Queensland University of Technology

Queensland University of Technology is a public university in Brisbane, Australia. It took its current name in 1989, succeeding the Queensland Institute of Technology and a line of technical and art schools that includes the Brisbane School of Arts of 1849. It is a city-center technology and professional university rather than a sandstone collegiate foundation.

Faculties include business and law; engineering; health; science; and creative industries, education and social justice. Gardens Point campus occupies a peninsula next to the City Botanic Gardens and Parliament House; Kelvin Grove holds creative industries and education. Research bodies include the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and laboratories in robotics, digital media and the built environment.

Enrollment is about 50,000 students, with a large international share, especially from Asia and the Pacific. Staff number in the thousands. Alumni work in business, government, design, engineering and the Queensland professions. International students often exceed 20 percent of enrollment.

Coursework master's degrees in business, information technology, engineering, health and creative industries are the main graduate routes, alongside PhD research in the institutes. The calendar follows the Australian semester system. Gardens Point functions as a downtown campus: students move between the river, the central business district and Kelvin Grove. PhD candidates are typically supported by scholarships and research-center appointments.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Queensland University of Technology lists 2 graduate programs in computer science and operations research & management science, all of them master's programs. Queensland University of Technology holds rank 178 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.