University of Southern Queensland

University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is located in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The University was first founded in 1967 with only 140 students. Today there are over 27,000 enrolled students, 1987 full-time employees and 4,700 international students that come from over 100 different countries.

Students can benefit from all 4 campuses of the University, which are located across Queensland State. Each year, University of Southern Queensland spends significant amount of money on research and development. The University has three research institutes and seven research centers that focus of various issues, such as: agricultural technology, rural health, environmental management, biotechnology, education leadership and many more.

USQ’s research institutes are:

·         Australian Digital Future Institute (ADFI)

·         Institute for Agriculture and the Environment (IAgE)

·         Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)

USQ’s research centers are:

·         Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development (ACSBD)

·         Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchment (ACSC)

·         Centre for Excellence in Engineering Fibre Composites (CEEFC)

·         Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health (CRRAH)

·         Centre for Systems Biology (CSBi)

·         Computational Engineering and Science Research Centre (CESRC)

·         National Centre for engineering in Agriculture (NCEA)

University of Queensland has 2 faculties consists of many schools, which offer a wide range of disciplines. They are as follow:

Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts (BELA)

·         School of Arts and Communication

·         School of Commerce

·         School of Law and Justice

·         School of Management and Entreprise

·         School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood

·         School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education

Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences (HES)

·         School of Agriculture, Computational and Environmental Sciences

·         School of Civil Engineering and Surveying

·         School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery

·         School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

·         School of Psychology, Counselling and Community