Apply to study at UQ by September 29

People wishing to study at UQ in 2007 should lodge applications via the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) by Friday, September 29, 2006.

Applying by this date avoids late processing fees and for more information on how to apply, visit the QTAC website or contact UQ Admissions on 3365 2203.

University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay AC said UQ was one of Australia`s best universities.

The University of Queensland is the State’s oldest University and offers more than 400 programs. In 2005, it had 37,177 students enrolled, including 6332 international students and 9823 postgraduate students.

The University is a founding member of the national Group of Eight, an alliance of research-strong “sandstone” universities committed to ensuring Australia has higher education institutions which are genuinely world-class.

It has won more Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) than any other university including a staggering one-third of the 2005 AAUTs plus more than one-third of Federal funds for excellence in teaching and learning.

As one of the top three research universities across Australia, it leads industry collaboration and research funding as well as consistently ranking between first and third for numbers of PhD completions.

UQ has more new world-class scientific research institutes than any other Australian university plus Australia’s largest marine research station – at Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef.

The UQ Library is Queensland’s biggest and the University also has 20 museums and collections and the State’s second-biggest public art collection. Olympic competitors have trained in UQ sporting facilities, which include an indoor complex, an aquatic centre, a 21-court tennis centre, eight athletics ovals, one with a 600-seat grandstand, and facilities for elite rowing.

Attracting the vast majority of the State’s highest academic achievers, UQ has a graduate employment rate of 87 percent, significantly higher than the national average (full-time jobs for bachelor-degree graduates).

The University of Queensland has again received the best overall rating of all Queensland universities and one of the best Australian university rankings in the 2007 edition of the Good Universities Guide.

Media: Shirley Glaister at UQ Communications (07 3365 2049).