Open for business downtown – UQ’s state-of-the-art executive business facility

Brisbane’s newest state-of-the-art teaching and corporate functions facility will open its doors on March 1.

UQ Business School Downtown, situated on level 19 of Central Plaza One in the heart of Brisbane’s financial district, will deliver its internationally accredited MBA program from Monday.

The venue will also be available for hire for corporate functions, seminars and executive training.

“UQ Business School’s expansion into the Brisbane CBD came as a result of considerable demand for city delivery of the School’s postgraduate business programs,” Head of UQ Business School Professor Tim Brailsford said.

The venue features tiered lecture theatres, private study workstations, board and conference rooms, syndicate rooms, and generous cafe-style breakout spaces, all with extensive data access and provision for wireless communications.

UQ Business School Downtown also has direct access to the UQ Cybrary, the University’s world-class online library service featuring a combination of print and electronic information.

Aiming for a corporate edge both aesthetically and functionally, architectural firm Bligh Voller Nield used a variety of materials to reflect a modern corporate image as well as links to the University’s heritage, such as Helidon sandstone featured at the foyer.

Plenty of natural light and a focus on the venue’s magnificent views are complemented by a careful blend of acoustic privacy and architectural openness.

Designed to be corporate based, multifunctional and sensitive to educational requirements, the architects drew on international standards and utilised cutting edge technical equipment and furniture through the fit out.

Professor Brailsford said the facility’s contemporary design reflected the vitality and strength of ideas generated from education and research.

“We’ve focused very heavily on flexibility, space efficiency and communications infrastructure to ensure premium product delivery to students and corporate clients,” he said.

He said the new facility would provide a platform for enhanced collaboration with business.
Program offerings, timetables and further information about the facility can be found online at www.business.uq.edu.au
Media: For more information, contact UQ Business School Marketing Development Manager Karissa Douglass (telephone 07 3365 6179 or mobile 0410 642 027, email k.douglass@business.uq.edu.au).