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.
144
Students from the Pacific enrolled at UQ
311
Pacific-UQ co-publications
85
academic staff born in the Pacific
63
research project collaborations
2,148
alumni in the Pacific
9
agreements with 8 official partners
Fast facts show full year 2023 data.
Collaboration in action
- 23 August 2019Dr Michelle Dunn explains the important role universities can play in developing and implementing effective aid programs in the Indo-Pacific region, while empowering communities and governments at all levels.
- The University of Queensland has partnered with Papua New Guinea's largest technological institution to support sustainable development outcomes across the country’s resources sector.
- 30 July 2019The University of Queensland’s International Development and Sustainable Minerals Institute delivered a minerals policy and economics training course for emerging leaders in Papua New Guinea (PNG), together with The University of Western Australia, Curtin University, and HopgoodGanim Lawyers.
- 17 January 2019The University of Queensland’s (UQ) International Development has designed a customised leadership and management training program for fisheries leaders in the Pacific, together with Pacific Community (SPC) and two other partner organisations: Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the Centre for Adaptive Leadership (CLA).
- 20 November 2018The University of Queensland’s International Development has designed a customised leadership and management training program for fisheries leaders in the Pacific, together with Pacific Community (SPC) and two other partner organisations: Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the Centre for Adaptive Leadership (CLA).
- As a new group of UQ medical students prepare to volunteer in Papua New Guinea, third-year medical student Rose Blackwood reflects on her experience as part of the project.
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Alumni
UQ has more than 2,148 alumni in the Pacific (excluding Australia). Alumni with strong links to the region include: