13/11/2013
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The University of Queensland (UQ) is a public university located in the state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in Australia.[1] The main campus is located in the suburb of St Lucia, southwest of the Brisbane City Central Business District, with other major campuses in Gatton, Ipswich and Herston with a number of other satellite facilities. The University of Queensland is a member of the Australia's Group of Eight, and the international research-intensive universities network Universitas 21. UQ is colloquially known as a "sandstone university" and is ranked among the top universities in Australia and is named one of the world's top universities in three key rankings - the QS World University Rankings, the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[2][3]
Rankings
The University of Queensland consistently ranks in the top 1 percent of world university rankings.[8]
Publications Ave. 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
QS World University Rankings[12] 43.89 49 47 45 33 43 41 43 48 46 43
Academic Ranking of World Universities[13] (formerly) Shanghai Jiao Tong University rankings[14] 101-151 102-151 101-151 101-151 101-151 101-151 101-151 101-151 101-150 86 90 85
Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities[15] (formerly) Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT)[16] 89.1 113 101 100 95 76 72 67
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 54.1 49 47 45 33 43 41 81 74 65 63
The university has six faculties.
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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