Asia-Pacific partners
After more than 50 years of close collaboration, UQ is one of the most engaged international universities with Indonesia, with particularly strong ties with the University of Indonesia and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Through our research synergies – particularly food and water security, energy and resource management, and governance – we are creating a healthier, happier, and more sustainable future.
Fast facts
744
Indonesian students enrolled at UQ
95
Indonesia-UQ co-publications
14
academic staff born in Indonesia
3
research project collaborations
2,818
alumni in Indonesia
41
agreements with 19 official partners
Fast facts show full year 2024 data.
Collaboration in action
- When COVID-19 hit Indonesia, it devastated industries such as fisheries. However, one sector has gone against the trend: seaweed farming.
- Nine collaborative projects have been approved for $85,384 in funding in the 2020 UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme.
- University of Queensland's International Development has developed a training package on Gender and Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) in Asia for the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
- The urgency of reducing single-use plastic in global supply chains has been highlighted by a University of Queensland study in collaboration with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.
- Four new species of tropical sharks that use their fins to walk are causing a stir in waters off northern Australia and New Guinea.
- Researchers from UQ and the Universitas Negeri Papua (State University of Papua) are taking up the challenge of developing HIV education for customary leaders in rural and remote areas of West Papua province so that they can support HIV prevention and care.
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Alumni
Indonesia is home to a large UQ alumni network - UQ has 3,023 alumni living in Indonesia. Alumni with significant links to Indonesia include: