UWA is one of Australia's leading research universities, ranked second for research in Australia (taking account of its size). Responsible for almost 70 per cent of the university-based research and development in Western Australia, UWA is committed to the achievement of the highest quality research and scholarship by international standards.

While research covers the full range of disciplines within the university, our specialist areas include:

exploration, production and exploitation of minerals, oil and gas management of agricultural and natural ecosystems the humanities and social sciences health and bio-medicine genetic epidemiology indigenous issues information technology, telecommunications and computer science and international management and business studies. The University's Graduate Research School has approximately 300 higher degree by research students completing their degrees, mostly PhDs.

• School of Civil and Resource Engineering, The University of Western Australia
• School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, The University of Western Australia