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Former name | Queensland Institute of Technology (1965–1988)[1] |
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| Motto | The university for the real world[2] |
| Type | Publicresearch university |
| Established | 1849 (antecedent)[1] 1989 (current state)[1] |
| Accreditation | TEQSA[3] |
| Budget | A$1.21billion (2023)[4] |
| Chancellor | Ann Sherry[5] |
| Vice-Chancellor | Margaret Sheil[6] |
Academic staff | 2,140 (FTE, 2023)[4] |
Administrative staff | 2,369 (FTE, 2023)[4] |
Total staff | 4,509 (FTE, 2023)[4] |
| Students | 52,073 (2023)[4] |
| Undergraduates | 37,487 (2023)[4] |
| Postgraduates | 11,453 coursework 2,339 research (2023)[4] |
Other students | 794 (2023)[4] |
| Location | ,, 27°28′37″S153°01′41″E / 27.47694°S 153.02806°E /-27.47694; 153.02806 |
| Campus | Urban and parkland with multiple sites[8] |
| Colours | Blue[2] |
Sporting affiliations | |
| Mascot | Tank the Tiger[9] |
| Website | qut.edu.au |
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TheQueensland University of Technology (QUT) is apublicresearch university located in the city ofBrisbane inQueensland,Australia.[10] It has two major campuses, a modern city campus inGardens Point and a historical campus inKelvin Grove.[11] The university offers courses in fields including architecture, engineering, information technology, healthcare, teaching, law, arts and design, science and mathematics.[12][13]
QUT operated as the Queensland Institute of Technology (QIT) established in 1965 receiving university status by act ofParliament of Queensland in 1988.[14] Queensland University of Technology commenced operations the following year in January 1989.[15] The Brisbane College of Advanced Education, an amalgamation of tertiary colleges dating back to 1849, merged with QUT expanding to its Kelvin Grove site in 1990.[16]
In 2022, QUT enrolled 50,216 students, including 37,860 undergraduate and 11,760 postgraduate students and employed 4,675 regular staff members.[17] It also had a total income ofA$1.004 billion, a total expenditure ofA$1.135 billion and heldA$1.849 billion in accumulated assets.[18] It is eighth largest university in Australia by enrolment and the second-largest in Queensland.[19]
QUT was formerly a member of theAustralian Technology Network of universities, but withdrew participation on 28 September 2018.[20][21] TheQUT Business School is one of threeTriple Crown business schools in Australia and possesses accreditation byAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business,Association of MBAs andEQUIS.[22][23][24]
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has a history that dates to 1849 when theBrisbane School of Arts was established. Queensland Institute of Technology (QIT) succeeded theCentral Technical College and was formed in 1965.[15] The current QUT was established as a university in 1989[15] after having been several predecessor institutions listed below:
Brisbane College of Advanced Education was formed in 1982, which itself is a combination of multiple predecessor institutions shown in the list below:
In 1988, the Queensland University of Technology Act was passed for the grant of university status to Queensland Institute of Technology (QIT). As a result, QIT was granted university status and was operational as Queensland University of Technology (QUT) beginning in January 1989. The Brisbane College of Advanced Education joined with QUT in 1990.[15]
The Gardens Point campus was once entirely housed in the 19th-centuryformer Government House of Queensland. In 1909, during the relocation of the governor's residence, the Old Government House and the surrounding five hectares were set aside for both a university and a technical college. The first university on the site was theUniversity of Queensland which was moved toSt Lucia in 1945, where it remains today.[citation needed]
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Gardens Point campus is located in Brisbane's city centre, beside theBrisbane River and adjacent to theCity Botanic Gardens andQueensland Parliament House. At the centre of the campus is theOld Government House which was built in 1862 and re-opened in 2009.[25] The faculties of Business, Law, and Science and Engineering are based at this campus, along with facilities such as basketball courts and general parks.
Gardens Point campus hosts the Gardens Cultural Precinct, comprising the Gardens Theatre and QUT Art Museum, which offer a full theatre and exhibition program.
The Science and Engineering Precinct was completed in November 2012. It brings together teaching and research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. TheA$200 million required for the precinct came from QUT (A$65 million), theAustralian Government (A$75 million), the Queensland Government (A$35 million), andAtlantic Philanthropies (A$25 million).[29][30]
The Kelvin Grove campus hosts the faculties of Creative Industries, Education, and Health as well as the QUT International College and the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation.
QUT Kelvin Grove Health Clinics offer services for free or low-cost services to staff, students, and the general public.
