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The University of Queensland
UQ logo
Motto Scientia ac Labore"through knowledge and hard work"
Established 1909
Type Public
Chancellor Sir Llewellyn Edwards
Vice-Chancellor Professor John A. Hay
Faculty 5081 (includes staff)
Undergraduates 26,855 (2006)
Postgraduates 10,663 (2006)
Location Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Campus Urban
Affiliations Group of Eight, Universitas 21, ASAIHL
Website www.uq.edu.au
The University of Queensland (UQ) is the longest-established university in the state of Queensland, Australia, a member of Australia's Group of Eight, and the Sandstone Universities. It is also a founding member of the international Universitas 21 organisation.

The University has its main campus in the suburb of St Lucia, in Brisbane. Its other campuses include Ipswich, Gatton, Herston, South Brisbane, Turbot Street and Moggill.

UQ was established on December 10 1909, with Sir William MacGregor as first chancellor (with Reginald Heber Roe as vice-chancellor) and was originally situated in Brisbane's downtown area. In 1927, the land on which the St Lucia campus is built was resumed by the Brisbane City Council using money donated by James O'Neil Mayne and his sister Mary Emelia Mayne to replace the less spacious city campus (now home to the Gardens Point campus of the Queensland University of Technology).

UQ is one of Australia's top five research intensive universities. It contains many joint and collaborative research centres, such as the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (which conducts research jointly with CSIRO), the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) and the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI). In addition, UQ is involved in centres such as the Queensland Institute of Medical Research at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.

Campus and setting

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The Forgan Smith Building and the Great Court.

St Lucia Campus

Situated on a peninsula of the Brisbane River, the university is reachable by road, CityCat ferry, or bus and is seven kilometres from Brisbane's city centre. At its centre is the Great Court - a large open area surrounded by sandstone buildings with distinctive gargoyles and includes the heritage-listed Great Court.

The large campus of 274 acres (1.1 km sq) also includes sporting fields, gardens, duckponds, and cycling tracks. The athletics centre features 21 floodlit tennis courts and Olympic-standard swimming pool, a three-level gymnasium and a multi-purpose indoor centre.

It is served by a CityCat wharf, two bus stations and is also served by the Eleanor Schonell Bridge providing pedestrian and bus access across the river to Dutton Park.

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Gatton Campus

Located about 90km west of Brisbane on the Warrego Highway, UQ Gatton is home to the university's Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science (NRAVS). UQ Gatton, formerly the Queensland Agricultural College, was opened in 1897 as a combined agricultural college and experimental farm. The QAC amalgamated with UQ in 1990.

UQ Gatton offers courses in agriculture, animal science, environmental management, agronomy/agribusiness, equine studies, wildlife and bushland studies and other fields relating to natural and rural environments. Its facilities include over 1000 hectares of agricultural land, modern extensive and intensive animal production operations, a recently redeveloped equine centre, and facilities for wildlife studies, as well as modern teaching facilities and laboratories, and a branch of the UQ Library. Some of the original QAC buildings are still standing, such as the Foundation Building.

Ipswich Campus

The Ipswich campus, opened in 1999, after State and Federal government backing is the newest campus, made up of nearly 20 buildings and more than 4000 students on nearly 25ha. Courses offered include: arts, business and social sciences as well as Interaction design.

It is located near central Ipswich, Queensland, just south of the CBD. Nearby landmarks include Limestone Park, The Workshops Railway Museum and the RAAF Base Amberley. The actual site surrounds the Ipswich Showgrounds and is in turn, sided by a golf course.

The site dates back to 1878 with the opening of the Ipswich branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum. Operations continued until 1910 when it became the Ipswich Hospital for the Insane. In 1938 it was renamed the Ipswich Mental Hospital and in 1964 it was renamed again as the Ipswich Special Hospital. It was finally named the Challinor Centre in 1968 in honour of Dr. Henry Challinor, the ships surgeon on the Fortitude. From 1968 to 1997 the Challinor Centre served as an institution for people with intellectual disabilities. In late 1997 the Challinor Centre began its final stage of evolution as the new UQ Ipswich campus.

