Queensland University of Technology

Infobox University


name=Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
motto="A university for the real world"
established=1908
type=Public
chancellor=Major General Peter Arnison (Retd) AC CVO
vice_chancellor=Professor Peter Coaldrake
city=Brisbane
state=Qld.
country=Australia
undergrad=34 793
postgrad=5 126
postgrad_label=postgraduate
faculty=2 200
free_label=Organisations
free=Member of Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN)
campus=Urban
affiliations=ASAIHL
website= [http://www.qut.edu.au www.qut.edu.au]

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is located in Brisbane, Queensland, and is one of Australia's largest universities.

QUT is marketed as "A university for the real world". The university is a member of the Australian Technology Network, a network of Australian universities that are strongly focused on technological research.

QUT's Gardens Point campus is adjacent to the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens and Queensland Parliament House. The university also has campuses at Kelvin Grove, Carseldine and Caboolture.

QUT is Queensland's largest university by enrollment, with 40,000 students, including 4500 international students from more than 90 countries. Fact|date=June 2008

QUT ranked 195 in the World University Rankings in 2007, the rankings were released by The Times Higher Education Supplement. QUT is also ranked 10 in the Australian Universities National Ranking in 2007. This was compiled by the Melbourne Institute which is a applied economic and social research centre under the University of Melbourne.

QUT Faculty of Business is accredited with AMBA, EQUIS and AACBS, making it one of the very few universities in the world and the first university in Australia to obtain this Triple Crown of international accreditation [ [http://www2.euromba.org/view.asp?view=page&show=JNOSEMG4&mmid=53&sid=169/ Business School Worldwide with AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA] ] . QUT's MBA is also the only Queensland MBA program (and one of only 3 Australian programs) to have ever been listed in the FT Top 100 rankings (in 2004 at no. 82) [ [http://specials.ft.com/spdocs/top100.pdf/ Financial Times 2004 Top 100 Full-time MBA] ] .

QUT Faculty of Information Technology has strong industry links with global companies like Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, CISCO and Infosys. The FIT is an Australian member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) [ [http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,17490706-15342,00.html QUT joins W3C] ] and the FIT's School of Software Engineering and Data Communications also operates the Cisco Networking Academy Program [ [http://www.cisco.fit.qut.edu.au/aboutus/ QUT CISCO] ] . QUT is a academic research partner with SAP [ [http://www.sap.com/about/company/research/centers/brisbane.epx/ SAP Research Centers CEC Brisbane, Australia] ] and it is the University Competency Centre(UCC) for the SAP Global University Alliance Program which includes participants such as National University of Singapore; Australian National University (ANU), University of Sydney and Melbourne University [ [http://www.sap.com/singapore/company/press/press.epx?pressid=9355 SAP Brings Global University Alliances Program to Asia Pacific] ] . The FIT also hosts the Microsoft QUT eResearch Centre (MQUTeR) which is a collaboration between Microsoft Research(Redmond) and the Queensland State government [ [http://www.microsoft.com/australia/presspass/news/pressreleases/2006_05_19_qut_eresearch.mspx Microsoft, QUT and the Queensland government to make the smart State smarter ] ] .

QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Coaldrake has announced plans to build a $200 million science and technology precint on its Garden Point Campus in Brisbane's CBD [ [http://www.news.qut.edu.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/News.woa/wa/goNewsPage?newsEventID=19816 QUT names design contenders for $200M city campus precinct] ]

History

The Gardens Point Campus grounds were once solely occupied by the 19th Century building, known as Old Government House. In 1909, Old Government House and the surrounding five hectares were set-aside for both a University and a Technical College. Then known as the University of Queensland, the University was transferred to St Lucia in 1945, where it still remains today. In 1965, the Technical College became the Queensland Institute of Technology, which in turn became the Queensland University of Technology, holding this name since 1989. [ [http://www.qut.edu.au/about/university/history.jsp "History of Queensland University of Technology"] ] In 1990, the Brisbane College of Advanced Education campuses of Kelvin Grove, Kedron and Carseldine merged with QIT. Although the Federal government's Dawkins reforms were converting many other tertiary institutions into universities at the time, this particular change was independent of the Dawkin's reforms.

Brisbane College of Advanced Education had a number of predecessor institutions that included Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education, Mt.Gravatt College of Advanced Education, North Brisbane College of Advanced Education and Brisbane Kindergarten Teachers College which offered academic, technical and teacher education. The oldest of these institutions was the Brisbane School of Arts, which was established in 1849.

QIT began as Central Technical College. The CTC was established in 1908 at Gardens Point. Its name was changed to QIT in 1965.

Faculties

* [http://www.bee.qut.edu.au/ Built Environment and Engineering]
* [http://www.bus.qut.edu.au/ Business]
* [http://www.creativeindustries.qut.com/ Creative Industries]
* [http://www.education.qut.edu.au/ Education]
* [http://www.hlth.qut.edu.au/ Health]
* [http://www.fit.qut.edu.au/ Information Technology]
* [http://www.law.qut.edu.au/ Law]
* [http://www.hhs.qut.edu.au/ Humanities and Human Services (QUT Carseldine)] (No new enrolments from 2007 onwards) [
* [http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,,21594681-3102,00.html / QUT drops humanities degrees] ]
* [http://www.sci.qut.edu.au/ Science]

Admission

:"see also University admission"

As with all public universities in the state of Queensland, QUT uses the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre to process and [http://realoptions.qut.com rank] Australian citizens and permanent residents, as well as New Zealand citizens, undergraduate applicants on the basis of merit. QTAC uses the overall position index (OP) to rank school leavers according to performance.

Scholars from QUT:QUT has produced 3 Rhodes scholars since 1998 Fact|date=July 2007, the first of which was a graduate of the Law School, Ben White, who is now a senior lecturer in the Law School.

Campuses

QUT has four main campuses:

Gardens Point (GP) The Gardens Point campus is located on the Brisbane River in the city centre, next to the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens and Queensland Parliament House. The Brisbane Graduate School of Business and the Gardens Cultural Precinct are located within this campus. This campus is also home to the Built Environment and Engineering, Business, Information Technology, Law, and Science faculties, as well as QUT's languages programs.

Kelvin Grove The Kelvin Grove Campus is situated in the suburb of Kelvin Grove, about three kilometres north of Brisbane's central business district. The Creative Industries Precinct is part of this campus. The Education, Health and Creative Industries faculties are located at this campus, along with the QUT International College. The Kelvin Grove Campus is also the home for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) which is the only ARC centre in Australia for humanities.

CarseldineIn the outer suburb of Carseldine, 13 kilometres north of the city centre, this campus houses the Humanities and Human Services faculty, as well as the Psychology & Counselling programs. Some units in Business, Science and Information Technology are also taught at Carseldine, in addition to being taught at Gardens Point. It has recently been announced that as of then end of 2008 the Carseldine Campus will be closed. Fact|date=June 2008

CabooltureThe Caboolture campus, located 45km north of Brisbane, shares its campus with the Brisbane North Institute of TAFE. The campus offers full courses in Business, Education and Nursing as well as entry to courses in Arts, Creative Industries, Education and Social Science which currently must later be completed at a different campus after the first year, although further years are being introduced as the campus population grows.

Gardens Cultural Precinct

QUT's centre for the arts, the Gardens Cultural Precinct, provides a creative focus for the people of Brisbane at one of the city's most historically important sites.

The Gardens Cultural Precinct includes the Gardens Theatre and the QUT Art Museum, and is adjacent to the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens and the Old Government House. The Gardens Theatre is a medium-sized venue, formerly known as the Basil Jones Theatre, and was renovated with assistance from the Queensland Government. It was reopened as the Gardens Theatre in 1999 by the then Premier of Queensland, Peter Beattie. It provides space for QUT productions and visiting performers, and is the only theatre complex in Brisbane's central business district.

The QUT Art Museum houses the university's art collection, focused on contemporary Australian art, particularly paintings, prints and ceramics, as well as other temporary exhibitions and exhibitions by QUT staff and students. QUT Art Museum is located on the ground level of the University's main administration building at the Gardens Point campus. The building is a 1930s neo-classical revivalist building, and the QUT Art Museum was designed by Peddle Thorpe Architects, Brisbane.

Creative Industries Precinct

QUT's Creative Industries Precinct is an extension to the Kelvin Grove campus, housing the Creative Industries faculty and consisting of a large complex incorporating numerous performance and display spaces, offices, classrooms, workshops, a cafe and more.

The Precinct was built at a cost of around $60 million on the site of the Gona Barracks, which was de-commissioned in 1998. Fact|date=July 2007 It is the first part of the $900 million Kelvin Grove Urban Village development, a 'residential and retail village'. The development will include over 800 residential units, from low-cost student accommodation to penthouses with city views; retail stores including a supermarket, restaurants and cafes; and QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation.

The Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI)

QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation commenced operation in October 2006 at the Kelvin Grove campus. Its research program covers: Human Health and Wellbeing, Medical Devices, Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, Cells & Tissue, Tropical Crops and Biocommodities & Vision Improvement. IHBI together with the university's private arm, QUT Bluebox promotes greater commercialization of QUT research.

In the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council grants, 22 grants were funded nationwide to 14 universities and research organizations, with QUT attracting 6 of them, worth $941,773.

QUT's Science faculty also offers the Dean's Scholars Program. Selected students complete an Applied Science degree (with Honours) in only three years.

Notable alumni

Politics

*The Hon. Peter Beattie, former Premier of Queensland
*Sue Boyce, Liberal member of the Australian Senate
*Joe Ludwig, ALP member of the Australian Senate
*Graham Perrett MP, Federal Member for Moreton
*Steven Ciobo MP, Federal Member for Moncrieff
*Stuart Robert MP, Federal Member for Fadden
*Chris Trevor MP, Federal Member for Flynn
*Yvette D'Ath MP, Federal Member for Petrie
*The Hon. Peter Dutton MP, Federal Member for Dickson; Shadow Minister for Finance
*The Hon. Teresa Gambaro MP, formerly member of the Australian House of Representatives,
*Bernie Ripoll MP, member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Oxley
*The Hon. Michael Lavarch, former Australian Attorney-General
*The Hon. Linda Lavarch, former Queensland Attorney-General

Business
*Jim Kennedy, Deputy Chairman; GWA International Limited
*Stephen Dunne, Managing Director; AMP Capital Investors

Performing Arts
*Deborah Mailman, Actress
*Kierin Meehan, Choreographer, Teacher, Children's Author
*Kate Miller-Heidke, Musician
*Zoe Naylor, Actress

Journalism
*Tracey Curro, Journalist and Communications Manager
*Spencer Howson, ABC radio presenter
*Leila McKinnon, Journalist
*Karl Stefanovic, Journalist and co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast show, Today

Education
*Chris Sarra, Principal and 2004 Queenslander of the Year [ [http://www.alumni.qut.edu.au/awards/alumniawards/2004summary.jsp QUT | Alumni | 2004 QUT Outstanding Alumni Award Winners ] ]
*Christopher L. Dingli, Principal and two time Young-Queenslander of the Year

Student Guild

Undergraduate and postgraduate students on all campuses are represented by the QUT Student Guild. It is affiliated with the National Union of Students and provides services to students including representation to University and faculty committees.

See also

*Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
* NICTA - national information and communication technology research centre, co-supported by QUT

References

External links

* [http://www.qut.edu.au/ Queensland University of Technology]
* [http://www.ciprecinct.qut.edu.au/ QUT Creative Industries Precinct]
* [http://www.artmuseum.qut.com/ QUT Art Museum]
* [http://artabase.net/gallery/105-qut-art-museum QUT Art Museum Artabase page]
* [http://www.gardenstheatre.qut.com/ QUT Gardens Theatre]
* [http://www.ihbi.qut.com/ Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation]