UQ and India

Addressing global challenges

UQ's valued relationship with India has been strengthened by decades of academic and industry partnerships, student mobility, and commercialisation opportunities. We collaborate with a range of Indian organisations – including a joint PhD program with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi – to ensure our research and innovation delivers change to people throughout India, Australia and beyond.

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India students



1,324

Indian students enrolled at UQ

India co-publications



251

India-UQ co-publications

India academic staff



83

academic staff born in India

India project collabs



2

research project collaborations

India alumni



1,872

alumni in India

India agreements



43

agreements with 30 official partners

Fast facts show full year 2023 data. 

Collaboration in action

  • Indian PhD researcher Mr Sudeep Banad will spend 2020 at The University of Queensland (UQ) to analyse the changing flood patterns and their impact on river morphology and explore new ways to predict flood paths.
  • A dream to design and build social robots has taken student Anastasia Laczko around the world.
  • A quick, cost-effective, cloud-based platform, which could solve one of fish farming’s biggest challenges, has received a US$100,000 grant for concept development and testing.

  • Eleven collaborative research projects have been approved for $73,425 in funding in the second round of the 2018 UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme. A total of 28 eligible applications were received for this round amounting to more than $220,000 in requested funding.
  • A partnership between The University of Queensland and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) will pave the way for students and academics to address issues affecting India, Australia and global communities. 
  • University of Queensland Chancellor Mr Peter Varghese has called for education to be a ‘flagship sector’ as Australia seeks to lift trade and investment ties with India.

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Indian students at UQ

Indian students are the second-largest international cohort at UQ, with PhD studies, the Post Graduate Business, Bachelor of Engineering, among the most popular program choices.

The UQ Indian Student Club (UQISC) also supports Indian students and provides a platform to celebrate Indian culture with festivals, DJ and movie nights, Chai nights, games and social sports, educational workshops and Meet and Greets.

Video: Indian students studying at UQ

 

Alumni

UQ has 1,872 alumni living in India. Alumni in India or with strong links to India include:

Described as ‘the Father of Indian Mineral Processing’; International Alumnus of the Year 2016 (Doctor of Philosophy in Mineral Engineering 1966)
Lyricist, film dialogue writer, and computer engineer (Doctor of Philosophy – Computer Science 2008)