• A green lawn in front of a sandstone building. People are sitting on purple beanbags under jacaranda trees on the lawn.

    UQ community celebrated in Australia Day Honours

    University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry and leading criminologist and educator, Professor Lorraine Mazerolle have received the nation’s highest civil award in the 2024 Australia Day Honours.

    26 January 2024
  • Li Cunxin AO stands in the Great Court wearing his red and yellow academic dress and cap.

    UQ honours remarkable individuals

    The University of Queensland has recognised renowned ballet dancer and author, Li Cunxin AO, and pioneering chemical engineer, Katherine Hirschfeld AM, with Honorary Doctorates during UQ’s 2023 end-of-year graduations.

    12 December 2023
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    UQ student is Australia-at-Large 2024 Rhodes Scholar 

    Rising University of Queensland physics star and mountaineer Emerald Gaydon has been named as an Australia-at-Large Rhodes Scholar for 2024.

    28 November 2023
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The University of Queensland is honouring a learning scientist who is leading by example to inspire and teach future teachers.

3 November 2023
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A lecturer who goes above and beyond to engage students and promote connectedness in his classes has won a UQ Award for Teaching Excellence.

2 November 2023

Four University of Queensland educators have received 2023 Awards for Teaching Excellence for their leadership and innovation.

2 November 2023
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The 2023 UQ Alumni Awards have recognised 18 remarkable individuals – local heroes and global ChangeMakers – whose talents were nurtured right here in Queensland.

27 October 2023
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Medical student, charity founder and elite athlete Jeremy Hunt has been named Queensland's 2024 Rhodes Scholar.

25 October 2023
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The commercial potential of University of Queensland research partnerships has been recognised by the Australian Economic Accelerator.

25 October 2023

Three leading researchers from The University of Queensland have been recognised for their health and medical innovation by being named finalists in the 2023 Research Australia Awards.

23 October 2023
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Associate Professor Carissa Klein, who is working to improve sustainability in the fishing and seafood industries, has been named the 2023 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year.

19 October 2023
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Professor Glenn King from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation, a $250,000 recognition of his pioneering work. 

17 October 2023

A social enterprise that trains and employs young data analysts with autism has been recognised at The University of Queensland’s 2023 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Awards.

24 August 2023

The University of Queensland has ranked 51 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2023, maintaining second position in Australia.

15 August 2023

Ten University of Queensland researchers have been recognised in the 2023 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Awards for their outstanding early career research.

31 July 2023
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The University of Queensland has recognised a leading Aboriginal philosopher and a visionary entrepreneur with Honorary Doctorates.

14 July 2023
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Six University of Queensland staff members are featured on a national NAIDOC Week list of 52 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are changing the world.

4 July 2023

Four University of Queensland researchers have been awarded more than $12.8 million through the Australian Research Council (ARC) prestigious Australian Laureate Fellowships.

4 July 2023