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
- Leading research and development organisation Boeing Research and Technology Australia (BR&T–Australia) has moved its Brisbane-based team into a new centre at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus.
- Five talented mooters from The University of Queensland came face to face with esteemed Nuremberg prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz during a trip of a lifetime to Washington D.C.
- Ten collaborative research projects – ranging from bioengineering to the well being of refugees – have been successful in the first round of the 2017 UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme.
- The US Department of Defense (DoD) has committed more than A$1.3 million from its Breast Cancer Research Program to a Queensland study tackling the spread of tumours to the brain.
- This summer, six UQ law students travelled to Tennessee for an opportunity to develop their leadership skills while exploring differences between the Australian and United States legal systems. “Leading as Lawyers” is a collaborative course offered annually by the TC Beirne School of Law and the University of Tennessee College of Law (UT).
- Three University of Queensland researchers have joined the ranks of a distinguished group of almost 5000 scholars worldwide after being awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarships and Fellowships.
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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: