University of Queensland

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**The University of Queensland**
Image:University of Queensland Logo.png
Motto	Scientia ac Labore "through knowledge and hard work"
Established	1909
Type	Public
Chancellor	Sir Llewellyn Edwards
Vice-Chancellor	Professor John A. Hay
Faculty	5081 (includes staff)
Undergraduates	27,835 (2004)
Postgraduates	10,304
Location	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Member of Group of Eight and Universitas 21
Website	www.uq.edu.au

The University of Queensland (UQ) is the longest-established university in the state of Queensland, Australia, and a member of Australia's Group of Eight. It is also a founding member of the international Universitas 21 organisation.

The University has its main campus in the suburb of St Lucia, in Brisbane. Its other campuses include Ipswich, Gatton, Herston, South Brisbane, Turbot Street and Moggill.

UQ was established on December 10 1909, with Sir William MacGregor as first chancellor and was originally situated in Brisbane's downtown area. In 1927 the land on which the St Lucia campus is built was resumed by the Brisbane City Council using money donated by James O'Neil Mayne and his sister Mary Emelia Mayne to replace the less spacious city campus (now home to the Gardens Point campus of the Queensland University of Technology).

UQ is one of Australia's top two or three research intensive universities. It contains many joint and collaborative research centres, such as the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (which conducts research jointly with CSIRO), the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) and the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI). In addition, UQ is involved in centres such as the Queensland Institute of Medical Research at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.

1 Campus and setting
2 UQ Union
3 Academia
4 Research centres
5 Organisational structure
6 Notable Faculty
- 6.1 Notable Former Faculty
7 University based Organisiations
8 Images from UQ
9 Residential Colleges
10 External links

[edit] Campus and setting

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St Lucia Campus

Situated on a peninsula of the Brisbane River, the university is reachable by road, CityCat ferry, or bus and is seven kilometres from Brisbane's city centre. At its centre is the Great Court - a large open area surrounded by sandstone buildings with distinctive gargoyles and includes the heritage-listed Great Court.

The large campus of 274 acres (1.1 km sq) also includes sporting fields, gardens, duckponds, and cycling tracks. The athletics centre features 21 floodlit tennis courts and Olympic-standard swimming pool, a three-level gymnasium and a multi-purpose indoor centre.

It is served by a CityCat wharf and bus station and will be served by an additional bus station and bus-bridge upon completion of the Eleanor Schonell Bridge.

Gatton Campus

Located about 90km west of Brisbane on the Warrego Highway, UQ Gatton is home to the university's Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science (NRAVS). UQ Gatton, formerly the Queensland Agricultural College, was opened in 1897 as a combined agricultural college and experimental farm. The QAC amalgamated with UQ in 1990.

UQ Gatton offers courses in agriculture, animal science, environmental management, agronomy/agribusiness, equine studies, wildlife and bushland studies and other fields relating to natural and rural environments. Its facilities include over 1000 hectares of agricultural land, modern extensive and intensive animal production operations, a recently redeveloped equine centre, and facilities for wildlife studies, as well as modern teaching facilities and laboratories, and a branch of the UQ Library. Some of the original QAC buildings are still standing, such as the Foundation Building.

Ipswich Campus

The Ipswich campus, opened in 1999, after State and Federal government backing is the newest campus, made up of nearly 20 buildings and more than 4000 students on nearly 25ha. Courses offered include: arts, business and social sciences as well as Interaction design.

It is located near central Ipswich, Queensland, just south of the CBD. Nearby landmarks include Limestone Park, The Workshops Railway Museum and the RAAF Base Amberley. The actual site surrounds the Ipswich Showgrounds and is in turn, sided by a golf course.

The site dates back to 1878 with the opening of the Ipswich branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum. Operations continued until 1910 when it became the Ipswich Hospital for the Insane. In 1938 it was renamed the Ipswich Mental Hospital and in 1964 it was renamed again as the Ipswich Special Hospital. It was finally named the Challinor Centre in 1968 in honour of Dr. Henry Challinor, the ships surgeon on the Fortitude. From 1968 to 1997 the Challinor Centre served as an institution for people with intellectual disabilities. In late 1997 the Challinor Centre began its final stage of evolution as the new UQ Ipswich campus.

This history is reflected today with 17 heritage listed buildings that have been refurbished into work spaces, computer laboratories and public spaces. Work is still underway refurbishing more buildings.

Other Facilities The University of Queensland takes advantage of research and education facilities not attached directly to the three campuses. These locations are primarily for research which cannot be undertaken in the campus locales but also represent buildings which established pre-eminence in education before the creation of the current campuses.

Turbot Street - Turbot Street is the University's dentistry education facility. It comprises two large buildings and one small building at the junction of Turbot and Albert Streets in the Brisbane inner city area. The older of the two larger buildings is the former Brisbane College of Dentistry which is connected via a second-storey walkway to the newer building.
UQ Regiment Indooroopilly - A counterpart to the St Lucia Campus's Regiment in Indooroopilly.
Herston - Situated next to the hospital complex at Herston, UQ's School of Medicine occupies the Mayne Medical Building. The location also accommodates UQ teaching facilities in and around the hospitals. The Queensland Institute of Medical Research also holds strong links to UQ.
Pinjarra Aquatic Research Station - On Moggil and Pinjarra Roads in Pinjarra Hills, Brisbane. The Aquatic Research Station investigates aquaculture and inland ecology.
Heron Island Research Station - A research station situated on Heron Island, 72km north-east of Gladstone, Queensland. Its primary use if for the study of specimens from the surrounding Heron Reef. It consists of over thirty buildings situated on a two hectare lease.
Moreton Bay Research Station - Aquatic research station in the bay northeast of Brisbane. This station is used for the majority of field trips especially for introductory marine environment subjects.

