Prospective students will be able to discover what triggers a fire tornado, learn how 3D printers could save lives, and use virtual reality to navigate a medical helicopter at this year’s UQ Open Day.

4 August 2023
A picture separated into four equal sections showing headshots of First Nations musical artists.

Deadly Noize is set to showcase First Nations artists in four hours of live music at The University of Queensland.

30 July 2022
Superflex, Dive-In, 2019. Photo: Lance Gerber, courtesy of Desert X.

A 1200-kilogram bright pink installation outside The University of Queensland Art Museum forms part of an Australian-first cutting-edge exhibition that shines a spotlight on the impacts of climate change.

17 February 2022
Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj, Professor Bronwyn Fredericks and Jack Manning Bancroft at the event welcoming AIME to UQ.

The Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) will be available to University of Queensland students from this year, with the generous support of Simon Fenwick and the Fenwick Foundation.

10 March 2020
Cartier, 1, of Bowen Hills and his mum Jhulan tried out the xylophone today ahead of the fun community morning 8-10am on Saturday.

A family fun morning at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus on Saturday will welcome the community to a new “all-abilities” public playground.

28 November 2019

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 second annual UQ NAIDOC Festival honouring the theme of Voice Treaty Truth will be held at The University of Queensland from 6-8 August.

31 July 2019
Children doing calligraphy at Explorama

More than 200 gifted and talented primary school students will visit UQ this weekend for Explorama.

25 March 2019
UQ PhD student Gurion Ang will present at Concophillips Science Experience

More than 165 high school students from Queensland and northern New South Wales will converge on The University of Queensland this week to discover the wonders of science and technology.

18 January 2017
Celebrity chef Ben Milbourne to be awarded Distinguished Young Alumni Award.

​The head of Uniting Care Queensland and a Reserve Bank of Australia board member are among a distinguished line-up celebrated in The University of Queensland’s 2016 Alumni Awards.

15 August 2016

Join the University of Queensland and the Queensland Museum to transform Brisbane into a city of science at the World Science Festival Brisbane from 9-13 March.

7 March 2016

Bigger will definitely be better for more than 3000 students who plant sunflowers on Tuesday (23 February) in the 2016 University of Queensland Sunflower competition.

18 February 2016

The world’s greatest science festival is coming to Brisbane, and The University of Queensland’s Science Demo Troupe is gearing up to flaunt their skills in a Street Science event.

15 February 2016
Emeritus Professor Ken Collerson with his beloved bike in UQ's Great Court.

For most people, cycling up a mountain at full speed sounds like anything but fun, but for 70-year-old UQ Emeritus Professor Ken Collerson “the burn” is an almost daily addiction.

11 February 2016

The University of Queensland’s Confucius Institute and the Queensland Police Service, Far North District, have joined forces to develop a safety brochure for tourists travelling to North Queensland.

18 January 2016
The Change Makers team at the Queensland Multicultural Awards in August.

Students and staff from the University of Queensland are helping debunk negative stereotypes of the Brisbane suburb of Woodridge by showcasing real stories that promote pride, hope and inspiration.

25 November 2015
UQ’s Symphony Orchestra practising at QPAC.

Students from The University of Queensland’s School of Music will take to the stage at QPAC this weekend for a special concert featuring works by Vaughan Williams, Edward Elgar and a performance of Peter Sculthorpe’s most famous work — Kakadu .

14 October 2015
The ICTE-UQ class behind the ICed-TEa fundraiser

University of Queensland students from eight countries are banding together to raise money to help an Australian organisation beat cancer.

26 May 2015
The 3.275 megawatt array is built on a 10ha former airstrip

Sunshine is being turned into energy and knowledge at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus, where the state’s largest solar array was switched on today.

27 March 2015

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