The University of Queensland (UQ, or informally Queensland University[source?]) may be a public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one in every of the six sandstone universities, an off-the-cuff designation of the oldest university in each state. The University of Queensland was ranked second nationally by the Australian Research Council in 2018 and equal second in Australia supported the common of 4 major global university league tables. The University of Queensland could be a founding member of edX, Australia's research-intensive Group of Eight and therefore the global Universitas 21 network.
The university offers associate, bachelor, master, doctoral, and better doctorate degrees through a university, a grad school, and 6 faculties. UQ incorporates over 100 research institutes and centres offering research programs, like the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Boeing Research and Technology Australia Centre, the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, and therefore the UQ Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation. Recent notable research of the university include pioneering the invention of the HPV vaccine that stops cervical cancer, developing a COVID-19 vaccine that was in human trials, and also the development of high-performance superconducting MRI magnets for portable scanning of human limbs.
