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
669
Indonesian students enrolled at UQ
77
Indonesia-UQ co-publications
13
academic staff born in Indonesia
6
research project collaborations
3,023
alumni in Indonesia
38
agreements with 19 official partners
Fast facts show full year 2023 data.
Collaboration in action
- Seven University of Queensland undergraduates will study in destinations around the Indo‑Pacific region after being named as 2017 Fellows and scholars under the New Colombo Plan.
- The University of Queensland has been awarded almost $1 million in the latest round of Federal Government New Colombo Plan mobility program funding.
- University of Queensland student Rory Brown has recently taken part in an internship with the UQ Indonesia Office. He shares his experience below.
- Urban and small island communities facing major social and environmental challenges will be the first to benefit from close to half a million dollars of joint investment by The University of Queensland and Indonesia’s national research organisation, the Indonesia Institute of Science (LIPI).
- University of Queensland student Ruby Wallace headed to Jakarta in the summer break as a part of a new internship program offered for third year communications students at the UQ Indonesia Office.
- UQ student Patrick Walsh, 22, is one of seven UQ undergraduate students to receive New Colombo Plan scholarships in this round, with other recipients heading to Indonesia, Singapore, Japan and South Korea.
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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: