The University of Queensland recognises the passing of former Governor General and UQ alum, Bill Hayden, who leaves a legacy of service, leadership and unwavering commitment to the people of Australia.
23 October 2023
One of the oldest tertiary institutions in Queensland – now a national hub for agricultural teaching, research and innovation – is celebrating its 125th anniversary.
28 June 2022
Anh Nguyễn remembers little about the desperate boat journey his family took to flee Vietnam in late 2013. The 18-year-old UQ Engineering student was just ten when he and his family fled their home country.
21 June 2022
Almost four thousand Queensland students have been offered the opportunity to study at The University of Queensland, in the latest tertiary admissions offers which went out today.
13 January 2022
Until she attended a careers information fair, final-year University of Queensland journalism student Sarah Richards thought teaching art was where her future lay.
1 November 2021
An expert in Indigenous architecture, a noted historian and a history-making teacher joined a raft of talented University of Queensland alumni recognised in the 2021 Australia Day honours.
29 January 2021
The University of Queensland Chancellor, Peter Varghese AO, has been elected for a second term at a meeting of the UQ Senate.
2 December 2020
PhD candidate Cody Frear will represent The University of Queensland in the Asia-Pacific Three Minute Thesis Competition on Friday 4 October, after winning the 2019 UQ 3MT Final.
19 September 2019
The University of Queensland has partnered with education platform XuetangX to offer five massive open online courses (MOOCs) in Chinese, attracting an audience of more than 65,000 learners.
22 December 2016
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
Imagine your partner goes for a quick swim while you sunbathe, but when they return you are unable to recognise them, despite them looking exactly the same as when they entered the water.
8 September 2015
If Nick Kenny was looking for a way to break a cycle, hammering his pushbike through 3000km of Central Australia’s most barren land was a good way to go about it.
25 August 2015On behalf of The University of Western Australia (UWA) and The University of Queensland (UQ), we wish to express our profound sadness at the sudden death of young scientist, Dr Sean Barrett, early on Friday morning.
22 October 2012
A project that has helped year 12 high school students to develop a better understanding of Australia’s asylum and refugee policies is the main winner in the 2011 UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Awards, announced this evening.
26 May 2011
When activist and former University of Queensland academic Merle Thornton chained herself to the bar at the Regatta Hotel in the mid-60s, it was a landmark moment for women’s rights in Australia.
1 March 2011
If you thought that being deaf could prevent you from winning a speaking contest, think again.
15 September 2010
Giving deaf children an opportunity to be heard has earned UQ graduate and current PhD candidate Dimity Dornan the Queenslander of the Year Award.
3 June 2010
Teenagers needed to strip away years of conditioning from negative stereotypes to learn that being Aboriginal and successful was possible, a young indigenous leader told an audience in Brisbane last night.
22 April 2010
