QUT is a major Australian university with a global reputation and a ‘real world’ focus. Our courses equip our students and graduates with the skills they need for the world of today and tomorrow.
We are an ambitious institution, with a rapidly growing research output focused on technology and innovation. The Times Higher Education 2020 ranked QUT in the top 180 universities in the world and the best young university in Australia.
Our strategic plan, Blueprint 6, establishes QUT as ‘the university for the real world’, and charts our provision of transformative education and research that is relevant to our communities.
With approximately 50,000 students, QUT places a premium on the national and international accreditation of our professional degrees. We are transforming the learning experience and embed work integrated learning in courses and have a strong focus on developing entrepreneurial skills.
We offer academic programs in fields spanning business, creative industries, education, engineering, health, law, science, and social justice across five faculties.
QUT Business School’s agreement with the MIT Sloan School of Management is a strategic collaboration which provides our students and staff with multiple advantages including academic exchange, an immersion program for MBA and EMBA students while access to MIT’s global entrepreneurial networks enhances our entrepreneurship program.
QUTeX provides executive education and professional development to both individuals and organisations, and QUT Online lets students learn when it suits, through courses delivered entirely online. QUT College provides pathways for all students into our undergraduate programs.
QUT has two inner-city campuses in Brisbane with our Gardens Point campus home to The Cube, one of the world’s largest digital display systems.
At our Kelvin Grove campus, the Creative Industries Precinct provides outstanding studio spaces for the performance disciplines while the Education Precinct demonstrates our commitment to technology and the digital world.
Well known for our strong links to industry and government, the high impact of our research which involves multidisciplinary teams can been seen across areas as diverse as climate change mitigation, digital media, materials science and biomedical innovation.
QUT has been named one of the fastest rising universities in the world, and top in Australia, for scientific research in the 2019’s Nature Index of high-quality research outputs.