Five Star Effort
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Research grants and research intensity at the University have received a five-star rating by an independent consumer guide to higher education institutions.
The University again received the best overall rating of all Queensland universities and one of the best Australian university rankings in the 2005 edition of the Good Universities Guides.
The independent consumer guide, released in July, provides ratings, rankings, comment and information about Australian higher education institutions.
UQ received the maximum five-star rating for eight main categories: prestige, getting a job, positive graduate outcomes, non-government earnings, student demand, research grants, research intensity, and toughness to get in (St Lucia campus).
UQ was the only Queensland university to receive the highest rating for prestige, getting a job, research grants, and research intensivity.
UQ was also among just eight universities nationally to score the top rating for prestige and research grants.
Senior Deputy Vice- Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield welcomed the independent assessment.
"This is the eighth consecutive year that the Good Universities Guides have assessed UQ at being at the top of the State's academic and student status hierarchies," he said.