[edit] UQ Union

The UQ Union is the incorporated representative body of the students at the University. It is affiliated with the National Union of Students and provides services to students including representation to University and faculty committees, refectories and other catering services, a legal service, financial assistance, administrative counseling and campus activities. The UQ Union have fostered several policies to conserve services available to students after the introduction of Voluntary student unionism legislation.

[edit] Academia

In 2004 the University of Queensland had more than 38,000 students enrolled with 6396 of these international students. Notable alumni include Bill Hayden, Professor Peter Doherty and actors Janet Fielding and Geoffrey Rush.

The University of Queensland has won more Australian Awards for University Teaching than any other university. It is also noted for developing the HyShot Ramjet Rocket and pioneering a vaccine for cervical cancer (Research led by 2006 Australian of the Year, Professor Ian Frazer).

The Honourable Sir Llewellyn Edwards, AC, is the Chancellor of The University of Queensland and the current Deputy Chancellor is The Hon. Justice Margaret White. The Chancellor and Deputy Chancellor are elected by the University Senate. The Vice-Chancellor of the University (effectively the chief executive officer) is appointed by the Senate and the office is currently held by Professor John A. Hay.

The University's executive group comprises:

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor John A. Hay AC, BA (Hons) (WA & Camb.), MA (Camb.), PhD (WA), Hon LittD. (Deakin), Hon DLitt. (WA), FACE, FAIM
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul GREENFIELD BE PhD (NSW), BEcon (Qld) FTSE, FIChemE, FIEAust, MAIChE
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Michael KENIGER AADip Lond., LFRAIA, RIBA FTSE, FQA
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International and Development), Professor Trevor GRIGG BE(Hons), BEcon, PhD (Qld), CPEng, FIEAust., FAIM, FAICD
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor David SIDDLE BA PhD (Qld), FASSA, FAPS
President of the Academic Board, Professor Mark GOULD BSc, PhD (Adel)
Secretary and Registrar, Mr Douglas PORTER BA Durham, FAIM
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Ipswich Campus, Professor Alan RIX BA, PhD (ANU)

The University was ranked the 45th in the World University Ranking in October 2006 published by The Times Higher Education Supplement, climbing two places from 2005. In 2005, the University was also ranked 40th in top technology universities, 89th in top arts and humanities universities, 29th in the top biomedicine institutions and in the top 25 for social sciences.

[edit] Research centres

The University is the site of the following research institutes:

Queensland Bioscience Precinct [1]
Institute for Molecular Bioscience [2]
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) [3]
Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) [4]
Queensland Brain Institute [5]
Faculty of Arts Research Precinct [6] Home to the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies [7], the Australian Studies Centre [8], and the Centre for the History of European Discourses [9].

The University is also a partner in the following research centres:

[edit] Organisational structure

The University is organised into Faculties, Schools and Departments/Divsions.

Faculty of Arts (ARTS)
- School of English, Media Studies & Art History (EMSAH)
- School of History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics (HPRC)
- School of Languages & Comparative Cultural Studies (SLCCS)
- School of Music
Faculty of Biological & Chemical Sciences (BACS)
- School of Biomedical Sciences (SBMS)
  - Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology
  - Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
- School of Integrative Biology (SIB)
  - Department of Botany
  - Department of Zoology and Entomology
- School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences (SMMS)
  - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  - Department of Chemistry
  - Department of Microbiology & Parasitology
Faculty of Business, Economics & Law (BEL)
- School of Economics
- School of Tourism & Leisure Management (TALM)
- T.C. Beirne School of Law
- UQ Business School
Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences & Architecture (EPSA)
- School of Engineering (SOE)
  - Division of Chemical Engineering
  - Division of Civil Engineering
  - Division of Environmental Engineering
  - Division of Materials
  - Division of Mechanical Engineering
  - Division of Mining and Minerals Process Engineering
  - Division of Mechatronic Engineering
- School of Geography, Planning and Architecture (GPA)
- School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ITEE)
  - Department of Electrical Engineering (EE)
  - Department of Systems Engineering
  - Department of Biomedical Engineering
  - Department of Computer Science
- School of Physical Sciences (SPS)
  - Earth Sciences
  - Department of Mathematics
  - Department of Physics
Faculty of Health Sciences (HEALTH)
- School of Dentistry
- School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS)
- School of Human Movement Studies
- School of Medicine (SOM)
- School of Nursing
- School of Pharmacy
- School of Population Health
Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture & Veterinary Science (NRAVS)
- School of Agronomy & Horticulture
- School of Animal Studies
- School of Land & Food Sciences (LAFS)
- School of Natural & Rural Systems Management (NRSM)
- School of Veterinary Science
Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences (SBS)
- School of Education
- School of Journalism & Communication
- School of Political Science & International Studies (POLSIS)
- School of Psychology
- School of Social Science
- School of Social Work & Applied Human Sciences