Why choose UQ?

Why choose UQ for your Research Higher Degree?
There are many reasons to make The University of Queensland your research base.
  • UQ is one of the top three research universities in the country.**

  • The University leads industry collaboration and research funding in Australia.

  • Our researchers are constantly pushing boundaries to achieve world acclaimed breakthroughs.

  • PhD and MPhil candidates have the opportunity to study with researchers of international renown.

  • UQ ranked 33rd in the World University Rankings, compiled by the Times Higher Education Supplement in October 2007.

  • In 2004, the UQ Graduate School model for Harnessing Support for Research Students’ Learning was recognised with a national teaching award for best practice.

  • UQ is a founding member of the Group of Eight (Go8) – a leading group of Australian universities, which conducts 70 percent of all university research in Australia.

  • Our campuses at St Lucia, Ipswich and Gatton are some of the most beautiful and well-equipped in Australia – take the UQ Virtual tour

  • We are the Australian destination of choice for international doctoral students, having the largest number of international PhD candidates of any university in the country.

  • UQ’s six world-class Research Institutes have made the University an increasingly appealing destination for the world’s leading researchers.

  • UQ has the highest concentration of Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) and CRC funding of any Australian university.
**Based on most widely accepted measures.


Research at UQ
Links to information about UQ's research activities, research hightlights and research awards and honours

University research strengths
As part of the Research and Research Training Management and Planning Process, the University of Queensland has explicitly defined areas of research strength where we demonstrate national and/or international significance, and areas of emerging strength.

Faculty research strengths
Areas of research strength for each Faculty within the University

Research institutes
The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, is an international leader in research and teaching in a comprehensive range of disciplines, including the biosciences, nanotechnology, sustainable development and social science


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