Program Overview

Program Overview

The University of Queensland offers a range of programs for students, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and research degrees.

Study Options

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

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

• 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, virtual tours
• Enhance your employability: Global experiences, entrepreneurship, leadership and representation, research opportunities, internships, mentoring, volunteering
• Why choose UQ

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

Events

• Postgraduate agricultural science information webinar
• InspireU Gatton experience day
• Master of Physiotherapy information webinar

Stories

• Transform your career with 4 business psychology courses
• What’s it like to study business psychology as a postgraduate?
• Renee's PhD story: exploring how ‘jumping genes’ disrupt early development
• From firefighting robots to rocket science: Vennkkata’s UQ experience

Study Details

How you'll learn

• Lectures
• Tutorials
• Research experience
• Laboratory work
• Fieldwork
• Seminars

What you'll study

• Planet Earth: The Big Picture
• Earth Materials
• Fundamentals of Geographic Information and Technologies
• Field Geology
• Sedimentology and Ancient Environments
• Magmas and Deformed Rocks

Earth Science

Overview

Learn scientific techniques to sustainably manage the Earth’s minerals, energy sources or natural resources. You’ll learn how remote-sensing technologies and geographic information systems (GIS) are used to analyse geological processes and monitor changes in the Earth’s environment.

Highlights

• Dig deeper into our mineral and energy sources by exploring topics such as mineral and rock analysis, sedimentology magmas and deformed rocks.
• Develop and apply your knowledge through practical laboratory experience, fieldwork, and specialised seminars.
• You may choose to combine your minor with a courses in coastal and ocean science or marine biology to deepen your understanding of oceanography and help create a sustainable future for marine environments.

Career possibilities

• Mine geologist
• Resource geologist
• Exploration geologist
• Mineral exploration consultant
• Geoscientist
• Geophysicist
• Environmental consultant
• Project manager
• Natural resources manager

Bachelors of Biomedical Science / Science

Overview

Study details for the Bachelors of Biomedical Science / Science program are available.