Queensland University of Technology

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.

In 2019, QUT released its new strategic plan, Blueprint 6, with the aim to be ‘the university for the real world’, and to provide transformative education and research relevant to its communities.

With over 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, health, science and engineering, and law.
In 2019, QUT Business School announced a five-year agreement with the MIT Sloan School of Management – a strategic collaboration with a focus on academic exchange, an innovative immersion program for our MBA and EMBA students, and enhancing QUT’s entrepreneurship program with access to MIT’s global entrepreneurial networks.

QUTeX provides executive education and professional development, and QUT Online lets people learn when it suits, through courses delivered entirely online.

QUT has two inner-city campuses in Brisbane.

The international award-winning science and engineering centre at Gardens Point campus is home to The Cube and headquarters of the Institute for Future Environments.

At Kelvin Grove campus, the expansion of our creative industries precinct has provided outstanding studio spaces for the performance disciplines and a new education precinct opened in 2019.

QUT is well known for its strong links to industry and government and the high impact of its research. Our flagship Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation is a multidisciplinary facility for researchers working to solve real-world health problems.

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.