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.
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.
Connecting people and ideas, artists and audiences – visit a museum or attend a concert 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.

First stage of UQ’s lake and amphitheatre renewal project now complete

3 January 2024 9:30am31 December 2024 10:30am
The iconic UQ lake and part of the amphitheatre is now open for the community to enjoy.

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

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

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

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 evnts
Location: GHD Auditorium, Level 3, Advanced Engineering Building (49), UQ St Lucia

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.

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

Midnight Sonnets: Taylor Swift and Shakespeare

18 September 2024 6:00pm8:00pm
Professor Liam Semler will explore the intriguing parallels between Swift and Shakespeare as seen online and in classrooms.
Free event
Location: Avalon Theatre

Boyce Gardens at Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers

15 September 2024 10:00am3:00pm
Pack a picnic and discover The University of Queensland's (UQ) Boyce Gardens during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers on Sunday 15 September.

3T Event: ecology tour of the redeveloped UQ Lakes

11 September 2024 10:00am11:45am
Join our student-led tour as we explore the ecology behind the redeveloped lake and learn about the life that calls our campus home, followed by morning tea in the Dr Mary Mahoney AO Amphitheatre.

Making theatrical empires: nineteenth-century women

27 August 2024 6:00pm8:00pm
Presented by the renowned international scholar, Professor Kate Newey – step into a world where the stage was set for revolutionary change and uncover the untold stories of women who transformed global popular culture.
Free event
Location: Avalon Theatre St Lucia

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