The University of Queensland

University of Queensland (UQ) is one of the oldest universities of Australia. UQ was founded in 1909 as a public research university primarily located in Brisbane, capital city of Queensland. The University has always been one of the leading institutes in research and development, marked as one of the top 3 research universities of the country. In 1999 UQ won the title of the Australian University of the year for “Outstanding Outcomes for Graduates”. Hence in 2015, the UQ celebrated its 12000 PhD graduation. The University of Queensland is a member of the Australia’s research intensive Group of Eight, the global network of research universities Universitas 21b and a founding charter member of EdX, an online higher education consortium led by Harvard and MIT.

In 2015, UQ had 50,836 students including 12,666 international students from 141 nations. It has one of the highest numbers of PhD enrollments, with more than 13,800 postgraduate and 12,000 PhD students.

The graduate job rates of UQ students are slightly higher than the national average rate of 71.3%. Today UQ has employed 6816 staff, including 2615 administrative staff.

Rankings:

UQ is a sandstone university, which is well regarded and is consistently ranked within the top 1 percent of all international university rankings, along with other prestigious research universities. In 2015 for example, UQ is ranked alongside with an Ivy League- Brown University in Shanghai's Academic Ranking of World Universities and positioned ahead of King's College London and McGill University in the U.S. News & World Report global ranking. UQ Business School's flagship MBA program is also ranked 16th by The Economist, bracketed by MIT (15^th) and Yale (19^th).

UQ has produced numerous alumni with significant contributions to science, arts, medicine, business, education, politics and law nationally and globally. Examples of this notable alumnus could be:

·         The Nobel Laureate winning scientist Dr. Peter Doherty was awarded a Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine. His research focused on the immune system and his work described how the body’s immune cells protect against viruses.

·         Dr. Sam Hawgood, Principle and President of King’s College London.

Academic faculties:

The University of Queensland has 6 facilities to support both research and teaching activities. They are as follow:

·         Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

·         Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

·         Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

·         Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

·         Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

·         Faculty of Science

 UQ has established 9 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.

Newly Offered Courses:

 Master of Energy Studies

    Students, who are studying in the field of master of energy studies, learn about the macro-implications of their work, weighing the environmental benefits and drawbacks to certain energy sources, once students become experts in the professional aspects of harnessing, using and distributing energy from a range of sources.

A varied subject in the field of engineering that deals with, facility management, energy efficiency and services, plant engineering, environmental compliance and alternative energy, Energy Engineering is improving very fast as the global demand for energy increases exponentially day by day.

This course provides the chance to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of responsible business practice, energy systems, and contemporary energy objection.

University of Queensland, as a one of the group of 8 Universities in Australia offers this new and practical course in the faculty of enginnering. 

Services and Facilities:

·         Student Centres

·         Student Services

·         Childcare

·         Banking and postal services

·         Healthcare

·         UQ Sport

Accommodation

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