UQ and Canada

Growing people-to-people links

UQ has a long and proud tradition of cross-cultural exchange with Canada. With research collaboration, corporate partnership, and student exchange on the rise, UQ is working with Canada’s top institutions to find solutions to sustainable agriculture, affordable sanitation, regenerative medicine, and other significant world issues.  

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435

Canadian students enrolled at UQ


680

Canada-UQ co-publications


65

academic staff born in Canada


56

research project collaborations


2,773

alumni in Canada


12

agreements with 11 official partners

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Collaboration in action

  • 1 Oct 2020
    The High Commission of Canada and The University of Queensland invite you to join us for our upcoming webinar to learn more about Canadian research funding options.

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Alumni

UQ has 2773 alumni living in Canada. Alumni from or living in Canada include:

Speed skating Olympic gold medal winner representing Norway, and Founder of Right to Play (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery 2000). Born in Norway, based in Canada.
Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the University of Toronto (Bachelor of Economics Hons, University Medalist 1989)
Founder & CEO at Xanadu (Bachelor of Science 2004, PhD in Quantum Information Theory 2009)
CEO & Co-Founder and Board Chair at Eventbase Technology Inc. (Bachelor of Arts 1994)