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The University of Queensland is among just ten educational institutions to receive a slice of $1.4 million to create courses designed to develop Essential Human Skills for the Virtual Age.

3 May 2022

The Australian Government has awarded scholarships to three University of Queensland students as part of its New Colombo Plan (NCP) 2018 round.

29 November 2017
From left, Michael Lucas; UQ Global Engagement Deputy Director Dr Jessica Gallagher, Caitlin Gordon-King, Sophie Ryan, Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, Kate Goodfruit, Rachel Dodds, Elsie Schuster and Alexander Williams

Seven University of Queensland undergraduates will study in destinations around the Indo Pacific region after being named as 2017 Fellows and scholars under the New Colombo Plan.

2 December 2016

The University of Queensland’s Triple P – Positive Parenting Program will be showcased at the White House today as part of an initiative to improve outcomes for boys and young men of colour, and all youth.

17 October 2016
Dr Allison Mandrusiak was one of only two Universitas 21 Teaching Excellence Award recipients globally.

The acclaim of University of Queensland physiotherapy lecturer Dr Allison Mandrusiak will span the globe following a Universitas 21 Teaching Excellence Award.

21 October 2015
Talia Rose samples the local cuisine in Cambodia this week

Second-year university student Talia Rose is kicking off 2015 at the Engineers Without Borders Design Summit in Cambodia.

12 January 2015
The University of Queensland’s Professor José Torero

A lifetime of fire safety and civil engineering research has led to a fellowship with the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering for The University of Queensland’s Professor José Torero.

30 October 2014
UQ student Dr Celia Webby.

A University of Queensland postgraduate student is the only student from Australia to win a place at the prestigious Merck Serono Innovation Cup, being held in Germany this month.

2 July 2014
Cartoon, The Magic Glasses, promotes good hygiene behaviour to children in rural China.

A cartoon that has helped halve parasitic worm infection rates among rural Chinese children has earned a University of Queensland (UQ) researcher a prestigious award.

28 November 2013

The University of Queensland’s contributions to the State’s export sector have secured UQ two awards and four finalist spots at the Premier’s 2013 Export Awards.

29 October 2013

A team of international scientists is one step closer to understanding neurodegenerative diseases after developing a tool to explore how nerve cells become damaged.

25 October 2013
Mary Kairu Warus submitted her final University of Queensland assignment hours before major surgery.

It’s been a long hard road to Mary Kairu Warus’s triumphal graduation at The University of Queensland this week, with major surgery threatening to block her efforts.

16 July 2013

Chinese students have taken first and second place at the 2013 International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) which concluded at the University of Queensland today (Friday 12 July).

12 July 2013

Lord Mayor of Brisbane Graham Quirk will extend the hand of friendship to more than 1500 international students at The University of Queensland on Thursday, 23 May.

22 May 2013

China’s Tianjin University (TU) has presented University of Queensland (UQ) Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj with its highest honorary title.

25 March 2013
DVD cover of The Magic Glasses, which aims to improve child health in China and the Philippines

Almost $1.5 million in funding has been awarded to researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) who are working to reduce one of the world’s most common chronic infections.

25 October 2012
Fellowship students, from left, Victoria Flannery, Daniel Gillick and Aron Gibbs.

Three students from The University of Queensland (UQ) have won the chance to deliver appropriate technology and services in sanitation and energy for rural communities in Cambodia.

10 August 2012
Research Professor Robert (Bob) Gilbert.

The People’s Republic of China has honoured one of Australia’s most experienced polymer chemists with a new research posting.

7 August 2012
German delegation (from left) Ulrike Franz, Florian Ettlinger, and Anna Taranko with UQ representative Reinhard Flessner (third from left). Photo: Jugend Forscht.

For the second year in a row UQ will have the pleasure of hosting three of Germany’s "best and brightest" young scientists.

24 May 2012

University of Queensland School of Journalism and Communications Research Higher Degree student, Edward Reynolds has won the 2011 Graduate Student Paper Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Ethnomethodology and Conversation...

27 February 2012