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{{Short description|Public research university in Brisbane, Australia}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = The University of Queensland<!--This is according to the University of Queensland Act 1998, please do not modify unless updated by Act of Parliament of Queensland or legislation at a federal level.-->
 | image                  = UQlogo.svg
 | image_upright          = .7
 | caption                = [[Coat of arms]]<ref name="Coat of arms">{{Cite web |title=The University of Queensland's Coat of Arms: Historical Aspects |url=https://www.uq.edu.au/about/files/4244/UQcoat-of-arms.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003200034/https://www.uq.edu.au/about/files/4244/UQcoat-of-arms.pdf |archive-date=3 October 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=7 November 2024 |website=The University of Queensland |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]}}</ref>
 | motto                  = {{langx|la|Scientia ac Labore}}
 | motto_lang             = lat
 | mottoeng               = "By means of knowledge and hard work"<ref name="Coat of arms" />
 | established            = {{start date and age|df=y|1909|12|10}}{{#tag:ref|Although officially established on 10 December 1909,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1960 |title=THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND ACTS 1909 to 1960 |url=https://media.sclqld.org.au/documents/digitisation/v04_pp733-756_Education_University%20of%20Queensland%20Acts%201909%20to%201960.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404220217/https://media.sclqld.org.au/documents/digitisation/v04_pp733-756_Education_University%20of%20Queensland%20Acts%201909%20to%201960.pdf |archive-date=4 April 2016 |access-date=7 November 2024 |website=Supreme Court Library Queensland |publisher=[[Supreme Court of Queensland]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]}}</ref> the official founding date used by the university is 16 April 1910 when the gazette of appointments to the first senate was published.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 July 2020 |title=History of UQ |url=https://www.uq.edu.au/about/history-of-uq |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805203211/https://www.uq.edu.au/about/history-of-uq |archive-date=5 August 2024 |access-date=7 November 2024 |website=The University of Queensland |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]}}</ref> Additionally, classes didn't commence until 14 March 1911 and the current site was purchased in 1926.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 July 2020 |title=UQ fast facts |url=https://global-partnerships.uq.edu.au/files/54999/Campus%20Tour%20Notes%20External.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107155121/https://global-partnerships.uq.edu.au/files/54999/Campus%20Tour%20Notes%20External.pdf |archive-date=7 November 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=7 November 2024 |website=The University of Queensland |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]}}</ref>|group=Note}}
 | academic_affiliation   = {{hlist|
|[[Universitas 21|U21]]
|[[Association of Pacific Rim Universities|APRU]]
|[[McDonnell International Scholars Academy|MISA]]
|[[Law Schools Global League|LSGL]]
|[[Open Universities Australia|OUA]]
|[[Universities Australia|UA]]
}}
 | endowment              = {{AUD}}432.5 [[1,000,000|million]] (2023)<ref name="Annual Report 2023" />
 | budget                 = {{AUD}}2.44 [[1,000,000,000|billion]] (2023)<ref name="Annual Report 2023">{{Cite web |date=26 February 2024 |title=2023 Annual Report |url=https://www.uq.edu.au/about/files/13784/2023-UQ-Annual-Report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107160817/https://www.uq.edu.au/about/files/13784/2023-UQ-Annual-Report.pdf |archive-date=7 November 2024 |access-date=7 November 2024 |website=The University of Queensland |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]}}</ref>
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | chancellor             = [[Peter Varghese]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Chancellor |url=https://www.uq.edu.au/about/chancellor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216152749/https://www.uq.edu.au/about/chancellor |archive-date=16 December 2023 |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=The University of Queensland |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]}}</ref>
 | vice_chancellor        = [[Deborah Terry]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Vice-Chancellor and President |url=https://www.uq.edu.au/about/vice-chancellor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008204914/https://www.uq.edu.au/about/vice-chancellor |archive-date=8 October 2024 |access-date=7 November 2024 |website=The University of Queensland |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]}}</ref>
 | address                = Sir Fred Schonell Drive
 | city                   = [[Brisbane]]
 | state                  = [[Queensland]]
 | total_staff            = 7,504 ([[Full-time equivalent|FTE]], 2023)<ref name="Key Statistics" />
 | students               = 57,154 (2023)<ref name="Key Statistics" />
 | undergrad              = 28,522 (2023)<ref name="Key Statistics" />
 | postgrad               = 12,455 coursework (2023)<br />3,332 research (2023)<ref name="Key Statistics" />
 | other                  = 378 (2023)<!--Combine both non-award and enabling.--><ref name="Key Statistics" />
 | faculty                = 2,988 ([[Full-time equivalent|FTE]], 2023)<ref name="Key Statistics" />
 | administrative_staff   = 4,516 ([[Full-time equivalent|FTE]], 2023)<ref name="Key Statistics">{{Cite web |date= |title=Key Statistics |url=https://www.pbi.uq.edu.au/ClientServices/UQStatistics/index.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009081112/https://www.pbi.uq.edu.au/ClientServices/UQStatistics/index.aspx |archive-date=9 October 2024 |access-date=7 November 2024 |website=The University of Queensland |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]}}</ref>
 | campus                 = [[Metropolitan area|Metropolitan]] and [[Rural area|regional]] with multiple sites<ref>{{Cite web |title=Campuses |url=https://campuses.uq.edu.au/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216201010/https://campuses.uq.edu.au/ |archive-date=16 December 2023 |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=The University of Queensland |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]}}</ref>
 | colours                = <span style="background:#592985; border:1px solid #000; color:#fff; padding:2px 14px;">Purple</span><ref>{{cite web | url=https://smi.uq.edu.au/uq-masterbrand-what-it-means-smi | title=UQ Masterbrand - what it means for SMI | date=15 October 2018 | access-date=16 December 2023 | archive-date=16 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216152751/https://smi.uq.edu.au/uq-masterbrand-what-it-means-smi | url-status=live }}</ref>
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist |[[UniSport]] |[[Australian Institute of Sport#Elite Athlete Education Network|EAEN]] }}
 | sports_nickname        = 
 | mascot                 = ''Various''
 | accreditation          = [[Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency|TEQSA]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Queensland |url=https://www.teqsa.gov.au/provider/university-queensland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005051615/https://www.teqsa.gov.au/provider/university-queensland |archive-date=5 October 2024 |access-date=7 November 2024 |website=[[Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref>
 | affiliation            = [[Group of Eight (Australian universities)|Group of Eight]] (Go8)
 | website                = [https://www.uq.edu.au/ uq.edu.au]
 | footnotes              = 
 | logo                   = Logo of the University of Queensland.svg
 | postalcode             = 4072
 | country                = [[Australia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=St Lucia |url=https://campuses.uq.edu.au/st-lucia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216152749/https://campuses.uq.edu.au/st-lucia |archive-date=16 December 2023 |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=The University of Queensland |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]}}</ref>
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}}

The '''University of Queensland''' is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] located primarily in [[Brisbane]], the capital city of the Australian state of [[Queensland]]. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six [[sandstone universities]], an informal designation of the oldest university in each state.<ref name="history" /> UQ is also a founding member of [[edX]], Australia's leading [[Group of Eight (Australian universities)|Group of Eight]] and the international research-intensive [[Association of Pacific Rim Universities]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edx.org/schools-partners|title=Schools and Partners|publisher=edX|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114225914/https://www.edx.org/schools-partners|archive-date=14 November 2016|url-status=live|access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref>

The main [[#St Lucia campus|St Lucia campus]] occupies much of the riverside inner suburb of [[St Lucia, Queensland|St Lucia]], southwest of the [[Brisbane central business district]]. Other UQ campuses and facilities are located throughout Queensland, the largest of which are the [[University of Queensland Gatton Campus|Gatton campus]] and the Herston campus, notably including the [[University of Queensland Mayne Medical School|Mayne Medical School]]. UQ's overseas establishments include UQ North America office in Washington D.C., and the UQ-[[Ochsner Medical Center|Ochsner Clinical School]] in [[Louisiana]], United States.

The university offers associate, bachelor, master, doctoral, and higher doctorate degrees through a college, a graduate school, and six faculties. UQ incorporates over one hundred [[research institute]]s and centres offering research programs, such as the [[Institute for Molecular Bioscience]], [[Boeing]] Research and Technology Australia Centre,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://shorthand.uq.edu.au/changemakers/issue3/sky-the-limit/ |title=Sky's the limit |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309143647/https://shorthand.uq.edu.au/changemakers/issue3/sky-the-limit/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology]], and the UQ [[Dow Chemical|Dow]] Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chemeng.uq.edu.au/dowcsei/about |title=UQ Dow Centre: About us - School of Chemical Engineering - the University of Queensland, Australia |work=School of Chemical Engineering |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=27 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327025718/https://www.chemeng.uq.edu.au/dowcsei/about |url-status=live }}</ref> Recent notable research of the university include pioneering the invention of the [[HPV vaccines|HPV vaccine]] that prevents [[cervical cancer]], developing a [[COVID-19 vaccine]] that was in human trials,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-05/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-csl-uq-cepi/12324596 |title=Australian COVID-19 vaccine deal raises hopes of 100 million doses next year |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=5 June 2020 |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615151135/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-05/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-csl-uq-cepi/12324596 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the development of high-performance [[Superconductivity|superconducting]] [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] magnets for portable [[MRI scanner|scanning of human limbs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uniquest.com.au/news/magnetic-resonance-imaging-pioneer-honoured|title=Magnetic Resonance Imaging pioneer honoured |publisher=UniQuest|date=15 June 2012|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303055247/http://uniquest.com.au/news/magnetic-resonance-imaging-pioneer-honoured|archive-date=3 March 2017}}</ref>

UQ counts two [[Nobel laureates]] ([[Peter C. Doherty]] and [[John Harsanyi]]), over a hundred [[Olympic Games|Olympians]] winning numerous gold medals,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.uq.edu.au/olympic-studies/content/olympians-uq |title=Olympians from UQ - Centre for Olympic Studies - the University of Queensland, Australia |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622082533/https://www.uq.edu.au/olympic-studies/content/olympians-uq |url-status=live }}</ref> and 117 Rhodes Scholars<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uq.edu.au/about/docs/rhodes-scholars-list.doc|title=Queensland Rhodes Scholars|access-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410013043/https://uq.edu.au/about/docs/rhodes-scholars-list.doc|archive-date=10 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> among its alumni and former staff. UQ's [[List of University of Queensland people|alumni]] also include [[University of California, San Francisco]] Chancellor [[Sam Hawgood]], the first female [[Governor-General of Australia]] Dame [[Quentin Bryce]], former President of [[King's College London]] [[Ed Byrne (academic)|Ed Byrne]], member of United Kingdom's Prime Minister [[Council for Science and Technology]] [[Max Lu]], [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] and [[Emmy]] awards winner [[Geoffrey Rush]], triple [[Grammy Award]] winner [[Eighth Blackbird|Tim Munro]], former CEO and chairman of [[Dow Chemical]] [[Andrew N. Liveris]], and current director of multiple organisations including [[IBM]].

==History==
===Foundation of the university===
{{See also|Old Government House, Queensland#Last resident governor|The Mayne Inheritance}}
[[File:Old-government-house-brisbane-1879.jpg|thumb|The University of Queensland's former main campus]]
According to the Queensland Government's Heritage Register's History section:<ref name=HeritageRegister>{{cite web |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/heritage-register/detail/?id=601025 |title=University of Queensland, Great Court Complex |website=Queensland Heritage Register |access-date=6 February 2021 |archive-date=25 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325185440/https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/heritage-register/detail/?id=601025 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<blockquote>
Proposals for a university in Queensland began in the 1870s. A [[Royal Commission]] in 1874, chaired by Sir [[Charles Lilley]], recommended the immediate establishment of a university. Those against a university argued that technical rather than academic education was more important in an economy dominated by primary industry. Those in favour of the university, in the face of this opposition, distanced themselves from [[Oxford University|Oxford]] and [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]] and proposed instead a model derived from the mid-western states of the [[United States|U.S.A]]. A second Royal Commission in 1891 recommended the inclusion of five faculties in a new university; Arts, Law, Medicine, Science, and Applied Science. Education generally was given a low priority in Queensland's budgets, and in a colony with a literacy rate of 57% in 1861, [[primary education]] was the first concern well ahead of [[secondary education|secondary]] and [[tertiary education|technical]] education. The government, despite the findings of the Royal Commissions, was unwilling to commit funds to the establishment of a university.<ref name=HeritageRegister />

[[File: Founding Professors of the University of Queensland.tiff|thumb|The four founding Professors of the University of Queensland, 1911. From left to right: Professor [[John Lundie Michie]] (classics), Professor [[Alexander James Gibson]] (engineering), Professor [[Henry James Priestley]] (mathematics and physics), Professor [[Bertram Dillon Steele]] (chemistry).|left]]

In 1893, the Queensland University Extension Movement was begun by a group of private individuals who organised public lecture courses in adult education, hoping to excite wider community support for a university in Queensland. In 1894, 245 students were enrolled in the extension classes and the lectures were described as practical and useful. In 1906 the University Extension Movement staged the University [[Congress]], a forum for interested delegates to promote the idea of a university. Opinion was mobilised, a fund was started and a draft [[Bill (law)|Bill]] for a Queensland University was prepared. Stress was laid on the practical aspects of university education and its importance for the commerce of Queensland. The proceedings of the Congress were forwarded to [[Premier of Queensland|Premier]] [of Queensland] [[William Kidston|Kidston]]. In October 1906, sixty acres in [[Victoria Park, Brisbane|Victoria Park]] were gazetted for university purposes.<ref name=HeritageRegister />

[[File:StateLibQld 1 126411 Group of Queensland University students, pictured at the St. Lucia campus, ca. 1912.jpg|thumbnail|A group of Queensland University students in 1912]]

The University of Queensland was established by an [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of [[Parliament of Queensland|State Parliament]] on 10 December 1909 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Queensland's separation from the colony of [[New South Wales]]. The Act allowed for the university to be governed by a senate of 20 men and Sir [[William MacGregor]], the incoming Governor, was appointed the first chancellor with [[Reginald Heber Roe|RH Roe]] as the vice-chancellor. [[Old Government House, Queensland|Old Government House]] ... [then Government House] in [[George Street, Brisbane|George Street]] was set aside for the university following the departure of the governor to the [[Bardon, Queensland|Bardon]] residence, ''[[Government House, Brisbane|Fernberg]]''..., sparking the first debates about the best location for the university.<ref name=HeritageRegister />

In 1910 the first teaching faculties were created. These included Engineering, Classics, Mathematics[,] and Chemistry. In December of the same year, the Senate appointed the first four professors; [[Bertram Dillon Steele|BD Steele]] in chemistry, [[John Lundie Michie|JL Michie]] in classics, [[Henry Priestley (mathematician)|H. Priestley]] in mathematics and [[Alexander James Gibson|A Gibson]] in engineering. In 1911 the first students enrolled.<ref name=HeritageRegister />
</blockquote>
The university's first classes in the Government House were held in 1911 with 83 commencing students and Sir William MacGregor is the first chancellor (with [[Reginald Heber Roe|RH Roe]] as vice-chancellor). The University of Queensland began to award degrees to its first group of graduating students in 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180949293|title=FIRST GRADUATES|newspaper=Daily Standard|date=18 April 1914 |access-date=12 October 2016|archive-date=22 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222022803/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180949293|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1920s to 1990s===
[[File:Construction of Forgan Smith.jpg|thumb|Construction of the Forgan Smith Building began in 1938.]]
The development of the university was delayed by [[World War I]], but after the first world war the university enrolments for education and research took flight as demand for higher education increased in Australia. Thus, in the early 1920s the growing university had to look for a more spacious campus as its original site in George Street, [[Brisbane]], had limited room for expansion.<ref name="history"/> In 1927, James O'Neil Mayne and his sister, [[Mary Emelia Mayne|Mary]], provided a grant of approximately £50,000 to the [[Brisbane City Council]] to acquire {{convert|274|acre|ha}} of land in St Lucia and provided it to the University of Queensland as its permanent home. In the same year, the [[pitch drop experiment]] was started by [[Thomas Parnell (scientist)|Thomas Parnell]]. The experiment has been described as the world's oldest and continues to this day.<ref name="woe">{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/30/world/asia/pitch-drop-experiment/?iref=obinsite|title=World's oldest experiment ready for a drop of excitement|author=Katie Hunt|access-date=6 July 2013|date=30 April 2013|publisher=CNN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222142540/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/30/world/asia/pitch-drop-experiment/?iref=obinsite|archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref> Lack of finance delayed development of the St Lucia campus. Hence, the construction of the university's first building in St Lucia only began in 1938. It was later named the Forgan Smith Building, after the [[Premiers of Queensland|premier]] of the day and it was completed in 1939. During World War II, the Forgan Smith Building was used as a military base and it served first as advanced headquarters for the Allied Land Forces in the South West Pacific.<ref name="history"/>

[[File:University of Queensland fountain.webm|thumb|Victor and Evelyn Lewis Fountain, in the main lake at the St Lucia campus. This is a 2012 replica, which replaced the 1960s [[fibreglass]] original, designed by [[Kelvin Crump]].<ref name="SM">{{cite web |title=Something's missing in our lives…and is set to make a comeback |url=https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2012/10/something’s-missing-our-lives…and-set-make-comeback |website=UQ News |access-date=10 September 2018 |archive-date=22 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222022756/https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2012/10/something%E2%80%99s-missing-our-lives%E2%80%A6and-set-make-comeback |url-status=live }}</ref>]]

The first Doctor of Science was awarded in 1942.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50116556|title=WOMAN FIRST SCIENCE DOCTOR AT VARSITY – The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld.: 1933–1954) – 18 June 1942|newspaper=Courier-Mail|date=18 June 1942 |access-date=12 October 2016}}</ref> The first PhD was awarded in 1952.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2001/12/uq-celebrates-5000th-phd-graduate|title=UQ celebrates 5000th PhD graduate|newspaper=UQ News|access-date=12 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012225620/https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2001/12/uq-celebrates-5000th-phd-graduate|archive-date=12 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62485514|title=Emmannel College Scheme – Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld.: 1907–1954) – 20 March 1953|newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin|date=20 March 1953 |access-date=12 October 2016|archive-date=22 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222022803/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62485514|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1990s to present day===

In 1990, Australia reorganised its higher education system by abolishing the binary system of universities and colleges of advanced education. Under this transition, the university merged with Queensland Agricultural College, to establish the new UQ [[Gatton, Queensland|Gatton]] campus. In 1999, UQ [[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]] began operation as one of the completely web-enabled campuses in Australia.<ref name="history"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/about/history-of-uq|title=History of UQ – About UQ – The University of Queensland, Australia|website=Uq.edu.au|access-date=12 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017151610/http://www.uq.edu.au/about/history-of-uq|archive-date=17 October 2016}}</ref>

In 2010, The University of Queensland was a recipient of the [[Queensland Greats Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/qld-greats-awards/2010-recipients/|title=2010 Queensland Greats recipients|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531055702/https://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/qld-greats-awards/2010-recipients/|archive-date=31 May 2017|url-status=live|access-date=31 May 2017}}</ref>

In May 2013, UQ joined [[edX]], an international consortium of massive open online courses ([[MOOCs]]). From May 2014, the initial four UQx courses cover hypersonics, tropical coastal ecosystems, biomedical imaging and the science of everyday thinking.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edx.org/school/uqx|title=UQx|date=12 November 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219095031/https://www.edx.org/school/uqx|archive-date=19 February 2017}}</ref>

==Campuses and buildings==
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{{Location map~|Queensland|position=left|lat=-27.196196|long=152.82427|label=[[Dayboro, Queensland|Dayboro]]}}
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The University of Queensland maintains a number of campuses and facilities throughout Queensland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/study/index.html?page=4374|title=Other campuses and facilities – The University of Queensland, Australia|website=Uq.edu.au|date=12 July 2013|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406051705/http://uq.edu.au/study/index.html?page=4374|archive-date=6 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/about/campuses-and-locations|title=Campuses and Locations – About UQ|website=Uq.edu.au|date=8 January 2015|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112060732/http://www.uq.edu.au/about/campuses-and-locations|archive-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> UQ has its main campus in the suburb of [[St Lucia, Queensland|St Lucia]] in Brisbane, bordered by a [[meander]] in the [[Brisbane River]] to the north, east, and south. UQ's main campus has been recognised for its beauty by a number of sources.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/spenceralthouse/most-beautiful-college-campuses-in-the-world|title=25 Of The Most Beautiful College Campuses In The World|website=Buzzfeed.com|date=4 February 2013|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119152206/https://www.buzzfeed.com/spenceralthouse/most-beautiful-college-campuses-in-the-world|archive-date=19 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/10-most-beautiful-universities-australia#survey-answer|title=10 most beautiful universities, Australia|work=Times Higher Education|date=12 February 2018|access-date=2 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101140127/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/10-most-beautiful-universities-australia#survey-answer|archive-date=1 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Its other campuses include [[Gatton, Queensland|Gatton]], [[Herston, Queensland|Herston]] and [[Dutton Park, Queensland|Dutton Park]] (formerly the Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence).

