Program Overview

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Program Overview

The University of Queensland offers a range of programs for domestic and international students.

Study Options

• Study options
  • Undergraduate
  • Postgraduate
  • PhD, MPhil and professional doctorate
  • Dual degrees
  • Short courses
  • Study abroad and exchange

Admissions

• Admissions
  • Undergraduate
    • Choose your program
    • Review entry requirements
    • Review admission schemes
    • Consider your pathway options
    • Review fees and financial support
    • Check credit eligibility
    • Submit your application
    • Respond to your offer
    • Get ready for UQ
  • Honours
    • Choose your program
    • Review entry requirements
    • Review fees and financial support
    • Submit your application
    • Respond to your offer
    • Get ready for UQ
  • Postgraduate coursework
    • Choose your program
    • Review entry requirements
    • Consider your pathway options
    • Review fees and financial support
    • Check credit eligibility
    • Submit your application
    • Respond to your offer
    • Get ready for UQ
  • PhD, MPhil and professional doctorate
    • Before you apply
    • Application dates
    • Submit your expression of interest
    • Receiving your offer and commencement
    • Get ready for UQ
    • Research quarters
    • Intellectual property
  • Doctor of Medicine
    • Provisional entry pathway
    • Graduate entry pathway
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pathways
    • Rural and regional Queensland pathways
    • Prerequisites and recommended programs for entry
    • Entry interviews
    • Rural Background Sub-quota

University Life

• University life
  • Adjusting to UQ
  • Living in Queensland
    • Cost of living
    • Health and safety services
  • Getting prepared to come to Australia
    • Bringing your family to Australia
    • Arriving in Australia
    • Working while studying
    • Overseas Student Health Cover
    • Important dates for international students
    • Student visas
    • Under 18 International Student Supervision Program
  • Campuses and research sites
    • Campus tours
  • Enhance your employability
    • Global experiences
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Leadership and representation
    • Research opportunities
    • Internships
    • Mentoring
    • Volunteering

Information and Resources

• Information and resources
  • For international students
  • For high school students
    • Glossary of terms
    • Young Achievers Program
    • Young ChangeMakers Program
    • Career Pulse Hub
  • For non-school leavers
  • For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
    • InspireU
    • Tertiary Experience Day
  • For teachers and guidance counsellors
    • High school activities
    • Request a school presentation
    • Request a campus tour
    • International regional managers
  • For parents and guardians
  • For study abroad and exchange students

Program Details

Gender Studies

The Gender Studies major interrogates gender, sex, and other categories of difference, across contemporary and historical spaces and places.

• Learning from experts across disciplines, you will gain new knowledge and skills to help you think critically about gender and its intersections, and to analyse the major challenges and changes in gender relations today.
• Graduates have the opportunity to take on roles that advance social justice and the status of women and girls, or work in politics, public policy, research or analysis.

Career Possibilities

• Policy officer
• Government relations manager
• Advocacy officer
• Program delivery and support coordinator

How You'll Learn

• Your learning experiences are designed to best suit the learning outcomes of the courses you choose.
• Lectures
• Tutorials
• Online study
• Overseas study

What You'll Study

• At UQ, subjects are called 'courses'. Here's a sample of the courses you could study:
  • Gender Matters
  • The History of Sexuality
  • Feminist Philosophy
  • Gender and Contemporary Culture
• See courses and program structure

Events

• Institute of Modern Languages High School Enrichment Program
• Master of Physiotherapy information webinar
• UQ Open Day

Stories

• Why study music at UQ?
• Dylan's PhD story: breathing new life into a living Indigenous language
• Chiemeka’s PhD story: cost-effective treatment for brain disorders
• How a UQ scholarship helped Paul pursue his dream
• Dylan's PhD story: breathing new life into a living Indigenous language

Contact

• Contact UQ
• Make a complaint
• Faculties, schools, institutes and centres
• Divisions and departments
• Campuses, maps and transport

Media

• Media team contacts
• Find a subject matter expert
• UQ news

Working with Us

• Current staff
• Careers and job search
• Strategic plan
• Staff support
• IT support for staff

Current Students

• my.UQ
• Programs and courses
• Academic calendar
• Student support
• IT support for students

Library

• Library
• Study and learning support
• Research and publish
• Visit

Copyright and Disclaimer

• Copyright, privacy and disclaimer
• Accessibility
• Right to information
• Feedback

University Details

• ABN:
• CRICOS: 00025B
• TEQSA: PRV12080