One of Australia's leading unis. One of The Big 8 and IMHO ranked highly within that group.It was named the 1998 Australian University of the Year and given 5 star ratings in positive graduate outcomes, prestige, student demand, research performance, gender balance and staff qualifications
It is Queensland's largest and oldest university and was established in 1909

UQ has 3 major campuses located at St Lucia, Gatton and Ipswich.

The St Lucia campus is known for its spectacular Great Court, Lake and pretty jacaranda trees. It also the home to the Schonell cinema and the Cementbox theatre.

The campus also holds a number of residential colleges the premier of which is St Johns College