===St Lucia campus===
[[File:University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.jpg|thumb|220px|UQ St Lucia]]
[[File:Sunset over the University of Queensland's St Lucia Campus.jpg|thumb|Sunset over the University of Queensland's St Lucia Campus]]
In 1927, the land on which the [[St Lucia, Queensland|St Lucia]] campus is built was resumed by the [[Brisbane City Council]] using money donated by James O'Neil Mayne and his sister [[Mary Emelia Mayne]] to replace the less spacious city campus. The city campus is now home to the [[Gardens Point, Brisbane|Gardens Point]] campus of the [[Queensland University of Technology]]. Construction of the new university at St Lucia began in 1937.<ref name="look"/>

====Great Court====

{{Main|Great Court, University of Queensland}}
At its centre is the [[heritage-listed]] Great Court – a {{convert|2.5|ha|acre}} open area surrounded by [[Helidon, Queensland|Helidon]] [[sandstone]] buildings with [[Grotesque#In architecture|grotesques]] of great academics and historic scenes, floral and faunal [[Motif (visual arts)|motifs]] and crests of universities and colleges from around the world.<ref name="look">{{cite book|title=Looking up looking back at old Brisbane|last=Readshaw|first=Grahame|author2=Ronald Wood|year=1987|publisher=Boolarong Publications |location=[[Bowen Hills, Queensland]]|isbn=978-0-86439-032-5|page=62}}</ref> This central semi-circular quadrangle features a connected arcade so students could reach any section under cover. The Great Court was added to the [[Queensland Heritage Register]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite QHR|15800|University of Queensland, Great Court Complex|601025|access-date=6 July 2013}}</ref>

====Museums====
[[Image:UQ Art Museum 11, St Lucia Campus, UQ, Brisbane 04.jpg|thumb|left|250px|UQ Art Museum – James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre]]
[[File:Architectural details of buildings surrounding the Great Court, St Lucia Campus University of Queensland 11.jpg|thumb|UQ St Lucia

<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://art-museum.uq.edu.au/visit|title=The University of Queensland Art Museum|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430043112/https://art-museum.uq.edu.au/visit|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
The [[University of Queensland Art Museum]] is located in the James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre on the St Lucia campus. The Art Museum was established in the Forgan Smith Tower in 1976 to house the artworks collected by The University of Queensland since the 1940s, relocating to its present site in 2004. Today, with more than 4,400 artworks, the university's Art Collection is Queensland's second largest public art collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artmuseum.uq.edu.au/about-us|title=About us – UQ Art Museum|website=Artmuseum.uq.edu.au|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109035515/http://www.artmuseum.uq.edu.au/about-us|archive-date=9 November 2016}}</ref>

The university also houses the [[University of Queensland R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum|R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/antiquities|title=Antiquities Museum – The University of Queensland, Australia|website=Uq.edu.au|date=26 October 2012|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104135839/http://www.uq.edu.au/antiquities/|archive-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> in the Michie building (bldg 9, level 2) which contains Queensland's only publicly accessible collection of antiquities from ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt and the Near East. The museum supports research and teaching at the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/antiquities/about-us|title=About Us – Antiquities Museum|website=Uq.edu.au|date=31 December 2015|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013051220/http://www.uq.edu.au/antiquities/about-us|archive-date=13 October 2016}}</ref> The [[University of Queensland Anthropology Museum|UQ Anthropology Museum]] (also in the Michie Building on level 1) contains a significant collection of ethnographic material. It is also open to the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/|title=UQ Anthropology Museum – The University of Queensland, Australia|website=anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au|access-date=30 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528064143/http://anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/|archive-date=28 May 2017}}</ref>

===Gatton campus===

{{Main|University of Queensland Gatton Campus}}
The UQ Gatton Campus covers 1068 ha at [[Lawes, Queensland|Lawes]], near the town of [[Gatton, Queensland]], about {{convert|90|km|mi}} west of Brisbane on the Warrego Highway. The campus was opened in 1897 next to the site of the Queensland Agricultural College which was then amalgamated with UQ in 1990.<ref name="history"/> UQ Gatton is the core campus for research, learning and teaching activities and facilities in agriculture, animals, veterinary science and the environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/gatton/about-uq-gatton|title=About – Gatton CampusAustralia|website=Uq.edu.au|date=16 September 2016|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815093253/http://www.uq.edu.au/gatton/about-uq-gatton|archive-date=15 August 2016}}</ref>

In 2008 the Centre for Advanced Animal Science (CAAS) was opened at the Gatton campus – a collaborative venture between UQ and the [[Queensland Government]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Penny|last=Robinson|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/news/?article=15818|title=UQ Gatton becomes hub of animal research|publisher=UQ News Online|date=1 September 2008|access-date=21 June 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529084959/http://www.uq.edu.au/news/?article=15818|archive-date=29 May 2012}}</ref>

===Herston campus===

[[File:Hippocrates sculpture in front of Mayne Medical School, Brisbane, 2021.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[University of Queensland Mayne Medical School|UQ Mayne Medical School]], Herston campus]]

[[University of Queensland Mayne Medical School|UQ Mayne Medical School]] and the [[Queensland Institute of Medical Research]] is the core campus for clinical health teaching and research. The campus is situated in [[Herston, Queensland|Herston]] and operates within [[Queensland Health]] system of the [[Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital|Royal Brisbane Hospital]], [[Royal Children's Hospital]], [[Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital|Royal Women's Hospital]] and the [[Queensland Institute of Medical Research]].

It is home to the Faculty of Medicine, the School of Public Health, the Herston Health Sciences Library, the Centre for Clinical Research and clinical research and learning activities of the School of Nursing and Midwifery. 
The Herston campus also houses other key facilities such as the Oral Health Centre and the purpose-built Herston Imaging Research Facility. The medical school building was added to the [[Queensland Heritage Register]] in 1999.<ref name=qhr>{{cite QHR|15934|University of Queensland Medical School|601167|access-date=6 July 2013}}</ref>

The [[Marks-Hirschfeld Museum of Medical History]] is in the Mayne Medical School at the Herston campus. Operated by volunteers and supported by The University of Queensland Alumni, it has a collection of over 7,000 items of medical memorabilia, medical and surgical instruments. The focus is on the study of medical history in Queensland, but the collection includes items with broader significance to Australia and internationally.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blhn.org/sites/uq-marks-hirschfeld-museum/|title=UQ Marks-Hirschfeld Museum|publisher=Brisbane Living Heritage Network|access-date=15 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306114724/http://blhn.org/sites/uq-marks-hirschfeld-museum/|archive-date=6 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Marks-Hirschfeld Museum of Medical History|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-781094|year=2009|access-date=15 June 2017|website=[[Trove]]|archive-date=22 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222022751/https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/781094?c=people|url-status=live}}</ref>

;Overseas clinical schools
* Louisiana, United States – the UQ-Ochsner Clinical School operates at [[Ochsner Medical Center]], [[New Orleans]] and [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], allowing medical school students from the UQ-Ochsner program to receive two years of overseas clinical experience, contributing towards their UQ Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://northamerica.uq.edu.au/study-at-uq/uq-ochsner|title=UQ-Ochsner medical program|publisher=The University of Queensland|access-date=30 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216151325/https://northamerica.uq.edu.au/study-at-uq/uq-ochsner/|archive-date=16 February 2017}}</ref>

===Dutton Park campus===
UQ's Dutton Park campus was officially announced by Professor Deborah Terry AC in 2023,<ref>{{cite web | title=Announcing UQ's Dutton Park Campus | url=https://about.uq.edu.au/governance-and-organisational-structure/vice-chancellor-and-president/speeches-and-articles-vice-chancellor-and-president/announcing-uqs-dutton-park-campus }}</ref> rebranding the site of the pre-existing Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence [PACE]. The campus is the home to the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, the Dutton Park Health Sciences Library, and the Cornwall Street Medical Center (UQ Health Care).<ref>{{cite web | title=Dutton Park - Campuses - University of Queensland | url=https://campuses.uq.edu.au/dutton-park }}</ref>

The campus is located in Woolloongabba, adjoining the PA Hospital and the Translational Research Institute, within the Boggo Road Innovation Precinct.

===Former Ipswich campus===

In 2014, UQ sold the [[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]] Campus to the [[University of Southern Queensland]], believing that this regional teaching campus would be better used by USQ.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/usq-to-make-a-go-of-uq-underused-ipswich-campus/story-e6frgcjx-1226995277260|title=USQ to make a go of UQ underused Ipswich campus|last1=Trounson|first1=Andrew|date=21 July 2014|newspaper=The Australian|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref>

The campus was made up of nearly 20 buildings and more than 5001 students on nearly {{convert|25|ha|acre}}.<ref name="ipswich">{{cite web |url=http://www.library.uq.edu.au/ipswich/uqihistory/intro.php |title=UQ Ipswich Campus - Progression of an Institution |access-date=2 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006075509/http://www.library.uq.edu.au/ipswich/uqihistory/intro.php |archive-date=6 October 2009  }}</ref> Courses offered included: arts, business, medicine and social sciences as well as [[Interaction design]]. It is located near central [[Ipswich, Queensland]], just south of the CBD. Nearby landmarks include Limestone Park, [[Workshops Rail Museum]] and [[RAAF Base Amberley]].

The site dates back to 1878 with the opening of the Ipswich branch of the [[Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum]]. Operations continued until 1910 when it became the Ipswich Hospital for the Insane.<ref name="ipswich"/> In 1938 it was renamed the [[Ipswich Mental Hospital]] and in 1964 it was renamed again as the Ipswich Special Hospital. It was finally named the Challinor Centre in 1968 in honour of [[Henry Challinor]], the ship's surgeon on the {{ship||Fortitude|1842 ship|2}}. From 1968 to 1997 the Challinor Centre served as an institution for people with [[intellectual disabilities]]. In late 1997 the Challinor Centre began its first stage of transformation as the new UQ Ipswich campus.<ref name="ipswich"/>

===Satellite teaching and research centres===
UQ has other research and education facilities not directly attached to its four 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.
[[File:Customs House, Brisbane, Queensland, 2019, 05.jpg|thumb|left|260px|[[Customs House, Brisbane|Customs House]]]]

;Queen Street
[[Queen Street, Brisbane]] is the location of the [[Customs House, Brisbane|Customs House]] and the [[UQ Business School]] Downtown Venue. Customs House is one of Brisbane's heritage icons and is located on the river along Queen Street in the [[Brisbane central business district]]. It is leased to and operated by the University of Queensland as a cultural, educational and heritage facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.customshouse.com.au|title=a cultural, educational and heritage facility of the University of Queensland|publisher=Customs House|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020174531/https://customshouse.com.au/|archive-date=20 October 2016}}</ref> The [[UQ Business School]] Downtown is an inner-city corporate education, meeting and dining venue and facility which is on Level 19 of Central Plaza One in the Brisbane central business district.
;Indooroopilly
[[Indooroopilly]] is the site of the [[Julius Kruttschnitt]] Mineral Research Centre and the [[Queensland University Regiment]] Logistics Company. The Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) of The University of Queensland [[Sustainable Minerals Institute]] is at a former silver and lead mine at Finney's Hill in [[Indooroopilly]].<ref>Finney's Hill United Silver Mines Limited. Reports and Statement of Accounts for Year ended 30 June 1924. Registered Office: Commerce House, Adelaide Street, Brisbane. 1924.</ref> Acquired in 1951 by the School of Mining Engineering under the leadership of [[Frank T. M. White]], Foundation Professor (appointed 1950), this mine (formerly Finney's Hill United Silver Mines Limited) then became known as the Queensland University Experimental Mine. It promptly became an integral part of the teaching and research capacity of the School,<ref>White FTM. The Queensland University Experimental Mine. Paper No 128, Vol 6, pp 1103–12, Proceedings – General, published by Eighth Commonwealth Mining and Metallurgical Congress, 1965. 399 Little Collins St., Melbourne, Vic., Aust.</ref> which in 1952 expanded to become the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering.<ref>Notes from University of Queensland Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering. [[Queensland Government Mining Journal]] (1958).</ref><ref>White FTM. Mining and Metallurgical Education....the Role of the University of Queensland. Queensland Government Mining Journal. July 1963.</ref><ref>White F. Miner with a Heart of Gold: biography of a mineral science and engineering educator. Friesen Press, Victoria. 2020. ISBN 978-1-5255-7765-9 (Hardcover) 978-1-5255-7766-6 (Paperback) 978-1-5255-7767-3 (eBook)</ref>

JKMRC, incorporating the Experimental Mine, was officially established as a University Centre in 1970, with a goal to develop practical technical solutions for large-scale mining and minerals industry challenges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jkmrc.uq.edu.au/Aboutus.aspx |title=About JKMRC |website=www.jkmrc.uq.edu.au |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028023819/http://www.jkmrc.uq.edu.au/Aboutus.aspx |archive-date=28 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is named after [[Julius Kruttschnitt II|Julius Kruttschnitt]], the chairman of [[Mount Isa Mines]] and a board member of the university's Faculty of Engineering.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jkmrc.uq.edu.au/jkmrc-about|title=About JKMRC|publisher=The University of Queensland|access-date=11 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711232057/http://www.jkmrc.uq.edu.au/jkmrc-about|archive-date=11 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jkmrc.uq.edu.au/jkmrc-julius-kruttschnitt|title=Julius Kruttschnitt|publisher=The University of Queensland|access-date=11 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914000945/http://www.jkmrc.uq.edu.au/jkmrc-julius-kruttschnitt|archive-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>

The [[Queensland University Regiment]] Logistics Company is housed in the Witton Barracks, [[Indooroopilly]].{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

====Other locations====
[[File:UQ has a research station at Heron Island.jpg|thumb|UQ has a research station at [[Heron Island (Queensland)|Heron Island]].]]
* Pinjarra Hills – the Pinjarra Hills Research Station, the Veterinary Science Farm and the Pinjarra Aquatic Research Station are located in [[Pinjarra Hills, Queensland|Pinjarra Hills]], Brisbane. The Aquatic Research Station investigates [[aquaculture]] and inland ecology.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111006072456/https://science.uq.edu.au/facilities/pars-research-teaching-facilities University of Queensland Faculty of Science Research Facilities</ref>
* Heron Island – the [[Heron Island Research Station]] is situated on [[Heron Island, Australia|Heron Island]], {{convert|72|km|mi}} north-east of [[Gladstone, Queensland|Gladstone]]. Its primary use is for coral reef ecology research and teaching and is an integral component of the Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observations System and the national Integrated Marine Observing System. It consists of more than 30 buildings on a two hectare lease.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cms.uq.edu.au/hirs |title=Untitled Document |access-date=22 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720005141/http://www.cms.uq.edu.au/hirs/ |archive-date=20 July 2008  }}</ref>
* Moreton Bay – the [[Moreton Bay Research Station]] and Study Centre is in Dunwich on [[North Stradbroke Island]] and researches the ecosystems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.science.uq.edu.au/facilities/mbrs-about-us|title=MBRS About Us – Science Research Facilities – The University of Queensland, Australia|date=20 February 2011|access-date=30 May 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220134354/http://www.science.uq.edu.au/facilities/mbrs-about-us|archive-date=20 February 2011}}</ref>
* Mt Nebo – The University of Queensland operates an International Seismograph Station on [[Mount Nebo (Queensland)|Mt Nebo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.quakes.uq.edu.au/gallery-BRSA.html|title=UQ Seismological Observatory|website=quakes.uq.edu.au|access-date=3 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228101426/http://quakes.uq.edu.au/gallery-BRSA.html|archive-date=28 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Charters Towers – The University of Queensland operates an International Seismograph Station at [[Charters Towers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fdsn.org/station_book/IU/CTAO/ctao.html|title=CTAO Charter's Towers, Australia|website=FDSN Station Book|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920055108/http://www.fdsn.org/station_book/IU/CTAO/ctao.html|archive-date=20 September 2019|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref>
* Dayboro – the Dayboro Veterinary Surgery was bought by the university in 1987 as a teaching clinic for fifth year veterinary students in their dairy cattle medicine rotation. Later, separate brick accommodation was built for student accommodation. Research projects into practical aspects of dairy production are frequently carried out by clinic staff. There is a full range of veterinary services and pet care for dogs, cats, horses, cows, alpacas, goats, and all manner of other small and large animals.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

==Governance and structure==
[[File:Tcbeirne.jpg|thumb|[[TC Beirne School of Law]]]]
[[File:Steele Building surrounding the Great Court, University of Queensland 01.jpg|thumb|Steele Building, St Lucia campus]]

The University of Queensland is organised into a number of divisions for academic, administrative and logistical purposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/about/docs/org-chart.pdf|title=The University of Queensland Organisation|date=August 2016|website=Uq.edu.au|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215140221/http://www.uq.edu.au/about/docs/org-chart.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2016}}</ref>

===University Senate===
The senate is the governing body of The University of Queensland and consists of 22 members from the university and community. The senate is led by the chancellor and deputy chancellor, elected by the senate. The University of Queensland Act 1998 grants the senate wide powers to appoint staff, manage and control university affairs and property and manage and control finances to promote the university's interests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/senate/about-the-senate|title=About the Senate – Senate – The University of Queensland, Australia|date=20 May 2013|access-date=30 May 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520222417/http://www.uq.edu.au/senate/about-the-senate|archive-date=20 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/about/principal-officers-of-the-university-of-queensland|title=About UQ, Principal Officers of the University of Queensland|date=26 June 2006|access-date=30 May 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626034920/http://www.uq.edu.au/about/principal-officers-of-the-university-of-queensland|archive-date=26 June 2006}}</ref>

{{colbegin}}
* Vice-Chancellor and President
* Provost
* Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
* Deputy Vice-Chancellor (External Engagement)
* Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
* Pro-Vice-Chancellor
* Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Advancement)
* Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement)
* Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
* Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure)
* Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Training)
* Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning)
* Chief Operating Officer
* President of the Academic Board
{{colend}}

The academic board is the university's senior academic advisory body. It formulates policy on academic matters including new programs, teaching, learning and assessment, research, promotions, student academic matters, prizes and scholarships. An academic board member is elected annually as its president. The president is assisted by a half-time deputy president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/academic-board|title=Academic Board|website=Uq.edu.au|date=13 March 2013|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114185720/http://www.uq.edu.au/academic-board/|archive-date=14 November 2016}}</ref>

===Faculties and departments===
The university has five faculties to support both research and teaching activities.
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
'''Faculty of Business, Economics and Law'''
* School of Business
* School of Economics
* School of Law

'''Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology'''
* School of Architecture
* School of Chemical Engineering
* School of Civil Engineering
* School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
* School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
{{col-break}}
'''Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences'''
* School of Biomedical Sciences
* School of Dentistry
* School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
* School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
* Medical School
* School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
* School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
* School of Psychology
* School of Public Health
{{col-break}}
'''Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences'''
* School of Communication and Arts
* School of Education
* School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
* School of Languages and Cultures
* School of Music
* School of Political Science and International Studies
* School of Social Science
{{col-break}}
'''Faculty of Science'''
* School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
* School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
* School of the Environment
* School of Mathematics and Physics
* School of Veterinary Science
{{col-end}}
UQ has a semester-based modular system for conducting academic courses. The Australian higher education model features a combination of the British system, such as [[communication in small groups|small group]] teaching ([[tutorial]]s) and the American system ([[course credit]]s).{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

=== Academic affiliations ===
UQ is a partner of McDonnell International Scholars Academy - an international network of research universities and scholars comprising 28 university partners, including [[Boğaziçi University]], [[Fudan University]], [[Hong Kong University of Science and Technology]], [[Indian Institute of Science]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]], [[Keio University]], [[Korea University]], [[Makerere University]], [[Middle East Technical University]], [[National Taiwan University]], [[National University of Singapore]], [[National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University]], [[Peking University]], [[Reichman University]], [[Seoul National University]], [[State University of Campinas]], [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences]], [[Technion – Israel Institute of Technology]], [[Tecnológico de Monterrey]], [[The Chinese University of Hong Kong]], [[Tsinghua University]], [[University of Chile]], [[University of Ghana]], [[University of Hong Kong]], [[University of Indonesia]], [[Gadjah Mada University]], [[University of Tokyo]], [[Utrecht University]] and [[Yonsei University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mcdonnell.wustl.edu/community/partners/ |title=McDonnell International Scholars Academy |access-date=4 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804162131/https://mcdonnell.wustl.edu/community/partners/ |archive-date=4 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Academic profile==

===Research and publications===
UQ has a strong research focus in science, medicine and technology. The university's research advancement includes pioneering the development of the cervical cancer vaccines, [[Gardasil]] and [[Cervarix]], by UQ Professor [[Ian Frazer]].<ref name=McNeil>{{cite journal|author=McNeil C|title=Who invented the VLP cervical cancer vaccines?|journal=J. Natl. Cancer Inst.|volume=98|issue=7|page=433|date=April 2006|pmid=16595773|doi=10.1093/jnci/djj144|doi-access=free}}</ref>
In 2009, the Australian Cancer Research Foundation reported that UQ had taken the lead in numerous areas of cancer research.<ref name="cancer">{{cite web|url=http://www.acrf.com.au/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=27540|title=Queensland takes the lead on cancer research|access-date=20 July 2009|publisher=Australian Cancer Research Foundation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913170638/http://www.acrf.com.au/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=27540|archive-date=13 September 2009}}</ref>

In the Commonwealth Government's Excellence in Research for Australia 2012 National Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arc.gov.au/pdf/era12/report_2012/ARC_ERA12_Introduction.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120223843/http://arc.gov.au/pdf/era12/report_2012/ARC_ERA12_Introduction.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 January 2013|title=Excellence in Research for Australia 2012|access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref> UQ's research is rated above world standard in more broad fields than at any other Australian university (in 22 broad fields), and more UQ researchers are working in research fields that ERA has assessed as above world standard than at any other Australian university. UQ research in biomedical and clinical health sciences, technology, engineering, biological sciences, chemical sciences, environmental sciences, and physical sciences was ranked above world standard (rating 5).

In 2015, UQ is ranked by Nature Index as the research institution with the highest volume of research output in both interdisciplinary journals ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' and ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'' within the southern hemisphere, with approximately twofold more output than the global average.<ref name="nature.com/nature/journal/v519/n7544_supp_ni/full/519S64a">{{cite journal|title=Nature Index: Australia|doi=10.1038/519S64a|pmid=25806697|volume=519|issue=7544|journal=Nature|pages=S64–S65|year=2015|doi-access=free}}</ref>

In 2020 [[Clarivate]] named 34 UQ professors to its list of Highly Cited Researchers.<ref>{{cite web|title=UQ researchers gain international recognition|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2010/04/uq-researchers-gain-international-recognition|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314122523/https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2010/04/uq-researchers-gain-international-recognition|archive-date=14 March 2016|access-date=12 October 2016|website=Uq.edu.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Highly Cited Researchers|url=https://publons.com/awards/highly-cited/2020/|access-date=2020-12-22|website=publons.com|archive-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211052851/https://publons.com/awards/highly-cited/2020/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Aside from disciplinary-focused teaching and research within the academic faculties, the university maintains a number of interdisciplinary research institutes and centres at the national, state and university levels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/research/index.html?page=4222|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504075826/http://www.uq.edu.au/research/index.html?page=4222|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 May 2013|title=Research at UQ|access-date=11 May 2017}}
</ref> For example, the [[Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect]], the [[University of Queensland Seismology Station]], [[Heron Island Research Station]] and the [[Institute of Modern Languages (Queensland)|Institute of Modern Languages]].

The University of Queensland plays a key role in [[Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners]], Queensland's first [[Academic health science centre|academic health science system]]. This partnership currently comprises Children's Health Queensland, [[Mater Health Services]], Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Metro South Health, [[QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute]], [[Queensland University of Technology]], and the [[Translational Research Institute (Australia)|Translational Research Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbanediamantina.com/|title=Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners|access-date=30 May 2017|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610173252/http://www.brisbanediamantina.com/|archive-date=10 June 2017}}</ref>

=== Research divisions ===
With the support from the [[Queensland Government]], the [[Australian Government]] and major donor [[The Atlantic Philanthropies]], The University of Queensland dedicates basic, translational and applied research via the following research-focused institutes:
* Institute for Molecular Bioscience – within the Queensland Bioscience Precinct which houses scientists from the [[Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csiro.au/en/Locations/Qld/St-Lucia|title=St Lucia, Queensland Biosciences Precinct|last=CSIRO|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218234915/https://www.csiro.au/en/Locations/Qld/St-Lucia|archive-date=18 February 2017}}</ref> and the [[Community for Open Antimicrobial Drug Discovery]]
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* [[Translational Research Institute (Australia)|Translational Research Institute]], which houses The University of Queensland's Diamantina Institute, School of Medicine and the Mater Medical Research Institute
* [[Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology]]
* Institute for Social Science Research
* [[Sustainable Minerals Institute]]
* Global Change Institute
*Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Science
* Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
* [[Queensland Brain Institute]]
* Centre for Advanced Imaging<ref>{{cite web |title=Centre for Advanced Imaging |url=https://cai.centre.uq.edu.au |website=Centre for Advanced Imaging – University of Queensland |access-date=23 July 2020 |archive-date=23 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723013648/https://cai.centre.uq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Boeing]] Research and Technology Australia Centre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2017/06/boeing-opens-research-centre-uq|title=Boeing opens research centre at UQ|access-date=6 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304054856/http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2017/06/boeing-opens-research-centre-uq|archive-date=4 March 2018}}</ref>
* UQ [[Dow Chemical|Dow]] Centre<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2012/03/dow-chemical-company-and-university-of-queensland-sign-groundbreaking-10-million|title=The Dow Chemical Company and University of Queensland sign groundbreaking $10 million strategic partnership|access-date=6 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304054905/https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2012/03/dow-chemical-company-and-university-of-queensland-sign-groundbreaking-10-million|archive-date=4 March 2018}}</ref>
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===Commercialisation and entrepreneurship===
UniQuest is the main commercialisation company of The University of Queensland and specialises in global technology transfer and facilitates access for all business. UniQuest has created over 100 startups from its intellectual property portfolio, and since 2000 UniQuest and its start-ups have raised more than $700&nbsp;million to take university technologies to market. UQ technologies licensed by UniQuest include UQ's cervical cancer vaccine technology, image correction technology in magnetic resonance imaging machines, and the Triple P Positive Parenting Program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uniquest.com.au/about-uniquest|title=About UniQuest|publisher=UniQuest|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203151507/http://uniquest.com.au/about-uniquest|archive-date=3 December 2016}}</ref>

===Libraries and databases===
[[File:Duhig North 12, Library building, University of Queensland, 2020.jpg|thumb|[[University of Queensland Library]]]]

The [[University of Queensland Library]] was founded in 1910. It developed from a small provincial university library into a major research library.<ref>East, John W.: ''A Brief History of the University of Queensland Library'', 2006.</ref>
It consists of 11 branches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/about/libraries|title=Libraries – About UQ – The University of Queensland, Australia|website=Uq.edu.au|date=10 May 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418104158/http://www.uq.edu.au/about/libraries|archive-date=18 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.library.uq.edu.au/locations-hours|title=UQ Library Location & Hours|website=library.uq.edu.au|date=9 July 2013 |access-date=12 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403180747/https://web.library.uq.edu.au/locations-hours|archive-date=3 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* Architecture and Music Library (ARMUS)
* Biological Sciences Library
* Central Library
* Dorothy Hill Engineering and Sciences Library (DHESL)
* Duhig Tower
* Fryer Library
* Gatton Library (J.K. Murray Library)
* Herston Health Sciences Library
* Dutton Park Health Sciences Library (formerly 'Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence Health Sciences Library') 
* Rural Clinical School Library (RCS)
* Walter Harrison Law Library
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===Journals and publications===

==== Publishing house ====
[[University of Queensland Press]] publishes academic works, as well as, non-fiction works and has launched the careers of noted authors.

