Brisbane is home to two main universities: The University of Queensland and the Queensland University of Technology. However, it also contains 10 campuses from six Australian universities, including Griffith University, Australian Catholic University, and CQUniversity.
The University of Queensland is ranked 47th in the QS World University Rankings®, which demonstrates its strength academically. It had more than 52,000 students enrolled in 2017, including 15,400 students from 141 nations.
The University of Queensland has 3 main campuses: St Lucia, Gatton and Herston. The St Lucia campus is the main campus and is situated to the south of Brisbane city. It’s surrounded on all sides by the Brisbane River and is huge, with three lakes, an aquatic center, tennis courts, eight athletics ovals, and facilities for elite rowing.
At the heart of the St Lucia Campus is the Great Court, a popular venue for ceremonies, exhibitions and functions. It’s a historic venue, with both students and guests able to walk through the grounds and see the carvings that date back to 1939. There is a huge array of things to do at the St Lucia campus, with a theater complex and a huge range of clubs and societies, including swimming, rowing and athletics. There are 15 branches of library, so you won’t be short on space for study periods.
The Queensland University of Technology is also a world-class institution, ranked 247th in the world in the QS World University Rankings® 2018. The university offers high quality learning, research and teaching and it’s one of Australia’s fastest growing research universities, with a student body of around 50,000.
The university is known as ‘a university for the real world’, because it maintains close links with industry professionals, and applies real-world focus on all its teachings and applied research. QUT has six different schools: QUT business school, creative industries, education, health, law, and science and engineering. This demonstrates the vast range of subjects available for study at QUT.
Griffith University is ranked in the top three percent of universities worldwide. It prides itself on being diverse, environmentally conscious and socially aware. Teaching and research here spans five campuses in South East Queensland and multiple disciplines. It’s probably most famous for its remarkable sporting background, with both students and alumni representing Australia in sports event all over the world.