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Dedicated research is undertaken by all faculties and schools:

Centres and Institutes

UWA strategic research areas encompass the disciplinary strengths of the Excellence in Research for Australia, the University’s investments in world- class infrastructure, and its strategic advantages offered by place and time.

In the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA 2010) evaluation, UWA was classified as performing above, or well above, the world average in the broad areas of:

Mathematical Sciences Medical and Health Sciences
Earth Sciences Economics
Environmental Sciences Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Biological Sciences Studies in Creative Arts and Writing
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences History and Archaeology

UWA is connected into the National Infrastructure investment through its nodes of AuScope, the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility, the Australian National Fabrication Facility, Bioplatforms Australia, the Integrated Marine Observing System, Metabolomics Australia, the National Imaging Facility, and the Population Health Research Network.

It is a major partner in iVEC, which hosts the Pawsey Centre national high performance computing infrastructure, and UWA runs a high quality Animal Care Services unit.

UWA is strategically well placed to take advantage of Western Australia’s wealth of resources in minerals and energy, its long tradition of innovation in agriculture, its natural biodiversity and fossil wealth, its extensive and pristine coastlines, its clear skies, its extensive and diverse history of indigenous peoples, languages and knowledge, and its unique multi-cultural mix of peoples.

The interdisciplinary research carried out in our Institutes and Centres builds on the disciplinary strengths of our Faculties and Schools.

Plant Sciences and Sustainable Food ProductionPlant Sciences and Sustainable Food Production

Ecology, Evolution, and the EnvironmentEcology, Evolution, and the Environment

Faculties

ERA Strengths

  • Social Science 0503
  • Ecology 0602
  • Evolutionary Biology 0603
  • Plant Biology 0607
  • Civil Engineering 0907
  • Architecture 1201

Emerging Strengths

  • Environmental Science and Management
  • Oceanography and Marine Science
  • Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience

Research Institute

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State Research Centres

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Energy and MineralsEnergy and Minerals

Indigenous KnowledgeIndigenous Knowledge

Faculties

ERA Strengths

  • Ecology 0602
  • Public Health and Health Services 1117
  • Performing Arts and Creative Writing 1904

Emerging Strengths

  • Rock Art
  • Indigenous Creative Writing
  • Indigenous Health
  • Environmental Science and Management

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Medicine and HealthMedicine and Health

Faculties

ERA Strengths

  • Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry 0304
  • Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology 1102
  • Clinical Sciences 1103
  • Human Movement and Sports Science 1106
  • Immunology 1107
  • Oncology and Carcinogenesis 1112
  • Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Science 1115
  • Medical Physiology 1116
  • Public Health and Health Services 1117
  • Psychology 1701

Emerging Strengths

  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

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National Research Centres

State Research Centres

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Mind and the Nervous SystemMind and the Nervous System

 
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