==== Academic journals ====
The university publishes several academic journals through its various schools and faculties and in association with publishers:
*[[Australian Journal of Indigenous Education]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/australian-journal-of-indigenous-education|title=The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education|website=Cambridge Core|access-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523092714/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/australian-journal-of-indigenous-education|archive-date=23 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Australian Journal of Politics and History]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14678497|title=Australian Journal of Politics & History|website=Wiley Online Library|doi=10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8497 |access-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222092932/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14678497|archive-date=22 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Crossroads: an Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/crossroads/archives.html|title=Crossroads: An interdisciplinary journal for the study of history, philosophy, religion and classics|website=uq.edu.au|access-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830001050/http://www.uq.edu.au/crossroads/archives.html|archive-date=30 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Hecate Journal]]<ref>{{cite web  |url=https://hecate.communications-arts.uq.edu.au/  |title=Hecate Journal  |website=University of Queensland  |access-date=18 September 2021  |archive-date=18 September 2021  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918232444/https://hecate.communications-arts.uq.edu.au/  |url-status=live  }}</ref>
*[[LAWASIA Journal]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://law.uq.edu.au/research/publications/lawasia-journal|title=LAWASIA Journal|date=12 May 2016|website=law.uq.edu.au|access-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028223441/https://law.uq.edu.au/research/publications/lawasia-journal|archive-date=28 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[npj Science of Learning]] (in partnership with Springer Nature)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/npjscilearn/about|title=About the Journal {{!}} npj Science of Learning|website=Nature|access-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513083742/http://www.nature.com/npjscilearn/about|archive-date=13 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Queensland Archaeological Research]] (1984–2011, now published by JCU)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journals.jcu.edu.au/qar|title=Queensland Archaeological Research|website=journals.jcu.edu.au|access-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307121008/https://journals.jcu.edu.au/qar|archive-date=7 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Queensland Historical Atlas]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qhatlas.com.au/|title=Queensland Historical Atlas {{!}}|website=www.qhatlas.com.au|access-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226101942/https://qhatlas.com.au/|archive-date=26 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[University of Queensland Anthropology Museum|TEMPUS: Archaeology and Material Culture Studies in Anthropology]], monograph series.
*The [[University of Queensland Law Journal]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://law.uq.edu.au/research/publications/university-queensland-law-journal|title=The University of Queensland Law Journal|date=12 May 2016|website=law.uq.edu.au|access-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028223408/https://law.uq.edu.au/research/publications/university-queensland-law-journal|archive-date=28 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Academic reputation ===
{{Infobox Australian university ranking|QS_W==42|USNWR_W=43|ARWU_W=65|ARWU_W_year=2025|CWTS_W=58{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_W_year=2024|QS_W_year=2026|QS_W_Employability==63|QS_W_Employability_year=2022|THE_W==80|THE_W_year=2026|THE_W_Reputation=78|THE_W_Reputation_year=2025|USNWR_W_year=25/26|ARWU_N=2|ARWU_N_year=2025|CWTS_N=5{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_N_year=2024|ERA_N=2|ERA_N_year=2018|QS_N=6|QS_N_year=2026|THE_N=6|THE_N_year=2026|USNWR_N=5|USNWR_N_year=25/26|AFR_N==2|AFR_N_year=2025|type=University}}
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! colspan="2" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Northwestern Wildcats|color=white}}" |QS Global Subject Rankings<ref>{{citation|title=QS Subject Area Rankings 2021|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2021|access-date=5 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304055420/https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2020|archive-date=4 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! Program
! Ranking
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| Accounting & Finance || 48
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| Agriculture & Forestry || 26
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| Anthropology || 51–100
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| Biological Sciences || 50
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| Business & Management || 61
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| Chemical Engineering || 45
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| Earth & Marine Sciences || 51–100
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| Economics & Econometrics || 72
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| English Language and Literature || 50
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| Environmental Sciences || 17
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| Education|| 30
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| Hospitality & Leisure Management|| 31
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| Law || 43
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| Life Sciences and Medicine || 32
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| Mathematics || 92
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| Mineral & Mining Engineering || 3
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| Nursing || =38
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| Pharmacy & Pharmacology || 31
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| Physics & Astronomy || 137
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| Politics & International Studies || 51–100
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| Psychology || 26
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| Sociology || 46
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| Sports-Related Subjects ||2
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| Veterinary Science ||=26
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! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Northwestern Wildcats|color=white}}" |THE Global Subject Rankings<ref>{{citation|title=THE Rankings by Subject 2020|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject|access-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301164410/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject|archive-date=1 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! Program
! Ranking
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| Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health || 56
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| Life Sciences || 32
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| Physical Sciences || 70
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| Psychology || 28
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| Business and Economics || 51
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| Education || 40
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| Law || 72
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| Social Sciences || 77
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| Engineering and Technology || 54
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| Computer Science || 114
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| Arts and Humanities || 91
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In the 2024 ''Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities'', which measures aggregate performance across the QS, THE and ARWU rankings, the university attained a position of #53 (4th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Results |url=https://research.unsw.edu.au/artu/artu-results |website=Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities |publisher=[[University of New South Wales]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]}}</ref>
; National publications
In the [[Australian Financial Review|''Australian Financial Review'' Best Universities Ranking]] 2025, the university was tied #2 amongst Australian universities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Universities Ranking |url=https://www.afr.com/lists-and-awards/best-universities-ranking |website=[[Australian Financial Review]] |date=14 November 2024 |publisher=[[Nine Entertainment]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]}}</ref>

; Global publications

In the 2026 ''[[Quacquarelli Symonds]]'' [[QS World University Rankings|World University Rankings]] (published 2025), the university attained a tied position of #42 (6th nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings: Top Global Universities |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |website=[[QS World University Rankings]] |publisher=[[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|''Times Higher Education'' World University Rankings]] 2026 (published 2025), the university attained a tied position of #80 (6th nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings |work=[[Times Higher Education]] |date=19 September 2018 |publisher=Inflexion |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the 2025 ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'', the university attained a position of #65 (2nd nationally).<ref name="ARWU Rankings">{{cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings |website=[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] |publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy |language=en |publication-place=[[Shanghai]], [[China]]}}</ref>

In the 2025–2026 [[U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking|''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Global Universities]], the university attained a position of #43 (5th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Global Universities Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |language=en-US |publication-place=[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]}}</ref>

In the ''[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]]'' 2024,{{efn|The [[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] is based on P (top 10%).|name=a}} the university attained a position of #58 (5th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2024/list |website=[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] (Centre for Science and Technology Studies) |publisher=[[Leiden University]] |language=en |publication-place=[[Leiden]], [[Netherlands]]}}</ref>

=== Student outcomes ===
The Australian Government's QILT{{Efn|Abbreviation for Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching.<ref name="About QILT" />}} conducts national surveys documenting the student life cycle from enrolment through to employment.<ref name="About QILT" /> These surveys place more emphasis on criteria such as student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction<ref name="About QILT">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224528/https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> than perceived reputation, research output and citation counts.<ref name="Bridgestock 2024">{{Cite web |last=Bridgestock |first=Laura |date=19 April 2021 |title=World University Ranking Methodologies Compared |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224525/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |archive-date=2 January 2025 |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=[[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the 2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey, graduates of the university had an overall employer satisfaction rate of 86.4%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224527/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref>

In the 2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey, graduates of the university had a full-time employment rate of 81.3% for undergraduates and 86.8% for postgraduates.<ref name="GOS Survey 2023">{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey: National Report |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220062418/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> The initial full-time salary was {{AUD|70,900}} for undergraduates and {{AUD|88,900}} for postgraduates.<ref name="GOS Survey 2023" />

In the 2023 Student Experience Survey, undergraduates at the university rated the quality of their entire educational experience at 77.9% meanwhile postgraduates rated their overall education experience at 76%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Student Experience Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224530/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref>

==Student life==
The University of Queensland maintains a number of support and student services. The campuses at St Lucia and Gatton have Student Centres which provide information and support services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/student-centre/|title=Student Centre – The University of Queensland, Australia|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219114259/http://www.uq.edu.au/student-centre/|archive-date=19 February 2017}}</ref>

===Student union===
The [[UQ Union]] is the peak student representation body that coordinates various student services and activities, including over 190 affiliated clubs and societies, some of whom are listed below.
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* [[Semper Floreat]] – University of Queensland Student Newspaper
* [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club]]
* [[University of Queensland Debating Society]] (UQDS)
* [[University of Queensland Football Club (UQFC)|University of Queensland Football Club]]
* [[Queensland University Regiment]]
* [[University of Queensland Rugby Club]]
* [[Newman Center|UQ Newman Catholic Society]], which was the university's first official student society<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ng |first=Emilie |date=17 October 2014 |title=100 years of Catholic student groups at UQ |url=https://catholicleader.com.au/youth/100-years-of-catholic-student-groups-at-uq/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 April 2023 |website=Catholic Leader |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417034714/https://catholicleader.com.au/youth/100-years-of-catholic-student-groups-at-uq/}}</ref>{{colend}}

===Sports and athletics===

UQ Sport offers a wide range of sport, fitness and recreation opportunities at the St Lucia and Gatton campuses of the University of Queensland. Its facilities and services are open to students, staff, alumni, and the general public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uqsport.com.au|title=UQ Sport|publisher=UQSport.com|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019033135/https://uqsport.com.au/|archive-date=19 October 2016}}</ref>

The UQ Athletics Centre maintains an Olympic standard 8 lane synthetic track and grandstand able to accommodate up to 565 spectators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uqsport.com.au/athletics|title=Athletics Centre|publisher=UQ Sport|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125190042/http://www.uqsport.com.au/athletics|archive-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> The UQ Sport and Fitness Centre is a multi-purpose indoor facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uqsport.com.au/fitness|title=Fitness Centre|publisher=UQ Sport|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204001955/http://www.uqsport.com.au/fitness|archive-date=4 February 2014}}</ref>

The UQ Tennis Centre is the largest tennis centre in both Brisbane and Queensland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uqsport.com.au/tennis|title=Tennis Centre|publisher=UQ Sport|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204050116/http://www.uqsport.com.au/tennis|archive-date=4 February 2014}}</ref> The UQ Playing Fields and Ovals is also managed by UQ Sport, home to a total of eight oval fields at the St Lucia campus. The majority are designated for use by particular sports including cricket, rugby and soccer. These ovals are also used for recreational activities and lunchtime social sport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uqsport.com.au/ovals|title=UQ Playing Fields & Ovals – UQ Sport, Brisbane|work=UQ Sport |date=3 April 2011|access-date=30 May 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403122818/http://www.uqsport.com.au/ovals|archive-date=3 April 2011}}</ref>

