What UWA has to offer:

  • A friendly, beautiful campus with open courtyards and Mediterranean-style architecture
  • Located on the banks of the Swan River, about three miles from the city center
  • Well-equipped teaching, research and computing facilities, including the main Reid Library and 5 other unique libraries offering comfortable spaces and facilities for study and collaboration.
  • Arts venues that accommodate some of the city's most celebrated cultural events
  • On-campus health service, dining areas, banks, pharmacy, optometrist,and bookstore/gift shop, with post office, dentist, hair stylist just a block away.
  • An active students' guild that runs on-campus food and drink outlets, organizes student entertainment and supports a full range of social, cultural and athletic clubs and societies
  • Great facilities for sports and recreation, including a gymnasium, fitness center, two swimming pools, and courts for squash and tennis
  • Terrific location near some of Australia's best beaches
  • Their McCusker Centre for Citizenship has a global citizenship focus through service learning opportunities
  • The UWA campus in Albany is located about 400 km south of their main campus in a global hotspot of biodiversity. A two-semester (full year) student could even do one semester in Albany and one in Perth.
  • UWA's Bloom Lab ,located within St Catherine's College, is the ideal experience for our student entrepreneurs looking to more fully develop their business ideas.
  • UWA provides a number of entertaining and informative videos about UWA O-Week, showcasing exchange students enjoying UWA and Perth and helping students to picture themselves at UWA. Check them out!
Why don't you combine your participation in this exchange with participation in an internship as well?  We could probably send you out on an internship before or after the exchange.  If you are interested in going out on both programs please send an email to goabroad@ualberta.ca to ask for more details.

When Can I Go?

Terms Offered: Fall, Winter, Full Year

Term Dates:

Fall term equivalent: July - November

Winter term equivalent: February - June


Eligibility Requirements

Open to: All Faculties

Level: Undergraduate, Graduate

See Eligibility.


Course Information

Language of Instruction: English

Field of Study: All with the exception of Medicine, Dentistry, postgraduate Psychology and core Law courses.

MBA students are welcome in the UWA (Flexible) MBA program but require 2 years of professional work experience.

"Points" = Credits

University of Western Australia Course Information

University of Western Australia Credit Information


Housing

University of Western Australia Accommodation


Program Contact

University of Alberta International, Education Abroad


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Funding Opportunities 

Students receive on average between $1,400-$2,000 in funding.

Over 80% of students who apply get funding.

Education Abroad Awards