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
Thomas Scanlan, a young Indigenous man, with Kev Carmody, an older Indigenous man. They are standing in front of a large mural of Kev playing guitar.

The inaugural recipient of The University of Queensland Kev Carmody Scholarship met the celebrated singer-songwriter at the official unveiling of a mural at the St Lucia campus.

28 March 2023
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
Dylan Berger

Dylan Berger is set to explore how language is a living form of Indigenous Knowledge, as the inaugural recipient of The University of Queensland’s Indigenous Languages Scholarship.

1 August 2022
An old Queenslander house overlooking grass and a garden

UQ’s new student residential building, named in honour of Kev Carmody, offers independent living for an additional 610 students at St Lucia campus.

9 May 2022
UQ's Forgan Smith Building lit up in rainbow colours.

The University of Queensland has increased the number and types of bursaries available for LGBTQIA+ students and expanded the eligibility criteria, to include students who’ve accepted a full-time place but are yet to enrol.

25 February 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
Rhiannan Bartos, Anna Truffet, Lawrence Rivera, William Topping

Four University of Queensland undergraduate students are set to pursue their dreams after being named as 2020 New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholars.

28 November 2019
Shi Pui Ng receiving the Crown Princess Mary Scholarship from HRH The Crown Princess

A University of Queensland student will complete his degree in Copenhagen thanks to Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.

21 May 2019
Law students at UQ

The University of Queensland is offering scholarships for up to 17 students from diverse backgrounds to study at UQ’s internationally-renowned TC Beirne School of Law.

12 July 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

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
Elliot Johnson with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in China.

A University of Queensland student on exchange in China has some new credentials to add to his CV - improving China—Australia relations alongside world leaders.

27 April 2016
Back row, left to right: Dane Bird-Smith (athletics – race walking), Clara Smith (athletics – race walking), Brenden Hall (swimming). Front row, left to right: Gabrielle Simpson (netball), Kobie Donovan (athletics – shot put/javelin)

Rio Olympic hopefuls are among a group of more than 40 University of Queensland students who have received 2016 UQ Sporting Scholarships.

17 March 2016

The Brisbane Broncos are known to have big appetites, but they’ll be paying special attention to what they eat after announcing a scholarship for their own nutritional advisor.

11 December 2015

An American rugby union hooker who has represented the US internationally is the inaugural winner of The University of Queensland’s Mark Loane Medal.

9 November 2015
UQ Master of Philosophy student Alex Lister and Tattersall's Club President Des Whybird

The University of Queensland has joined forces with Brisbane’s Tattersall’s Club to explore the club’s history and heritage through an industry-funded student scholarship project.

9 June 2015
UQ Science Without Borders student Bruna Maganhe.

University of Queensland student Bruna Maganhe has spent her summer break caring for native animals and learning from leading zoologists at Brisbane’s Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.

22 January 2015
Indigenous elder Aunty Margaret, left, UQ Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Education) Professor Cindy Shannon and indigenous scholarship winner Taylah Gerloff.

Swimming with the fishes has just become a whole lot easier for University of Queensland Indigenous Science Scholarship winner Taylah Gerloff.

13 May 2014
AFL champion, 2013 UQ Excellence Scholarship and UQ Sports Achievement Scholarship winner Lewis Radford.

Elite-level athletes are encouraged to apply for one of The University of Queensland’s 2014 sporting scholarships.

14 October 2013