Editing Perth (section)

== Education ==
{{See also|Education in Western Australia}}
Education is compulsory in [[Western Australia]] between the ages of six and seventeen, corresponding to primary and secondary school.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pre-compulsory and compulsory education period|url=http://det.wa.edu.au/policies/detcms/policy-planning-and-accountability/policies-framework/definitions/pre-compulsory-and-compulsory-education-period.en?oid=com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.GlossaryItem-id-3870002|publisher=Government of Western Australia|access-date=6 December 2013|author=Department of Education|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904012508/http://det.wa.edu.au/policies/detcms/policy-planning-and-accountability/policies-framework/definitions/pre-compulsory-and-compulsory-education-period.en?oid=com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.GlossaryItem-id-3870002|url-status=live}}</ref> Tertiary education is available through several universities and [[technical and further education]] (TAFE) colleges.

=== Primary and secondary ===
[[File:Perth Modern School, 2015 01.jpg|thumb|[[Perth Modern School]], Perth's first [[State school|public high school]]]]
Students may attend either public schools, run by the state government's [[Department of Education (Western Australia)|Department of Education]], or private schools, usually associated with a religion, or engage in home schooling.

The [[Western Australian Certificate of Education]] (WACE) is the credential given to students who have completed Years 11 and 12 of their secondary schooling.<ref>{{cite web|title=WACE requirements and certification|url=http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/Senior_Secondary/The_WACE/WACE_Requirements|publisher=Government of Western Australia|access-date=6 December 2013|author=School Curriculum and Standards Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528092129/http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/Senior_Secondary/The_WACE/WACE_Requirements|archive-date=28 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2012 the minimum requirements for students to receive their WACE changed{{how|date=July 2015}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=WACE Requirements 2012 and Beyond |url=http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/Senior_Secondary/The_WACE/WACE_Requirements/WACE_Requirements_2012 |publisher=School Curriculum and Standards Authority |access-date=19 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513011823/http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/Senior_Secondary/The_WACE/WACE_Requirements/WACE_Requirements_2012 |archive-date=13 May 2013 }}</ref>

=== Tertiary ===
[[File:UWAWinthropHallSunsetcurves gobeirne.jpg|thumb|left|The [[University of Western Australia]], located in [[Crawley, Western Australia|Crawley]]]]
Perth is home to four public universities: the [[University of Western Australia]], [[Curtin University]], [[Murdoch University]] and [[Edith Cowan University]]. There are also two private universities, the [[University of Notre Dame Australia]], and a local campus of the [[University of Divinity]].

[[The University of Western Australia]], which was founded in 1911,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uwa.edu.au/visitors/about/history |title=Visitors&nbsp;– History of the University |access-date=14 April 2007 |publisher=[[University of Western Australia]] |quote=The University of Western Australia has helped to shape the careers of more than 75,000 graduates since it was established in 1911. |archive-date=8 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208202255/http://www.uwa.edu.au/visitors/about/history |url-status=dead }}</ref> is renowned as one of Australia's leading research institutions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australianuniversities.com.au/rankings/|title=Rankings of Australian Universities 2016–2017 n|website=Australianuniversities.com.au|access-date=17 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408030955/http://www.australianuniversities.com.au/rankings/|archive-date=8 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The university's monumental neo-classical architecture, most of which is carved from white limestone, is a notable tourist destination in the city. It is the only university in the state to be a member of the [[Group of Eight (Australian universities)|Group of Eight]], as well as the [[Sandstone universities]]. It is also the state's only university to have produced a [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Laureate]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/australias-nobel-laureates|title=Australia's Nobel Laureates and the Nobel Prize |website=Australia.gov.au|language=en|access-date=17 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819205739/http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/australias-nobel-laureates|archive-date=19 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Barry Marshall]], who graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1975 and was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 2005 with [[Robin Warren]].

[[Curtin University]], previously known as Western Australian Institute of Technology (1966–1986) and Curtin University of Technology (1986–2010), is Western Australia's largest university by student population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Curtin University on The Conversation |url=https://theconversation.com/institutions/curtin-university-873 |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=theconversation.com |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716235506/https://theconversation.com/institutions/curtin-university-873 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Murdoch University]] was founded in 1973 and incorporates Western Australia's only veterinary school and, until its controversial closure in 2020, Australia's only [[theology]] program to be completely integrated into a secular university.

[[Edith Cowan University]] was established in 1991 from the existing [[College of Advanced Education|Western Australian College of Advanced Education]] which itself was formed on 11 December 1981 from the existing Teachers Colleges at Claremont, Nedlands, Churchlands and Mount Lawley after Graylands had merged into Claremont, Churchlands and Mount Lawley in 1979. It incorporates the [[Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts]].

The [[University of Notre Dame Australia]] was established in 1990. Notre Dame was established as a [[Catholic university]] with its lead campus in [[Fremantle]] and a large campus in Sydney, and a campus in Broome. Its lead campus is in the west end of Fremantle, using historic port buildings built in the 1890s, giving Notre Dame a distinct European university atmosphere.

The Melbourne-based [[University of Divinity]] established a campus in Perth in 2022 through its admission of [[Wollaston College]], the theological college of the [[Anglican Diocese of Perth]], as a collegiate college of the University.

Colleges of TAFE provide trade and vocational training, including certificate- and diploma-level courses. TAFE began as a system of technical colleges and schools under the Education Department, from which they were separated in the 1980s and ultimately formed into regional colleges. Two are in the Perth metropolitan area: [[North Metropolitan TAFE]] (formerly [[Central Institute of Technology]] and [[West Coast Institute of Training]]); and [[South Metropolitan TAFE]] (formerly [[Polytechnic West]] and [[Challenger Institute of Technology]]).