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Motto | A University For The Real World |
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Type | Public research university |
Established | 1989 | from the merger of Queensland Institute of Technology and the Brisbane College
Endowment | A$889 million (2013) |
Chancellor | Tim Fairfax AC |
Vice-Chancellor | Professor Peter Coaldrake AO |
Academic staff
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2,200 (FTE academic, 2011) |
Undergraduates | 34,793 |
Postgraduates | 5,126 |
Location |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 27°28′37″S 153°01′41″E / 27.47694°S 153.02806°ECoordinates: 27°28′37″S 153°01′41″E / 27.47694°S 153.02806°E |
Campus | Urban |
CRICOS | 00213J |
Colours | Blue, White |
Affiliations | ASAIHL, ATN |
Website | www |
University rankings | |
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Queensland University of Technology | |
QS World | 276 |
QS GER World | 61-70 |
THE-WUR World | 201-250 |
ARWU World | 201-300 |
USNWR World | 319= |
CWUR World | 601 |
CWTS Leiden World | 437 |
Australian rankings | |
QS National | 14 |
THE-WUR National | 9 |
ARWU National | 8= |
USNWR National | 17 |
CWUR National | 17 |
CWTS Leiden National | 24 |
ERA National | 10 |
The Queensland University of Technology, abbreviated as QUT, is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on three campuses in the Brisbane area: Gardens Point, Kelvin Grove, and Caboolture. The university has approximately 35,000 undergraduate students and 5,000 post graduate students, of which 6,000 are international students. It has over 4 000 staff members, and an annual budget of more than AU$750 million. The university in its current form was founded in 1989, when the then Queensland Institute of Technology (QIT) merged with the Brisbane College of Advanced Education. QUT is a member of the Australian Technology Network of universities.
QUT ranks within the top 10 Australian universities and the upper 3 per cent world-wide. In 2013, it was ranked as Australia's best university by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by securing the 26th position globally and No.1 place nationally in the Top 100 Under 50 years of age world university rankings category. QUT was recently ranked 28th in the world by the Times Higher Education Top 150 Under 50 years World University Rankings 2016, which made it to secure the second-highest position in Australia, next only to its Australian Technology Network (ATN) counterpart, University of Technology Sydney, which was ranked at 21. QUT ranks within the top 3 young universities of Australia and among the top 25 young universities of the world as per the QS World University Rankings in the QS Top 50 Under 50 years world university rankings category.