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.
Fast facts
India students
1,353
Indian students enrolled at UQ
India co-publications
236
India-UQ co-publications
India academic staff
83
academic staff born in India
India project collabs
3
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
- More than 400 University of Queensland students will have the valuable opportunity to travel to the Indo-Pacific region to gain practical experience next year under the New Colombo Plan Mobility program.
- Ten collaborative research projects – ranging from bioengineering to the well being of refugees – have been successful in the first round of the 2017 UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme.
- Enabling children from remote communities to study at night will be one impact of a University of Queensland partnership that has attracted $1 million from the Australian government, and matching funding from India.
- University of Queensland Chancellor Peter Varghese has been appointed to formulate a new strategy for Australia’s trade with India.
- Zoe Brereton, an undergraduate at UQ Law and New Colombo Plan Fellow, was recently published in the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, with the article ‘Perpetuating myths of women as false complainants in rape cases in India: culture versus the law’.
- With support from the UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme coordinated by UQ Global Engagement, Associate Professor Eva Abal from UQ's Global Change Institute recently led an Australian Water Mission to explore possibilities for collaborative water management projects and capability transfer with Indian partners from industry, government and civil society.
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Indian students at UQ
Indian students are among the top 3 largest international cohorts 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: