UQ and Germany

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



75

German students enrolled at UQ


506

Germany-UQ co-publications


92

academic staff born in Germany


62

research project collaborations


2,173

alumni in Germany


31

agreements with 16 official partners

Fast facts show full year 2023 data. 

Collaboration in action

  • Compounds containing metals could hold the key to the next generation of antibiotics to combat the growing threat of global antibiotic resistance.
  • Receiving occupational therapy at home has been found to be effective for people living with dementia, according to a University of Queensland-led study.
  • University of Queensland PhD candidate Rhys Pirie is the first Australian to win Young Innovator of the Year at the world’s premier conference for research and innovation, Falling Walls Berlin.

  • UQ recently hosted two staff from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) as part of an ongoing program to provide professional development opportunities and to share best practices.
  • Eleven collaborative research projects have been approved for $73,425 in funding in the second round of the 2018 UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme. A total of 28 eligible applications were received for this round amounting to more than $220,000 in requested funding.
  • UQ is rapidly expanding collaboration with the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany and Sao Paulo State University (UNSEP), Brazil in biotechnology and its impact on future economies.

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Alumni

UQ has 2,173 alumni living in Germany. Alumni from or with significant links to Germany include:

Professor of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstr (LMU) (PhD 2013)
Communications Manager of IT services at Dataport AöR, Hamburg (Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) 2003)