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
- Australia will need to triple the National Electricity Market’s power capacity by 2030 to be on track for net zero by 2050 – requiring a rapid rollout of wind and solar power, transmission, storage, electric vehicles, and heat pumps as it replaces the coal fleet.
- Dozens of UK companies trialled a four-day working week last year. On average, their revenue went up
- The project believes the research could reduce Strep A infections, which cause more than 500,000 deaths a year.
- Queensland will become a global mRNA vaccine hub with a $280 million Translational Science Hub to be established in Queensland. The Hub will link leading Queensland researchers with scientists at the Sanofi mRNA Centre of Excellence in France and the United States.
- Research co-led by UQ and Carnegie Mellon University has found sharing real-time air quality readings in developing countries can reduce air pollution and lead to lower mortality rates.
- The US Department of Defense has awarded funding to UQ researchers to combat an expected escalation of skin cancer cases in US troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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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: