UQ has consistently ranked inside the top 70 global institutions

UQ has maintained a position within the top echelons of research institutions in the world, according to the latest Times Higher Education University Ranking.

6 September 2017

Three UQ researchers have been inducted as fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) at its inaugural scientific meeting.

8 October 2015
The study findings give a genetic basis to the stereotype of tall and lean Scandinavians

University of Queensland scientists have found a genetic basis for height and body mass differences between European populations.

15 September 2015

A university scholarship has rewarded a student’s passion for the ancient art of slit-drum making and has reinvigorated the industry in Papua New Guinea.

3 June 2013

Eleven University of Queensland researchers have been honoured as international leaders in their fields at a ceremony today.

13 April 2010

The University of Queensland's launch of queenslandplaces.com.au - a database of all major settlements in Queensland — will be held at the University's St Lucia campus on Monday, December 7.

1 December 2009

A new UQ seminar series designed to bring together insights from judges, practitioners and legal academics on current legal issues has proved to be highly successful.

10 August 2009

The University of Queensland-sponsored Q150 Steam Train departs Ipswich today (Tuesday, April 14), embarking on a journey that will span five months and visit more than 30 Queensland communities.

14 April 2009

Communities throughout Queensland will breathe life into an online archive featuring more than 900 towns, cities and ghost towns.

19 August 2008

Comment on the 2007 Budget by the Head of the UQ Business School, Professor Tim Brailsford

9 May 2007

The death and destruction on Australian roads is costing the nation $17billion each year, according to a University of Queensland report to be released in Brisbane tomorrow. (Friday, June 16).

15 June 2006

UQ biochemists are working with American researchers to pinpoint why only some parts of the brain are damaged in alcoholics.

7 November 2005

Research to be conducted at the new Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence (PACE) to be built in Brisbane could save lives and slice millions from Australia’s pharmaceutical benefits bill through better use of medicines.

18 August 2004

A University of Queensland researcher has put forward a new model to explain the unique granite formations of the Himalayan mountains.

21 June 2002

The growing popularity of dance/rave culture in south-east Queensland has led to change in health and social problems associated with illegal drug use.

30 April 2002

Scientists have long explored the possibilities of technology but most of the work has never really pushed nature to its limits.

12 September 2001

University of Queensland graduate and 1996 Nobel Prize winner Professor Peter Doherty will give his ideas on The role of the public university at a free public lecture at 6.30pm on Friday, August 24. The lecture at Customs House follows the 5....

17 August 2001

Four eminent Chinese geoscientists visiting The University of Queensland (UQ) have predicted a high likelihood for strong earthquakes in Japan, Korea and surrounding regions early this century.

28 August 2000

A University of Queensland researcher has developed a new technology that could assist in significantly improving the rate of accurate cervical cancer detection.

23 August 2000

Humanitarian aid may have gone from textbook to daily reality for East Timor-based INTERFET advisor Major David Freeman but his academic excellence will be recognised in Brisbane today, Friday, October 8.

8 October 1999