The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian State of Western Australia. This university was established in 1911 by an act of the Parliament of Western Australia and began teaching students two years later.

UWA is the sixth-oldest university and because of its age and reputation, the university is classed as one of the sandstone universities. In recent years, UWA has generally been ranked either in the bottom half or just outside the world's top 100 universities. The university offers undergraduate degree programs and postgraduate programs as well as doctorate-level programs and features specialization courses that are additionally in the curriculum of the opted programs. 

The University of Western Australia has very notable alumni including one Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke, five justices of the High court of Australia, one Governor of the Reserve Bank, alumnus mathematician Akshay Venkatesh, various federal cabinet ministers, and seven of Western Australia's eight most recent premiers.