Rankings and achievements

Our research and teaching achievements contribute to UQ's consistent high ranking as one of the world's top 40 world universities.

World-class reputation

In 2022, UQ Science had 1013 fixed and continuing staff, comprising 611 academic and 402 professional and other staff
- 34.5 per cent of staff were born overseas
In 2022, 7858 UQ students were enrolled in science undergraduate and postgraduate coursework programs, comprising 30 per cent international and 70 per cent domestic students
4 members on UQ's SAGE Athena SWAN gender steering committee

15 highly-cited researchers in 2022
20 Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
#1 in Australia in the 2024 Nature Index table of high-quality research outputs
well above world standard or above world standard in the majority of UQ Science's broad fields of research in the latest Excellence in Research for Australia assessment
over the four years to 2023, per year, an average of 22 inventions disclosed and patents filed by Faculty of Science colleagues

9 national awards and citations from the Australian Awards for University Teaching since 2016
11 UQ Excellence in Learning & Teaching Awards during since 2016
52 fellowships to the Higher Education Academy since 2019