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
- A spinout company developing technology based on innovative University of Queensland research has announced two partnerships that could revolutionise the manufacture and delivery of vaccines.
- An Indigenous fruit which is one of the earliest known plant foods eaten in Australia could be the next big thing in the bush foods industry.
- A UQ team led by Associate Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa, together with researchers from TUM and the Helmholtz Zentrum München, are investigating the Indigenous fruit the green plum, which could be the next big thing in the bush foods industry.
- 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.
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Alumni
UQ has 2,173 alumni living in Germany. Alumni from or with significant links to Germany include: