University of Queensland researchers are at the forefront of a ground-breaking study that has found people susceptible to psychiatric disorders such as depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have underlying genetic similarities.

12 August 2013
UQ's Lucy Tan (left to Prime Minister Julia Gillard) will pursue research into mindfulness for adolescents with mental disorders in Hong Kong after being named one of 20 recipients of a Prime Minister's Endeavour Asia Award.

A University of Queensland researcher has been honoured with a Prime Minister’s Endeavour Asia Award that will expand her research into mindfulness for adolescents with mental health disorders in Hong Kong.

15 March 2013

Leading minds in nanotechnology, medicine, environmental engineering and academia were honoured by the University of Queensland (UQ) at its annual alumni awards ceremony in Brisbane on Tuesday night.

25 October 2012
Tim Paris from the University of Western Sydney has won the 2012 Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Trans-Tasman competition hosted by UQ yesterday.

Tim Paris from the University of Western Sydney has beaten 42 competitors from Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Fiji to win the 2012 Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Trans-Tasman competition hosted by UQ yesterday.

12 October 2012

University of Hong Kong PhD student and Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Trans-Tasman participant Terence Ng has encouraged research students to enter future competitions to learn skills that will be essential to their careers.

10 October 2012

It is often said there are no short cuts to success and 2011 Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Trans-Tasman champion and UQ PhD student Matthew Thompson is proof there is no substitute for preparation.

8 October 2012

More than 40 of the brightest future researchers from across Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the South Pacific will descend on UQ on 11 October for the prestigious 2012 Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Trans-Tasman Final.

4 October 2012
Winner of UQ's 3MT final Ms Amanda Pearce

University of Queensland PhD student Amanda Pearce of the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) will represent UQ at the 3MT Trans-Tasman Final on October 11, 2012 after winning the UQ Final yesterday.

19 September 2012

When University of Queensland PhD student Dr Catherine Tiplady speaks about her research in animal cruelty and domestic violence, she needs to do so clearly to avoid misunderstanding surrounding this emotive topic.

17 September 2012

When globally popular skills competition Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) was first developed by UQ in 2008, it was designed to help students pitch their work effectively to people who may not have expertise in their field of research.

14 September 2012

The eight finalists who will compete in The University of Queensland’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Final are set after Wilko Duprez from the UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience won the last-chance Wildcard round on Thursday.

7 September 2012

Seven University of Queensland postgraduate research students have one last chance earn a place in the UQ Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Final when they compete in the competition’s Wildcard round on Thursday.

4 September 2012

The University of Queensland is preparing for 2012 Research Week, with a range of events and activities kicking off on Monday, September 17.

4 September 2012

The University of Queensland’s Institute of Continuing & TESOL Education (ICTE-UQ) has won Australia’s most prestigious national education and training export award.

9 December 2011

Amanda Rojek, a medical student from the The University of Queensland is ready to tackle global health when she embarks on her Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford next...

2 November 2011

Leading Australian university, The University of Queensland, will continue its Global Challenges Leadership series with a seminar and networking event in Hong Kong this week.

27 October 2011
Moreton Bay Research Station ... one of the new UQ-UWA research collaborations will examine the politics of climate change

Research projects at The University of Western Australia and The University of Queensland and have received a total of more than $425,000 in the second round of UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Awards funding.

24 October 2011
The Courting the Greats event celebrated UQ's alumni community and paid tribute to exceptional alumni who have achieved distinction in their chosen fields and recognition among their peers.

A distinguished Japanese academic from the tsunami-affected region of Fukushima and a Singaporean CEO who has pioneered clean and renewable energy in South East Asia have been announced as joint winners of The University of Queensland 2011...

27 September 2011
The Courting the Greats event celebrated UQ's alumni community and paid tribute to exceptional alumni who have achieved distinction in their chosen fields and recognition among their peers.

Academic, lecturer and lawyer Dr Kala Mulqueeny is the 2011 University of Queensland Young Alumnus of the Year.

27 September 2011

Fancy trying to condense an 80,000 word thesis into a 180 second speech?

5 August 2011