University of Western Australia - Exchange

City: Perth Country: Australia

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.