The University of Queensland

The University of Queensland (commonly referred to as UQ) is an Australian public research university primarily located in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1909, UQ is the oldest, most selective and largest university in the Australian state of Queensland.

The main campus is located in the suburb of St Lucia, southwest of the Brisbane City Central Business District, with other major UQ campuses in Gatton, Herston and Oshner Clinical School at New Orleans, United States of America. The University of Queensland is a member of the Australia's research-intensive Group of Eight, the global network of research universities Universitas 21 and a founding charter member of Edx, an online higher education consortium led by Harvard and MIT.

UQ is colloquially known as a "sandstone university" which is well regarded and is consistently ranked within the top 1 percent worldwide along with leading research universities across all international universities rankings — the QS World University Rankings, the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, University Ranking by Academic Performance, The Economist and the U.S. News & World Report.

The University of Queensland has produced numerous alumni with significant contributions to science, arts, medicine, education, business and politics. Several notable examples include the Nobel Laureate winning scientist Dr Peter Doherty, Oscar-winning artist Geoffrey Rush, Chancellor of University of California, San Francisco - Dr Sam Hawgood,Principal and President of King's College London - Dr Edward Byrne, CEO of Dow Chemical the second-largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue- Andrew N.

Liveris, former Governor-General of Australia Dame Quentin Bryce, former Singapore's Minister for Defence, Minister for Manpower, present Chairman of Keppel Corporation and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH)- Dr Lee Boon Yang and global top three most cited academic, world renown clinician Dr Graham Colditz.

The Senate is the governing body of the University of Queensland and consists of 22 members from the university and community. The Senate is led by the Chancellor and Deputy Chancellor, elected by the Senate. The University of Queensland Act 1998 grants Senate wide powers to appoint staff, manage and control University affairs and property, and manage and control finances to promote the University's interests.

The Vice-Chancellor is the University's chief executive officer and is appointed by and responsible to the Senate for the overall direction of strategic planning, finance and affairs of the university and also acts as the President of the University. The Vice-Chancellor is supported by an Executive to whom the University's organisational units report and provides advice on policy and administrative matters relating to their area of responsibility.