The University of Queensland

Growing up in regional Queensland, netballer Chelsea O’Neill learned early that the pursuit of sporting dreams often means going the extra mile, sometimes literally.

Now studying Primary Education at The University of Queensland, the 18-year-old is balancing elite netball, university study and work with the support of the UQ Firebirds Scholarship.

Chelsea began playing netball as a 9-year-old in Townsville and progressed steadily through local and representative pathways as a wing defence and centre before being identified by talent scouts while competing at state titles.

But making the under-17 Queensland team required weekly travel to Brisbane during Year 12, all while completing her ATAR.

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The University of Queensland has ranked among the world's top 40 universities in the 2027 QS World University Rankings.

🌏 This means UQ remains in the top 3% of 1,500 universities worldwide.

This achievement reflects UQ's high-quality teaching and world-leading research, made possible by the dedication and expertise of our hardworking staff and researchers.

The power of AI has been harnessed to rapidly clear a photography bottleneck and bring greater coordination and computing power to efforts to save Australian animals from extinction.

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The University of Queensland has committed to doubling the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students by 2030.

The Indigenous Student Enrolment Strategy for its Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree has set an ambitious goal to enrol 100 Indigenous students across the 4-year program by 2030, supporting long‑term growth in the Indigenous medical workforce across Australia.

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences Associate Dean (Indigenous Engagement), Professor Thelma Parker, said the strategy, which aligns with UQ’s Queensland Commitment, reflected UQ’s responsibility to foster culturally safe pathways and would help boost the numbers of First Nations doctors.

“There are not enough First Nations doctors in the community, and we’ve created a bold target deliberately because incremental change is not sufficient,’’ Professor Parker said.

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Two young hackers from The University of Queensland took on the world’s best when the ‘world cup’ of cybersecurity landed on the Gold Coast 💻🌏

Bachelor of Computer Science and Mathematics students Jayden Young and Rohan van Klinken represented Team Oceania as they competed for the International Cybersecurity Challenge (ICC) title, hosted by UQ Cyber and AUSCERT.

“It’s interesting to think that people with the ability to hack into things were once treated as criminals, but competitions like this show that has completely changed,” Rohan said.

“Understanding how systems work and how they can be broken and fixed is a skill like any other, and companies want people who can tell them how they can be hacked.

“Things like system exploitation and cryptography have gone from clandestine activities to prized skills in a modern digital economy.”

The team went head-to-head with elite competitors from across the globe in intense 8-hour sessions tackling real-world cyber threats through capture-the-flag and attack-and-defence challenges. 🔐⚡

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