Collaborating to change the world
The United States is a key strategic partner for UQ—driving research excellence, innovation and global impact. Engagement includes long-standing partnerships with Emory University and Washington University in St Louis, alongside strong academic links with leading institutions such as Harvard and Stanford. Support from major organisations—including Boeing, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the US Department of Energy, and the National Institutes of Health—enables UQ and its US partners to translate research into solutions that benefit an increasingly connected global community.
Fast facts
594
US students enrolled at UQ
1,441
USA-UQ co-publications
93
academic staff born in the USA
147
research project collaborations
13,639
alumni in the USA
48
agreements with 38 official partners
Fast facts show full year 2025 data.
Collaboration in action
- MD-PhD candidate, Cody Frear, won the University of Queensland Three Minute Thesis Competition in September this year, and then went on to represent UQ at the Asia-Pacific 3MT Competition finals in October – and won – again!
- University of Queensland scientists have provided new insights into how the tiny brains of mantis shrimp are able to make sense of a breathtaking amount of visual input.
The study may help researchers better understand the evolution of colour vision in the animal kingdom. - Ten collaborative projects have been approved for $77,138 in funding in the second round of the 2019 UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme.
- 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.
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Alumni
The USA is home to UQ’s largest alumni network outside Australia - UQ has 12,815 alumni living in the USA. Alumni with significant links to the USA include: