Students walking through a university campus

More than 4,750 students have received offers to study at The University of Queensland in the state’s major offer round taking the total number so far to more than 9,900 for Semester 1.

15 January 2024
A woman and a man standing side-by-side smiling

Medical student, charity founder and elite athlete Jeremy Hunt has been named Queensland's 2024 Rhodes Scholar.

25 October 2023
A young African woman stands in graduation cap and gown and holding flowers outside UQ's sandstone Great Court.

Consulata Bilal graduates this week from UQ with a Bachelor of Science, after navigating the challenges of living with a debilitating disease.

14 July 2023
A woman in a dress and boots stands in front of a building which is labelled Theodore Hospital

University of Queensland medical students who completed a 12-week training program in a rural or remote area were more likely to work as doctors in similar communities, a study has shown.

24 February 2023
A young man in glasses and a navy button-up shirt smiles at the camera. There is a leafy green tree in the background.

Meet Lachlan Scott, the 2022 Valedictorian of UQ’s Bachelor of Speech Pathology, who has Tourette syndrome.

16 December 2022
A woman with long black hair is smiling at the camera, she is wearing a graduation cap and gown over a white dress and is standing in the sandstone cloisters of UQ's Great Court.

University of Queensland graduate Dr Ella Ceolin can partly thank school holiday boredom for setting her on a career path in medicine.

14 December 2022

A PhD candidate working to understand early embryo development has won The University of Queensland’s 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition final.

15 September 2022
Lorelle Holland wearing a colourful dress and a black, red and yellow sash. She is standing in front of an Aboriginal, Australian, and Torres Strait Islands flag.

Lorelle Holland describes herself as a disruptor. The proud Mandandanji woman and University of Queensland PhD candidate is relatively new to academia but is already making her mark.

8 July 2022
Aerial shot of UQ's St Lucia campus

t'll be a packed schedule for graduations this year, after another tumultuous year. COVID delayed the mid-year ceremonies, so the Great Court and UQ Gatton will host 27 ceremonies between them this month, with 5,500 students to be conferred with...

9 December 2021
UQ medical students get hands-on training as part of the Central Queensland and Wide Bay Regional Medical Pathway.

One hundred future doctors will be training in the Darling Downs and South West regions within three years - set to ramp up to 120 each year by 2026 - in a partnership between universities and health services.

6 December 2021
Woman standing in front of a purple sign.

As a teenager Jemima Hutton never dreamed that she would go to university, let alone study medicine at The University of Queensland.

4 November 2021
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An expert panel of University of Queensland researchers is examining the issue of sexual consent and will make recommendations to governments and schools about how to better teach young Australians about sexual violence.

14 September 2021
Jeremy Hunt with his arms crossed leaning against something

A student-led initiative to vaccinate homeless people for free has received an “overwhelming response”, according to its seven University of Queensland founders.

1 July 2021

Medical student Sherice Ansell is following in her father’s footsteps, as she prepares to graduate as a doctor from The University of Queensland.

11 December 2019

The University of Queensland has smashed the Guinness World Record for the Largest Mindfulness Lesson (Single Venue).

23 July 2019

A doctor training program for Central Queensland and Wide Bay is a step closer to reality, with discussions between government and industry in Rockhampton yesterday.

21 March 2019
UQ’s Wide Bay Regional Training Hub will support medical students and junior doctors wanting to train and practice in the region.

The second of three University of Queensland medical Regional Training Hubs will be launched in Bundaberg on Thursday 19 July.

12 July 2018

Mental health will be included as a priority in decision-making at The University of Queensland from this year.

24 April 2018
Heidi Lithgow in her Atira accommodation

The University of Queensland’s Young Achievers Program has joined forces with Atira student accommodation to help 10 students achieve their education dreams.

19 February 2018
Emma Sievwright. Photo credit: Nick Wilson / Foxtel

The ovens are preheated and a fresh batch of Australia’s best amateur bakers is ready to knead the dough – with one of The University of Queensland’s own rising to the heat in The Great Australian Bake Off.

23 January 2018