The University of Queensland
Introduction
The University of Queensland (UQ) is one of Australia’s leading teaching and research universities. For more than a century, UQ has educated and worked with outstanding people to deliver knowledge leadership for a better world.
UQ ranks among the world’s top universities, as measured by several key independent rankings, including the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2017 (35)*, the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities (41), US News Best Global Universities Rankings (45), QS World University Rankings (47), Academic Ranking of World Universities (55), and Times Higher Education World University Rankings (65).
With a strong focus on teaching excellence, UQ has won more Australian Awards for University Teaching than any other university in the country, and attracts the majority of Queensland’s highest academic achievers as well as top interstate and overseas students.
In December 2017, UQ celebrated its 250,000th graduate joining its global alumni network, which includes approximately 13,300 PhDs. More than 52,000 current students, including more than 16,400 postgraduates and approximately 15.400 international students from 141 countries, currently study across UQ’s three campuses in South East Queensland
