Scientific facilities and equipment
Our schools and centres manage facilities and laboratories across Queensland to enable research and teaching across all our disciplines.
Research students and staff, UQ collaborators and, in some cases, external partners use our specialised equipment and instrumentation, which ranges from microscopes, mass spectrometers and flow cytometers to analytical food sensory testing tools, real-time PCR machines and more.
UQ has more than 2,300 laboratories.
All our laboratories observe recognised health, safety and design standards, and we provide training for users who work with risk factors including (but not limited to) genetically modified organisms, quarantine material, hazardous chemicals, radiation sources and large, microscopic and venomous animals.
Find a facility to suit your requirements
- School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability facilities
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences facilities
- School of the Environment facilities
- School of Mathematics and Physics facilities
- School of Veterinary Science facilities
- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
- Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics
- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis
- Heron Island Research Station
- Hidden Vale Research Station
- Moreton Bay Research Station
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network