This history is reflected today with 17 heritage listed buildings that have been refurbished into work spaces, computer laboratories and public spaces. Work is still underway refurbishing more buildings.

Other facilities

The University of Queensland takes advantage of research and education facilities not attached directly to the three campuses. These locations are primarily for research which cannot be undertaken in the campus locales but also represent buildings which established pre-eminence in education before the creation of the current campuses.
  • Turbot Street - Turbot Street is the University's dentistry education facility. It comprises two large buildings and one small building at the junction of Turbot and Albert Streets in the Brisbane inner city area. The older of the two larger buildings is the former Brisbane College of Dentistry which is connected via a second-storey walkway to the newer building.
  • UQ Regiment Indooroopilly - A counterpart to the St Lucia Campus's Regiment in Indooroopilly.
  • Herston - Situated next to the hospital complex at Herston, UQ's School of Medicine occupies the Mayne Medical Building. The location also accommodates UQ teaching facilities in and around the hospitals. The Queensland Institute of Medical Research also holds strong links to UQ.
  • Pinjarra Aquatic Research Station - On Moggil and Pinjarra Roads in Pinjarra Hills, Brisbane. The Aquatic Research Station investigates aquaculture and inland ecology.
  • Heron Island Research Station - A research station situated on Heron Island, 72km north-east of Gladstone, Queensland. Its primary use if for the study of specimens from the surrounding Heron Reef. It consists of over thirty buildings situated on a two hectare lease.
  • Moreton Bay Research Station - Aquatic research station in the bay east of Brisbane. This station is used for the majority of field trips especially for introductory marine environment subjects.

Academia

In 2004 the University of Queensland had more than 38,000 students enrolled with 6396 of these international students. Notable alumni include Bill Hayden, Professor Peter Doherty and actors Janet Fielding and Geoffrey Rush.

The University of Queensland has won more Australian Awards for University Teaching than any other university. It is also noted for developing the HyShot Ramjet Rocket and pioneering a vaccine for cervical cancer (Research led by 2006 Australian of the Year, Professor Ian Frazer).

The Honourable Sir Llewellyn Edwards, AC, is the Chancellor of The University of Queensland and the current Deputy Chancellor is The Hon. Justice Margaret White. The Chancellor and Deputy Chancellor are elected by the University Senate. The Vice-Chancellor of the University (effectively the chief executive officer) is appointed by the Senate and the office is currently held by Professor John A. Hay.

The University's executive group comprises:
  • The Vice-Chancellor, Professor John A. Hay AC, BA (Hons) (WA & Camb.), MA (Camb.), PhD (WA), Hon LittD. (Deakin), Hon DLitt. (WA), FACE, FAIM
  • Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul GREENFIELD BE PhD (NSW), BEcon (Qld) FTSE, FIChemE, FIEAust, MAIChE
  • Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Michael KENIGER AADip Lond., LFRAIA, RIBA FTSE, FQA
  • Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International and Development), Professor Trevor GRIGG BE(Hons), BEcon, PhD (Qld), CPEng, FIEAust., FAIM, FAICD
  • Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor David SIDDLE BA PhD (Qld), FASSA, FAPS
  • President of the Academic Board, Professor Mark GOULD BSc, PhD (Adel)
  • Secretary and Registrar, Mr Douglas PORTER BA Durham, FAIM
  • Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Ipswich Campus, Professor Alan RIX BA, PhD (ANU)
The University was ranked the 45th in the World University Ranking in October 2006 published by The Times Higher Education Supplement, climbing two places from 2005. In 2005, the University was also ranked 40th in top technology universities, 89th in top arts and humanities universities, 29th in the top biomedicine institutions and in the top 25 for social sciences.

