university of western australia school of medicine university of western australia school of medicine the university of western australia medical school is the medical school of the university of western australia, located in perth, western australia. established in 1957, it is the oldest medical school in western australia, with over 6000 alumni. well known for its research and clinical teaching, the medical school is ranked 8th in the world and 1st in australia by the 2019 academic ranking of world universities in clinical medicine. the medical school is affiliated with various teaching hospitals in perth such as royal perth hospital and sir charles gairdner hospital. the medical school is also heavily affiliated with the queen elizabeth ii medical centre and its various research institutes. the school has prominent researchers and clinicians amongst its faculty and alumni, including nobel prize laureates barry marshall and robin warren (awarded for the discovery of the helicobacter pylori bacterium); recipients of the australian of the year award fiona stanley and fiona wood; and cancer researcher richard pestell. the school has produced 11 rhodes scholars. university of western australia medical schoolmottoseek wisdomtypemedical schoolestablished1957parent institutionuniversity of western australiastudents934 md studentslocationperth, western australia, australiacampusurbanwebsitewww.uwa.edu.au/health/schools/medical-school history the fiona stanley hospital, one of the teaching hospitals of the medical school. before 1957 and the establishment of the medical school, medical students spent a year at uwa before completing their degree at the university of adelaide or another medical college. a first fundraising appeal for a new medical school was made in 1950, but enjoyed little success. however, due to the booming post-war population of the state, the second fundraising appeal in 1955 garnered significant financial support, and so the new medical school was formally established in 1957 with teaching commencing in the same year. the initial funding of the medical school largely came from the local government and the various communities of western australia. 1959 saw the first graduating medical students who were awarded bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery (mbbs) degrees. buildings of the queen elizabeth ii medical centre. clinical teaching years are mainly done at the health campus situated there. in 1977, the sir charles gairdner hospital was incorporated into the renamed queen elizabeth ii medical centre. the perth medical centre act 1966 a few years before established the medical centre and provided the university of western australia membership of the trust that is responsible for the management of the land. nowadays the medical school runs a variety of research collaborations with the medical centre. campus