The
University of Queensland (UQ) is one of Australia’s premier learning and
research institutions. It is the largest and oldest university in Queensland and
has produced generations of graduates who have gone on to become leaders in all
areas of society and industry. The University is a founding member of the
national Group of Eight, an alliance of research-strong “sandstone" universities
committed to ensuring Australia has higher education institutions which are
genuinely world-class.
In 2005, The University of Queensland had 37,177 students enrolled, including
6332 international students and 9823 postgraduate students. UQ students come
from more than 120 countries with the top three source nations for international
students Singapore, China and the United States. University of Queensland
graduates are in demand throughout Australia and the world and include a Nobel
Laureate, an Oscar winner, a Governor-General, premiers, governors, chief
justices, Australian and overseas government ministers, champions of sport,
business and the arts and an almost unbroken line of Rhodes Scholars.
Attracting the vast majority of the State’s highest academic achievers, UQ is
renowned nationally and internationally for the quality of its teaching and
research. It continues to enjoy the highest overall rating for Queensland
universities in the annual Good Universities Guides and has a graduate
employment rate of 87 percent, significantly higher than the national average
(full-time jobs for bachelor-degree graduates). UQ has won more Australian
Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) than any other university. UQ won
one-third of the 2005 AAUTs plus more than one-third of Federal funds for
excellence in teaching and learning. It is one of the top three research
universities across Australia and leads industry collaboration and research
funding as well as consistently ranking between first and third for numbers of
PhD completions.
To match its growing international research status, UQ has built a cluster of
international-quality research centres and institutes that secure its place at
the frontier of emerging research fields, particularly the biosciences.
Technology developed by Australian of the Year Professor Ian Frazer and his team
at UQ helped create the world’s first preventative vaccine for cervical cancer.
UQ has more new world-class scientific research institutes than any other
Australian universities plus Australia’s largest marine research station at
Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef.
The UQ Library is Queensland’s biggest and the University also has 20 museums
and collections and the State’s second-biggest public art collection. Olympic
competitors have trained in UQ sporting facilities, which include an indoor
complex, an aquatic centre, a 21-court tennis centre, eight athletics ovals, one
with a 600-seat grandstand, and facilities for elite rowing.
The Universitas 21 Contact Manager at the University of Queensland is
Douglas Porter, Secretary and Registrar.