Events

We’re finishing up the year with our final young alumni Friday drinks. This is a great chance to unwind and have some fun with your fellow UQ alumni.

Mark your calendars for Thursday 6 November – UQ's premier event of the year, the UQ Rugby Benefit is back in New York in 2025!
Location: Manhattan Penthouse, 80 5th Avenue, New York

The University of Queensland is proud to host the 18th Annual Latin American Colloquium, 6 November 2025. This year’s theme, ‘Biofuels: Driving Innovation, Powering the Future in Latin America and Australia’, will spotlight the latest in biofuel technologies, policy, and market opportunities. Hear from leading experts across both regions and explore how joint efforts are shaping a cleaner energy future.

Delivered annually, the Oration honours the memory of Dr Jian Zhou, who co-discovered the life-saving Gardasil vaccine for cervical cancer, alongside Emeritus Professor Ian Frazer AC. This year the Oration will feature keynote speaker, Professor Emma Hamilton-Williams.
Free event

Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity for the 2025 RD Milns Memorial Lecture, ‘Roly Sussex on the role of language in science’.

Hear from UQ Master of Laws staff and learn how you can equip yourself with transportable knowledge to take on global legal and business environments.

Join us in Brisbane or virtually.  Back by popular demand, join us for a fascinating evening with 5 UQ researchers who will pitch their mind-blowing work – breakthroughs that could transform the way we live. 

Explore your options to upskill, pivot careers, or pursue a passion at Queensland’s top university as the sun sets over our world class campus. Our career development staff will be on hand to offer guidance as you meet our faculty, admissions and extra-curricular teams.

Hosted by Walter Taylor Ward’s Councillor Penny Wolff, this free, all-ages event will feature the UQ Big Band in an afternoon of music and family fun.

The Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery Class of 1975 50-year reunion will be held across 2 events on Saturday 18 October including a morning tea with presentations at the Mayne Medical Building and a reunion dinner at Customs House.

Join the coordinators of both UQ’s Master of Teaching programs understand how you can become an innovative educator with teaching skills supported by your previous degree.

Brisbane 2032: River City to Global Stage
We are delighted to invite you to the 2025 UQ Alumni Reception in London at Australia House.

The evening will be hosted by Ms Jennifer Karlson, Vice-President, Advancement and Community Engagement, UQ who will share the latest developments from across UQ and looks forward to celebrating the achievements of our alumni community in Singapore.

Join us for an inspiring evening featuring David Attenborough’s Ocean, a stunning exploration of the beauty and vulnerability of our marine ecosystems. The screening will be followed by a thought-provoking panel discussion with UQ marine conservation experts, offering insights into the challenges facing our oceans and the innovative research helping to protect them.

Unleash your language potential. Dreaming of exploring Sweden, abseiling in Dubai, or dancing flamenco in Spain — all from your living room? Kickstart your 2025 travel goals with our 'spring short courses for beginners'. With 11 languages to choose from, there’s no better time to begin your language journey.

Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity October Sunday Series event, ‘Night vision – what did Greeks and Romans do at night?’, presented by Dr Estelle Strazdins.
Location: Room E302, Forgan Smith Building, UQ St Lucia
Cost: $10

Join us for an immersive behind-the-scenes experience at UQ Gatton, where agriculture, animal science and innovation come to life on one of Australia’s most unique teaching and research campuses.

The University of Queensland Symphony Orchestra presents a musical exploration of human endurance and spiritual transcendence. Under the baton of the Kinnane Professor of Music Paul Dean, UQ's young musicians explore Shostakovich's monumental Symphony No. 5 alongside the luminous devotion of Poulenc's Gloria.

Pack a picnic and join a guided tour to discover Boyce Gardens during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers.

A full-day focusing on enhancing educators data literacy by emphasising its importance, teaching interpretation and application for informed decision-making and providing hands-on experience with classroom data.

For our next online UQ Talks event, our panel of experts will break down the latest research on longevity, daily movement and nutrition, and share everyday strategies for improving your wellbeing – especially if you spend most of your day at a desk. Free online event.

The 16th of September marks the 50th anniversary of Papua New Guinean Independence. To celebrate this moment please join us in the UQ Collection Study Room for a conversation between the Mittelheuser Great Ocean Scholar Aunty Sana Balai and Acting-Curator Jocelyn Flynn on the significant role Elders hold in passing down knowledge to the next generation.