UQ and South-East Asia

UQ in Indonesia and Vietnam

UQ has an office in Indonesia and a representative on the ground in Vietnam to foster engagement with universities, government agencies, corporate networks, and non-governmental organisations, and to support alumni and student recruitment in the region.

Collaboration in action

  • In January 2018, four University of Queensland law students embarked on a six-week international placement to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah in Malaysian Borneo with Forever Sabah, a non-profit Malaysian organisation.
  • With support from a University of Queensland researcher, a Brisbane-based non-government organisation is using the power of sport to help Rohingya refugees living in Malaysia better integrate into their new home.
  • UQ’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences offer four week, interprofessional, intercultural placement (IPIC) opportunities in Vietnam and Timor-Leste to final year occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech pathology students.
  • UQ architecture student Siubhan Rudge’s aspirations to work in Asia led her to the heat of Myanmar’s capital city Yangon thanks to the New Colombo Plan. Here she discusses the marvel of learning in Myanmar.
  • Leading human rights activist Debbie Stothard will address issues currently facing the South-East Asian nation of Myanmar during a public seminar at The University of Queensland on Monday.
  • 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.

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Alumni

UQ has more than 12,740 alumni in South-East-Asia – our largest international alumni community. Alumni from or working in the region include:

Myanmar

Vice Chair, University of Taxila; former Chairman at National Education Policy Commission and Yezin Agricultural University Rector (Master of Agricultural Studies 1989).
Malaysia

Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), Emeritus Professor INTI International University (Conferred 2019), former Vice-Chancellor, INTI International University 2014-17; International Alumnus of the Year 2015 (PhD, 1986)
Malaysia

Former Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Industri Selangor (UNISEL); Rector and CEO of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), International Alumnus of the Year 2007 (Bachelor of Engineering 1974)
Bhutan

Chief Marketing Officer at The Department of Tourism - Bhutan (Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Journalism 2004)