http://www.llm-guide.com/board/10134 en University of queensland - LLM GUIDE Discussion Board Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:38:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/10134/last#10134 Monroe, Let me endorse the above comments - UWA has the most picturesque campus in Australia (that I have seen) and is centrally located to the city, beach etc, and also has affordable accomodation nearby. It is also well regarded academically. By most measures it's probably about 6th/7th -but could quite feasibly be higher than than - the ranking systems quoted by some earlier posts using entrance scores discount the fact that many unis reserve half or more of their undergraduate places for full fee-paying students who do not have to meet the same entrance requirements demanded of those taking government subsidised places. This means that the score required to get in is distorted for those unis. UWA by contrast does not (at least until recently - this may have changed) set aside full fee places, so all students get in on merit. You will find also that if you look at the number of students who do things like High Court Associateships, or Jessup mooting etc, UWA (and also University of Queensland) are disporportionately represented, given that their cohorts are substantially smaller than Melbourne or Sydney. Of course, much of this applies only to undergrad degrees. I think it is fair to say that most well performing Australian undergrads would seek to go to the UK or US for their master's, so you may find that an Australian LLM is a slightly less rigorous, slightly less intense academic experience. That said, it is pretty hard to go wrong with spending a year in Perth, regadless of the reason - You'll have a blast.