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Mission and Vision
Statement
Vision:
Achieving International Excellence:
The University of Western Australia will be recognised internationally for its excellence in teaching and research and as a leading intellectual and creative resource to the communities it serves.
Mission:
To advance, transmit and sustain knowledge
and understanding through the conduct of teaching, research and
scholarship at the highest international standards for the
benefit of the international, Australian and Western Australian
communities.
Defining Characteristics:
The University will be recognised by the following defining characteristics.
- High quality, as the pervading criterion for all our activities.
- Comprehensive, with a broad teaching and research profile in the arts, sciences, and professions.
- Selective, within a comprehensive base, to develop particular areas of strength and emphasis.
- Research-intensive, with a strong teaching and research nexus across all our disciplines.
- Internationally focused, for both the content and standards of our activities.
- Technologically innovative, to maximise our flexibility.
- Responsive, to meet the needs of the community, our students and our graduates.
Significant Facts
- The University of Western Australia, the State’s first university, was established in 1911 and opened two years later with 184 students in three faculties: Arts, Engineering and Science. Today the University enrols over 17,500 students, in 9 faculties: Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts; Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Economics and Commerce; Education; Engineering, Computing and Mathematics; Law; Life and Physical Sciences; Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences; and Natural and Agricultural Sciences.
- Located 5 km from the Perth CBD, the 65-hectare Crawley campus is widely acclaimed for the beauty of its setting beside the Swan River and for its grounds and buildings, which are listed in the Register of the Australian National Estate.
- The University has an annual operating budget in excess of $500 million and assets totalling over $1.4 billion.
- University staff members have won numerous awards for teaching and research; the most noteworthy being Professor Barry Marshall and Emeritus Professor Robin Warren who were awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.
- The University has a strong research record with 7.2% of the Australian Competitive Grant funds and 6.4% of the total research income funds allocated to Australian higher education institutions in 2004. On a per capita basis, these were the nation's third highest allocations.
- The University’s achievements in teaching and learning were recognised with the award of more than $2.5 million from the Commonwealth’s Learning and Teaching Performance Fund for 2006.
- UWA consistently attracts high calibre students. In 2006 UWA enrolled 82.7% of the State’s top 5% of school-leavers and 79.6% of the top 10% of school leavers who enrolled at Western Australian universities.
- In 2005, 11.4% of UWA’s enrolments were in higher degree by research compared with a national average of 5.0%. The latest national figures show that in 2005, UWA had the second highest proportion of higher degree research enrolments nationally.
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Statistical
Summary
| Student
Enrolments 2006 |
17,538 |
| Student Load
(EFTSL) 2006 |
