University of Western Australia (UWA)

Country

Australia

City

Perth

Agreement type

Study abroad

Study places

Several Study abroad

About the study place

The University of Western Australia  (UWA) is located on Australia’s western coast in Perth. It is a member of the “Group of Eight”, an association of the eight leading universities in Australia. In 2012, UWA was ranked as number 96 on the list of the world’s 100 best universities (Academic Ranking of World Universities - ARWU). Perth has about 1,7 million inhabitants, and is situated by the Swan River.

Course catalogue

Student Exchange and Study Abroad at UWA

Accommodation

• Agreement

  Study Abroad: Several places.

  Bachelor and Master level

  Length of stay

  1-2 semesters

• Who can apply

  A minimum average grade of C is required.

  All exchanges require a completion of 60ECTS prior to a stay abroad.

• Language of Instruction

  English

  Language requirements

  4 in English from videregående (must not be older than 5 years), or

  TOEFL (internet-based test): score 90, with a minimum of 22 in the writing part, and no less than 20 in any of the other parts, or
  IELTS: a score of 6.5 (and no less than 6.0 in any of the parts).

  Confirm requirements with institution: UWA language requirements

• Tuition fees

  NMBU students have to pay a Study Abroad fee, but it is possible to get a refund for accommodation costs up to AUD 1500 (Australian dollars) per semester, if evidence of paid accommodation rent can be shown. This applies both for on-campus and private accommodation.

• Recognition of credits

  24 credits at UWA is equivalent to 30 credits at NMBU.
  NOTE: At UWA it is necessary to register for 4 units / 24 credits.

• Semester timing

  Semester 1: February - June.
  Semester 2: July - November.

• Visa

  Anyone who is going to study for more than three months in Australia must have a valid visa. Once you have received Confirmation of Enrollment (CoE) from the host university, you can apply for a visa electronically and you will receive a response from within 3 weeks but can take longer.

  As of July 2024, visa application costs have increased greatly to AUD 1600.

  More information on visa

  Australian visa processing time

  Information on visa from UWA

• Courses previously taken by NMBU students

  Course catalogue

  M-LA
  VISA1054 Art of Drawing
  BIOL1131 Plant and Animal Biology
  IDES2040 Future Making
  LACH2030 Site Manipulation
  LACH3001 Landscape Architecture Studio—Resolutions
  LACH4422 Design Studio—Making
  URBD5808 Case Studies in Urban Design

  M-BA
  CHEM1003 Introductory Chemistry
  ECON1101 Microeconomics: Prices and Markets
  ECON1102 Macroeconomics: Money and Finance
  STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics

  M-FOL
  PUBH2208 Food and Nutrition in Population Health
  PUBH3302 Health Promotion
  PUBH5749 Foundations of Public Health
  PUBH5752 Health Systems and Economics

  M-ØA
  EBUS5504 Electronic Business
  ECON5502 International Finance and Markets
  ECON5540 Economic Analysis and Policy
  MGMT5504 Data Analysis and Decision Making

  M-VM
  EART1104 Discovering Earth
  ENVT2251 Hydrology and Water Resource Management
  MGMT1136 Management and Organisations
  STAT1400 Statistics for Science
  CITS1001 Object-oriented Programming and Software Engineering
  ECON1102 Macroeconomics: Money and Finance
  SSEH1103 Physical Fitness and Health

  M-ECOL
  ANIM3361 Animal Populations
  GEOG2201 Geographic Information Systems
  SCIE2204 Marine Systems
  SCIE4402 Data Management and Analysis in the Natural Sciences

   M-IØ
  ECON1101 Microeconomics: Prices and Markets
  ECON1102 Macroeconomics: Money and Finance
  ENVE4402 Hydrology
  MGMT1136 Management and Organisations

   M-MF
  ANIM332 Comparative Neurobiology
  MECH4429 Applied Engineering Thermodynamics
  PHYS5401 Medical Imagining Physics
  SHPC4001 Computational Methods for Physics