The Creative Industries Precinct architecturally designed in joint venture by KIRK (Richard Kirk Architect) + Hassell, located at Kelvin Grove campus, includes many arts and exhibition spaces open to the public:
The Precinct was built at a cost of around $60 million on the site of theGona Barracks, anAustralian Army barracks, which was decommissioned in 1998.[31][32]
QUT hosts a small campus in the suburb ofDeakin inCanberra, called the Canberra Executive Education Centre (CEEC).[33] The CEEC provides in-person classes for QUT's ExecutiveMaster of Business Administration, which is jointly taught with an academic mission from theMIT Sloan School of Management.[34] The Centre also provides professional training and development short courses through the QUTeX brand and is an in-person hub for the QUT Public Sector Management Program (QUT PSMP).[33]
The Caboolture campus, located 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of Brisbane, was co-occupied byTAFE Queensland. The campus offered undergraduate degrees in business, education, and nursing, and first-year studies in creative industries before the campus was transferred to theUniversity of the Sunshine Coast on 8 January 2018.[35]
In November 2008, Carseldine teaching, research, and support activities were relocated to Kelvin Grove and Gardens Point campuses. This included the School of Psychology and Counselling and the School of public health and social work, as well as some business, science, and information technology subjects. The campus has since been closed and was subsequently renovated by the Queensland Government.[36] Following QUT's decision to vacate the campus and the lack of a suitable education provider to take over the site, the State Government announced plans to decentralise government services and move around 1000 employees to the remodeled former QUT buildings, which occurred post-2012.[37]
QUT offers undergraduate and postgraduate coursework, graduate diplomas and certificates, and higher degree research courses (Masters and PhDs) including, but not limited to the fields listed below:
TheQUT Business School hastriple accreditation (AMBA,EQUIS, andAACSB).[38] It is placed within the top 1% of Business Schools worldwide.[39][40]
San Jose State University inSan Jose, CA,US offers a PhD program in library science in collaboration with Queensland University of Technology.[41]
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In 2009,State Library of Queensland, the Queensland Library Foundation, and QUT Business School collaborated to establish theQueensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame (QBLHOF) initiative.[42] The QBLHOF recognises outstanding contributions made by organisations, companies and individuals to develop the Queensland economy and society, both contemporary and historical. A governing committee determines a list of inductees based on a set of criteria including:
The inductees are announced at a gala event each year in July. Since 2014, the QBLHOF has also awarded an annual Fellowship, to recipients working on a research project that utilises the resources of the John Oxley Library to produce new interpretations of Queensland's business history.
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QUT establishes collaborative research partnerships between academia, industry, government and community actors. The university is a key member of theBrisbane Diamantina Health Partners, Queensland's firstacademic health science system. QUT attracts national grants and industry funding and has a number of research centres, including:[43]
The QUT Library provides learning and research support to students and staff. There are three library branches at QUT: Gardens Point library, Law library, and Kelvin Grove library.[44] In addition to borrowing and information access services, the QUT library also offers specialised support for coursework students, academic staff and researchers.[45]
The QUT library has a resource budget of approximately $13 million to buy subscription to academic journals and other materials. QUT Library provides the 3rd largest collection of ebooks and online video of any Australian or New Zealand university library.[46][47]
The QUT library hosts a number ofinstitutional repositories. In 2003, it became the first university in the world to adopt an institution-wide Open Access policy, mandating the deposit of research papers in its institutional repository, QUT ePrints.[48] QUT Digital Collections, managed by QUT Library, brings together digitised and born digital collections for dissemination to and reuse by the global community. When possible, items will be made open access and available via a Creative Commons license. Please see individual resources for specific copyright, license and access information. QUT Digital Collections is built on EPrints repository software.[citation needed]
| University rankings | |
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| Global – Overall | |
| ARWU World[49] | 301–400 (2025) |
| CWTS World[50] | 300[a] (2024) |
| QS World[51] | 226 (2026) |
| QS Employability[52] | 111–120 (2022) |
| THE World[53] | 201–250 (2026) |
| THE Reputation[54] | 201–300 (2025) |
| USNWR Global[55] | =182 (25/26) |
| National – Overall | |
| ARWU National[56] | 14–20 (2025) |
| CWTS National[57] | 15[a] (2024) |
| ERA National[58] | 9 (2018) |
| QS National[59] | 15 (2026) |
| THE National[60] | 11–13 (2026) |
| USNWR National[61] | 13 (25/26) |
| AFR National[62] | 21 (2024) |
In the 2024Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, which measures aggregate performance across the QS, THE and ARWU rankings, the university attained a position of #201 (15th nationally).[63]
In theAustralian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking 2024, the university was ranked #21 amongst Australian universities.[64]
In the 2026Quacquarelli SymondsWorld University Rankings (published 2025), the university attained a position of #226 (15th nationally).[65]
In theTimes Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 (published 2025), the university attained a position of #201–250 (tied 11–13th nationally).[66]
In the 2025Academic Ranking of World Universities, the university attained a position of #301–400 (tied 14–20th nationally).[67]
In the 2025–2026U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities, the university attained a tied position of #182 (13th nationally).[68]
In theCWTS Leiden Ranking 2024,[a] the university attained a position of #300 (15th nationally).[69]
The Australian Government's QILT[b] conducts national surveys documenting the student life cycle from enrolment through to employment.[70] These surveys place more emphasis on criteria such as student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction[70] than perceived reputation, research output and citation counts.[71]
In the 2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey, graduates of the university had an overall employer satisfaction rate of 83.2%.[72]
In the 2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey, graduates of the university had a full-time employment rate of 81.3% for undergraduates and 92.5% for postgraduates.[73] The initial full-time salary wasA$70,400 for undergraduates andA$105,000 for postgraduates.[73]
In the 2023 Student Experience Survey, undergraduates at the university rated the quality of their entire educational experience at 74.9% meanwhile postgraduates rated their overall education experience at 77.1%.[74]
QUT has come under renewed criticism around its workplace culture, allegations of bullying and misrepresentation of job losses in 2020–21.[75] Many academic and professional staff have expressed living in fear of this workplace, in the most significant publicity the university has received in several years. Initial steps towards change in response to these claims have been made, although this has been met with scepticism by staff, citing issues with the concept of "leadership training" for executive managers, and the lack of urgency in implementing a safe method of complaint.[76]
The current vice-chancellor Margaret Sheil has been criticised for excessively lavish renovations for a private bathroom with "marble finishes" in her personal office.[75]
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