Events

Join us for Broadway By The Lake – an evening under the stars with the stars at Duchesne College on Saturday 27 August – two shows only at 4pm and 7pm, featuring hits from Cats to Chicago and Chorus Line and many more. Any proceeds will go towards supporting bursaries for deserving Duchesne College and UQ School of Music students.

From 27 August, UQ Art Museum will be hosting the "4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony", the National Gallery’s flagship exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. Featuring the work of 35 artists from across Australia, this exhibition reveals how ceremony is at the nexus of Country, of culture and of community.

You’re invited to drinks at The Atrium– the new UQ alumni meeting place in the heart of Brisbane city.

We spend approximately a third of our lives asleep: that’s roughly twenty-five years we could spend awake and living, and yet evolution has fettered us to hours spent every night in our most vulnerable state – unconscious and unaware. It’s an easy question to ask: what’s the point?

Meet the new Dean of the TC Beirne School of Law, Professor Rick Bigwood.

Join the two-day confidence building workshop for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to build your entrepreneurial and leadership skills. Women from the wider community are welcome!

Join us for the August Sunday Series event titled: Festival ware for Athenian women, presented by Professor Amy Smith. The event will be held at The University of Queensland Forgan Smith Building, followed by an afternoon tea.

Nonsemble inhabit a space between contemporary classical and adventurous pop music, resulting in a diverse output that ranges from sprawling and evocative modern compositions to meticulously crafted chamber-pop.

The Liveris Academy is excited to host Dion Weisler, former President and Chief Executive Officer of HP Inc for this exclusive session on leadership and the future of technology.

Hear from one of the world’s great business minds as Arvind shares his leadership lessons and reflections on the global digital transformation, with the conversation moderated by fellow business leader Andrew Liveris.

Back to UQ, our homecoming day for all alumni, will take place on Sunday 7 August. It'll be a jam-packed day of talks, tours and celebrations. Don't miss it!

It’s time to get together to reconnect, reminisce and celebrate!
Join us at UQ St Lucia Campus on Saturday 6 August to celebrate and reconnect with fellow Bachelor of Commerce alumni.

The Sadie Philcox Memorial Lecture is held annually at The University of Queensland. The 2022 guest speaker will be Dr Craig Greber.

Wednesday 3 August: Santiago.
Thursday 4 August: Sydney, Melbourne, Bangalore, Delhi, Lima, London, Düsseldorf, Singapore and Ulaanbaatar.
Friday 5 August: Auckland, Beijing, Colombo, San Francisco, Scotland, Shanghai, Taipei and Tokyo.
Saturday 6 August: in Guangzhou.

Meet us at the NAIDOC Festival Marquee in the Great Court for a conversation with members of the international collective Ensayos. Caitlin Franzman will chair a discussion with Ngugi women Freja Carmichael and Sonja Carmichael, both belonging to the Quandamooka people.

Gather your friends and family and come spend the day with us on beautiful Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) as part of the UQ Regional Roadshow in Moreton Bay, where you’ll get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at UQ's world-leading marine research hub, the Moreton Bay Research Station.

2022 marks the beginning of Brisbane’s sporting decade – in 10 years, our ‘big country town’ will be thrust onto the world stage. Join us for this special evening at The Gabba.

Join us for the launch of Digital Cultures and Societies at UQ with a public talk from Professor Frank Pasquale from the Brooklyn Law School who is an expert on the law of AI, algorithms, and machine learning.

The Liveris Academy and the Centre for Natural Gas are pleased to invite you to this special event featuring Paul Simshauser AM as he speaks about Queensland and Australia’s energy market outlook and the challenges of the renewable energy transition.

Join Olympic historian and Honorary Director of the UQ Centre for Olympic Studies, Professor Ian Jobling, as he delves into the early modern Olympic games. Let's find out how they compare to Tokyo 2021!

Art Historian Dr Amelia Barikin will present an introduction to two surf films: feature documentary Facing Monsters (dir. Bentley Dean) and short Polluted Leisure (dir. Clifton Evers and James Duvall).

UQ Ventures currently has three programs open to suit your skills and interests: Ventures Curiosity, LeadHers, and Validate. Applications close 27 July. Explore programs and apply now.

Come and join us for the 21st UQ Rugby Annual Test Lunch on the eve of the Wallabies v England rugby test at Suncorp Stadium.

At this month's BrisScience, UQ's Dr Christian Rinke will explore how this research could lead to large-scale biological recycling, through enzymatic or microbial degradation, in recycling plants around the globe.

Join us in person for the July Sunday Series Event titled: Translating Homer, presented by Emeritus Professor Barry Nurcombe. The in-person event will be held at The University of Queensland Forgan Smith Building, followed by afternoon tea.