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1. Focus on industry relevant teaching – a university for the real world QUT’s balance of theory and practical experience in its leading-edge courses ensures that our graduates are in demand. The university seeks the advice of industry, government and the professions in the design of its courses. Links with world leaders such as Boeing, Microsoft and Oracle keep QUT in touch with global advances and business practices. The university’s highly qualified teaching staff include practicing professionals who lecture and tutor part-time, bringing the board room into the classroom. QUT builds opportunities to apply real-world learning, projects and placements into courses. 2. High graduate employment QUT graduates work all over the world in a range of exciting professions. According to the Graduate Careers Council of Australia’s 2004 survey QUT has the highest graduate employment rate of Queensland universities. QUT also continues to be the largest provider of Australian bachelor degree graduates into the full-time workforce. Outstanding graduates include Rhodes scholars, Fulbright scholars, holders of important offices such as the Premier of Queensland, Attorney General of Australia, Judges of the Family Court of Australia, Executive Vice Presidents and Chief Executive Officers. When students return to their home country with a QUT degree they can be confident that they will have the required practical and theoretical grounding to suit the demands of their chosen profession. 3. Internationally recognised courses QUT strives to deliver professional courses whose quality is recognised internationally. In a 2005 report released by the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA), QUT was commended for the rigour of the quality assurance of its courses and emphasis on real world training and research. To further demonstrate its commitment to quality QUT has sought accreditation from internationally respected bodies. The Faculty of Business is the first Australian university faculty to attain AMBA (Association of MBAs), AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and EQUIS (The European Foundation for Management Development) accreditation. The Faculty is one of only twenty in the world to receive all three accreditations. 4. Strength in applied research QUT’s world class record of success in applied research creates economic opportunities and improved practices for companies and organisations locally, nationally and globally. QUT’s multidisciplinary approach positions its research around a group of renowned Institutes, Cooperative Research Centres and Centres of Excellence that integrate cutting edge technology and expertise to bring together Australia’s most creative minds to solve the issues affecting Australia and neighbouring communities. QUT ranks in the top six universities in Australia for funding through the Australian Research Council (ARC) linkage program and is the recipient of research funding from international organisations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and World Health Organisation. Extensive research interests and capabilities cover diverse disciplines including information technology, economics, and finance, management, marketing and international business, education, physical, chemical and life sciences, design, urban development and engineering, health studies, law, creative industries and social sciences. 5. Guaranteed pathways to university QUT offers academically focused English language and pathway programs through QUT International College located at the Kelvin Grove campus. The college’s small class sizes, highly qualified and dedicated staff along with its cutting edge multimedia and language resources contribute to the high rates of progression of its graduates into their preferred university course. QUT International College provides a range of support services to its students including a Welfare Adviser for personal counselling. Students in our university entry programs have access to Language and Learning Advisers to help improve language and academic skills. Programs include University Diploma, Foundation, English Language, Bridging, and Postgraduate Business Pathways. The college also welcomes group study tours and offers tailored short courses.
Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland, the fastest growing economy in Australia and an exciting hub of research, technology and innovation. Queensland has that rare combination of a stable political environment and an excellent physical and economic climate. In 1998, the Queensland Government released its Smart State Strategy, encouraging new ideas within a culture of discovery, creativity and diversity. The strategy supports the creation of new industries and looks to making traditional industries smarter. In the last decade Queensland’s export performance has expanded. The state is also seeing strong population growth with over 1,000 people moving to Queensland each week. Queensland’s fresh, enterprising spirit is present in its dynamic educational environment with many QUT students granted to opportunity to participate in groundbreaking research and innovation. It’s an exciting place to be. 7. Located in a safe, vibrant city Enjoy a high quality, affordable lifestyle in the bustling city of Brisbane. As Australia’s third largest and fastest growing city, Brisbane is renowned for fabulous year round weather and healthy outdoors living. Brisbane is also home to people from many cultures as evidenced by a diverse range of dining alternatives and a thriving arts and cultural scene. Brisbane is a safe, friendly, sophisticated and harmonious city where international students are readily accepted by other students, and teachers are experienced in teaching classes to students from many countries. Brisbane is also a perfect stepping stone to the wonders of Queensland and is only an hour away from south east Queensland’s beaches, bays and beautiful hinterland. 8. Lively community Our QUT community is busy all year round, with international students playing a major role in many festivals and events. Meet people from all over the world at QUT’s Orientation Week celebrations, international festivals, national band competition, Oktoberfest and other regular events at our three campus clubs. The QUT Guild and International Student Services also hold a number of recreation and skill development courses during the year, such as learn to surf, golf and in-line skating lessons, hip hop dance and capoeira classes, social and adventure outings. Students have the opportunity to join QUT’s numerous clubs and societies and international student associations. Student associations organise activities and provide a supportive network for all recently arrived students, making a significant contribution to QUT.
QUT’s Gardens Point campus is the only city university campus with comprehensive facilities in the Brisbane central business district, situated right next to the beautiful city Botanic Gardens and the Brisbane River. The inner city location reinforces QUT’s links with business and industry while creating a dynamic environment for students. The Goodwill Bridge (for pedestrians and cyclists) links the Gardens Point Campus with the popular South Bank Parklands and cultural precinct. QUT’s Kelvin Grove Campus, housing the Kelvin Grove Urban Village, is just two kilometres from the city centre. All three QUT campuses are linked by a regular free student bus service.
QUT is an industry driven, modern university with a commitment to developing projects that break new ground. A new development site at QUT’s Kelvin Grove campus is the first of its kind in Australia and features the following innovations: Creative Industries Precinct: The Creative Industries Precinct is Australia's first site dedicated to creative experimentation and commercial development in the creative industries. 11. Flexibility and Choice With over 650 undergraduate and postgraduate options, flexible entry dates and pathways to degrees QUT courses can be tailored to your specific educational needs. Choose from a tremendous range of courses in Built Environment and Engineering, Business, Creative Industries, Education, Health, Humanities, Human Services, Information Technology, Law, Justice and Science. 12. Culturally diverse university QUT is one of Australia’s leading universities with nearly 40,000 students including 5000 international students from over 100 countries. As testament to its commitment to creating a culturally diverse educational environment, the university has been awarded five stars for international enrolments and four stars for diversity (Good Universities Guide 2006). QUT also actively supports the activities of international student associations and holds many events throughout the year to celebrate cultural diversity including an international festival. International Student associations organise activities and provide a supportive network for all recently arrived students, making a significant contribution to QUT.
QUT’s International Careers Counsellor, one of only two in Australian Universities, provides opportunities for international students to experience the work environment in their home country while they study. Positions are organised though Careers and Employment’s International Work Placement Scheme. Participants in the scheme have the advantage of re-establishing familiarity with work and recruitment practices in their home country. 14. World Class Virtual Services Enrolled students can also access, QUT Virtual, a state of the art student intranet providing online student support. The software includes the ability to change subjects, check results and download lecture materials.
Campus: Gardens Point campus Number of Students: 4800 Areas of Study: • Architecture
• QUT offers Australia’s only degree in Aerospace Avionics. Graduates are involved in design, development, manufacture and maintenance work on aeroplanes, helicopters, spacecraft and satellites. • Graduates of Industrial Design courses have been recognised for excellence in the field winning five out of twenty awards at the prestigious 2005 Australian Design Awards. The Industrial Design programs are setting world benchmarks in design innovation and entrepreneurial design, resulting in more than 30 professional practices established in the last ten years. The program emphasis is on innovation, creative thinking, human-centred design research and usability, strategic design and design leadership. QUT Industrial Design is an Educational member of ICSID (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design). • The Faculty research program combining Building and Infrastructure Systems helps communities to live and work in buildings which are safe, environmentally friendly and cost effective • Medical Engineering research leaders develop and promote the innovative use of new and emerging technologies in order to improve the quality of life of future users. • The Energy and Resource Management program improves the quality of water in our households through research that focuses on urban hydrology and water-quality modelling. • Speech, Audio, Image and Video Technology (SAIVT) contributes to the security of people’s lives through research in speech enhancement for forensic applications and palm recognition. • The Colab program provides focus for research relating to creating better environments through our multidisciplinary design disciplines. The Faculty’s human-centred research helps to improve landscapes, buildings, colour and lighting. • QUT researchers, through the CRC for Satellite Systems, have helped launch Australia’s first satellite in more than 30 years. • A new generation of artificial hearts that could give cardiac patients ten or more extra years of life are being designed by medical engineering researchers at QUT. Campuses: Kelvin Grove and Carseldine Number of students: 4000 Areas of study: • Human Movement Studies Points of Distinction: Faculty of Health - General • Students work in state-of-the-art, modern clinical, laboratory and teaching facilities with the latest equipment. • On-campus clinics equipped to cutting-edge standards enable students in Optometry, Podiatry, Human Movement Studies and Psychology and Counselling to work directly with real patients, applying acquired skills and knowledge in a supervised setting. • The only university in Queensland to offer bachelor degrees in Health Information Management, Paramedic Studies, Optometry and Dietetics. • Offers hands-on clinical placements through its courses providing students with real-world skills and experience and vital contact with industry and prospective employers. • Home to the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, where world class researchers work together in the fields of health, biomedical engineering and science to develop new knowledge and products to improve the health and wellbeing of the local, national and international communities. • Courses appeal to those with an interest in working with people, helping to improve the health of individuals and communities, helping to prevent and treat disease, and making a difference in the lives of others. • Many Health graduates are eligible for professional membership and registrations. • The longest-running tertiary-based School of Nursing in Queensland, with many years of industry consultation and experience. This long-term and extensive collaboration and partnership with industry provides students with unparalleled practical experience throughout their course. • Nursing students have the opportunity to undertake clinical placements overseas, in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Norway and the United States. • The School of Nursing has an established relationship with the National Taipei College of Nursing. Human Movement Studies • Students work in clinical, laboratory and teaching facilities with state-of-the-art equipment and ample teaching space. • Students can undertake practical placements overseas, using QUT’s strong links with sports and science institutes around the globe. Opportunities also exist for fourth year students to undertake a large practical project abroad. • Institutes with which past students have undertaken practicums have included the Hong Kong Sports Institute, Adidas Sports Medicine in Auckland, and the New Zealand Institute of Sport. • Students gain real world experience by undertaking practicums in a wide range of industry settings, including hospitals, clinics, government agencies and sporting institutes such as the Australian Institute of Sport. Public Health • The Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedic) is Queensland's first degree in paramedics. It provides graduates with the skills, knowledge and qualifications that give them a competitive edge in pursuing a career as an ambulance paramedic with agencies such as the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS). • The only university in Queensland, and one of only four in Australia, that offers a bachelor qualification in Health Information Management. • The only undergraduate course in nutrition and dietetics in Queensland accredited for membership of the Dietitians Association of Australia. Optometry • QUT has the only optometry school in Queensland. It is one of only three in Australia. • By participating in the practices of working optometrists, ophthalmologists, and in other clinical settings, students gain hands-on, real-world experience throughout their course. Psychology & Counselling • Students benefit from an on-site psychology and counselling clinic which brings ongoing practical experience directly to the classroom. Staff are research active, and use the most current areas of psychological research in their teaching • Strong industry links provide students with opportunities for hands-on experience in the field. The Internship Initiative, organised by the Department of State Development, is one such opportunity, enabling QUT students to participate in the Australian Technology Showcase program. • Students can choose from many electives, including ‘Forensic Psychology and the Law’, taught in collaboration with the School of Justice Studies. • School of Psychology and Counselling has strong research links with prominent international agencies, with ongoing collaboration with institutions in the United States, Singapore and Canada. Examples include collaborative work in substance abuse with the University of California, Los Angeles and collaborative research in psycholinguistics with the University of Arizona. • QUT’s Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q) conducts groundbreaking research in road safety, working in collaboration with such agencies as the Queensland Police Service and the New South Wales State Transit Authority. Campus: Kelvin Grove Campus Number of Students: 3000 Areas of Study: • Acting & Technical Production Points of Distinction: • Creative Industries spans the entertainment, leisure, cultural and creative sectors of the international economy that have boomed over recent years. Creative Industries courses, span eleven performing, media and visual arts disciplines, preparing students for an exciting career in the new economy • QUT’s Creative Industries Precinct is Australia's first site dedicated to innovative experimentation and commercial development in the creative industries. The AUD60 million dollar development features state-of-the-art newsrooms, interactive exhibition spaces, production workshops, design studios, computing studios and a resident theatre company. • QUT’s Creative Industries Precinct is the official base for ACID (Australasian CRC for Interaction Design Pty Ltd) ensuring that for the first time in Australia, QUT communication design students are able to participate in developing creative applications for new technologies. This includes games, interactive software engines, unexpected devices, innovative designs, 3D worlds, audio gizmos, interfaces, films, museum installations, digital interpretations, business products, videos, music, dances and architectural displays. • The largest AVID laboratory in Australia specialising in digital media production. • The Creative Industries Precinct is situated next to Kelvin Grove Urban Village, a $600million QUT and Queensland Government joint development providing state of the art technology, business and over 800 residential accommodation units. • Proud host to international students, scholars and researchers from more than 40 countries around the world, making invaluable contributions to the diversity, innovation, global networks and opportunities available. • Research is at the core of the Faculty's focus on creative community and industry-focused solutions and applications. Examples of current research projects include: • The Faculty was host to over 200 Australian and international research students in 2005, and received over AUD13million in research funding. • The Centre of Excellence in Cultural and Media Studies has successfully been awarded funding by the Australian Research Council of AUD7 million dollars over five years, in addition to industry and university support expected to be worth more than AUD3 million. The centre will play a pivotal role in strengthening research and innovation in digital content and creative industries in Australia. • The Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation (iCi) which is a new multi faculty research institute at QUT. iCi combines researchers and PhD students from Creative Industries, Business, Information Technology, Education and Humanities and Human Services in groundbreaking research and commercialisation ventures. Faculty: School of Humanities and Human Services Campus: Carseldine (with the exception of Languages, which is offered at the Gardens Point campus) Number of Students: 1700 Areas of Study: • Australian Studies
• Strong industry and community links of teaching staff provide students with access to industry contacts and knowledge to enhance their overall learning experiences in the School of Humanities and Human Services disciplines. • The School of Humanities and Human Services, in partnership with the Anthropology Department at the UNSW, offers the only program in Australia that integrates an annual Pacific Island fieldwork tour in its Asia-Pacific studies to provide students with home-stay experiences in a Pacific Island community. • Offers Australia's only full suite of units in Pacific Island Studies, including, The Pacific since 1945, Pacific Culture Contact, Colonialism and Independence in Asia Pacific, and The USA and the Asia Pacific Region. • The Faculty coordinated an innovative, Japanese funded, regional professional development, institutional strengthening and publication program for Pacific Island history and social studies teachers from 1995 to 2001. • The Geography and Environmental Studies major in the School of Humanities and Human Services offers distinctive options in Regional Geography (World Regions, Southeast Asia and Japan) and Environmental Hazards and Disaster Management; which makes it the only undergraduate program of its kind in Southeast Queensland. • The Centre for Social Change Research in the School of Humanities and Human Services offers the innovative Doctor of Social Science, one of the very few social sciences professional doctorates in Australia. • Languages section uses cutting edge, interactive learning technologies such as the Access Grid Videoconferencing system and QUT’s Online Teaching technology to enhance students' learning experiences in a foreign language. • The Languages section is the first in Australia to use Access Grid Videoconferencing to enable real-time, real-life, cross-cultural communication between QUT students and students at international partner universities. • The Corrective Services major in the School of Humanities and Human Services provides students with the opportunity to visit and gain insights into the operations of the largest and most technically advanced high-security correctional centre in Australia. • Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie, was a graduate of the School’s Master of Arts (Humanities) course. Campus: Kelvin Grove Number of Students: 5500 Areas of Study: • Early Childhood Points of Distinction: • Largest and most comprehensive Faculty of Education in Australia • Faculty provides the largest range of programs to over 5000 educators including full undergraduate programs, a number of Masters course and two doctorates (EdD and PhD) • Cutting edge teaching programs directed at global teacher practitioner attributes • Faculty is one of the “top 10” in Australia for research and its programs are described as “high quality” as indexed by Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). (Phelan et al, 2000, p.582) • One of five Faculties of Education in the world selected to prepare teachers for the Malaysian Government. • Australia’s largest concentration of educators in mathematics education, science education and vocational education provide innovative teaching and cutting edge research in science related education. • Globally connected Faculty of Education working with Aid agencies (AusAID, ADB and WB) and a range of government agencies (eg in China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea) for social improvements through learning programs and globally relevant research Campus: Gardens Point Number of Students: 3000 Areas of Study: • Games Technology
• QUT established Australia's first dedicated Faculty of Information Technology • Strong research links with top IT global companies such as SAP and Oracle including the closest and strongest relationship with Microsoft of any university in the Asia Pacific region. Since 1999, QUT has won around 20 Microsoft research grants worth close to AUD1 million. • The internationally-renowned Information Security Institute is the largest research centre of its kind in Australia and is the Information Infrastructure Security Hub of the Research Network for a Secure Australia (RNSA). One of the principal aims of the centre is to develop technology to combat cyber terrorism. • Smart Devices research group has had back to back wins at the (Federation of International Robot Soccer Association) FIRA World Championships in 2003 and 2004. • Researchers from QUT are making it easier to combine the power of idle computers to create cheap but powerful virtual supercomputers. • Voted most popular IT degree in a university - survey amongst domestic undergraduate students in 2000 Campus: Gardens Point Number of Students: 7,000 Areas of Study:
• The first Australian university’s Faculty of Business to attain AMBA (Association of MBAs), AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and EQUIS (accrediting body for the European Foundation for Management Development) accreditation. These accreditation bodies are hallmarks of excellence and recognition of the quality of our programs by our international peers • Our innovative Business Advantage program allows Faculty of Business students to develop personal, professional and citizenship skills for the workplace, in areas such as entrepreneurship, career planning, leadership, community engagement and public speaking and professional writing. Students have also been encouraged and funded to attend conferences, student competitions and other development activities. It’s been nominated for a 2005 Australian Universities Teaching Institutional Award. • Pioneered the use of live financial data amongst Queensland tertiary institutions. The Faculty’s Securities Dealing Room allows finance students to experience the dynamic nature of financial markets, and the fast pace of real time asset price movement. • QUT Business student Mark Mitchell won the 2005 BRW National Student Sharemarket Competition, by making a $186,000 profit over a twelve month long virtual investment. • A survey of employers comparing South East Queensland universities found business graduates are productive from day one, entrepreneurial, have strong technical and practical skills and a broader understanding of commercial realities. (Source: Colmar Brunton 2002) • The Faculty’s Australian Centre for Business Research conducts leading business research through its four major research programs. The Faculty has attracted over AUD8million in National Competitive (ARC) grants over the past five years, and regularly conducts research for industry and other external partners. • QUT’s Bachelor of Business gives students the flexibility to design their business degree for the career they want. Students gain a solid base of broad business knowledge, then build knowledge in selected areas of interest. • QUT’s business programs have a strong global focus, with internationally experienced lecturers, exchange programs and international study tour options. • The Faculty’s 2005 Outstanding Alumni Award recipient is Paul Taaffe, an international public relations expert, and chairman and chief executive of Hill & Knowlton inc in New York. Hill and Knowlton have 72 offices in 38 countries around the globe, and specialise in crisis management, corporate reputation management and political lobbying. Paul worked with WorldCom in their emergence from bankruptcy, and on the successful Athens Olympic bid. The firm has forged a strong reputation for corporate social responsibility under Taaffe’s leadership. Brisbane Graduate School of Business (BGSB) o Tier 1 Australian MBA program Australian Financial Review BOSS magazine, 2005 • QUT is home to 'Australia's Innovative MBA'. The innovative structure and curriculum of BGSB’s programs is unique in Australia and allows students greater choice and flexibility when designing their course. The MBA offers seven-week teaching periods, with six entry points each year. The course has 17 core units for a wider coverage and 17 specialisation areas, giving more depth than a standard MBA. • BGSB has special expertise and experience in Entrepreneurship education and offers a variety of choices for the entrepreneur, intrapreneur or venture capitalist. The school is the host of the Australian MOOT CORP® Business Plan competition and has regular visits from some of the world’s leading Entrepreneurship academics. Campuses: Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove Number of Students: 3000 Areas of Study: • Commercial Law Points of Distinction: • QUT’s Faculty of Law is proud of its <e.law> QUT Moot Court one of Australia's most advanced electronic courtrooms containing state-of-the-art information technology and audio-visual integration. It is one of the leading three electronic moot court rooms in the world. • Student use award winning custom-designed software and on-line study facilities. Online Teaching provides access to recordings of all lectures, links to reading, legislation and a study guide. Recordings of tutorials are also available online for all core units, and some units offer cyber-tutorials and online forums. • Learn from practising professionals and visiting professors – leading experts from around the world • The faculty’s Dean is the Hon. Michael Lavarch, former Attorney General of Australia. • As an international student who considers an undergraduate QUT Law degree students must confirm recognition of an Australian law degree for admission purposes in their own country. An undergraduate law degree is currently recognised for solicitors’ admission in East Malaysia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. The degree is recognised in West Malaysia; however graduates must complete the Malaysian Bar Council’s Certificate in Legal Practice to gain solicitors’ admission. • State-of-the art on-campus Law Library • The faculty has strong links with the law profession in Australia - each year on average around 90 per cent of Law graduates (undergraduate) gain full-time work or go on to further study within four months of graduating. Campus: Gardens Point, Carseldine Number of Students: 2100 Areas of Study: • Biochemistry Points of Distinction: Employment Unique courses Research Industry links/accreditations • The Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Science) is the only course in southern Queensland to be accredited with the Australian Institute of Medical Scientists. Practical Experience Famous graduates Course structure Facilities and technology Scholarships Performances/Exhibitions |