From good neighbours to strategic partners
As our closest international neighbours, UQ and the diverse countries of the Pacific share longstanding relationships. With an emphasis on medicine, health, science and international development, we are working together to strengthen economic , governance, health and social systems throughout the Pacific. One of the world’s most biodiverse regions, our collaborative efforts also contribute to understanding and protecting the oceans, crops and animals that its communities rely on.
Fast facts
Excludes Australia.
108
Students from the Pacific enrolled at UQ
393
Pacific-UQ co-publications
80
academic staff born in the Pacific
69
research project collaborations
2,080
alumni in the Pacific
7
agreements with 6 official partners
Fast facts show full year 2022 data.
Collaboration in action
- Graduating student Ma’aola Saminatoto Milovale loane is set on a new mission – to expand opportunities for students in his homeland of Samoa.
- New research partnerships tackling health challenges in the Pacific are expected to result from a unique gathering at The University of Queensland in 2018.
- For the first time since US President Barack Obama’s historic visit in 2014, The University of Queensland has welcomed another international president to its St Lucia campus – this time, a UQ alumnus.
- This week the UQ Bono Centre and the Papua New Guinea Supreme and National Courts of Justice celebrated achievements under their Memorandum of Understanding, signed last year in June.
- More than 400 University of Queensland students will have the valuable opportunity to travel to the Indo-Pacific region to gain practical experience next year under the New Colombo Plan Mobility program.
- Telei’ai Dr Lalotoa Mulitalo of Samoa recently completed her 2017 Greg Urwin Awards placement with the launch of a publication she authored, Legislative Drafting in the Pacific Context, at the University of Queensland’s TC Beirne School of Law in Australia on Friday 14 July.
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Alumni
UQ has more than 2,080 alumni in the Pacific (excluding Australia). Alumni with strong links to the region include: