Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

QUT has two vibrant inner-city campuses with everything you could need. The Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove campuses are home to high-tech libraries and study spaces, fitness facilities, arts and performance venues, shops and cafes. QUT is also home to Australia’s first purpose-built university eSports arena.

To make your study life easy, we’ve centralised our student support services and have medical services, like doctors, pharmacies and clinics, on-campus. At the QUT Health Clinics, you can access quality, low-cost healthcare services provided by students while they learn under the supervision of accredited clinicians.

Both campuses are also easily accessible by public transport. Our Gardens Point campus is in the city centre and has a ferry stop while our Kelvin Grove campus has its own bus station. QUT also has a free campus shuttle that runs between campuses every ten minutes.

We know that it can be easier to learn by doing which is why QUT has real-world learning spaces. Conduct molecular genetics research in our laboratories, build your confidence in mock courtroom trials in a QUT Law Moot court, or hone your practical skills in our simulation centres for nursing and paramedic students.

We’re invested in your future

QUT is constantly investing in world-class technology and learning facilities designed to encourage collaborative learning and problem-solving, enable creativity and innovation, and foster interdisciplinary connections. QUT accommodates an internationally and nationally awarded Science and Engineering Centre which incorporates one of the world’s largest and most advanced digital interactive learning and display spaces, The Cube. The new Education Precinct, opened in 2019, provides technology-equipped teaching spaces and features the only digitaldisplay of its type in the world, the Sphere.

An $80 million investment saw a major expansion of the Creative Industries Precinct, designed to shine a light on the creative process. The precinct houses purpose-built teaching andlearning spaces with windows and viewing panels allowing anyone to watch the work as it happens.

At QUT, we offer you an enriching student experience both inside and outside of the classroom. While you're studying, you'll have opportunities for volunteering, getting involved in campus culture, and developing your personal and professional skills with activities and projects.

Join in on regular social events like weekly coffee catch ups and cooking classes, and look out for annual flagship events like the QUT Classic fun run, Dragon Boat Regatta, and cultural festivals held on campus throughout the year.

The QUT Guild runs events including campus parties, live music, market days, and more. They also run two bars on campus where you can catch up with friends and relax.

Fitness and sporting facilities at both QUT Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove campuses include fitness clubs, gymnasiums, and aquatic centres. We also organise social sports including basketball, netball, volleyball, dodgeball, touch football and soccer and have tennis courts and sports fields at our Kelvin Grove campus.

Life in Brisbane

You’ll love living in Brisbane (or ‘Brissy’, as the locals say). Studying at QUT offers you a world-class education in the heart of Brisbane, a welcoming, modern and multicultural city. Brisbane is Australia’s third largest city and known for its vibrant urban precincts, outdoor lifestyle, friendly locals and natural attractions.

Brisbane averages 283 days of sunshine each year. The city enjoys a subtropical climate with warm summers averaging 30 degrees Celsius. Brisbane has very mild winters with temperatures only dropping to a low of around 10 degrees Celsius.

Queensland has beautiful national parks, hundreds of kilometres of beaches, tropical rainforests, and the Great Barrier Reef. Just an hour south of Brisbane is the famous Gold Coast with amazing beaches, amusement parks, and shopping while 1.5 hours north of Brisbane are the beautiful, quiet beaches of the Sunshine Coast.

Brisbane is within easy travel distance of Australia's other major cities and attractions and is just a short flight from great international travel destinations like New Zealand, Bali, and South-East Asia.

QUT offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses across eight strong study areas.

What will you choose to study?: 

• Building and planning
• Business
• Creative practice, communication and design
• Education
• Health and community
• Languages, including English language pathway programs 
• Law and justice
• Science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)

QUT  has a team devoted to providing support to international students. The QUT Student Services team, will support you by:

• Hosting pre-arrival sessions to get you prepared before you leave home
• Providing airport reception
• Help you find accommodation in Brisbane
• Give you advice about bringing your family to Australia
• Offering counselling, language and learning support
• Providing career guidance, and
• Hosting leadership and development workshops

QUT also has scholarships for international students to help with study and living costs.

We understand that choosing where to study is one of the biggest decisions you’ll ever make. The journey may feel overwhelming at times, but don’t worry – we’ll support you all the way.

Our latest International Course Guide can help answer all your admission questions.

QUT is an ambitious and collaborative institution that seeks to equip our students and graduates with the skills they will need in an increasingly disrupted and challenged world.

Your practical learning starts from your very first semester at QUT, because we know employers today are looking for more than book knowledge and know-how. You’ll have the opportunity to gain valuable workplace experience to learn crucial skills and QUT will support you with career and employability support to put you in charge of your own future.

Amplifying entrepreneurship

QUT Entrepreneurship inspires and amplifies opportunities for students, alumni and staff to realise their entrepreneurial capabilities. By running development programs and connecting people with the innovator community, we are empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs.

QUT fosters entrepreneurship through the QUT Foundry, a place to network with people from all areas of the university interested in the world of entrepreneurship. You’ll have access to coaching and mentoring, be able to make appointments with our ‘entrepreneurs in residence’ and receive invitations to a range of events. QUT has more founders of start-ups than any other university in Queensland and we’re ranked first for entrepreneurship and innovation amongst all Australian universities. You can even add Entrepreneurship as a university-wide minor.

Our alumni achieve great things

QUT graduates are making a real difference right across the world. Alumni of QUT include world-leading NASA astrobiologist and Co-leader for the Mars 2020 Rover Mission, Dr Abigail Allwood, and Tashi Chhozom, the first woman to be appointed Justice of the Supreme Court in Bhutan.

During their time at QUT, four QUT alumni, Josh Cameron, Alex Ghiculescu, Jake Phillpot and Tasmin Trezise, founded TANDA, the hugely successful global workforce management company. It's used today by more than 5000 companies across a range of industries. The four entrepreneurs were awarded the Young Alumni of the Year award in 2019. Watch their story.

Our achievement in numbers

QUT was recently ranked:

• 1st in Australia and 17th in the world for Communication and Media Studies in the QS World University Ranking by Subject (2020)
• 7th in Australia and 35th in the world for Nursing in the QS World University Ranking by Subject (2020)
• 9th in Australia and in the 101-110 band globally in the QS Graduate Employability Ranking (2020)
• One of the top 250 universities globally in the QS Top Universities Ranking (2020)
• Top Young University in Australia in the THE Young University Rankings (2020)
• QUT has Australia's first business school to achieve triple international accreditation (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA), a distinction held by less than 1% of business schools worldwide.