Western Australia School of Mines
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The Western Australian School of Mines (WASM) is a department of the Curtin University of Technology, located on the Kalgoorlie Campus, in the heart of Australia's mining industry. Since its foundation in 1902, it has earned a reputation for excellence in mining education and research, both locally and internationally.
WASM graduates are highly sought after by industry and consistently receive amongst the highest starting salaries of any graduates in Australia with virtually a 100% employment rate. Through their studies in Kalgoorlie, students gain detailed insight into the operation of the mining industry prior to graduation and develop the skills necessary for a professional career in mining.
WASM offers the early years of its courses at the Bentley campus of Curtin (as well as Kalgoorlie) for students who initially wish to stay in Perth. However, all WASM students study their professional (final) years in the mining centre of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, to obtain the technical and personal skills that are the hallmark of a WASM graduate.
WASM is the only school in Australia which has a undisputed 100% employment rate for all of its graduates since it was founded in 1902. It is also a mostly self supporting unit of Curtin University of Technology and is the only teaching division of Curtin which shows a profit.
[edit] History
The school was initially set up at Coolgardie in a building erected for the International Mining and Industrial Exhibition of 1899. It moved to Kalgoorlie in 1903 after State goverment funds were released. One of the co-founders was Edward Sydney Simpson.
The school was administered by the Department of Mines until 1969 when it became a branch of the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now the Curtin University of Technology).