===Residential colleges===
The University of Queensland has 11 [[residential college]]s with 10 of these located on its St Lucia campus and one on its Gatton campus. The [[University of Queensland Intercollege Council]] is the organisational and representative body for the residential colleges which coordinates sporting and cultural events and competitions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=On-campus accommodation – my.UQ – University of Queensland|url=https://my.uq.edu.au/student-support/accommodation/on-campus-accommodation|access-date=2020-10-19|website=my.uq.edu.au|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020125646/https://my.uq.edu.au/student-support/accommodation/on-campus-accommodation|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[Cromwell College]] is a co-ed college founded in 1950. It is affiliated with the [[Uniting Church]] and accommodates 249 students.
* [[Duchesne College]] is a women's only college founded in 1937 in [[Toowong, Queensland|Toowong]], moving the university in 1959. It is affiliated with the [[Society of the Sacred Heart]] and accommodates 210 students.
* [[Emmanuel College, University of Queensland|Emmanuel College]] is a co-educational college founded in 1911. It accommodates 340 students.
* [[Gatton Halls of Residence, University of Queensland|Gatton Halls of Residence]] was established in 1897 and has 440 residential students, making it by far the largest and oldest college at the university.
* [[Grace College, University of Queensland|Grace College]] is a women's college founded in 1970. It accommodates 181 students.
* [[International House, University of Queensland|International House]] is a co-educational college for International and Australian students founded in 1965.
* [[King's College, University of Queensland|King's College]] provides accommodation for 320 male and female students of the university.
* [[St John's College, University of Queensland|St John's College]] is a co-educational college founded in 1911. It is administered by the [[Anglican Diocese of Brisbane]].
* [[St Leo's College, University of Queensland|St Leo's College]] is a men's college affiliated with the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane]].
* [[Union College, University of Queensland|Union College]] is a co-educational, secular college named after the [[UQ Union|student union]]. It is listed on the [[Queensland Heritage Register]].<ref>{{cite QHR|4067|Union College|602504|access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref>
* [[The Women's College, University of Queensland|Women's College]] is a college for female students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.womens.uq.edu.au/ |title=The Women's College within the University of Queensland |access-date=15 March 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515211411/http://www.womens.uq.edu.au/ |archive-date=15 May 2013  }}
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===Transportation===
[[File:UQ Bus Station.jpg|thumb|Chancellor's Place Bus stop, Institute for Molecular Bioscience]]
The university is served by the [[UQ St Lucia ferry wharf]], the westernmost stop and terminus of the [[CityCat]] service. [[Translink (Queensland)|Translink]] also operates two bus stations on campus: the [[University of Queensland bus station]] at Chancellor's Place in the west, connecting passengers to Brisbane's inner west suburbs such as [[Indooroopilly]], [[Toowong]] and [[Milton, Queensland|Milton]]; and the [[UQ Lakes busway station]] in the east, the western terminus of the [[Eastern Busway, Brisbane|Eastern Busway]], with services to Brisbane's inner south suburbs such as [[Woolloongabba]], [[Carindale]] and [[Mount Gravatt]] via the [[Eleanor Schonell Bridge]]. This bridge also allows pedestrians and cyclists to cross the Brisbane River, to reach [[Dutton Park]]. The closest stops of the [[Queensland Rail]] city network are the [[Toowong railway station]], [[Boggo Road railway station]] (formerly Park Road railway station), and [[Dutton Park railway station]].

== Notable people ==
{{Main list|List of University of Queensland people}}

=== Notable alumni ===
UQ has produced numerous distinguished alumni. Several notable examples include recipient of a [[Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine]] [[Peter C. Doherty]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1996/illpres/experiment.html |title = A Key Experiment |publisher = Nobel Foundation |access-date=12 November 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170312000214/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1996/illpres/experiment.html |archive-date=12 March 2017  }}</ref> recipient of the "[[List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards#Three competitive awards|Triple Crown of Acting]]" (having won [[Primetime Emmy Award|Primetime Emmy]], [[Tony Award|Tony]] and [[Academy Awards]]) [[Geoffrey Rush]], triple [[Grammy Award]]-winning musician Tim Munro,<ref name="skynews.com.au">{{cite web |url = http://www.skynews.com.au/culture/showbiz/music/2016/02/16/australian-tim-munro-wins-his-third-grammy.html |title = Australian Tim Munro wins his third Grammy |website=Skynews.com.au |date=16 February 2016 |access-date=12 November 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160407153353/http://www.skynews.com.au/culture/showbiz/music/2016/02/16/australian-tim-munro-wins-his-third-grammy.html |archive-date = 7 April 2016  }}</ref> former [[Chief Justice of Australia|Chief Justices of Australia]] Sir [[Gerard Brennan]] and Sir [[Harry Gibbs]], international not-for-profit 'Hear and Say' founder and officer of the order of Australia [[Dimity Dornan]], Principal of [[King's College London]] [[Ed Byrne (academic)|Edward Byrne]], singer and eurovision representative [[Dami Im]], former CEO of [[Dow Chemical]] [[Andrew Liveris]], the first female [[Governor-General of Australia]] Dame [[Quentin Bryce]], former [[Cabinet of Singapore|Singaporean Minister]] of Defence and Manpower [[Lee Boon Yang]], consecutive [[Olympic medal|Olympic gold medal]]-winning swimmer [[David Theile]], highly cited epidemiologist [[Graham Colditz]], international best-selling author [[Kate Morton]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Sue |title = The Interview: Kate Morton |url = https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-interview-kate-morton-20121017-27s6f.html |access-date=31 March 2017 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date = 20 October 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161102053407/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-interview-kate-morton-20121017-27s6f.html |archive-date=2 November 2016  }}</ref> CEO of MS Research Australia and Harvard Club of Australia fellow Matthew Miles,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.harvardclub.org.au/news-new/2015/6/30/news-release-dr-matthew-miles-ceo-ms-research-australia-awarded-one-of-two-non-profit-fellowship-recipients |title = News Release: Dr Matthew Miles, CEO, MS Research Australia – one of two Non-Profit Fellowship Recipients |work = HARVARD CLUB OF AUSTRALIA |access-date = 2 November 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180808202555/https://www.harvardclub.org.au/news-new/2015/6/30/news-release-dr-matthew-miles-ceo-ms-research-australia-awarded-one-of-two-non-profit-fellowship-recipients |archive-date = 8 August 2018 |url-status = live }}</ref> and [[Ben Roberts-Smith]], former general manager of ''[[Seven Brisbane]]'' and former Australian soldier.

==Controversies==
=== Relationship with the Confucius Institute ===

Apparent links with the [[Confucius Institute]], a Chinese government-supported international education partnership program, have been controversial for UQ. The university offers 13 courses co-funded by the institute, mainly around Chinese arts, media and language. Critics of these courses have claimed Chinese government influence on the course content, while UQ has contested that they have been developed by university academics without external contribution.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rubinsztein-Dunlop|first=Sean|date=22 October 2019|title=The Chinese Government co-funded at least four University of Queensland courses|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-15/chinese-government-cofunded-four-university-of-queensland-course/11601946|access-date=24 August 2020|archive-date=26 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026194737/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-15/chinese-government-cofunded-four-university-of-queensland-course/11601946|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Student suspensions===
{{Further|Drew Pavlou#Suspension from the University of Queensland}}
On 29 May 2020, the UQ disciplinary board issued a two-year suspension to activist [[Drew Pavlou]] for alleged bullying, discrimination and harassment of university students and staff.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Swanston|first=Tim|date=29 May 2020|title=Drew Pavlou, critic of University of Queensland's links to Chinese Government bodies, suspended for two years|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-29/drew-pavlou-suspended-university-queensland/12302350|access-date=24 August 2020|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728180930/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-29/drew-pavlou-suspended-university-queensland/12302350|url-status=live}}</ref> Pavlou has contested the reasoning describing in a statement released on [[Twitter]] that his suspension was "to silence [him] for [his] political activism", something denied by both the university, and the disciplinary and appeals boards.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pavlou|first=Drew|date=29 May 2020|title=Tweet by @DrewPavlou|url=https://twitter.com/DrewPavlou/status/1266282725545136130/photo/1|access-date=24 August 2020|website=[[Twitter]]|archive-date=22 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222022753/https://twitter.com/DrewPavlou/status/1266282725545136130/photo/1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Varghese|first=Peter|date=5 August 2020|title=Student disciplinary matters|url=https://www.uq.edu.au/news/uq-responds/student-disciplinary-matters|access-date=7 September 2020|website=UQ News|archive-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614093450/https://www.uq.edu.au/news/uq-responds/student-disciplinary-matters|url-status=live}}</ref> Pavlou has admitted to swearing at other students on Facebook and an online university forum.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Duffy|first=Connor|date=2 June 2020|title=Anti-China University of Queensland student Drew Pavlou caught up in 'kangaroo court', lawyer claims in 16-page appeal|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-02/anti-china-uq-student-drew-pavlou-lawyer-claims-fabrication/12307518|access-date=24 August 2020|archive-date=16 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816112652/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-02/anti-china-uq-student-drew-pavlou-lawyer-claims-fabrication/12307518|url-status=live}}</ref> An appeal to the UQ Senate Disciplinary Appeals Committee resulted in the committee endorsing two counts of serious misconduct, however reducing the suspension from two years to one semester.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 August 2020|title=Student disciplinary matters|url=https://www.uq.edu.au/news/uq-responds/student-disciplinary-matters|access-date=2 September 2020|website=UQ News|archive-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614093450/https://www.uq.edu.au/news/uq-responds/student-disciplinary-matters|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2020, Pavlou launched a second lawsuit in the Supreme Court seeking {{AUD}}3.5 million in damages from the university for alleged defamation and a breach of contract.<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 June 2020|title=Suspended student Drew Pavlou sues University of Queensland heads for $3.5m for defamation, breach of contract|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-11/suspended-uq-student-drew-pavlou-sues-university-of-queensland/12346170|access-date=24 August 2020|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616142341/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-11/suspended-uq-student-drew-pavlou-sues-university-of-queensland/12346170|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2020, the [[Crime and Corruption Commission|Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission]] declined a request by Pavlou to investigate UQ Chancellor [[Peter Varghese]] and former Vice-Chancellor [[Peter Høj]], citing that there was "insufficient evidence to suggest anyone who was subject of the complaint had engaged in corrupt conduct.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dennien|first=Matt|date=3 September 2020|title=Corruption watchdog rules out student's UQ probe|work=[[Brisbane Times]]|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/corruption-watchdog-rules-out-student-s-uq-probe-20200903-p55s0f.html|access-date=11 September 2020|archive-date=4 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904020915/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/corruption-watchdog-rules-out-student-s-uq-probe-20200903-p55s0f.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Sexual assaults ===
Between 2011 and 2016 there were 38 reported cases of sexual assault and harassment on campus, resulting in 1 expulsion and 2 one-week suspensions. This included a report in 2015 where a staff member "filmed someone in the shower".<ref name="foi_sexual_assault">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/full-list-of-universities-exposed-by-sexual-assault-investigation/news-story/f7c39dcacce8a9c839bc8b881172173b|title=Full list of universities exposed by sexual assault investigation|last=Funnell|first=Nina|date=10 October 2016|work=News Limited|access-date=1 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802075917/http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/full-list-of-universities-exposed-by-sexual-assault-investigation/news-story/f7c39dcacce8a9c839bc8b881172173b|archive-date=2 August 2017}}</ref> These figures are lower than the 2017 [[Australian Human Rights Commission]] report on sexual assault and harassment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-01/uni-sexual-assault-hrc-report-released/8762638#searchable1x3x5|title=Unis urged to act as 'shocking' survey reveals half of all students face sexual harassment|date=1 August 2017|work=ABC News|access-date=13 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808120011/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-01/uni-sexual-assault-hrc-report-released/8762638#searchable1x3x5|archive-date=8 August 2017}}</ref> The vice-chancellor responded "there is no place for sexual assault or sexual harassment at UQ. Such behaviour is never the victim’s fault, and it will not be tolerated here" and introduced a number of new initiatives to address sexual assault problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://respect.uq.edu.au/article/2017/07/message-vice-chancellor|title=Message from the Vice-Chancellor|date=28 July 2017 |access-date=6 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814101053/https://respect.uq.edu.au/article/2017/07/message-vice-chancellor|archive-date=14 August 2017}}</ref>

