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 people walking across the lawn at a university

Almost four thousand Queensland students have been offered the opportunity to study at The University of Queensland, in the latest tertiary admissions offers which went out today.

13 January 2022

The much loved jacaranda season will be the focus of the second annual UQ BLOOM Festival at The University of Queensland from 17-27 October.

17 October 2019

The University of Queensland is officially smoke-free.

2 July 2018

The University of Queensland is officially smoke-free.

4 June 2018

The University of Queensland will replace 46 high-risk trees on the St Lucia campus over the next six months.

25 May 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

The University of Queensland is making pivotal changes to the way higher education is imagined and experienced.

19 July 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 is assessing community submissions regarding its draft master plan, which was released for public feedback in early April.

26 May 2015
UQ St Lucia staff and students can expect better commutes to the campus once the roundabout at the intersection of Sir Fred Schonell Drive, Coldridge Street and Munro Street is replaced with traffic lights and a T-junction.

Travelling to and from The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus is set to get a whole lot better thanks to a planned upgrade of Sir Fred Schonell Drive.

31 March 2014
Come and celebrate Diversity Week starting on Monday, 20 May.

The University of Queensland’s annual Diversity Week celebrations get under way on Monday.

16 May 2013

The University of Queensland (UQ) is rolling out the welcome mat for 12,750 commencing students this week, with Orientation Week activities kicking off today (20 February 2012).

20 February 2012
Students attend the 2010 UQ Volunteer Expo

UQ’s career office invites students to fulfil their volunteer and service interests at the third annual Volunteer Expo later this month

19 August 2011

A powerful series of UQ art exhibitions is providing a rare opportunity to discover the human face behind the asylum seeker debate in time for 2011 Refugee Week (June 19–25).

20 June 2011
UQ's Multi-Faith Chaplaincy is able to provide support and advice to all staff and students, regardless of their religious background

With Diversity Week around the corner, members of the University community are encouraged to explore UQ’s growing Multi-Faith Chaplaincy (MFC).

18 May 2011
UQ Iraqi students Faisal Al-Fadhli (left) and Yussra Jabbar Sankoor Al-Humrany. Image - Ho Vu

Providing support services for a group of postgraduate students from Iraq was the focus of a meet and greet at the Gatton campus last week.

25 March 2011

The University of Queensland (UQ) has confirmed its commitment to supporting educational and employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with the appointment of a Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Education) to lead all...

23 March 2011

The University of Queensland (UQ) has sent out an open invitation to its community to come celebrate its ninth annual Diversity Week with five days of activities from 23-27 May 2011.

6 March 2011
Roslyn Karrasch has come a long way from the 19-year-old who joined the QAC’s typing pool in 1976

Roslyn Karrasch, of Gatton, is one of those rare people who can say with sincerity after 35 years working at the same place: "I've really loved my job and became and remain personal friends with all my bosses."

28 February 2011