In addition to UQ’s three main campuses, the University has more than 45 specialised teaching and research sites throughout Queensland as well as six internationally significant, interdisciplinary research institutes.

Specialised teaching and research sites

• The School of Medicine and School of Population Health, located at Herston, UQ’s major medical teaching and research location. The University operates within the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Royal Children’s Hospital and Queensland Radium Institute.
  
• The Dental School in Brisbane.
  
• The Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre and the University Mine, both in Indooroopilly, near UQ St Lucia.
  
• Seismograph stations at Charters Towers and Mt Nebo.
  
• Australia’s largest university-run marine research station at Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef, and other marine facilities at Low Isles and North Stradbroke Island.
  
• Customs House, UQ’s cultural, educational and heritage facility in Brisbane’s city centre.
  
• UQ Business School downtown in Brisbane’s Central Business District, a state-of-the-art teaching and corporate functions venue.

Major research institutes
Although UQ supports a broad and comprehensive research profile, it also invests strategically in selected areas where it has developed critical mass and internationally recognised strengths. UQ’s existing research strengths have evolved into six internationally significant, interdisciplinary research institutes:

• Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)
  UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) is Australia’s first fully integrated research institute to take a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and exploiting nanostructures, the genetic basis of cell activity, and opportunities at the interface between bioengineering and nanotechnology. The $70 million AIBN Building, which opened at the St Lucia campus in 2006, is Australia’s first purpose-built facility for research combining the biological, chemical and physical sciences.
  
• Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine
  The Diamantina Institute brings together clinicians, clinical researchers and scientists working on some of today’s most important health problems, including cancer, vaccines against infectious disease and diabetes. The Institute’s goal is to develop a better understanding of the molecular and cellular basis of disease. It aims to translate that understanding into practical outcomes for patients, through design and testing of new prevention strategies and treatments. Diamantina’s achievements include a world-fi rst vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.
  
• Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB)
  The IMB links leading-edge genomic discovery and bioinformatic facilities with state-of-the-art research to investigate human and animal biology, and to develop new pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, nanotechnologies and disease therapies. The IMB is based at the $105 million Queensland Biosciences Precinct at UQ St Lucia. The facility is the largest of its kind in Australia.
  
• Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR)
  UQ’s goal of addressing important societal problems with world-class research was signifi cantly advanced through the opening of the ISSR in 2007. The Institute highlights the burgeoning research strengths in areas of contemporary social relevance of UQ’s Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
  
• Queensland Brain Institute (QBI)
  The QBI is a world leader in discovering the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the ability of the adult brain to adapt to change by generating new nerve cells and forming new functional connections. The $63 million state-of-the-art QBI research facility at UQ’s St Lucia campus houses about 250 scientists.
  
• Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI)
  More and more, Australia’s mining industry has to deal with the concept of responsible growth – growth that makes economic sense and is environmentally and socially responsible. Increasingly, the industry is turning to the SMI for new and unique ways of addressing these responsibilities. Part of the SMI’s success stems from its research focus at an operational level, coming up with practical applications to bridge the gap between high-level ideas and coal-face implementation. The SMI is located in the $21 million Sir James Foots Building at the St Lucia campus.

Related links
School of Medicine
School of Population Health
Dental School
Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre
UQ Business School Downtown
Research Institutes