The Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN) conference

The University of Queensland will be represented by a delegation attending the Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN) conference in March this year.

5 March 2012
Dr Dan Angus has been appointed as an inter-school Research Fellow with the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering  and the School of Journalism and Communication.

Dr Dan Angus began his academic career looking at ants. Now he’s a very busy bee buzzing between two Schools at The University of Queensland (UQ).

25 January 2012

UQ's performance in the highly competitive Australian Research Council (ARC) funding arena has gone from strength to strength with the announcement of successful Future Fellowships and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) yesterday (...

15 November 2011

The UQ Solar Array underpins a number of cutting-edge research projects, in diverse fields including physics, engineering, economics and sustainability.

15 July 2011

Construction has been completed on the nation's largest flat-panel photovoltaic solar power system, at The University of Queensland's St Lucia campus in Brisbane.

14 July 2011

Fifty two leading researchers from The University of Queensland were honoured on Sunday as leaders in their diverse fields of discovery at the inaugural Q-Index Awards.

17 May 2011

UQ research that aims to protect crops without incurring long-term environmental damage has won a major award and resulted in a licence agreement.

16 May 2011

Groundbreaking research into nanotechnology and advanced polymers will be accelerated with $3.6 million in infrastructure funding awarded to The University of Queensland (UQ) today.

1 December 2010
Honey bees have taught researchers how to guide planes through complex manoeuvres

Australian scientists have developed a novel autopilot that guides aircraft through complex aerobatic manoeuvres by watching the horizon like a honey bee.

1 December 2010
The winners of the UQ Foundation Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision awards. From Left: Associate Professor Melissa Brown, Professor Ian Godwin, Professor Ottmar Lipp and Professor Zhiguo Yuan.

The University of Queensland has recognised seven of its most inspiring research higher degree supervisors.

27 September 2010

Sixteen UQ students recently travelled to China for a month as part of a research internship study tour.

6 September 2010

Learning how to plan a successful QTAC application, hearing about scholarships and exchange opportunities and getting tips from current uni students are all options for anyone attending the UQ St Lucia Open Day on Sunday, August 1.

26 July 2010

The University of Queensland has topped the nation in the number of Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citations for outstanding contributions to student learning.

7 July 2010
Jonathan Wei's winning entry

UQ Mechanical and Aerospace engineering student Jonathan Wei has put his design skills to good purpose to win the UQ 2010 Diversity Week Design Competition.

27 May 2010

Nine UQ researchers will travel the world building research links and bringing that knowledge back to Queensland thanks to funding from the Queensland Government.

19 May 2010

A series of workshops organised by a UQ researcher are an important step in addressing a worrying decline in the teaching and learning of mathematics.

23 March 2010

First year UQ student, Clarissa Womack, hopes that her persistence and ability to stay focused will be an inspiration to those who have a medical condition, when she finally begins her Bachelor of Engineering/ Bachelor of Science in March.

21 February 2010

University of Queensland researchers are testing new materials to withstand the extreme heat experienced by hypersonic vehicles in flight so they can fly for substantially longer.

24 December 2009

Mr Nick Stump has more than 40 years’ worth of experience in the mining and metals industries both in Australia and overseas.

30 November 2009

High Court Justice Susan Kiefel and acclaimed poet Professor Emeritus Thomas Shapcott AO are among seven recipients of University of Queensland honorary doctorates this year.

30 November 2009