- Student-faculty ratios: 38.2
- Male to female ratio: 54 : 46
- School nature: Public
- Website: https://www.qut.edu.au/
- Address: 2 George St,Brisbane, Queensland 4000,Australia
- Phone: +61 3 9627 4853
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a major Australian university with a global outlook and a 'real-world' focus. With around 50,000 students, including approximately 9000 international students from more than 120 countries, QUT maintains close links with business representatives and industry professionals who contribute to course development and lend practical perspectives to students’ theoretical education. QUT is located in subtropical Brisbane, which is Australia’s third largest city and known for its vibrant urban precincts, outdoor lifestyle, friendly locals, superb climate and natural attractions. QUT offers hundreds of undergraduate and postgraduate study options that include extensive research programs and delivers real world outcomes for students through its provision of leading academics, state-of the-art-teaching facilities and a focussed approach to learning. QUT’s undergraduate and postgraduate study options include: A QUT degree provides opportunities to gain practical workplace experience and valuable industry connections. 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. The QUT Business School was the first business school in Australia to achieve triple international accreditation (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA), a distinction held by less than 1% of business schools worldwide. In 2019 QUT was ranked 24th (making it the second-highest ranked university in Australia) in the Times Higher Education 250 Under 50 rankings which showcases young universities that have achieved great successes in research and teaching. As a multi-campus institution, 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). 2016 saw a major expansion of the Creative Industries Precinct while the new Education Precinct opened in 2019. The university has two major thematically focused research institutes: The Institute for Future Environments and the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation. Additionally, QUT leads seven nationally endorsed research and training centres including the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Additive Biomanufacturing and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Robotic Vision.
- Total number of students 35,869
- Number of international students 5,891
- Total number of academic staff 926
- Number of international staff 381
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 6,720
- Number of master's degrees awarded 2,036
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 309
- Number of research only staff 283
- Number of new undergraduate students 10,457
- Number of new master's students 1,641
- Number of new doctoral students 294
- Global score 58
- Global research reputation #258
- Regional research reputation #11
- Publications #321
- Books #148
- Conferences #348
- Normalized citation impact #367
- Total citations #306
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #322
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #476
- International collaboration #659
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #392
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #346
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #520
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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34,871
Number of FTE Students
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16%
Percentage of International Students
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38.2
No. of students per staff
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54 : 46
Student Ratio of Females to Males
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2012
276-300
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2013
251-275
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2014
276-300
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2015
276-300
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2016
251-300
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2017
201—250
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2018
201–250
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2019
201–250
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2020
=179
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Young University Rankings
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2012
40
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2013
26
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2014
31
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2015
33
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2016
=28
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2017
24
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2018
20
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2019
=24
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Arts & humanities
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2018
201–250
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2019
251–300
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2018
201–250
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2019
201–250
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Engineering & technology
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2018
201–250
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2019
201–250
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Life sciences
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2018
176–200
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2019
176–200
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Physical sciences
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2018
251–300
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2019
251–300
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Business & Economics
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2018
101–125
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2019
99
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Computer Science
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2017
65
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2018
=98
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2019
101–125
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Law
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2019
63
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Education
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2018
=89
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2019
101–125
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Psychology
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2019
201–250
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Impact Rankings: Partnerships for the goals
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2019
=90
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Impact Rankings: Peace, justice and strong institutions
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2019
25
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Impact Rankings: Climate action
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2019
101–200
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Impact Rankings: Responsible consumption and production
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2019
=96
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Impact Rankings: Sustainable cities and communities
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2019
20
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Impact Rankings: Reducing inequalities
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2019
31
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Impact Rankings: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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2019
101–200
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Impact Rankings: Decent work and economic growth
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2019
=23
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Impact Rankings: Gender equality
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2019
17
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Impact Rankings: Quality education
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2019
34
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Impact Rankings: Good health and well-being for people
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2019
=55
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University Impact Ranking
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2019
=46
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#317 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 33.0
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #210
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #11
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #508
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #274
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #442
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #339
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #106
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #231
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #110
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #385
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #328
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#329 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 50.6
- Chemistry global research reputation #287
- Chemistry regional research reputation #16
- Chemistry publications #398
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #414
- Chemistry total citations #398
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #397
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #464
- Chemistry international collaboration #161
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #45
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #303
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #303
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#225 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 55.5
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #196
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #11
- Clinical Medicine publications #302
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #213
- Clinical Medicine total citations #244
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #271
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #363
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #204
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #150
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #348
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #526
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#140 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 34.8
- Economics and Business global research reputation #193
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #10
- Economics and Business publications #120
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #108
- Economics and Business total citations #113
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #131
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #143
- Economics and Business international collaboration #131
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #129
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #162
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #179
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#202 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 58.6
- Engineering global research reputation #178
- Engineering regional research reputation #14
- Engineering publications #220
- Engineering normalized citation impact #306
- Engineering total citations #218
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #198
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #262
- Engineering international collaboration #474
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #130
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #198
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #263
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#137 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 57.4
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #244
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #25
- Environment/Ecology publications #189
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #90
- Environment/Ecology total citations #148
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #137
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #82
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #175
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #163
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #100
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #46
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#228 Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score 41.1
- Materials Science global research reputation #313
- Materials Science regional research reputation #17
- Materials Science publications #386
- Materials Science normalized citation impact #111
- Materials Science total citations #257
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #275
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #142
- Materials Science international collaboration #128
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #15
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #195
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #119
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#330 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 30.5
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #163
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #1
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #338
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #263
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #345
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #337
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #298
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #192
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #112
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #234
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #148
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#133 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 51.4
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #146
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #8
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #98
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #265
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #110
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #118
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #331
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #244
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #252
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #163
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #352