The University of Queensland is a public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone universities, an informal designation of the oldest university in each state. UQ is also a founding member of edX, Australia's leading Group of Eight and the international research-intensive Association of Pacific Rim Universities.
Keith Joseph Bullock FTSE (1931–2015) was an engineer and academic at the University of Queensland.
Sallyanne Atkinson, née Kerr AO, was Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1985 to 1991 in Queensland, Australia. She is the only woman to have held the position. As of 2017, she was Chairman of the Museum of Brisbane, President of the Council of The Women's College at the University of Queensland and chair of the advisory board of the Queensland Brain Institute at the University of Queensland.
John Douglas Story was a public servant in Queensland, Australia.
John Anthony Hay was an Australian academic. He was Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University and the University of Queensland from 1996 to 2007.
Semper Floreat is the student newspaper of the University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Australia. It has been published continuously by the University of Queensland Union since 1932, when it began as a fortnightly newsletter of only a few pages, produced by one editor.
The UQ Law School is the law school of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Founded in 1936, the school is the sixth-oldest law school in Australia and the oldest and most prestigious in Queensland. Its alumni include six Australian High Court Justices, including two Chief Justices of Australia.
Helen Marion Nugent is a leading Australian company director, businesswoman and former academic.
Paul Fawcett Greenfield AO was the President and Vice Chancellor of The University of Queensland from 1 January 2008 to 13 January 2012.
Peter Bordier Høj is a Danish-Australian academic and Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Adelaide. He has previously served as Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Queensland and the University of South Australia. Educated at the University of Copenhagen, Høj completed a Bachelor of Science where he majored in biochemistry and chemistry, a Master of Science in biochemistry and genetics and a Doctor of Philosophy in Photosynthesis. He has worked in Denmark and Australia as a researcher and published multiple scientific articles. Høj has also served on a number of different company boards in a variety of roles, including current roles on the boards of CSIRO, Wine Australia and of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation. In 2017 he was elected chair of the Group of Eight, a lobby group that represents Australia’s research-intensive universities. He was the vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland from 2012-2020.
William Graham Henderson Maxwell was an Australian geologist and academic who did extensive research on the Great Barrier Reef.
Donald Nicklin AO (1934-2007) was an Australian chemical engineer and academic.
Lianzhou Wang is a Chinese Australian materials scientist and professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Queensland. He is director of the Nanomaterials Centre (Nanomac) and a senior group member at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at the University of Queensland, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Kerrie Ann Wilson is an Australian environmental scientist and the Pro Vice-Chancellor at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Wilson is also an affiliated professor in conservation science at the University of Copenhagen, honorary professor at The University of Queensland, a member of the Australian Heritage Council and the Australian Natural Sciences Commissioner for UNESCO.
Alban Jude LynchAOHonFAusIMM was a mining engineer and academic who helped develop the mineral processing teaching experience for mining students in Australia.
Professor Deborah Jane "Debbie" Terry is an Australian university executive, and psychology scholar.
Kay Elizabeth Bass Saunders is an Australian historian and Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland.
Mary Deirdre Mahoney was an Australian medical practitioner and academic.
