Forgan Smith buildig at UQ

The University of Queensland will invest $50 million over seven years increasing research capabilities to address the most pressing health and medical challenges at the same time as creating economic opportunities.

13 July 2022

An experimental Alzheimer's disease treatment is proving effective at treating some of the most persistent, life-threatening antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

18 November 2020
graphic depicting the structure of an inflammasome

A startup company developing treatments for inflammatory diseases based on a research partnership between The University of Queensland and Trinity College Dublin has been acquired in a landmark deal – one of the largest in Australian and Irish...

22 September 2020
UQ's life-size simulated cow - Mrs O'Leary

A life-size simulated cow and calf are enhancing veterinary students’ learning experience at The University of Queensland’s Gatton Campus.

22 August 2019

The University of Queensland has a range of experts available to talk to media in relation to World Environment Day on 5 June and World Oceans Day on 8 June.

1 June 2018
A “virtual exchange” will allow UQ students to gain program credits from other universities through select online courses.

The University of Queensland is one of nine high-ranking universities to launch a “virtual exchange” that will allow students to gain program credits through select online courses.

14 December 2017
(L-R) Ms Inge Matt, Dr Barbara Maenhaut, Associate Professor Tim McIntyre, Dr Chris Landorf, Ms Rhea Jain

The cream of The University of Queensland’s teaching crop has been fêted at the annual UQ Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

31 October 2017
Professor Max Lu AO, former UQ Provost. Photo courtesy of the University of Surrey.

Eminent members of the University of Queensland community were recognised in the Australia Day 2017 Honours List.

27 January 2017
Spoonbills near UQ’s Moreton Bay Research Station. Photo by Lucy Trippett.

The future of Moreton Bay will be the focus of a public regional forum at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus from 1-3 November.

20 September 2016
UQx offers 16 online courses.

More than a million people are eager to learn from University of Queensland experts, with the UQx Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) program accepting its millionth enrolment at the weekend.

4 July 2016
Dan Rogers, Jordan English, Chief Justice Catherine Holmes, Professor Peter Høj

The future of Australia’s legal profession is bright, based on the sharp young minds honoured for academic achievements and contributions to Australia’s legal services industry at the University of Queensland last night.

19 May 2016

Nearly three quarters of Australian 14-year-olds have tried alcohol, but how much of that is being provided by their parents?

9 May 2016

They made global headlines by proving the importance of social groups in retirement, and now Australian researchers are transforming the lives of young adults who feel socially isolated.

22 March 2016

More than 11,000 people from around the world have signed up for a free University of Queensland course designed to set them on the road to employment in a competitive labour market.

1 February 2016

The University of Queensland’s massive open online course (MOOC) provider, UQx, has registered more than 500,000 participants since releasing its first course on edX in March last year.

30 September 2015
The course can improve anyone’s communication skills

Writing well ‒ learning how and knowing why ‒ is the key skill to be learnt from a free online grammar course that is back by popular demand.

16 July 2015

If your social life is in need of a makeover, The University of Queensland could help in less than eight hours.

8 May 2015

Few, if any, contemporary costume designers are household names. Some occasionally capture the zeitgeist and break through from big (or small) screen to mainstream fashion – think Catherine Martin and her recent “Gatsby” moment – but these are...

15 December 2014
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People aged over 50 are more agile mentally if they are socially active, a study has found – and the effect is even more pronounced in 80-year-olds.

2 October 2014
The only previously known specimens of the 'big-ear bat' were collected by an Italian scientist in 1890

A bat species native to Papua New Guinea and thought to be extinct has been rediscovered by a team of University of Queensland researchers.

4 June 2014