14,286 |
| Commencing
Students 2006 |
6,017 |
| Postgraduate
Enrolments 2006 |
4,095 |
| Higher Degree
by Research Enrolments 2006 |
1,981 |
| Total Staff
(FTE) 2006 |
3,018 |
| Academic Staff
(FTE) 2006 |
1,267 |
| Course
Completions 2005 |
4,425 |
| Research Income
2005($’000) |
115,498 |
| Weighted
Research Publications 2005 |
1,625 |
| Operating
Revenue 2005 ($’000) |
508,833 |
| Operating Expenses 2005 ($’000) |
467,709 |
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Student
Enrolments (as at 31 March)
| |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Total
Number of Enrolments |
16,659 |
17,181 |
17,538 |
| Total
Student Load (EFTSL) |
13,729 |
14,028 |
14,286 |
| Commencing
Enrolments |
6,008 |
6,186 |
6,017 |
| Percentage
Commencing |
36.1% |
36.0% |
34.3% |
| Full-Time
Enrolments (No.) |
12,099 |
12,378 |
12,562 |
| Percentage
Full-Time (of total) |
72.6% |
72.0% |
71.6% |
| Postgraduate
Enrolments (No.) |
4,129 |
4,118 |
4,095 |
| Percentage
Postgraduate (of total) |
24.8% |
24.0% |
23.3% |
| Higher
Degree Research Enrolments (No.) |
1,752 |
1,816 |
1,981 |
| Percentage
Higher Degree Research (of total) |
10.5% |
10.6% |
11.3% |
| International
Fee-Paying Enrolments (No.) |
2,882 |
3,076 |
3,122 |
| Percentage
International Fee-Paying (of total) |
17.3% |
17.9% |
17.8% |
| Domestic
Fee-Paying Enrolments (No.) |
1,419 |
1,497 |
1,414 |
| Percentage
Domestic Fee-Paying (of total) |
8.5% |
8.7% |
8.1% |
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| Domestic
Non-Fee Paying Enrolments (No.) |
12,287 |
12,496 |
12,810 |
| Percentage
Domestic Non-Fee Paying Enrolments (of total) |
73.8% |
72.7% |
73.0% |
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| Female
Enrolments (No.) |
8,362 |
8,789 |
8,869 |
| Percentage
Female (of total) |
50.2% |
51.2% |
50.6% |
| |
|
|
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Student Load (EFTSL) by
Faculty and Course Type Group, 2006
| |
Higher
Degree-
Research
|
Masters
Coursework
|
Other
Post- graduate
|
Under-
graduate
|
Total
Load
|
| Architect, Ldsc & Vis
Arts |
22.3 |
0.0 |
2.8 |
570.7 |
595.7 |
| Arts, Humanities & Soc
Sc. |
225.0 |
8.6 |
32.9 |
1,833.9 |
2,100.5 |
| Economics & Commmerce |
96.0 |
427.4 |
60.4 |
2,121.0 |
2,704.7 |
| Education |
136.1 |
52.5 |
139.5 |
56.0 |
384.1 |
| Engineering, Comp &
Maths |
191.6 |
30.5 |
25.7 |
2,029.1 |
2,276.9 |
| Law |
16.8 |
22.9 |
13.7 |
1,087.2 |
1,140.5 |
| Life & Physical Sc |
309.6 |
106.1 |
74.7 |
2,291.4 |
2,781.8 |
| Medicine & Dentistry |
238.1 |
75.8 |
22.6 |
1,088.4 |
1,424.83 |
| Natural & Agricultural
Sc |
218.3 |
8.7 |
14.7 |
541.6 |
783.3 |
| Indigenous Studies |
0.0 |
0.0 |
12.3 |
44.2 |
56.6 |
| Other |
0.0 |
2.4 |
0.0 |
34.3 |
36.8 |
| Total (a) |
1,453.6 |
734.9 |
399.2 |
11,697.9 |
14,285.6 |
(a) Discrepancies between the sums
of component items and totals are due to rounding
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Course
Completions
| |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| Higher
Doctorate |
5 |
2 |
1 |
| Doctorate |
211 |
231 |
270 |
| Master’s
by Research |
57 |
71 |
80 |
| Master’s
by Coursework |
516 |
474 |
591 |
| Higher
Degree Qualifying |
19 |
6 |
14 |
| Graduate
Diploma |
313 |
290 |
361 |
| Graduate
Certificate |
195 |
177 |
104 |
| Graduate
Entry Bachelor’s |
128 |
126 |
118 |
| Bachelor’s
Honours |
869 |
721 |
862 |
| Bachelor’s
Pass |
1,834 |
1,940 |
2,002 |
| Diploma |
15 |
23 |
22 |
| Total |
4,162 |
4,061 |
4,425 |
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Graduate
Destinations
(as at 30 April, for bachelor degrees and
undergraduate diplomas completed in previous year)
| |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| Full-time study |
44.7%
| 46.6% |
38.5% |
| Full-time work |
37.2%
| 38.6% |
45.8% |
| Unemployed seeking full-time work |
4.0%
| 3.6% |
2.9% |
| Part-time seeking full-time
work |
5.1%
| 5.0% |
4.3% |
| Working part-time or
seeking part-time work only |
5.8%
| 3.9% |
5.6% |
| Unavailable for full-time
study or work |
3.3%
| 2.3% |
2.8% |
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Staff
(Full-time equivalence of staff, excluding
casual staff as at 31 March)
|
2004 |
2005 |
2006
|
| |
FTE |
FTE |
FTE |
% |
| Academic |
| Teaching & Research |
811 |
835 |
864 |
68% |
| Research Only |
351 |
365 |
403 |
32% |
| Other |
|
2 |
|
|
| Total |
1,162 |
1,202 |
1,267 |
42% |
| Non-Academic |
| Research Only |
226 |
202 |
204 |
12% |
| Other |
1,403 |
1,481 |
1,547 |
88% |
| Total |
1,630 |
1,684 |
1,751 |
58% |
| Total Staff(a) |
2,792 |
2,886 |
3,018 |
|
| Percentage Female Academic (of total Academic) |
|
34.5% |
35.0%
|
33.9% |
| % Female Non-Academic (of total
Non-Academic) |
|
62.9% |
61.8%
|
60.9% |
(a) Discrepancies between the sums
of component items and totals are due to rounding
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Research
Activity
| Research Income ($’000) |
National
Competitve
Grants
|
Other
Public
Sector
Funding
|
Industry
& Other
Funding
|
Cooperative
Research
Centres
|
Total
|
| Architecture, Ldscpe &
Vis Arts |
2005 |
146 |
152 |
41 |
|
339 |
| |
2004 |
108 |
104 |
100 |
|
311 |
| |
| Arts, Humanities &
Social Sc |
2005 |
930 |
139 |
453 |
24 |
1,545 |
| |
2004 |
1,245 |
254 |
311 |
|
1,810 |
| |
| Economics & Commerce |
2005 |
1,322 |
777 |
260 |
|
2,359 |
| |
2004 |
770 |
530 |
116 |
|
1,416 |
| |
| Education |
2005 |
68 |
|
6 |
|
74 |
| |
2004 |
98 |
57 |
5 |
|
160 |
| |
| Engineering, Computing
& Maths |
2005 |
6,073 |
2,615 |
4,641 |
783 |
14,112 |
| |
2004 |
5,291 |
3,623 |
5,594 |
895 |
15,403 |
| |
| Law |
2005 |
97 |
430 |
14 |
|
541 |
| |
2004 |
|
560 |
|
|
560 |
| |
| Life & Physical
Sciences |
2005 |
8,491 |
2,237 |
4,596 |
240 |
15,564 |
| |
2004 |
8,060 |
1,578 |
1,963 |
219 |
11,820 |
| |
| Medicine & Dentistry |
2005 |
24,452 |
9,591 |
10,547 |
438 |
45,029 |
| |
2004 |
21,519 |
8,423 |
9,282 |
376 |
39,599 |
| |
| Natural & Agricultural
Science |
2005 |
18,993 |
3,264 |
4,399 |
5,201 |
31,857 |
| |
2004 |
14,718 |
2,223 |
5,452 |
3,369 |
25,012 |
| |
| Total (a) (b) |
2005 |
60,573 |
19,244 |
28,996 |
6,685 |
115,498 |
| |
2004 |
52,743 |
17,458 |
24,824 |
6,942 |
101,967 |
Source: DEST Higher Education Research Data Collection
(a) Total includes research income not allocated to faculties
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Research
Publications
| |
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
| Books – Authored
Research |
17 |
27 |
19
|
| Book Chapters |
151 |
116
|
143
|
| Articles in Scholarly
Refereed Journals |
1,054 |
1,069
|
1,104
|
| Full Written
Conference Paper – Refereed Proceedings |
223 |
262
|
284
|
| Weighted Total (a) |
1,515 |
1,583
|
1,625
|
(a) Weighted using a ratio of
5:1:1:1
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Finance
($’000)
| |
2004
|
2005
|
| Operating
Revenue |
| Commonwealth
Government Grants |
204,232 |
226,659 |
| HECS-HELP Australian Government Payments
|
38,161 |
42,441 |
| FEE-HELP |
3,721 |
4,195 |
| Western Australian & Local
Government Financial Assistance |
31,605 |
27,606 |
| HECS-HELP Student Payments |
9,953 |
13,772 |
| Other Research Grants
& Contracts |
18,895 |
21,989 |
| Investment Income |
66,863 |
56,032 |
| Fees & Charges |
53,520 |
57,347 |
| Salary & Other Recoveries |
16,253 |
18,355 |
| Other Revenue |
28,588 |
41,309 |
| Share of Net Result of Assocs Accounted for Using the Equity Mthd |
30 |
(872) |
| Total Operating
Revenue |
471,821 |
508,833 |
| Operating
Expenses |
| Employee Benefits and On-costs |
258,494 |
276,797 |
| Student Expenses |
21,000 |
24,287 |
| Materials and
Supplies |
19,437 |
22,584 |
| Depreciation & Amortisation & Impairment |
25,305 |
24,673 |
| Repairs & Maintenance |
12,078 |
12,188 |
| Grants Distributed |
20,833 |
23,087 |
| Travel |
14,275 |
14,756 |
| Professional Fees |
10,324 |
13,231 |
| Other Expenses |
63,929 |
56,196 |
| Total Expenses from Continuing Operations |
445,675 |
467,799 |
| Net Operating Results from Continuing Operations |
26,146 |
41,034 |
| Net Operating Result Attributable to Minority Interest |
424 |
|
| Net Operating Result |
26,570 |
41,034 |
| Assets |
| Current Assets |
79,695 |
74,965 |
| Non Current Assets |
1,327,465 |
1,379,550 |
| Total Assets |
1,407,160 |
1,454,515 |
| Liabilities |
| Current Liabilities |
116,850 |
121,862 |
| Non-Current
Liabilities |
29,853 |
29,679 |
| Total Liabilities |
146,703 |
151,541 |
| Net Assets |
1,260,457 |
1,302,974 |
Source: 2005 UWA Annual Report
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Comparative
Statistics
| |
Total
Enrolment
2005 (a)
|
Percentage
Overseas
2005 (b)
|
Percentage
Postgraduate
2005(c)
|
Percentage
Higher Degree
Research
2005 (d)
|
Research
Income (f) per
Academic FTE 2004 (f)
($)
|
Higher
Degree
Research
Completions per 10 Academic
FTE 2004(f)
|
| UWA |
17,082
|
17.9% |
24.5% |
11.4% |
112,920 |
4.3
|
| Sydney |
45,630 |
20.7% |
31.3% |
8.3% |
99,502 |
4.3 |
| UNSW |
39,183 |
23.0% |
36.2% |
7.52% |
80,322 |
4.0 |
| Melbourne |
41,827 |
21.4% |
33.2% |
10.4% |
115,905 |
5.3 |
| Monash |
54,950 |
31.2% |
28.9% |
5.8% |
65,885 |
3.4 |
| Queensland |
37,177 |
17.0% |
26.4% |
9.6% |
99,848 |
4.7 |
| Adelaide |
18,943 |
23.3% |
28.5% |
9.4% |
124,153 |
3.7 |
| ANU |
14,317 |
21.2% |
36.6% |
14.7% |
96,672 |
5.8 |
| Curtin |
38,506 |
41.8% |
22.9% |
4.4% |
34,445 |
2.8 |
| Edith Cowan |
23,585 |
18.2% |
22.5% |
2.4% |
18,635 |
1.9 |
| Murdoch |
13,201 |
16.6% |
17.1% |
6.4% |
90,838 |
3.0 |
| Australia |
957,176 |
25.0% |
27.5% |
5.0% |
59,671 |
3.0 |
Source: DEST Selected Higher Education Statistics, unless
otherwise indicated
(a) DEST total enrolment data exclude exchange students and
various other categories
(b) Number of overseas student enrolments as a percentage of
total enrolments
(c) All postgraduate enrolments as a percentage of total
enrolments
(d) Number of Doctorate and Masters by research enrolments as a
percentage of total enrolments
(e) Source: DEST, unpublished summary of Higher Education
Research Data Collection
(f) Full-time equivalence of academic staff, with a level B or
above appointment, excluding casual staff
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Further
Information
For further information, please contact;
Robert McCormack,
University Statistician
The University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Telephone: (08) 6488 2816
Facsimile: (08) 6488 1075
Email: Robert.McCormack@uwa.edu.au
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