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
- 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.
- University of Arizona business student Bronson Teles has been named the 2016 Mark Loane Medalist and will next year have the opportunity to participate in the UQ Rugby Academy and play for the famous University of Queensland Rugby Club in 2017.
- A key partnership will soon take off at The University of Queensland, as Boeing Research and Technology Australia establishes a presence at the UQ St Lucia campus, in an Asia-Pacific first.
- Issues critical to communities across the world will be discussed at an international symposium in Brisbane from September 22 to 25.
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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: