HELPFUL ONLINE LINKSYou can find out more about studying at UQ via these websites.

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The University of Queenslandwww.uq.edu.au

Accommodation (see pages 22-24)www.accommodation.uq.edu.au

Alumni (see page 5)www.alumni.uq.edu.au

English Language Studies (ICTE) (see page 28)www.icte.uq.edu.au

Faculty of Artswww.arts.uq.edu.au

Faculty of Biological and Chemical Scienceswww.bacs.uq.edu.au

Faculty of Business, Economics and Lawwww.bel.uq.edu.au

Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecturewww.epsa.uq.edu.au

Faculty of Health Scienceswww.uq.edu.au/health

Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Sciencewww.uq.edu.au/nravs

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Scienceswww.uq.edu.au/sbs

Library (see page 14)www.cybrary.uq.edu.au

Information Technology Services (see page 14)www.its.uq.edu.au

Newswww.uq.edu.au/news

Programs and Courses (see pages 33-82)www.uq.edu.au/study

Researchwww.uq.edu.au/research

Staffwww.uq.edu.au/contacts

Statisticswww.mis.jdstory.uq.edu.au/statistics

Student Centre (see page 15)www.uq.edu.au/student-centre

Student Support Services (see page 17)www.sss.uq.edu.au

Study Abroad (see page 30)www.uq.edu.au/studyabroad

UQ Abroad (see page 30)www.uq.edu.au/uqabroad

UQ Gatton (see page 12)www.uq.edu.au/gatton

UQ Ipswich (see page 11)www.uq.edu.au/ipswich

Visitor informationwww.uq.edu.au/about

EducationAustralian Education International (AEI)www.aei.dest.gov.au

Australian Qualifications Frameworkwww.aqf.edu.au

Australian Vice-Chancellor’s Committeewww.avcc.edu.au

Education Network Australiawww.edna.edu.au

Education Queenslandwww.education.qld.gov.au

ELICOS (see page 28)www.elicos.edu.au

Group of Eight (Go8)www.go8.edu.au

IDP Education Australia (IDP)www.idp.edu.au

International English Language Testing Systems (IELTS) (see page 94)www.ielts.org

Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC)www.qtac.edu.au

The Good Universities Guides (Australia)www.thegoodguides.com.au

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) (see page 94)www.toefl.org

Universitas 21 (U21)www.universitas21.com

Australian government bodiesAustralian Diplomatic Missionswww.immi.gov.au/contacts

Australian Embassieswww.immi.gov.au/contacts

Australian Consulateswww.immi.gov.au/contacts

Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST)www.dest.gov.au

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)www.dfat.gov.au

Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC)www.immi.gov.au

Foreign Diplomatic Missions (in Australia)www.dfat.gov.au/protocol

Brisbane and Queensland (see page 8)

Brisbane City Councilwww.brisbane.qld.gov.au

Brisbane Marketingwww.brisbanemarketing.com.au

Brisbane Visitor’s Bureaubrisbane.visitorsbureau.com.au

Extreme Adventureswww.extremeadventures.com.au

Queensland Governmentwww.qld.gov.au

Lonely Planetwww.lonelyplanet.com

Our Brisbanewww.ourbrisbane.com

Tourism Queenslandwww.tq.com.au

Study Queenslandwww.studyqueensland.qld.edu.au

Things to do in Brisbane, Queenslandwww.thingstodo.com/au/queensland

Transport in BrisbaneAirtrainwww.airtrain.com.au

Brisbane Airportwww.brisbaneairport.com.au

Public transportwww.transinfo.qld.gov.au

Qantas Airlineswww.qantas.com.au

Ipswich (see page 11)Ipswich City Councilwww.ipswich.qld.gov.au

Ipswich Tourismwww.ipswichtourism.com.au

Gatton (see page 12)Gatton Shirewww.gatton.qld.gov.au

Accommodation (see pages 22-24)

Accommodationwww.accommodation.uq.edu.au

Brisbane hotels (Brisbane only)www.ourbrisbane.com/visitors/accommodation

Uni Lodge (Brisbane only)www.unilodge.com.au

Australian healthcare providers (see page 88)

OSHC Worldcare (UQ preferred)www.worldcare.com.au

Australian Unitywww.austunity.com.au

British United Provident Association Ltd (BUPA) Australian Health Pty Ltdwww.overseasstudenthealth.com

Imanwww.iman.com.au

Medibank Privatewww.medibank.com.au

Other helpful sitesAustralian White Pages (national phone directory)www.whitepages.com.au

Australian Yellow Pages (national business phone directory)www.yellowpages.com.au

Brisbane weather (see page 8)www.ourbrisbane.com/news/weather

Bureau of Meteorologywww.bom.gov.au

Global currency converterwww.oanda.com

Hotmail (free email)www.hotmail.com

Where Is (national street directory)www.whereis.com.au

World timestimes.clari.net.au

Yahoo (free email)www.yahoo.com.au

University Lake-side: students Noelle De Pape, Sharad Rajendran and Lee Winston

UQ ONLINEUQ’s website www.uq.edu.au features several information and service portals to keep you up-to-date with programs, study and administrative matters.

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Programs and CoursesThe Programs and Courses website provides comprehensive information on all UQ degrees and study opportunities.

Using this site, students can view all programs and courses on offer including important details such as entry requirements and prerequisites, tuition fees, program outlines, employment opportunities, commencement, duration and how to apply.

The site also includes contact details for each program for those students seeking additional information.

Programs and Courseswww.uq.edu.au/study

myAdvisormyAdvisor provides students with essential information and a comprehensive advisory service from course design to graduation.

It includes key information about:> enrolment> changing or withdrawing programs or

courses> assessment> student rights and responsibilities> financial matters, and> graduation.

myAdvisorwww.uq.edu.au/myadvisor

my.UQmy.UQ is a personalised website which gives students access to the online information and services that they will need while studying at The University of Queensland.

From this student portal, students can:> access email> manage enrolment details> link to the Library> view calendars and address books> view important reminders> search the Web> find out latest news and weather from

around the world> manage their records, and> write and send UQ e-cards.

my.UQ is available from any computer with Internet access, anywhere in the world.

myServices, within my.UQ, provides students with information on services available at UQ, including:> banks and credit unions> Student Centres, and> personal counselling.

my.UQmy.uq.edu.au

myServicesstudent.my.uq.edu.au

mySI-netmySI-net is a website that allows students to:

> enrol> add/cancel courses> change addresses> check class and exam timetables> view results> view and pay student contribution

amounts or fees, and> check enrolment details.

mySI-netwww.sinet.uq.edu.au

UQ PARTNERSUQ has agreements, links and relationships with universities, research institutions and corporations worldwide. UQ is a proud member of the prestigious Group of Eight (Go8) and Universitas 21 networks.

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This list contains UQ’s Study Abroad and student exchange partners. For a full list of UQ Partners, visit www.uq.edu.au/study/docs/GlobalNetworks.pdf

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SA – Study Abroad partnersStudents from these partner institutions can study at UQ for one or two semesters under the Study Abroad program. See page 30 for more information.

SE – student exchange partnersUQ has student exchange agreements with these institutions. UQ students can study at these institutions for one or two semesters. Students from these institutions can study at UQ. See page 30 for more information.

Group of EightThe Group of Eight (Go8) represents

Australia’s leading universities and conducts the majority of all Australian university research.

Queensland> The University of Queensland

Australian Capital Territory> The Australian National University

New South Wales> The University of New South Wales> The University of Sydney

South Australia> The University of Adelaide

Victoria> Monash University> The University of Melbourne

Western Australia> The University of Western Australia

Universitas 21Universitas 21 is an international network of leading research-

intensive universities.

Australia> The University of Queensland> University of Melbourne> University of New South Wales

Canada> McGill University SE> The University of British Columbia SE

China> Fudan University> Peking University> Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Hong Kong> The University of Hong Kong SE

Ireland> University College Dublin

Mexico> Tecnologico de Monterrey

New Zealand> The University of Auckland SE

Singapore> National University of Singapore SE

South Korea> Korea University SE

Sweden> Lund University SE

United Kingdom> The University of Birmingham SE> The University of Edinburgh SE> The University of Glasgow SE> The University of Nottingham SE

United States of America> The University of Virginia SE

UQ Partners for Study Abroad and student exchange

Austria> Leopold-Franzens Universität (BEL)

SE> Universitat Graz SE> University of Vienna SE

Canada> McGill University SE> The University of British Columbia SE> University of Alberta SE> University of Calgary SE> University of Saskatchewan SE> University of Toronto SE> University of Waterloo SE

Chile> Pontifica Universidad Catolica de

Chile SE> Universidad Andres Bello SE

China> Shandong University SE

Czech Republic> The University of Economics

– Prague SE> Universitas Carolina Pragensis

(Charles University) SE

Denmark> Technical University of Denmark

(DTU) SE> University of Copenhagen SE

Finland> University of Tampere SE

France> Ecole Centrale de Lyon SE> Ecole Superieure Des Sciences

Commerciales D’Angers (ESSCA) SE> Fondation Nationale des Sciences

Politiques and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (also known as Sciences Po) SE

> Grandes Ecoles d’ingenieurs de Paris SE

> Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Rennes SE

> Universite Catholique De Lille SE> Universite de Paris 3 – Sorbonne

Nouvelle SE> University Lumiere of Lyon 2 SE

Germany> Albert-Ludwigs Universitat Freiburg

SE> Duisburg – Essen University

“Gerhard Mercator” SA> Eberhard Karls Universitat

(Tuebingen) SE> Otto Beisheim Graduate School

(WHU) SE> Technische Universitat Berlin SE> The University of Luneburg SE

Hong Kong> Chinese University of Hong Kong SE> Hong Kong Baptist University SE> The University of Hong Kong SE> Hong Kong Polytechnic University SE

Italy> Bocconi University SE

Japan> Fukushima University SE> Hitotsubashi University SE> Keio University SE> Kobe University SE> Kochi University SE> Komazawa University SE> Kyoto University of Foreign Studies

SE> Kyushu University SE> Obihiro University of Agriculture

and Vet Medicine SE> Shimonoseki City University SE> Sophia University SE> The University of Kitakyushu SE> Tokai University SE

> University of Tokyo SE> University of Tsukuba SE> Waseda University SA, SE

Malaysia> Universiti Sains Malaysia SE

Mexico > Instituto Technologico Y De Estudios

Superiores De Monterrey SE> Universidad Anahuac SE> Universidad de las Americas SA, SE

Netherlands> Technical University of Delft SE> Universiteit Maastricht SE> Vrije University SE

New Zealand> The University of Auckland SE

Norway> University of Oslo SE

Korea, South (Republic of Korea)> Ewha Woman’s University SE> Korea Advanced Institute of

Science and Technology SE> Korea University SE> Kyungsung University SA> Yonsei University SE

Singapore> Nanyang Technological University SE> National University of Singapore SE

Spain> Universitat Pompeu Fabra SE> University of Salamanca SE

Sweden> Lund University SE> Stockholm University SE> University of Goteborg SE> University of Uppsala SE

Switzerland> University of Lausanne SE

Thailand> Chulalongkorn University SE

> Kasetsart University SE> Thammasat University SE

United Kingdom> City University SE> The University of Glasgow SE> Royal Holloway, University of

London SE> The University of Birmingham SE> The University of Edinburgh SE> The University of Nottingham SE> The University of Sheffield SE> The University of Leeds SE

United States of America> American University SE> DePauw University SA> Dickinson College SA> Lehigh University SA> Princeton University SA> Purdue University SE> State University of New York at

Stony Brook SE> State University of New York

Plattsburgh SA, SE> Texas A&M University SE> The California State University SE> The University of Scranton SA> University of Arizona SE> University of California SE> University of Denver SA> University of Illinois SE> University of Massachusetts SE> University of Pennsylvania SA, SE> University of Richmond SA, SE> University of South Carolina SE> University of Texas at Austin SE> University of Virginia SE> University of Washington SE> University of Wisconsin – Madison

SE> Washington University, St Louis SA> Western Michigan University SA

The University in profileStaff (full-time equivalent)

Teaching and research 1503

Academic research 771

General research 498

General other 2683

Total 5474

Students (as at November, 2006)

Domestic 30,845

International 6332

Total 37,177

Male 45%

Female 55%

Items of interest

Residential colleges 11

Research centres 130+

Buildings 265+

Library collection 2 million+

Alumni 160,000

Campus area (hectares)/distance from Brisbane Central Business District (kilometres)

UQ St Lucia 114 ha/7 km

UQ Ipswich 25 ha/50 km

UQ Gatton 782 ha/85 km

Top 30 countries for international students to UQ1 People’s Republic of China 16 Norway

2 Singapore 17 United Kingdom

3 United States of America 18 Papua New Guinea

4 Malaysia 19 France

5 Hong Kong 20 Philippines

6 Indonesia 21 Saudi Arabia

7 Viet Nam 22 Oman

8 Japan 23 Iran (Islamic Republic of)

9 India 24 Peru

10 Canada 25 Brazil

11 Germany 26 United Arab Emirates

12 Brunei Darussalam 27 Zimbabwe

13 Taiwan 28 Botswana

14 Republic of Korea 29 Fiji

15 Thailand 30 Mexico

Academic Calendar 2008

Semester 1

Orientation 18-22 February

Semester 1 begins 25 February

Mid-semester break 24-29 March

Semester 1 resumes 31 March

Revision period 1-6 June

Examination period 7-21 June

Semester 1 ends 21 June

Mid-year break 21 June-20 July

Graduation week 14-18 July

Semester 2

Mid-year Orientation 14-18 July

Semester 2 begins 21 July

Mid-semester break 29 September-4 October

Semester 2 resumes 6 October

Revision period 26-31 October

Examination period 1-15 November

Semester 2 ends 15 November

Graduation weeks 1-19 December

Summer Semester

Summer Semester 24 November-January 2009

Public holidays

New Year’s Day 1 January

Australia Day 28 January

Good Friday 21 March

Easter Monday 24 March

Anzac Day 25 April

Labour Day 5 May

Queen’s Birthday 9 June

Exhibition Day 13 August

Christmas Day 25 December

Boxing Day 26 December

DisclaimerThe inclusion in this publication of details of a program or a course creates no obligation on the part of the University to teach it as or when described. The University may discontinue or vary programs and courses at any time without notice. Information in this prospectus is accurate as of February, 2007.

While care has been taken to provide accurate information in this prospectus, it is the responsibility of students to check and confirm the specific details of programs, courses and enrolment.

All costs and fees quoted in this publication are in Australian dollars (AUD$).

Any agreement with this University does not remove the right to take action under Australia’s consumer protection laws.

Australian Consumer Protectionwww.fed.gov.au

ESOS complianceThe provision of education services to international students by Australian education institutions is governed by the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS)

UQ business hours (world times)Business hours at The University of Queensland are between 9.00am and 5.00pm weekdays (GMT/UTC plus 10 hours).

Brisbane 9.00 am 5.00 pmAuckland 12.00 pm 8.00 pmBangkok 6.00 am 2.00 pmBeijing 7.00 am 3.00 pmBerlin 12.00 am 8.00 amBandar Seri Begawan 7.00 am 3.00 pmDubai 3.00 am 11.00 amHo Chi Minh City 6.00 am 2.00 pmHong Kong 7.00 am 3.00 pmJakarta 6.00 am 2.00 pmJohannesburg 1.00 am 9.00 amKuala Lumpur 7.00 am 3.00 pmLondon 11.00 pm 7.00 amLos Angeles 3.00 pm 11.00 pmManila 7.00 am 3.00 pmMexico City 5.00 pm 1.00 amMoscow 2.00 am 11.00 amNew Delhi 4.30 am 12.30 pmNew York 6.00 pm 2.00 amSao Paulo 8.00 pm 4.00 amSeoul 8.00 am 4.00 pmSingapore 7.00 am 3.00 pmStockholm 12.00 am 8.00 amSuva 11.00 am 7.00 pmTaipei 7.00 am 3.00 pmTokyo 8.00 am 4.00 pmVancouver 3.00 pm 11.00 pm

World timeswww.worldtimeserver.com

Act 2002 and the Education Services for Overseas Students Regulations 2001 under this Act.

The University of Queensland, in providing education services to overseas students, complies with the National Code of Practice of the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) and the Australian Vice-Chancellor’s Committee (AVCC) code of ethical practice.

CRICOS Provider Number 00025B

ESOS Actwww.dest.gov.au/esos

PrivacyThe University complies with Australian and Queensland privacy laws and guidelines.

Privacywww.uq.edu.au/privacy

This publication was produced by The University of Queensland Office of Marketing and Communications, International Education Directorate and Student and Administrative Services Division. Editor Chris Saxby Design Geoff Burmester Principal photography Chris Stacey, Jeremy Patten

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Cover photo: Bachelor of Pharmacy student Dea Pitasari (Indonesia), Bachelor of Environmental Science Honours student Warwick Fegan (Australia) and Bachelor of Engineering student Wan-Yew Leong (Malaysia) Photo by Chris Stacey

The University of Queensland is an international leader in education and research.

Excellent teachingUQ receives more national teaching awards than any other Australian university, and also excels in international rankings.

Superior career prospectsUQ graduates enjoy better starting salaries.

Quality programs and leading researchUQ offers high-quality programs and is one of the top three Australian research universities.

Global reputationUQ is a member of the prestigious Group of Eight (Go8) universities and the global Universitas 21 alliance.

World-class facilitiesUQ’s stunning, well-equipped campuses and community lifestyle are internationally renowned.

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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION DIRECTORATEStudy enquiriesOnline enquiries (fast response)www.uq.edu.au/international/enquiry

Phone:Outside Australia +61 3 8676 7004Within Australia (freecall) 1800 671 980

General officeLevel 2, JD Story BuildingThe University of QueenslandBrisbane Queensland 4072AustraliaPhone: +61 7 3365 7941Fax: +61 7 3365 1794Email: study@uq.edu.au

The University of Queensland (UQ) is an international leader in education and research

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