The University of Queensland (UQ) is a public research university located in Brisbane, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest, most selective and largest Queensland university in Australia.The main campus is located in the suburb of St Lucia, southwest of the Brisbane City Central Business District, with other major campuses in Gatton and Herston with a number of other satellite facilities.
The University of Queensland is a member of the Australia's research intensive Group of Eight, and the global network of research universities Universitas 21. UQ is colloquially known as a sandstone university which are well regarded and highly ranked among leading research universities in five key international rankings the QS World University Rankings, the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities,