ABOUT THIS UNIVERSITY:
The University of Queensland (UQ) is one of Australias premier learning and research institutions.
It is the oldest university in Queensland and has produced almost 180,000 graduates since opening in 1911.
Its graduates have gone on to become leaders in all areas of society and industry.
UQ is one of the three Australian members of the global Universitas 21 alliance.
This group aims to enhance the quality of university outcomes through international benchmarking and a joint venture e-learning project with The Thomson Corporation.
UQ is proud to be a founding member of the national Group of Eight (Go8) a coalition of leading Australian universities, intensive in research and comprehensive in general and professional education.
Collectively, Group of Eight members account for 70 percent of all research income in Australia's university system, enroll more than half of all higher degree by research students, hold over 90 percent of US patents for inventions and generate 80 percent of spin-off companies created by Australian universities.
UQ is a pacesetter in discovery and translational research across a broad spectrum of exciting disciplines, ranging from bioscience and nanotechnology to mining, engineering, social science and humanities.
Its eight internationally significant research institutes are draw cards for an ever-expanding community of scientists, researchers and commercialization experts.
UQ is noted for supporting early- and mid-career researchers, as seen in our commitment to research training; in 2010, UQ expects to celebrate its 9000th PhD graduation.
In 2009, 4230 Research Higher Degree students were enrolled at UQ (3720 PhD and 510 MPhils). A total of 493 PhDs and 57 Phil’s were awarded.
UQ offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs that are informed by the latest research and delivered in state-of-the-art learning spaces.
Its teachers have won more Australian Awards for University teaching than any other Australian university.
Today, UQ has more than 40,700 students who study across its four main campuses in southeast Queensland: St Lucia, Ipswich, Gatton and Herston.
Staff and students from more than 120 nations are valued in its multicultural community, which celebrates excellence in all aspects of scholarship.
OUR TEAMS VIEW ABOUT THIS UNIVERSITY:
UQ is Queensland's foremost university.
In 1998-99 it was named Australia's University of the Year and it continues to enjoy the highest overall rating for Queensland universities in the annual Good Universities Guide.
UQ remains the most successful Australian university in winning and being shortlisted for Australian Awards for University Teaching since they were established in 1997.
On a variety of measures it is one of the top three or four research universities in the country.
UQ's strength in research is evident in the many joint and collaborative research centres associated with the university.
The Queensland Bioscience Precinct on the St Lucia campus houses scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Institute for Molecular Biosciences to form one of the largest biomedical research clusters in Australia.
In addition, UQ is involved in biomedical translational research at the Diamantina Institute of Cancer and Metabolic Medicine (DI) and the University of Queensland Centre of Clinical Research (UQCCR).
RANKINGS:
According to The Times Higher-QS World University Rankings 2007, UQ is the only Queensland university in the top 50 (ranked 33rd along with the National University of Singapore), and one of only five Australian universities in the top 200.
UQ moved from sixth-ranked Australian university in the 2006 world rankings to fourth-ranked Australian university in 2007.
The Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities also placed UQ among the top five Australian universities.UQ was also listed at number 91 in a 2006 Newsweek ranking of the world's top 100 universities, placing seventh among Australian universities after the Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, Monash University and University of Western Australia.
These six higher ranking institutions together with UQ and the University of Adelaide also form the Group of Eight consortium, which consists of the top eight Australian research universities.
The University was independently ranked as one of Australia's best universities in the 2007 edition of The Good Universities Guide; receiving a maximum five-star rating in six key performance indicators.
These include student demand, positive graduate outcomes (reflecting both graduate employment and going on to further study), staff qualifications, research grants, research intensivity and toughness to get in (specifically for the St Lucia campus).
CAMPUSES & LOCATIONS:
The University has teaching and research sites throughout Queensland. Its major campuses are at St Lucia, Ipswich, Gatton and Herston.
Other UQ locations include teaching hospitals and health centres, veterinary science centres, agricultural science farms, marine research stations, physics research stations, seismograph stations and an underground mine.
Use our maps database to find all UQ locations. Select a campus and then browse or search for buildings, parking areas, recreational facilities, and more.
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE:
The University is organised into Faculties, Schools and Departments/Divisions.
