Collaborating to change the world
UQ has strong ties with the USA, including strategic partnerships with Emory University and Washington University in St Louis, and academic links with Harvard and Stanford. In addition, backing for key projects from leading companies and organisations like Boeing, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the US Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Dow Chemical Company is empowering UQ and our US partners to create change for an increasingly connected global community.
Fast facts
636
US students enrolled at UQ
1,353
USA-UQ co-publications
91
academic staff born in the USA
151
research project collaborations
13,105
alumni in the USA
48
agreements with 35 official partners
Fast facts show full year 2023 data.
Collaboration in action
- A free online University of Queensland course aimed at community development workers has received a United Nations accolade.
- An Aboriginal writer who ‘gained a second chance at life’ following treatment for a rare cancer has become the first Indigenous recipient of the Fulbright W.G. Walker scholarship.
- 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.
- University of Queensland legal researchers are spearheading the formation of an international network of experts to help address global issues such as cybercrime, food security, and climate change.
- Nine collaborative research projects have been approved for $74,524 in funding in the first round of the 2018 UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme.
- Four researchers are preparing to travel to the United States of America to advance their work after being awarded Fulbright Scholarships.
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Alumni
The USA is home to UQ’s largest alumni network outside Australia - UQ has 13,105 alumni living in the USA. Alumni with significant links to the USA include: