UQ Neighbours

Welcome to campus

UQ has a long history of serving the local community. If you live near a UQ campus, we encourage you to connect and explore all that we have on offer.

With more than 20 sites across Queensland, we have a diverse range of programs and facilities for our UQ Neighbours to enjoy.

St Lucia

Take advantage of the fantastic facilities, vibrant experiences and green spaces in your local neighbourhood. Whether you’re exploring our collections, participating in sports clubs, enjoying a performance, or simply relaxing in our beautiful grounds, UQ St Lucia is here to welcome you. Join us and experience the unique opportunities that make UQ a valuable part of the local community

UQ has revitalised the landmark Avalon Theatre to provide a unique teaching and performance venue.
The iconic UQ lake and Dr Mary Mahoney AO Amphitheatre precinct is now open for the community to enjoy.
Connecting people and ideas, artists and audiences – visit a museum or attend a concert on campus.
A welcoming space that adds sustainable and multi-abilities functionality to the community.
Stay healthy, active, independent and connected with specialist health services for over 50s.
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5km community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate.
Discover more about cycling facilities, routes and safety while you ride to and around UQ.
Visit our aquatic centre, athletics centre, fitness centre, outdoor fields and courts and tennis centre.
There are 35+ UQ sporting clubs in a huge range of sports and activities, catering for newbies and recreational participants right through to more experienced and elite players.
Cafes, restaurants and retail on campus.

Gatton

At UQ Gatton, we provide our local community with unique facilities and services. Benefit from our Vet Clinic and Master Farrier services, ensuring expert care for your animals. Stay active and healthy with our modern gym and swimming pool, or birdwatch in our community gardens.

This magnificent garden, forest and park, covering 6 hectares, was established by leading Toowoomba citizens Leslie and Margaret Boyce.
Heated year-round, the Gatton 25m pool is the perfect place for a dip!
Air-conditioned weights gym with free weights, squat racks, Olympic-platforms, and a selection of cardio eqipment – treadmills, cross trainers, rowers, bikes and steppers.
Expert medical, surgical and diagnostic services for small pets and wildlife.
Equine Specialist Hospital's Master farrier is highly skilled in the latest techniques for corrective shoeing.
We are always looking for new students, staff and community members to volunteer and join the gardens.

UQ Brisbane City building and history tours

25 March 2025 12:00pm22 September 2025 1:00pm
Join UQ alum Dr Keith Treschman (BSc '71, BEdSt '75, BA '79) on monthly building tours to delve into the history of the 308 Queen Street building and uncover some of the unique and quirky discoveries from the restoration process.

UQ Talks: what AI can and can't do for you (yet)

23 April 2025 6:00pm7:00pm
The sudden ubiquity of AI has transformed workplaces and classrooms around the world, forcing us all to reimagine the way we work, think and create.

2025 UQ Alumni Book Fair

2 May 2025 9:00am5 May 2025 3:00pm
Save the date for one of our most loved events! The UQ Alumni Book Fair is an annual fundraiser based at The University of Queensland, organised by volunteers who harness their love of books and generously donate their time. Plus register to win a box of books!

Work habit hacks: early-career essentials

15 May 2025 6:00pm9:00pm
Join us for four quick-fire professional development workshops designed to help young professionals work smarter and achieve their professional goals.
Location: The Atrium, UQ Brisbane City
Cost: $20

Building back for a resilient future

17 June 2025 12:30pm1:30pm
Join public policy scholar and crisis management expert, Dr Alastair Stark, for a seminar and lunch at UQ Brisbane City.

QBI Lexus Alzheimer's Sunset Soiree

26 July 2025 4:00pm7:30pm
Join us for the QBI Lexus Sunset Soirée - a stunning late-afternoon gathering on the Brisbane River. Indulge in French Champagne, gourmet canapés, and live entertainment, all while socialising on the exclusive private lawn at this beautiful location.

Feeding the future: Breaking new ground

29 March 2025 10:45am11:30am
Can we grow enough to feed this burgeoning population? Scientists are exploring a wide range of solutions to this challenge. ABC Radio National’s Jonathan Webb leads a panel of experts to discuss native foods, vertical farming, enhancing crop yields, and even the potential of synthetic biology to revolutionise food production.

Labs Unlocked: ARC Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide (GETCO2)

27 March 2025 9:00am28 March 2025 5:00pm
Join us for an adventure in the laboratory where you’ll explore how to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable chemicals and fuels! Dive into the world of sustainable technology and see how science can solve real-world problems. This event is part of World Science Festival Brisbane - Labs Unlocked.
Free event
Location: Andrew N. Liveris Building laboratories

2025 Ancient History Day

22 March 2025 9:00am3:00pm
Join UQ's Friends of Antiquity and the UQ School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry for the 30th annual Ancient History Day, exploring the theme of science, technology and the classical world.
Location: Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, UQ St Lucia
Cost: $50 general entry; $40 for Alumni Friends/Friends of Antiquity Members; $10 each for students with ID

World Science Festival Brisbane: UQ alumni event

22 March 2025 7:45am9:30am
Listen to an exclusive talk on ancient Egyptian mummies with UQ Honorary Research Fellow Dr Serena Love, followed by a private viewing of the exhibition Discovering Ancient Egypt.
Location: Queensland Museum. Level 2, Cnr Grey and Melbourne Street, South Bank
Cost: $20 per adult, $10 per child

2025 McCallum Founder's Lecture

15 March 2025 10:00am12:00pm
Professor Louisa Collins is a health economist with 20 years' experience and conducts applied research on the economics of cancer.
Free event
Location: Mary Emelia Mayne Room, Mayne Medical Building, 288 Herston Road, Herston

Ultramarine Conversations: Recent water research in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

13 March 2025 12:30pm2:00pm
Hear from leading voices on current water research in the humanities, arts and social sciences.

Homegrown – Rebecca Cassidy and Alex Raineri

6 March 2025 1:00pm2:00pm
Each year, UQ’s School of Music hosts a celebration of women performers and composers. This year, Rebecca Cassidy and Alex Raineri will perform works exclusively by Australian women composers.
Free event
Location: Nickson Room, School of Music, Zelman Cowen Building, St Lucia campus

BLOCK PARTY

1 March 2025 10:00am4:00pm
Join the UQ St Lucia Museums for a free day of community, art, workshops, performances, tours, learning, heritage, food and more.

Feather Star (2 performances)

28 February 2025 1:00pm1 March 2025 3:45pm
Feather Star is a choreographic commission by Alicia Frankovich that explores human and non-human entanglements, attuning a myriad of bodies to the beauty and diversity of interdependent ecological systems.
Free event
Location: UQ Art Museum

Research Handbook of Academic Mental Health book launch

12 February 2025 4:30pm6:00pm
An event to celebrate the launch of the Research Handbook of Academic Mental Health.
Location: St Lucia campus

UQ School of Music presents Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

13 December 2024 6:30pm8:30pm
This timeless masterpiece, brimming with wit, charm, and stunning melodies, promises an unforgettable night, showcasing the UQ School of Music's finest vocalists and instrumentalists.
Location: Opera Queensland Studio

2024 Gatton Back to College Weekend

29 November 2024 2:30pm1 December 2024 11:00am
The 2024 Gatton Back to College Weekend will be held from Friday 29 November to Sunday 1 December, hosted by the UQ Gatton Past Students Association.

Beyond Islandness: Experiments in Writing Relationally

27 November 2024 10:00am1:00pm
This symposium is convened by Verónica Tello with presentations by Tello, Helen Hughes, Tristen Harwood, Ellie Buttrose, Astrid Lorange and Andrew Brooks.
Free event
UQ Art Museum St Lucia campus

2024 Hall Annual Lecture

29 October 2024 6:00pm8:00pm
Join the School of Social Science for an enlightening event that explores how Indigenous archaeology is reshaping the field by integrating Indigenous knowledge and practices.
Free event
Location: GHD Auditorium, Level 3, Advanced Engineering Building (49), UQ St Lucia

The Magic of This Dawn

22 October 2024 6:30pm7:30pm
Featuring works by Australian composers, conducted by Rachel Howley, a leading advocate for inclusivity and diversity in music.
Free event
Location: UQ St Lucia campus and online

Early Music Performance Project and UQ Singers

18 October 2024 6:30pm7:45pm
Join the choir and viol consort for an evening of Orlando Gibbons' music, featuring verse anthems and "The Silver Swan".
Free event
Location: Level 4, Zelman Cowen Building (51), Staff House Road and online

Stolen Songline: Lani’s Lament | A lecture and film screening with Honorary Professor Henrietta Marrie AM

17 October 2024 5:30pm8:00pm
Join us to hear from internationally regarded researcher and Yidinji Elder, the Honorary Professor Henrietta Marrie AM, as she shares the story of Lani Mulgrave Blair (1883-1900).
Free event
Location: UQ Art Museum

Beating heart disease: tackling Australia's #1 killer

15 October 2024 11:00am2:00pm
Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the cutting-edge cardiovascular research underway at IMB and learn how our scientists are tackling Australia's #1 killer.
Location: Queensland Bioscience Precinct Auditorium (Building 80), 306 Carmody Road Saint Lucia, QLD 4072
Free event

Friends of Antiquity Sunday Series: the archaeological evidence for happiness in prehistory

6 October 2024 2:00pm4:00pm
Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity for the October Sunday Series event, presented by Dr Andrew Sneddon, internationally acclaimed archaeologist and author, titled ‘The archaeological evidence for happiness in prehistory'.
Cost: $10
Location: Room E302 Forgan Smith Building, St Lucia campus

2024 Carolyn D. Baker Annual Memorial Lecture

4 October 2024 5:30pm7:30pm
Research on pedagogy-focused professional development: Demonstrable improvements in teacher and student outcomes presented by Professor Jenny Gore. Join the School of Education for an insightful lecture on Quality Teaching Rounds (QTR) professional development, which has shown significant positive effects on both teachers and students over 20 years of rigorous research.
Free event
Location: Terrace Room, Sir Llew Edwards Building (14), UQ St Lucia

Crimes against humanity, gender and the responsibility to protect

2 October 2024 12:00pm1:30pm
The University of Queensland’s Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and the Justice and Accountability Network invite you to this event.
Location: Room 212, Sir Llew Edwards Building (14), UQ St Lucia
Free event

UQ Compassion Symposium

27 September 2024 6:00pm9:00pm
At our 2024 Compassion Symposium Keynote Address, we are excited to welcome Professor Jakob Hohwy. Jakob is a Professor of Philosophy at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and the director of the Monash Centre for Consciousness & Contemplative Studies.
Free event.
Location: Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, St Lucia campus

Dusk Of Nations: In Conversation with Fiona Foley, Archie Moore and Keemon Williams

26 September 2024 5:30pm8:00pm
Dusk of Nations features selected works by leading Australian-based artists drawn primarily from the UQ Collection.
Free event
Location: UQ Art Museum

UQ Strings and UQ Singers

19 September 2024 1:00pm2:00pm
Pulse’s eclectic repertoire ranges from masterworks of the string orchestra and string quartet genre, to transcriptions of Bartok’s Mikrokosmos and works of contemporary and past Australian composers.
Free event
Online and Nickson Room, Zelman Cowen Building, St Lucia campus

Samuel Wagan Watson in conversation with Ellen van Neerven: Celebrating the First Nations Classics series

19 September 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Join leading writers Samuel Wagan Watson and Ellen van Neerven for a conversation about Samuel’s 2004 volume of poetry Smoke Encrypted Whispers, now part of UQP’s First Nations Classics series. Showcasing Wagan Watson’s imaginative brilliance, this publication is a stunning collection of exhilarating poems, urban songlines and ancestral ties that have become the hallmarks of this poet.
Free events
Location: University of Queensland Art Museum

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Contact us

Community Engagement team
neighbours@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 3346 3166

The Alumni and Community Engagement Centre is currently open to visitors by appointment. Use the contact details below to arrange a time if you’d like to learn more about UQ neighbours.

Level 1, JD Story Building (61)
St Lucia campus
(Next to Australia Post)
Monday to Friday
Standard hours are 9am – 5pm AEST