The University of Queensland

The University of Queensland is an Australian public research university primarily located in Queensland's capital city Brisbane. Founded in 1909, UQ is one of Australia's oldest, most selective and comprehensive university.

UQ ranks in the top 50 as measured by the QS World University Rankings and the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities. The University also ranks 52 in the US News Best Global Universities Rankings, 60 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 77 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities.

UQ is one of only three Australian members of the global Universitas 21, a founding member of the Group of Eight (Go8) universities, and a member of Universities Australia.

UQ has a strong focus on teaching excellence, winning more Australian Teaching and Learning Council Awards for Teaching Excellence than any other in the country and attracting the majority of Queensland's highest academic achievers, as well as top interstate and overseas students.

The educators of UQ are committed to excellence in learning experiences and outcomes for their students.

In late 2013, UQ joined edX – the world’s leading consortium of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), jointly founded by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).UQx has ten MOOCs running on edX. Another four are being developed, covering subjects including scientific enquiry, healthcare, and meta-skills courses in employability and teamwork. Since releasing its first course on edX in March 2014, UQx has registered more than 500,000 participants from more than 190 countries.

The UQ Advantage provides students with opportunities, choices and support that will enable them to achieve their individual aspirations, to become leaders in their chosen fields and to positively impact on the society in which they live.

In 2015, the University had 50,836 students including 12,666 international students from 141 nations. It has one of Australia's largest PhD enrolments, with more than 13,800 postgraduate students, and celebrated its 12,000th PhD graduation in 2015.

UQ is continually discovering and practising innovative approaches to fostering student retention and employability. The University works towards and achieves its strategic objectives by developing ways to engage students – and by pursuing best-practice inductions and student experiences.

UQ has established nine research institutes, many with a multidisciplinary focus:

Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology;

Global Change Institute;

Institute for Molecular Bioscience;

Institute for Social Science Research;

Mater Research Institute-UQ

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation;

Queensland Brain Institute;

Sustainable Minerals Institute; and

UQ Diamantina Institute.

UQ is also a partner in the Translational Research Institute (TRI) – an Australian-first that represents the future in biomedical research. TRI has the capacity to discover, produce, test and manufacture new treatments and vaccines in one location.

In 2014, UQ attracted more than $377m in research funding from government, industry and community sources. . It ranks first among Australian universities for license income, value of equity holdings and invention disclosures, new Australian patents and active start-up companies. The University is also grateful to the many alumni and community members who donate towards teaching and research initiatives.