GREAT
EXPERIENCES
Why not study overseas for up to a year
while gaining credit towards your UQ
degree?
An exchange can be the adventure of a
lifetime: improve your foreign language
skills, broaden your career and academic
opportunities, and gain a different
perspective on your studies. As UQ has
exchange agreements with more than 185
institutions in 41 countries, you will have a
broad choice.
Some UQ programs also include practical
experiences as a core study component.
You might work in a campus laboratory, on
an island, or down a mine. You may go to
another country. Or you might just visit a
public art gallery.
If you prefer to stay close to home, you
can take advantage of the many extra-
curricular activities on offer, such as our
Summer and Winter Research programs,
hundreds of clubs and societies, and our
intensive language training programs.
HIGHLY
AWARDED
TEACHERS
Our teachers share a passion for excellence
in education that has led to them
receiving more national teaching awards
than any other Australian university.
This includes a 100 per cent success rate
in the Carrick Citations for Outstanding
Contributions to Student Learning, and 95
Australian Learning and Teaching Council
awards and citations since 1997. Both awards
recognise quality teaching practice and
outstanding contributions to student learning.
UQ offers a flexible, student-centred
approach to learning with a strong online
program and innovative teaching modes,
and has more than 2800 highly qualified
academic staff dedicated to teaching
and research. Many are recognised
internationally as leaders in their fields and
all are committed to teaching excellence
and outstanding mentorship that leads to
well-rounded graduates.
LEADING
RESEARCHERS
Our researchers are answering some of
the toughest questions facing humanity.
With eight internationally recognised
Institutes on-site, along with leading
academics on staff, you will have the
opportunity of studying with some of the
world’s best researchers.
UQ has its own commercialisation
company, UniQuest (widely recognised
as one of Australia’s largest and most
successful), and is a member of the
prestigious “Group of Eight” research-
intensive universities in Australia. UQ also
topped the nation in the 2012 round one
funding of the Australian Research Council
Discovery Projects Scheme.
Recent research highlights include
discovering a new disease, HBSL; improving
biopsy methods; developing microalgae
as a “green power” biofuel; investigating
pain control medicines derived from spider
venom; and determining ways to prevent
depression.
At UQ, you will join a global network of
210,000 graduates, many of whom are
leaders in their fields, including:
– Professor Peter Doherty AC, 1996
Nobel Laureate for Medicine and 1997
Australian of the Year
– Her Excellency Ms Penelope Wensley AC,
Governor of Queensland
– The Honourable Campbell Newman,
Premier of Queensland
– Dr Johann Koss, Olympian and
humanitarian
– Tim Munro, double GRAMMY® award
winner
– Professor Kin-Man Ho, philanthropist and
environmental engineer
– Kate Morton, internationally acclaimed
author
– John Eales, former Australian Rugby
Union (Wallabies) captain
– Andrew Liveris, CEO and president, The
Dow Chemical Company
– Graeme Wood, founder of Wotif.com
SUCCESSFUL
CAREERS
UQ qualifications are highly regarded by
Australian and international employers.
In the 2013 Employer Review of the QS
rankings of world universities, UQ was
ranked 55th for graduate employability. In
Australia, our bachelor degree graduates
enjoy an employment rate that is 4.2 per
cent higher than the national average, and
with higher starting salaries.
With a range of opportunities to develop
your skills outside the classroom – such
as internships, practical experiences and
industry contacts – UQ will help boost
your employability and prepare you for an
interesting and successful career.
– Julie McKay, Executive Director, United
Nations Women Australia
– Path Heang, humanitarian and 2008 UQ
International Alumnus of the Year
– Dr Nat Yuen, philanthropist and 2010 UQ
International Alumnus of the Year
– Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim,
Chief Minister of the Malaysian state of
Selangor
– Dr Lee Boon Yang, Chairman, Keppel
Corporation Ltd and Singapore Press
Holdings, former Singapore Minister
– Geoffrey Rush AC, Academy Award
winner and 2012 Australian of the Year
– Professor Adele Green AC, skin cancer
researcher and Queensland’s 2013
Australian of the Year.
We encourage UQ graduates to keep in
touch through our many alumni networks
scattered across the globe: enjoy a
lifetime of experiences with opportunities
to maintain and renew friendships, and
engage in social, educational and intellectual
activities within the UQ community.
GLOBALALUMNI NETWORK
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