UQ and Southern and Central Asia

Showcase country

UQ's valued relationship with India has been strengthened by decades of academic and industry partnerships, student mobility, and commercialisation opportunities.

Collaboration in action

  • Sixteen University of Queensland students funded by the Australian Government's New Colombo Plan Mobility Program, had the experience of a lifetime this semester when they visited Sri Lanka as part of a course on clients and culture in architecture practice.
  • The Effective and Efficient Management of Parliamentary Committees Short Course Award was delivered in 2014 under the Australia Awards Pakistan program. The program was designed to enhance the capacity of middle to senior level public servants managing the Parliamentary Committees of Pakistan’s National and Provincial Assemblies.
  • The purpose of the course was to conduct a train the trainer program for 20-25 public sector implementers and community mobilisers from target organisations to deliver effective farmer education programs.

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Alumni

UQ has more than 1,100 alumni from Southern and Central Asia, including:

Pakistan

UNICEF Pakistan Officer in Charge/Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting Specialist (Masters of Development Practice 2007, International Alumnus of the Year 2017)
Pakistan

Economic Resilience consultant with expertise in the field of Food Security and Livelihoods; Former Action Against Hunger Agriculture Coordinator (Master of Rural Development 2016)