Leading-edge research collaboration
UQ and Germany share a passion for harnessing advanced technologies to tackle some of the biggest problems the world is facing today. From the bioeconomy to agriculture to healthy ageing, key partnerships between UQ and German universities, companies and industry bodies are revolutionising how we work towards a healthy future for our planet and our people.
Fast facts
51
German students enrolled at UQ
598
Germany-UQ co-publications
95
academic staff born in Germany
59
research project collaborations
2,273
alumni in Germany
30
agreements with 14 official partners
Fast facts show full year 2025 data.
Collaboration in action
- German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce spoke with Dr Jessica Gallagher, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement and Entrepreneurship) at the University of Queensland, to talk about the University's sustainability projects.
- Building on joint research excellence in science and engineering, the advanced flagship partnership between The University of Queensland (UQ) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) will deliver innovative solutions to address global challenges and further global impact.
- With two ground-breaking projects, UQ aims to reduce its environmental impact.
- Holding off the rise of superbugs could be achieved by ‘resuscitating’ old antibiotics, with The University of Queensland researchers leading an international project to help combat the growing threat.
- Archaeologists are generating a 65,000-year-old rainfall record from ancient food scraps found at Australia’s earliest-known site of human occupation.
- University of Queensland PhD Candidate, Samantha Nixon, from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) has found a molecule from a Queensland funnel-web spider that can kill the blood sucking sheep worms decimating Australia’s sheep stocks.
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Alumni
UQ has 2,173 alumni living in Germany. Alumni from or with significant links to Germany include: