A young hockey player guiding the ball with her stick on a blue hockey field

UQ student and emerging hockey star Claire Colwill is experiencing a whirlwind of emotions after being selected to represent Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this week.

25 July 2022
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt touring UQ's IMB lab

Research into global health issues including antibiotic resistance, inflammatory diseases and stroke has been boosted after The University of Queensland received more than $29.7 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research...

29 August 2019
After more than a century of graduations, Queensland’s largest university is celebrating a major milestone this December: 250,000 graduates.

After more than a century of graduations, Queensland’s largest university is celebrating a major milestone this December: 250,000 graduates.

14 December 2017

The University of Queensland has recognised staff members and teams in the 2017 UQ Awards for Excellence.

7 June 2017
Professor John Quiggin

The Beattie Government’s Smart State program deserves credit for the resilience of the State’s economy and labour market despite the end of the mining boom, according to analysis by a University of Queensland economist.

21 April 2016

Three University of Queensland academics specialising in cultural studies, theatre history and music were among 22 leading scholars elected this month as Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

5 December 2012
State Councillor and Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong congratulated Professor Lu in Beijing

CHINESE state leaders have presented The University of Queensland’s Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Max Lu, with a prestigious science and technology award.

16 February 2012

University of Queensland Diamantina Institute researcher Professor Ian Frazer has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.

17 May 2011
Associate Professor Sean Grimmond

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers will use a $5 million grant from the Queensland State Government to unlock the genetic causes of pancreatic and ovarian cancer.

20 May 2009

Indigenous students from around Brisbane visited the Gatton campus recently to join in University for the Urban Indigenous Student Camp.

8 December 2008

UQ Athletics Club Head Coach Pat Clohessy has plenty of reasons to celebrate this year.

1 April 2008

The Australian team performed extremely well at the recent World Rowing Championships in Germany, thanks in no small part to a strong contingent from the University of Queensland Boat Club (UQBC).

4 September 2007

Seven UQ engineering students will benefit from work experience with the power industry during vacations, thanks to special industry bursaries.

5 March 2007

For once, there won’t be a football in sight when University of Queensland medical student and international rugby union star, John Roe, takes the stage.

30 November 2006

Community attitudes to the extension of life are complex, according to the preliminary results of a new University of Queensland study.

5 October 2006

Distinguished businessman and UQ Senator Norbury Rogers AO will be awarded an honorary doctorate, and will be guest speaker at a UQ graduation ceremony on December 16.

15 December 2005

One of Australia’s leading education experts will provide a thought-provoking insight into the future of schooling at a 2020 Vision free public lecture during The University of Queensland’s first Teaching and Learning Week from November 18-22.

15 November 2002

Former Queensland Premier Wayne Goss will address graduates at a University of Queensland graduation ceremony on Monday, December 10.

7 December 2001

The University of Queensland announced the 2001 winners of its teaching excellence and research supervision awards at a ceremony at Customs House in Brisbane last night.

23 November 2001

The University Regimental Band, the Emmanuel College Pipers, a Book Fair and the inaugural Alumni Cup Inter-college Cloister Races will set the University of Queensland Great Court abuzz on Saturday, August 25 for the 90th Anniversary Alumni Reunion...

20 August 2001