Faculty of Arts (ARTS)
School of English, Media Studies & Art History (EMSAH)
School of History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics (HPRC)
School of Languages & Comparative Cultural Studies (SLCCS)
School of Music
Faculty of Biological & Chemical Sciences (BACS)
School of Biomedical Sciences (SBMS)
Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
School of Integrative Biology (SIB)
Department of Botany
Department of Zoology and Entomology
School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences (SMMS)
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Department of Chemistry
Department of Microbiology & Parasitology
Faculty of Business, Economics & Law (BEL)
School of Economics
School of Tourism
T.C. Beirne School of Law
UQ Business School
Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences & Architecture (EPSA)
School of Engineering (SOE)
Division of Chemical Engineering
Division of Civil Engineering
Division of Environmental Engineering
Division of Materials
Division of Mechanical Engineering
Division of Mechanical and Aeropace Engineering
Division of Mining and Minerals Process Engineering
Division of Mechatronic Engineering
School of Geography, Planning and Architecture (GPA)
School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ITEE)
Department of Electrical Engineering (EE)
Department of Systems Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Computer Science
School of Physical Sciences (SPS)
Earth Sciences
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics
Faculty of Health Sciences (HEALTH)
School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS)
School of Human Movement Studies
School of Dentistry
School of Medicine (SoM)
School of Nursing and Midwifery
School of Pharmacy
School of Population Health
Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture & Veterinary Science (NRAVS)
School of Animal Studies
School of Land, Crop and Food Sciences (LCAFS)
School of Natural & Rural Systems Management (NRSM)
School of Veterinary Science
Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences (SBS)
School of Education
School of Journalism & Communication
School of Political Science & International Studies (POLSIS)
School of Psychology
School of Social Science
School of Social Work & Applied Human Sciences
SERVICES AND FACILITIES:
STUDENT CENTRES:
A student centre operates on each major campus as a single point for students to access a comprehensive range of services. The St Lucia Student Centre on Level One, J.D. Story Building is currently open from 8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.
STUDENT SERVICES:
Student Services staff help University of Queensland students and staff manage personal, career, welfare and learning issues. The service, located in the Relaxation Block, operates from 8am until 4.30pm, Monday to Friday.
UQ UNION:
The Union Office on Level 4, Union Building opens Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm. Services include providing information about the Union, maps of the University, bus and ferry timetables, handbooks and general information leaflets. Union organisers assist students with matters related to study, exams, Austudy, women's issues, accommodation, part time employment, and emergency loans.
UNISAFE:
The University developed its UniSafe program as a personal safety initiative to raise awareness and maximise personal safety on campus. The program is now licensed to other universities throughout Australia. At UQ it includes services such as a Safety Bus, an Escort Service and a network of Emergency Call Points on the St Lucia, Ipswich and Gatton campuses.
CHILD CARE:
Childcare, kindergarten and after-school-care facilities (all independently operated) are available to UQ staff and students on or near all University of Queensland campuses. Please visit the UQ Services directory for more details about each campus.
BANKING AND POSTAL SERVICES:
All UQ campuses have ATMs, while St Lucia and Gatton students also have access to a post office. Find out more about banking and postal services.
HEALTH CARE:
UQ provides a comprehensive health service to help students with medical or personal problems. A dental clinic is also located at UQ St Lucia. Find out more about the UQ Health Service.
OTHER FACILITIES:
There are other research and education facilities not attached directly to the three campuses. These locations are primarily for research which cannot be undertaken in the campus locales but also represent buildings which established pre-eminence in education before the creation of the current campuses.
Turbot Street — Turbot Street is the University's dentistry education facility. It comprises two large buildings and one small building at the junction of Turbot and Albert Streets in the Brisbane inner city area. The older of the two larger buildings is the former Brisbane College of Dentistry which is connected via a second-storey walkway to the newer building.
Herston — Situated next to the hospital complex at Herston, UQ's School of Medicine occupies the Mayne Medical Building. The location also accommodates UQ teaching facilities in and around the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and the Brisbane Royal Children's Hospital. The Queensland Institute of Medical Research also holds strong links to UQ.
Pinjarra Aquatic Research Station — located at Pinjarra Hills, Brisbane. The Aquatic Research Station investigates aquaculture and inland ecology.
Heron Island Research Station — Situated on Heron Island, 72 km north-east of Gladstone. Its primary use if for coral reef ecology research and teaching. It consists of over thirty buildings situated on a two hectare lease.
Moreton Bay Research Station and Study Centre — located on North Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay Research Station provides the base to research North Stradbroke Island's many and varied ecosystems.
SUGGESTION ABOUT THIS UNIVERSITY:
This university aims in providing better research oriented education and to create awareness in the latest technology prevailing in and around the world.
It provides an interest among students to choose a wide range of career opportunities.
They provide faculties with innovative thinking and rehabilitive aspects of modern educational system to mould the students to the best way.
Students are provided with the required facilitiesto review and improve the effectiveness of the system.
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