Australia
Faculty & Students
- 19 Western faculty members have received graduate or professional degrees from a university in Australia
- In 2016-17, 46 Western students travelled on exchange to Australia and 49 students from Australia came to Western.
- In 2016-17, 2 undergraduate students and 2 graduate students from Australia attended Western
Publications
Between 2012 and 2016, Western researchers co-authored and published 675 articles, meeting abstracts, reviews, proceeding papers, editorial materials, or book chapters with researchers at Australian institutions. Top five Australian institutions with which collaborations occurred:
- The University of Sydney
- University of Melbourne
- The University of Western Australia
- The University of Queensland
- Monash University
Partner Institutions
- Australian National University
- Bond University
- The University of Canberra
- Charles Sturt University
- Griffith University
- Monash University
- The University of New South Wales
- The University of Queensland
- The University of South Australia
- The University of Sydney
- Victoria University
- The University of Western Australia
Alumni
- 474 Western alumni are living in Australia
- Notable alumni:
- Glenn Stevens, MA’86, LLD’14
- Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia
- Current Chancellor of Western Univeristy
Founder and Executive Chair,
Competitive Foods Australia, Ltd
- Glenn Stevens, MA’86, LLD’14
Other Connections
- Renowned Western Australian artist, Maurice Stubbs, was curator of Western’s McIntosh Art Gallery from 1969-89
- Dr. Edward Byrne, former President and Vice-Chancellor of Monash University, neurologist and higher education leader received an honorary Doctor of Science from Western in May 2015