The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a research-intensive University located next to the beautiful Swan River and Perth city, in Western Australia. The University was established in 1911 and now hosts 25,000 students and employs 3500 staff. The University’s main campus in Crawley is renowned for its heritage and contemporary architecture and for landscaped grounds that see the campus acknowledged as one of the most beautiful in the world. UWA has a broad research and teaching profile across a wide-range of disciplines. With world-class staff and facilities, UWA students are given the best possible opportunities to pursue their impossible and excel in their fields. UWA staff and students also contribute to numerous world-class research projects. UWA is recognised internationally as ranking 96th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) for 2016. UWA staff members have won many awards for teaching and research, notable among these are 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 and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. UWA is a member of the Group of Eight, a coalition of leading research intensive Australian universities. It is also part of two global university networks - the Worldwide Universities Network and the Matariki Network of Universities across seven nations.