UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry with UQ graduates.

The University of Queensland has made a bold pledge to tackle educational disadvantage in the state by 2032, striving to remove barriers to help talented students from rural, remote and low socio-economic backgrounds access university.

24 August 2022
Two men standing in front of a staircase

Two first-year University of Queensland students are the inaugural recipients of the Warwick Solar Farm – Bright Futures Scholarship, an annual investment in the Southern Downs community.

13 August 2021
An artist's impression of the food complex development.

The University of Queensland is set to start work on the development of two new student recreational complexes at the St Lucia campus.

28 September 2018

Athletes across Brisbane will now have access to two state-of-the-art synthetic fields with the opening of The University of Queensland’s new sporting precinct.

22 September 2016

Future students at The University of Queensland will have access to a bright new living space that will nurture academic success and career prospects.

31 May 2016

The University of Queensland will soon begin building a childcare Centre to replace one destroyed by floods in 2011.

12 July 2013

The University of Queensland has secured its long-term occupancy of an 8.9ha land parcel at Long Pocket in Indooroopilly, after signing a property-swap deal with the State Government this week.

22 May 2013
The Advanced Engineering Building roof is lifted into place.

A 215-tonne roof has been hoisted atop the new Advanced Engineering Building at the UQ St Lucia Campus, signaling the end of the major structural work.

6 June 2012

The University of Queensland’s Rugby Football Club is set to re-launch its clubhouse on Saturday May 5.

4 May 2012

The official re-opening of the UQ Sport Aquatic Centre and David Theile Pool was celebrated with a big splash early this morning.

3 February 2012
Perspective of UQ aquatic centre (courtesy m3architecture)

The University of Queensland aquatic centre, which suffered major damage in the Brisbane January floods, is set to reopen to patrons in time for Christmas.

15 September 2011

A learning facility at The University of Queensland (UQ), following on from a Regional Commendation in March, won a State Commendation for Interior Architecture at the recent 2011 Australian Institute of Architects Awards.

13 July 2011
“The concentrating photovoltaic solar tracking array is a high-visibility flagship for the overall UQ solar project.” Professor Paul Meredith

The University of Queensland’s $7.75 million solar power system at St Lucia in Brisbane has reached a milestone, with installation completed on one of the project’s most visible components.

6 April 2011

Australian and international mining industry leaders will today join forces to launch the new Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE) at the Sir James Foots building, The University of Queensland.

8 December 2010

The University of Queensland’s (UQ) new Native Wildlife Teaching and Research Facility will provide a valuable research and training facility at UQ’s Gatton campus.

6 December 2010
The new Veterinary Medical Centre

After years of detailed planning and fundraising, The University of Queensland’s $100 million-plus School of Veterinary Science complex officially opens today at the University’s Gatton campus.

6 August 2010

The Queensland Heritage Council (QHC) has approved the development of an Oral Health Centre within the heritage-listed Mayne Medical School site at Herston.

1 July 2010

And it’s happening in The Hive, a new student collaborative space in the library named by UQ first-years Tara Burton and Shaun Restorick-Barton.

19 May 2010

The Queensland Government has signed an agreement with The University of Queensland (UQ) to establish Australia's most modern dairy research facility at Gatton.

22 April 2010

The $100 million plus project to relocate The University of Queensland’s School of Veterinary Science to the Gatton Campus will reach a pivotal moment this week when it opens its doors to its first year students.

26 February 2010