===Divestment===
{{Cleanup rewrite|it contains '''sensationalised, unbalanced and unencyclopedic content'''|section|date=August 2020}}{{Weasel|section|date=August 2020}}The University of Queensland's investment portfolio is a subject of ongoing debate. A [[fossil fuel divestment]] campaign began in 2013, led by the student group Fossil Free UQ and supported by the climate advocacy group [[350.org]]. The goal of the campaign is "to freeze all new investments and phase out all current investments in coal, petroleum and gas over the next five years because fossil fuels drive [[climate change]]".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://milaanaopen.org/2015/05/26/interview-fossil-free-uq/|title=Interview: Fossil Free UQ|date=26 May 2015|work=Milaana Open|access-date=10 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010210959/https://milaanaopen.org/2015/05/26/interview-fossil-free-uq/|archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref> {{better source needed|reason=blog about student advocacy, difficult to show reliability.|date=May 2021}}

On 18 April 2016, students occupied the Vice-Chancellory stating, 'We are asking the university to remove investment from the top 200 most polluting companies in the world' and calling for greater transparency regarding University investments.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newmatilda.com/2016/04/19/students-demand-universities-drop-fossil-fuel/|title=Students Escalate Demand For Universities To Drop Fossil Fuel Investments – New Matilda|date=19 April 2016|work=New Matilda|access-date=10 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010211749/https://newmatilda.com/2016/04/19/students-demand-universities-drop-fossil-fuel/|archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/students-protest-for-uq-to-divest-in-fossil-fuels-20160418-go8rm7.html|title=Students protest for UQ to divest in fossil fuels|last=Mitchell-Whittington|first=Amy|date=18 April 2016|website=Brisbane Times|access-date=10 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011021646/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/students-protest-for-uq-to-divest-in-fossil-fuels-20160418-go8rm7.html|archive-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> The sit-in resulted in communication with the Vice-Chancellor in May 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/04/uq-meets-fossil-free-uq-group|title=UQ meets Fossil Free UQ group|work=UQ News|access-date=10 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010211333/https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/04/uq-meets-fossil-free-uq-group|archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref>

In October 2016, Fossil Free QUT provided a report to the University Senate. For the period July 2015 to June 2016 direct fossil fuel companies comprised an average of 3.82% of UQ's $169.2m investment portfolio.<ref name="UQ News">{{Cite news|url=https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/10/chancellors-letter-fossil-free-uq|title=Chancellor's letter to Fossil Free UQ|work=UQ News|access-date=10 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010211928/https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/10/chancellors-letter-fossil-free-uq|archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref> The University Senate voted not to divest from fossil fuels citing, 'that divestment would make no real difference'.<ref name="UQ News"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/10/uq-resolves-not-divest-fossil-fuels|title=UQ resolves not to divest from fossil fuels|work=UQ News|access-date=10 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010211816/https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/10/uq-resolves-not-divest-fossil-fuels|archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref>

In September 2013, 350.org Australia released a report 'Exposing The Ties' to show 'shows how key decision makers at some of the country's leading tertiary institutions including the University of Queensland, [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]] and [[University of New South Wales]] are non-executive directors or former employees of fossil fuel companies including [[AGL Energy|AGL]], [[BHP]] and [[Rio Tinto (corporation)|Rio Tinto]].'<ref name="Fossil Free Australia">{{Cite news|url=http://gofossilfree.org.au/exposetheties/#report|title=RIGHT NOW: Join us to #ExposeTheTies|work=Fossil Free Australia|access-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802123311/https://gofossilfree.org.au/exposetheties/#report|archive-date=2 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>{{citation not found}} This showed The University of Queensland received $31 million from the [[Australian Coal Association]] Research Program (ACARP) and the university's Senate includes three non-executive directors of [[Senex Energy]], Metro Mining and [[Queensland Investment Corporation]], (owner of Epic Energy and Lochard Energy) and a former Queensland Resources Council board member and recipient of the Queensland Resources Council Medal.<ref name="Fossil Free Australia"/>

Seven of the twenty-two members of the senate for UQ have interests in the fossil fuel industry, having ties with fossil fuel companies previously or currently.<ref name="4ZZZ Brisbane 102.1FM">{{Cite news|url=http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/news/headlines/2017/10/10/uq-students-protest-fossil-fuel-divestment-more-zedlines|title=UQ students protest fossil fuel divestment +more Zedlines|date=10 October 2017|work=4ZZZ Brisbane 102.1FM|access-date=10 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010211027/http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/news/headlines/2017/10/10/uq-students-protest-fossil-fuel-divestment-more-zedlines|archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref>{{citation not found}}

In October 2017, ten students occupied the Chancellor's Office deeming the 2016 Senate vote on divestment illegitimate due to conflicts of interest.<ref name="4ZZZ Brisbane 102.1FM"/> The students were removed by the [[Queensland Police Service]].

In 2020, when the Prime Minister Scott Morrison was visiting, fifty students protested at the university, damaging university's property and the prime minister's car. Some students came close to the prime minister and used a blowhorn with sirens.
<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-12/uq-refugee-protest-prime-minister-scott-morrison-car/12753858| title = Prime Minister Scott Morrison's car vandalised with red paint at University of Queensland protest, 19yo woman charged – ABC News| website = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]| date = 12 October 2020| access-date = 17 October 2021| archive-date = 17 October 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211017084330/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-12/uq-refugee-protest-prime-minister-scott-morrison-car/12753858| url-status = live}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[AustLit]], an Australian literature resource hosted by the School of Communication and Arts
* [[List of universities in Australia]]
* [[TC Beirne School of Law]]

==Footnotes==
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== References ==
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<ref name="history">{{cite book |last = Thomis |first = Malcolm I. |title = A place of light & learning : the University of Queensland's first seventy-five years |publisher = University of Queensland Press |location = St. Lucia, Qld. |isbn = 9780702217975 |page = 429 |url = https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:200758/LG708_T56_1985.pdf |year = 1985 |access-date = 3 March 2018 |archive-date = 22 December 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201222022730/https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_200758/LG708_T56_1985.pdf?Expires=1608604136&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJKNBJ4MJBJNC6NLQ&Signature=ExIa0pFqbi0j5UJysnJ5Dr~pj9tdmjw4HytONTIzVqZq2R2tyoStfhIXFRcKrbM4NAftFrpT43w0Uza5Gy60nFzDts2hywWacTztwfLuBj94kDTiBKhpN2vqnxJI05Lv0x1CzYPrukDl-c-NWlN0k2xTlMnw-KlcTqQDJ0sTBljubbZkoQHWBxaLZfM4DH2oLLUsn9NoGDVZyUSU9HPwJcWJRkDopj-rfV1Mq0vagt5UZ~5d8Pa20-DDnWSGSIUY6TfJkiQGivuXMqmXd8uwPSc7dl~Ne0F7VN2ItyX6BUbrOJaQGd6LYKqVqrNiZ8AlWWzQ80tkEldv-sSdDm7GZg__ |url-status = live }}</ref>
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last1=Thomis|first1=Malcolm I.|title=A place of light & learning : the University of Queensland's first seventy-five years|publisher=University of Queensland Press|location=St. Lucia, Qld.|isbn=9780702217975|pages=429|url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:200758/LG708_T56_1985.pdf|year=1985}}

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* [http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/ The University of Queensland Press]

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