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Monday, 11 August 2014

The University of Western Australia is one of only 10 universities worldwide to be awarded a "Five Stars Plus" rating in the QS Stars University Ratings.

UWA achieved the rating across research, internationalisation, innovation, employability, teaching, facilities, specialist criteria and access.

Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) Iain Watt said it was pleasing to see that the efforts of the entire University community had been recognised.

"UWA is proud to be rated as a 5 Star Plus University by QS and this rating reinforces our world-class reputation against an internationally recognised benchmark," Mr Watt said.

He will accept the award on behalf of UWA at a formal ceremony in Prague in September.

The QS Star system evaluates an individual institution's performance against a range of important performance indicators and measures it against pre-set thresholds.  Universities must be awarded Five Stars in all categories and a total score of at least 900 out of a possible 1000 to achieve Five Stars Plus status.

UWA's achievement places it within the "world's foremost comprehensive and specialist institutions" according to QS.

Other Five Stars Plus universities include Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Seoul National University.

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David Stacey (UWA Public Affairs)  (+61 8)  6488 3229  /  (+61 4) 32 637 716

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