Research centres

The University is the site of the following research institutes: The University is also a partner in the following research centres: The Univsersity also maintains school and faculty based research centres in the following areas:
  • The Centre for Biological Information Technology, Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences
  • Centre for Computational Molecular Science, Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences
  • Centre for Nanotechnology and Biomaterials, Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences
  • Centre for Marine Studies, Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences
  • The Ecology Centre, Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences
  • Risk and Sustainable Management Group, School of Economics
  • Centre for Discrete Mathematics and Computing, Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture
  • Centre for Mathematical Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture
  • Advanced Computational Modelling Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture
  • Earth Systems Science Computational Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture
  • Centre for Military and Veterans' Health, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Centre for Online Health, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Australasian Centre on Ageing, Faculties of Health Sciences and Social and Behavioural Sciences
  • Centre for Young People's Health, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
  • The University of Queensland Social Research Centre, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Student Union

The UQ Union is the incorporated representative body of the students at the University. It is affiliated with the National Union of Students and provides services to students including representation to University and faculty committees, refectories and other catering services, a legal service, financial assistance, administrative counseling and campus activities.

Organisational structure

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Steele Building - University of Queensland.
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Forgan Smith Building - University of Queensland.


The University is organised into Faculties, Schools and Departments/Divisions.
  • Faculty of Arts (ARTS)
  • School of English, Media Studies & Art History (EMSAH)
  • School of History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics (HPRC)
  • School of Languages & Comparative Cultural Studies (SLCCS)
  • School of Music
  • Faculty of Biological & Chemical Sciences (BACS)
  • School of Biomedical Sciences (SBMS)
  • Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology
  • Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
  • School of Integrative Biology (SIB)
  • Department of Botany
  • Department of Zoology and Entomology
  • School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences (SMMS)
  • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Microbiology & Parasitology
  • Faculty of Business, Economics & Law (BEL)
  • School of Economics
  • School of Tourism
  • T.C. Beirne School of Law
  • UQ Business School
  • Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences & Architecture (EPSA)
  • School of Engineering (SOE)
  • Division of Chemical Engineering
  • Division of Civil Engineering
  • Division of Environmental Engineering
  • Division of Materials
  • Division of Mechanical Engineering
  • Division of Mechanical and Space Engineering
  • Division of Mining and Minerals Process Engineering
  • Division of Mechatronic Engineering
  • School of Geography, Planning and Architecture (GPA)
  • School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ITEE)
  • Department of Electrical Engineering (EE)
  • Department of Systems Engineering
  • Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Department of Computer Science
  • School of Physical Sciences (SPS)
  • Earth Sciences
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Physics
  • Faculty of Health Sciences (HEALTH)
  • School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS)
  • School of Human Movement Studies
  • School of Dentistry
  • School of Medicine (SoM)
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Pharmacy
  • School of Population Health
  • Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture & Veterinary Science (NRAVS)
  • School of Agronomy & Horticulture
  • School of Animal Studies
  • School of Land & Food Sciences (LAFS)
  • School of Natural & Rural Systems Management (NRSM)
  • School of Veterinary Science
  • Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences (SBS)
  • School of Education
  • School of Journalism & Communication
  • School of Political Science & International Studies (POLSIS)[1]
  • School of Psychology [2]
  • School of Social Science
  • School of Social Work & Applied Human Sciences

University-based organisations

Residential colleges

The University of Queensland has 11 residential colleges with 10 of these located on its St Lucia campus. They are:

Gallery

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Panoramic image of Forgan Smith, Michie, Biology Library and Mayne Hall Buildings.
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Panoramic image of UQ Lake viewed toward the South-East.
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Panoramic image of UQ Lake viewed toward the South-West.
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Sunrise over UQ Lake and General Purpose South Building.

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Queensland

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• Density: 1,848,000(Dec 2006) (3rd)
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St Lucia
Brisbane, Queensland

Physics Department building at the Great Court of University of Queensland

Population: 10,458 (2004) [1]

Postcode: 4067


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• Density: 1,848,000(Dec 2006) (3rd)
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Queensland

Population: 145,000 (2006)

Postcode: 4305

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Brisbane, Queensland

Population: 1,837 (2004)[1]

Postcode: 4006

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Brisbane, Queensland

Population: 4,521 (2001)[1]

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Brisbane, Queensland

Population: 2,145 (2006 census)

Postcode: 4070

Location: 19 km from Brisbane GPO

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