University of Queensland

"UQ" and "Queensland University" redirect here. For other universities in Queensland, see Queensland § Education. For other uses, see UQ (disambiguation).

The University of Queensland
Coat of arms[1]
Motto
Latin: Scientia ac Labore
Motto in English
"By means of knowledge and hard work"[1]
TypePublic research university
Established10 December 1909; 114 years ago (1909-12-10)[Note 1]
AccreditationTEQSA[5]
AffiliationGroup of Eight (Go8)
Academic affiliation
EndowmentA$432.5 million (2023)[6]
BudgetA$2.44 billion (2023)[6]
ChancellorPeter Varghese[7]
Vice-ChancellorDeborah Terry[8]
Academic staff
2,988 (FTE, 2023)[9]
Administrative staff
4,516 (FTE, 2023)[9]
Total staff
7,504 (FTE, 2023)[9]
Students57,154 (2023)[9]
Undergraduates28,522 (2023)[9]
Postgraduates12,455 coursework (2023)
3,332 research (2023)[9]
Other students
378 (2023)[9]
Address
Sir Fred Schonell Drive
,
Brisbane
,
Queensland
,
4072
,
Australia[10]

27°29′50″S 153°0′47″E / 27.49722°S 153.01306°E / -27.49722; 153.01306
CampusMetropolitan and regional with multiple sites[11]
ColoursPurple[12]
Sporting affiliations
MascotVarious
Websiteuq.edu.au

The University of Queensland is a public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone universities, an informal designation of the oldest university in each state.[13] UQ is also a founding member of edX, Australia's leading Group of Eight and the international research-intensive Association of Pacific Rim Universities.[14]

The main St Lucia campus occupies much of the riverside inner suburb of St Lucia, southwest of the Brisbane central business district. Other UQ campuses and facilities are located throughout Queensland, the largest of which are the Gatton campus and the Mayne Medical School. UQ's overseas establishments include UQ North America office in Washington D.C., and the UQ-Ochsner Clinical School in Louisiana, United States.

The university offers associate, bachelor, master, doctoral, and higher doctorate degrees through a college, a graduate school, and six faculties. UQ incorporates over one hundred research institutes and centres offering research programs, such as the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Boeing Research and Technology Australia Centre,[15] the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, and the UQ Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation.[16] Recent notable research of the university include pioneering the invention of the HPV vaccine that prevents cervical cancer, developing a COVID-19 vaccine that was in human trials,[17] and the development of high-performance superconducting MRI magnets for portable scanning of human limbs.[18]

UQ counts two Nobel laureates (Peter C. Doherty and John Harsanyi), over a hundred Olympians winning numerous gold medals,[19] and 117 Rhodes Scholars[20] among its alumni and former staff. UQ's alumni also include University of California, San Francisco Chancellor Sam Hawgood, the first female Governor-General of Australia Dame Quentin Bryce, former President of King's College London Ed Byrne, member of United Kingdom's Prime Minister Council for Science and Technology Max Lu, Oscar and Emmy awards winner Geoffrey Rush, triple Grammy Award winner Tim Munro, former CEO and chairman of Dow Chemical Andrew N. Liveris, and current director of multiple organisations including IBM.

  1. ^ a b "The University of Queensland's Coat of Arms: Historical Aspects" (PDF). The University of Queensland. Brisbane, Queensland. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. ^ "THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND ACTS 1909 to 1960" (PDF). Supreme Court Library Queensland. Brisbane, Queensland: Supreme Court of Queensland. 1960. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. ^ "History of UQ". The University of Queensland. Brisbane, Queensland. 16 July 2020. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  4. ^ "UQ fast facts" (PDF). The University of Queensland. Brisbane, Queensland. 16 July 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  5. ^ "The University of Queensland". Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency. Melbourne, Victoria. Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  6. ^ a b "2023 Annual Report" (PDF). The University of Queensland. Brisbane, Queensland. 26 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Chancellor". The University of Queensland. Brisbane, Queensland. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Vice-Chancellor and President". The University of Queensland. Brisbane, Queensland. Archived from the original on 8 October 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "Key Statistics". The University of Queensland. Brisbane, Queensland. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  10. ^ "St Lucia". The University of Queensland. Brisbane, Queensland. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Campuses". The University of Queensland. Brisbane, Queensland. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  12. ^ "UQ Masterbrand - what it means for SMI". 15 October 2018. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
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  14. ^ "Schools and Partners". edX. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Sky's the limit". Archived from the original on 9 March 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  16. ^ "UQ Dow Centre: About us - School of Chemical Engineering - the University of Queensland, Australia". Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Australian COVID-19 vaccine deal raises hopes of 100 million doses next year". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 June 2020. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Magnetic Resonance Imaging pioneer honoured". UniQuest. 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  19. ^ "Olympians from UQ - Centre for Olympic Studies - the University of Queensland, Australia". Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  20. ^ "Queensland Rhodes Scholars". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.


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