IAU-016591
https://www.whed.net/institutions/IAU-016591

Australia

top General Information

Address

Street:St Lucia

City:Brisbane

Province:Queensland

Post Code:4072

WWW:http://www.uq.edu.au

Other Sites

Also Teaching Hospitals, University Mine, Veterinary Science facilities and Agricultural Farms, Marine Research Stations and Study Abroad, Study Exchange and Twinning Programmes, Institute for Continuing and TESOL Education (ICTE), and 8 research institutes

Institution Funding

Public

History

Established by Act of the Queensland Parliament 1909. Officially founded 1910, it began teaching in 1911. In 1990, it merged with the Queensland Agricultural College (now UQ Gatton) as part of a unified national system abolishing the binary system of universities and colleges of advanced education. In 1999, opened UQ Ipswich.

Academic Year

February to December (February-July; July-December). Summer session (November-February) for some courses

Admission Requirements

Senior secondary school certificate or recognized foreign equivalent with appropriate grades and prerequisites. English language proficiency is required either via IELTS-test, overall band score of at least 6.5, with a writing band score of at least 6; or TOEFL test score of 550, with a writing band of 5. Higher English language proficiency is required for some programs of study

Language(s)

English

Student Body

co-ed

top Officers

Head : Deborah Terry, AO

Job title:Vice-Chancellor and President


Senior Administrative Officer : Joanne Wright

Job title:Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic


International Relations Officer : Rongyu Li

Job title:Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Global Engagement

top Divisions

Faculty : Business, Economics and Law

Fields of study:Business Administration, Economics, Law, Leisure Studies, Tourism


Faculty : Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

Fields of study:Architecture and Planning, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Water Management


Faculty : Health and Behavioural Sciences

Fields of study:Clinical Psychology, Dietetics, Health Education, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Midwifery, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Education, Physical Therapy, Physiology, Psychology, Social Work, Speech Therapy and Audiology, Sports, Sports Medicine


Faculty : Health Sciences

Fields of study:Community Health, Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medicine, Midwifery, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Toxicology, Tropical Medicine


Faculty : Humanities and Social Sciences

Fields of study:Arts and Humanities, Communication Arts, Criminology, Economics, Fine Arts, International Studies, Journalism, Music, Philosophy, Political Sciences, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Social Sciences


Faculty : Medicine

Fields of study:Epidemiology, Health Sciences, Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Public Health, Statistics


Faculty : Science

Fields of study:Agricultural Business, Agriculture, Applied Mathematics, Archaeology, Biochemistry, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Management, Environmental Studies, Food Science, Marine Biology, Marine Science and Oceanography, Mathematics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Occupational Health, Physics, Regional Planning, Town Planning, Veterinary Science, Wildlife, Zoology

top Degrees

Bachelor Degree


Bachelor Honours Degree


Graduate Certificate/Diploma


Master Degree


Doctoral Degree

Updated on 18-02-2022