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Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is an Australian university with an applied emphasis in courses and research. Based in Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

, it has 40,000 students, including 6,000 international students, over 4,000 staff members, and an annual budget of more than A$750 million.

QUT is marketed as "A university for the real world". The university is a member of the Australian Technology Network

Australian Technology Network

The Australian Technology Network is a network of five universities from each mainland state of Australia, with a heritage of working closely with industry...

, a network of Australian universities that are strongly focused on technological research.

History

QUT has a history that dates back to 1849. In 1990, the Queensland University of Technology—a combination of four predecessor institutions—merged with the Brisbane College of Advanced Education—a culmination of seven predecessor institutions—to form the current Queensland University of Technology.

QUT’s predecessor institutions include:

Brisbane School of Arts (1849)
Brisbane Technical College (1882)
Central Technical College (1908)
Brisbane Kindergarten Training College (1911)
Queensland Teachers Training College (1914)
Kedron Park Teachers College (1961)
Queensland Institute of Technology (1965)
Brisbane Kindergarten Teachers College (1965)
North Brisbane College of Advanced Education (1974)
Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education (1976)
Brisbane College of Advanced Education (1982)
Queensland Institute of Technology [QIT] (1989)

The Gardens Point campus was once solely occupied by the 19th Century building, Old Government House. In 1909, during the relocation of the Governor's residence, 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 the University of Queensland

University of Queensland

The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...

. This University was moved to St Lucia

St Lucia, Queensland

St Lucia is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 4 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD. The suburb is bordered on three sides by the Brisbane River and is dominated by the main campus of the University of Queensland.-History:...

in 1945, where it remains today.

Courses

QUT offers undergraduate, postgraduate, higher degree research courses (HDR) in the fields of:

A number of QUT courses are accredited by professional bodies, which ensures the development and maintenance of standards, best practice principles, and resources.

Specifically, the QUT Business School is accredited with AMBA

Association of MBAs

The Association of MBAs is a London-based international organization that accredits postgraduate business programs at business schools worldwide. The Association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education and styles itself "the world's impartial authority on...

, EQUIS

European Quality Improvement System

The European Quality Improvement System is a school accreditation system. It specializes in higher education institutions of management and business administration, run by the European Foundation for Management Development...

, and AACSB

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business was founded in 1916 to accredit schools of business worldwide. The first accreditations took place in 1919. The stated mission is to advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation and thought leadership. It is regarded...

, making it one of very few business schools in the world, and the first in Australia, to obtain this Triple Crown of international accreditation.
QUT's MBA program

Brisbane Graduate School of Business

The QUT Business School is one of the five schools in the Faculty of Business at the Queensland University of Technology.The university was established in 1908 and QUT Business School was established in 1995. The school offers a Master of Business Administration program and a Graduate Certificate...

is also the only Queensland MBA program (and one of only three Australian programs) to have ever been listed in the FT Top 100 rankings (in 2004 at no. 82).

Research

QUT is committed to establishing collaborative partnerships that result in industry, government, and community solutions. QUT has an established track record in attracting national grants and industry funding.

Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation

The Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation (iCi) is a multidisciplinary research centre that draws research from the faculties of Creative Industries, Law, Business, Science and Technology, Education, and Built Environment and Engineering. The institute has nurtured over 20 research projects that focus on creative, digital, and innovative solutions.

Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation

The Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) is a collaborative institute based at QUT devoted to improving the health of individuals through research innovation. IHBI’s researchers focus on three broad health areas: prevention, mind and body, and recovery, and draw from the faculties of Health, Science and Technology, and Built Environment and Engineering.

QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation commenced operation in October 2006 at the Kelvin Grove campus. It is also involved in road safety through the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland

CARRS-Q

The Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland is a research centre established in 1996.It is based at the Kelvin Grove campus of Queensland University of Technology in Queensland, Australia and is part of both the Faculty of Health and the Institute of Health and Biomedical...

. IHBI, together with the university's private arm, QUT Bluebox, promotes greater commercialisation of QUT research.

Institute for Sustainable Resources

The Institute for Sustainable Resources (ISR) develops and manages projects in the fast-paced research area of sustainability. The Institute’s research informs technological, social, and policy solutions to the sustainable use of natural resources and adaptive responses to the impacts of climate change.

Information Security Institute

QUT's Information Security Institute (ISI) is a multidisciplinary institute that builds real solutions for government, business, and the community by undertaking research in technology, legal, policy and governance issues related to information security.

ISI combines research from the faculties of Built Environment and Engineering, Business, Science and Technology, and Law.

Campuses and Precincts

QUT has three campuses, each QUT campus is a micro-community, with on-campus academic, recreational, and support facilities.

Gardens Point

Gardens Point campus is located in Brisbane’s city centre, beside the Brisbane River, Brisbane City Botanic Gardens

Brisbane City Botanic Gardens

The City Botanic Gardens is located on a point known as Gardens Point on the Brisbane River adjacent to the central business district of the city of Brisbane...

, Queensland Parliament House

Parliament House, Brisbane

Parliament House in Brisbane is the home of the Parliament of Queensland, housing the Legislative Assembly. It is situated on the corner of George Street and Alice Street...

, and the recently restored, Heritage Award-winning Old Government House, which has hosted 90,000 visitors in the year since it re-opened. The faculties of Built Environment, Business, Law, Science and Technology are based at Gardens Point campus.

Gardens Cultural Precinct
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 QUT Art Museum houses the university's art collection, which focuses on contemporary Australian art, particularly paintings, prints, and ceramics. About 350,000 people have explored the gallery in the decade since it opened in the year 2000. The building is a 1930s neo-classical
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...

revivalist building, and the QUT Art Museum was designed by Peddle Thorpe Architects, Brisbane.

The Gardens Theatre features professional theatre, children's theatre, and student showcases and also comprises a cafe, bar, and free parking. The Gardens Theatre is a medium-sized venue, formerly known as the Basil Jones Theatre, and was renovated with assistance from the Queensland Government. It was reopened as the Gardens Theatre in 1999 by the then Premier of Queensland, Peter Beattie
Peter Beattie
Peter Douglas Beattie , Australian politician, was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half years...

. It provides space for QUT productions and visiting performers, and is the only theatre complex in Brisbane's central business district.

Science and Engineering Centre
A new Science and Engineering Centre is currently under construction and due for completion in 2012. It will bring together teaching and research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. QUT has received both gifts and federal funding to support the project’s $200 million budget.

Kelvin Grove

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.

Kelvin Grove campus is the location of QUT Health Clinics, which offer services for free or low-cost to staff, students, and the general public:

optometry
podiatry
human movement and exercise
psychology and counselling
nutrition and dietetics
wound healing

The Creative Industries Precinct, located at Kelvin Grove campus, features:

interactive exhibition spaces
an experimental black-box theatre
multimedia performance
public artwork exhibition spaces

The Precinct was built at a cost of around $60 million on the site of the Gona Barracks, an Australian Army

Australian Army

The Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is part of the Australian Defence Force along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. While the Chief of Defence commands the Australian Defence Force , the Army is commanded by the Chief of Army...

barracks, which was decommissioned in 1998.

La Boite Theatre Company’s Roundhouse Theatre is located adjacent to the precinct.

Kelvin Grove Urban Village
Kelvin Grove campus is also home to the Kelvin Grove Urban Village, comprising residential, educational, retail, health, and business opportunities.

Caboolture

The Caboolture campus, located 45 km north of Brisbane, shares its campus with the Brisbane North Institute of TAFE

Brisbane North Institute of TAFE

Brisbane North Institute of TAFE is a TAFE provider in Queensland, Australia..BNIT has campuses located at Bracken Ridge, Caboolture, Grovely, Ithaca , Redcliffe, and South Brisbane....

. Caboolture campus offers undergraduate degrees in business, education, and nursing, and first-year studies in creative industries.

The campus is situated halfway between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast is convenient for residents of Pine Rivers, Caboolture, Bribie Island, Glasshouse Mountains, and the Sunshine Coast hinterland.

Carseldine

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 Humanities Program, as well as some Business, Science, and Information Technology subjects. The campus has since been abandoned and is awaiting a new tenant.

Transport

A number of transport options are available to staff, students, and visitors of QUT.

Gardens Point has its own ferry stop, is a short walk from central city stations, and is close to all city bus services.
Kelvin Grove is well serviced by buses; it is linked to the city and suburbs by the inner northern busway.
A free, frequent bus service is offered to staff and students travelling between Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove campuses.

Notable alumni

Politics

The Hon. Peter Beattie
Peter Beattie
Peter Douglas Beattie , Australian politician, was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half years...

, former Premier of Queensland
Sue Boyce
Sue Boyce
Suzanne Kay "Sue" Boyce , Australian politician, businesswoman and disability advocate, is a member of the Australian Senate for Queensland. She was selected by the Liberal Party in Queensland to replace Santo Santoro in the Senate, and endorsed by the Parliament of Queensland. She is Queensland's...

, Liberal
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

member of the Australian Senate
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,...
Steven Ciobo
Steven Ciobo
Steven Ciobo , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2001 representing the Division of Moncrieff, Queensland....

MP, Federal Member for Moncrieff
Division of Moncrieff
The Division of Moncrieff is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Gladys Moncrieff, an Australian singer who resided in the area....
Yvette D'Ath
Yvette D'Ath
Yvette Maree D'Ath is an Australian politician. She is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2007, representing the Division of Petrie....

MP, Federal Member for Petrie
Division of Petrie
The Division of Petrie is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1949 and named after Andrew Petrie , a noted civil engineer, pioneer and explorer, and the first free settler in Brisbane ....
The Hon. Peter Dutton
Peter Dutton
Peter Craig Dutton MP , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2001, representing the Division of Dickson, Queensland...

MP, Federal Member for Dickson
Division of Dickson
The Division of Dickson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, Australia. The division was formed in 1992 and is named after Sir James Dickson, a leading advocate in Australian Federation, Queensland Premier and Minister for Defence in first Australian Ministry. It is located in the...

; Shadow Minister for Finance
The Hon. Teresa Gambaro MP, Federal Member for Brisbane
Division of Brisbane
The Division of Brisbane is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election...
The Hon. Michael Lavarch
Michael Lavarch
Michael Hugh Lavarch is an Australian lawyer, educator and former politician. He was the Attorney-General of Australia between 1993 and 1996, and since 2004 has been Dean and Professor of Law at Queensland University of Technology , his alma mater.Lavarch commenced his legal career in Brisbane as...

, former Australian Attorney-General
The Hon. Linda Lavarch
Linda Lavarch
Linda Denise Lavarch is an Australian politician and solicitor. She was a Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1997 to 2009, representing the district of Kurwongbah....

, former Queensland Attorney-General
Joe Ludwig
Joe Ludwig
Senator the Hon Joseph William Ludwig , Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland since July 1999, representing the Australian Labor Party.-Biography:...

, ALP
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

member of the Australian Senate
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,...
Graham Perrett
Graham Perrett
Graham Douglas Perrett is an Australian Labor politician, and a member of the Australian House of Representatives in the seat of Moreton...

MP, Federal Member for Moreton
Division of Moreton
The Division of Moreton is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named after Moreton Bay. The electorate is a bellwether in elections, having voted for the party winning government at every...
Stuart Robert
Stuart Robert
Stuart Rowland Robert Australian politician, was elected the Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives seat of Fadden at the 2007 election on 24 November 2007, following the retirement of the previous member, the Hon David Jull...

MP, Federal Member for Fadden
Division of Fadden
The Division of Fadden is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.The division was created in 1977 and is named for Sir Arthur Fadden, Prime Minister of Australia in 1941. When it was created it included a large area south of Brisbane, but today it is located in the northern Gold Coast area,...
Bernie Ripoll
Bernie Ripoll
Bernard Fernand Ripoll is an Australianpolitician. He has been a Labor member of theAustralian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Oxley, Queensland...

MP, member of the Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....

, representing the Division of Oxley
Division of Oxley
The Division of Oxley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The current division is the second to bear the name, and was created in 1949. The division is named after the Australian explorer, John Oxley...
The Hon. Wayne Swan
Wayne Swan
Wayne Maxwell Swan is the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996, and then re elected in 1998 till today , representing the Division of Lilley, QLD...

, current Treasurer of Australia
Treasurer of Australia
The Treasurer of Australia is the minister in the Government of Australia responsible for government expenditure and revenue raising. He is the head of the Department of the Treasury. The Treasurer plays a key role in the economic policy of the government...
Chris Trevor
Chris Trevor
Chris Allan Trevor is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Flynn from 2007 to 2010...

MP, Federal Member for Flynn
Division of Flynn
The Division of Flynn is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 2006, following a redistribution of seats in the state. It was first contested at the 2007 federal election. The electorate generally extends west from the port city of Gladstone, as far as the...

Business

Jim Kennedy, Deputy Chairman; GWA International Limited
GWA International Limited
GWA International Limited is an Australian company that owns a number of iconic brandnames. GWA International Limited listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in May 1993, and is one of Australia’s largest designers, manufacturers, importers and distributors of household consumer products...

Engineering

Steve Lawrence
Steve Lawrence (computer scientist)
Dr. Steve Lawrence was among the group at NEC Research which was responsible for the creation of the Search Engine/Digital Library CiteSeer. He is currently an employee at Google....

(computer scientist)

Performing Arts

Conrad Coleby
Conrad Coleby
Conrad Julius Coleby is an Australian actor.-Biography:Coleby is the son of actor Robert Coleby and brother of actress Anja Coleby. He attended Somerset College on the Gold Coast, graduating in 1996. In the same year, he played the role of Colonel Juan Perón in the school's production of Evita...

, Actor
Gigi Edgley
Gigi Edgley
Gigi Edgley is an Australian actress and recording artist. She is best known for her roles as Chiana on the series Farscape and Lara Knight in Rescue: Special Ops.-Early life:...

, Actress
Gyton Grantley
Gyton Grantley
Gyton Grantley is a Logie Award and AFI Award-winning Australian actor, best known for his portrayal of convicted murderer and drug trafficker Carl Williams in the hit Australian television show Underbelly, for which he was nominated for both Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and Most...

, Actor
Darren Hayes
Darren Hayes
Darren Stanley Hayes is a UK-based Australian singer-songwriter. Hayes was the front man and singer of the pop duo Savage Garden, whose 1997 album Savage Garden peaked at No. 1 in Australia, No. 2 in United Kingdom and No. 3 in United States...

, Singer
Deborah Mailman
Deborah Mailman
Deborah Mailman , is an Australian television and film actress. She was the first Aboriginal actress to win the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role...

, Actress
Kierin Meehan
Kierin Meehan
Kierin Meehan is an Australian children's book author, teacher and choreographer.-History:As a child, Meehan wanted to be a ballet dancer or a veterinarian, but her life took a different path when she discovered she did not like wearing pointe shoes and was afraid of animals...

, Choreographer, Teacher, Children's Author
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke is a singer-songwriter from Brisbane, Australia. Although classically trained, she has followed a career in alternative pop music. She is signed to Sony Australia, Epic in the US and RCA in the UK.-Career:...

, Musician
Zoe Naylor
Zoe Naylor
Zoe Naylor is an Australian actress as well as journalist, presenter, MC, model, voice-artist and producer.-Early life:...

, Actress

Journalism

Tracey Curro
Tracey Curro
Tracey Ilana Curro is an Australian journalist who was a newsreader for TV stations GMV-6, QTQ-9 and ATV-10 before reporting for the Seven Network's Beyond 2000, a science-technology show, and then 60 Minutes, the Australian version of the current affairs show...

, Journalist and Communications Manager
Ben Fajzullin
Ben Fajzullin
Benjamin Dayton Fajzullin is an Australian news anchor, journalist and voice-over artist. He previously presented the late edition of World News Australia on SBS television from Sydney. He is now based again in Berlin, where he is one of the main presenters on DW-TV.Fajzullin first moved to...

, Journalist and Host of SBS World News Australia Late Edition and Voice Over
Spencer Howson
Spencer Howson
Spencer Howson is the "Breakfast" radio presenter on 612 ABC Brisbane, an ABC Local Radio station in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia...

, ABC radio presenter
Leila McKinnon
Leila McKinnon
Leila McKinnon is an Australian journalist.McKinnon is currently co-host of Weekend Today an is also a reporter and fill in presenter for Nine News and A Current Affair.-Career:...

, Journalist
Karl Stefanovic
Karl Stefanovic
Karl Stefanovic is an Australian Gold Logie winning television presenter.Stefanovic is currently a co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast program, Today.-Early years:...

, Journalist and co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast show, Today

Education

Chris Sarra, Principal and 2004 Queenslander of the Year

Other

The Most Reverend Philip Freier
Philip Freier
-External links:*...

, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne
Ken Ham
Ken Ham
Kenneth Alfred Ham is the Australian President/CEO of Answers in Genesis USA. He is a vocal advocate for a young Earth and a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis, and his cross-country speaking tours and many books make him one of the better known young-Earth...

, Founder Answers in Genesis
Answers in Genesis
Answers in Genesis is a non-profit Christian apologetics ministry with a particular focus on supporting Young Earth creationism and a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis. The organization has offices in the United Kingdom and the United States...

, Creation Museum
Creation Museum
The Creation Museum is a museum near Petersburg, Kentucky that presents an account of the origins of the universe, life, mankind, and man's early history according to a literal reading of the Book of Genesis...

& Creation Ministries International
Creation Ministries International
Creation Ministries International is a non-profit young Earth creationist organisation of autonomous Christian apologetics ministries that promote a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis...

Student Guild

QUT Student Guild provides information, support, and assistance for a number of issues.

Services include

a free online classifieds service for students looking for shared accommodation or employment
assistance with Centrelink, taxation, and legal issues
academic appeals process
buying and selling second-hand textbooks
cheap faxing services

External links

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