Addressing global challenges
India is a key partner in UQ’s global engagement—underpinned by long‑standing academic, industry and innovation collaborations. Through strong student mobility, research partnerships and commercialisation initiatives—including a joint PhD program with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi—UQ works with partners across India to translate research into impact, benefiting communities in India, Australia, and beyond.
Fast facts
India students
2,280
Indian students enrolled at UQ
India co-publications
289
India-UQ co-publications
India academic staff
89
academic staff born in India
India project collabs
1
research project collaborations
India alumni
2,692
alumni in India
India agreements
44
agreements with 31 official partners
Fast facts show full year 2025 data.
Collaboration in action
- An international study has found a global target to eradicate childhood anaemia by 2030 will fail, presenting a major public health challenge.
- In anticipation of travel bans being lifted in the not-to-distant future, the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs 2022 New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholarship round is currently open.
- 10 collaborative research projects have been approved for $80,236 in funding in the 2021 UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme. A total of 17 eligible applications were received for this round amounting to $147,067 in requested funding.
- An Indian student who grew up in a slum in Delhi will have access to an international education thanks to The University of Queensland’s partnership with Asha – an Indian non-profit organisation which improves the lives of slum dwellers.
- The University of Queensland received nearly 1.3 million in New Colombo Plan (NCP) mobility grants to support 367 students across 22 projects in 13 host countries.
- Raising her voice to end poverty, inequality or tackle climate change, Runali Maniya’s startup SDG Impactors wants you to wear the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a t-shirt to Leave No One Behind.
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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: