Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
NASA Astronaut, Dr Megan McArthur (BSc, PhD) in Perth for National Science Week, August 2009.With a background in science you can pretty much be taught to do anything. Once you understand how systems work, you can learn lots of different kinds of systems.
If you want an exciting career - one that stimulates you, challenges you, and rewards you - a degree in science sets you on the right path.
These are important skills for lifelong learning.
Our health, prosperity and security, as a nation and a global community, relies on a cycle of innovation fed by new ideas and shared knowledge. Scientific endeavour is essential to extending this knowledge and producing practical solutions to world problems.
Science has the power to transform our world for the better.