UQ Gatton delivers excellence in agricultural and natural resource sciences.

UQ Gatton offers a relaxed, friendly atmosphere and students enjoy the benefi ts of being close to the major centres of Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba. Just under an hour’s drive west of Brisbane, the campus offers a unique blend of modern teaching facilities, state-of-the-art laboratories and historic buildings.

UQ Gatton students gain a more personalised education as part of a large university with international standing. The campus is home to the $33 million Centre for Advanced Animal Science and operates commercial production units to support teaching, research and hands-on training. The programs offered in the areas of agribusiness and economics, agriculture and horticulture, animals and equine studies, environment, food, forestry, natural resources and veterinary science are internationally recognised as among the best of their types in Australia.

UQ Gatton students can take advantage of a range of medical, welfare, counselling and learning support services, and numerous sporting and recreational activities. Campus amenities include a post offi ce, childcare centre, bookshops, cafés, banking facilities and a licensed club.

Gatton Shire
Gatton is a thriving town of 6000 people in the Lockyer Valley. It is just fi ve kilometres from UQ Gatton and 90 kilometres west of Brisbane. Toowoomba, a city of 90,000 people and regional capital of the Darling Downs, is a 30-minute drive away.

The picturesque landscape includes rich farming land and tourist attractions. The town offers many services and facilities. These include supermarkets and shops, accommodation, visitor’s information centre, a hospital and other medical services, a civic centre, restaurants, banks, public library, recreational facilities, a showground, golf course and football club.

Transport
During semester, the University-operated express bus service runs four times each weekday, from UQ St Lucia to UQ Ipswich, then UQ Gatton and return.
The campus is also serviced by express coaches running between Brisbane and Toowoomba, and a bus/rail service linking Gatton and Brisbane.
There is ample, free, on-campus parking for students all year.

For full details of transport and parking information for UQ Gatton, visit the Transport page on the UQ Gatton website.

See the Transport and parking page for general information on transport to and from all UQ campuses, and for on-campus parking facilities on all three campuses.

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