Choosing Queensland for your postgraduate and research studies

The Queensland Government understands that students want world-class education, the flexibility to choose the right course from a comprehensive range of options and to study in an enjoyable diverse, safe and vibrant community.

The Excellence In Research Australia (ERA) released a report that identifies the excellence in research across a broad range of universities and the outstanding performances in areas of specialisation. Overall the quality of Australian university research continues to improve. Check out the courses that were rated 5 stars within our 10 Queensland universities. Please be aware, the table below only displays research courses that received five stars, please check the full era report to see if your nominated university has received any star ratings.

Courses	Australian Catholic University	Southern Cross University	Bond University	Griffith University	Central Queensland University
Agricultural and Veterinary Science	–		–	–	–
Applied mathematics	–	–	–	–
Astronomical and space science	–	–	–	–	–
Biological Sciences	–	–	–	–	–
Biomedical engineering	–	–	–	–	–
Business and management	–	–	–	–	–
Cardiovascular medicine and haematology	–	–	–	–	–
Chemical engineering	–	–	–	–	–
Chemical science	–	–	–		–
Civil engineering	–	–	–	–	–
Clinical sciences	–	–	–	–	–
Commerce, management, tourism and services	–	–	–	–	–
Communication and media science	–	–	–	–	–
Complementary and alternative medicine	–		–	–	–
Condensed matter physics	–	–	–		–
Criminology	–	–	–		–
Crop and pasture production	–		–	–	–
Cultural studies	–	–	–	–	–
Curriculum and Pedagogy	–	–	–	–	–
Dentistry	–	–	–		–
Ecological applications	–	–	–		–
Ecology	–	–	–		–
Economic theory	–	–	–	–	–
Education	–	–	–	–	–
Engineering	–	–	–	–	–
Environmental engineering	–	–	–	–	–
Environmental science	–	–	–		–
Environmental Science and Management	–		–	–	–
Evolutionary biology	–	–	–	–	–
Forestry Sciences	–		–	–	–
Genetics	–	–	–	–	–
Geochemistry	–		–	–	–
Geology	–	–	–	–	–
History and philosophy of specific fields	–	–	–	–	–
Horticultural production	–	–	–	–	–
Human movement and sports science		–	–	–	–
Immunology	–	–	–	–	–
Information systems	–	–	–	–	–
Inorganic chemistry	–	–	–		–
Language, Communication and Culture	–	–	–	–	–
Literary studies	–	–	–	–	–
Macromolecular and materials chemistry	–	–	–		–
Materials Engineering	–	–	–	–	–
Mathematical science	–	–	–	–
Mechanical engineering	–	–	–	–	–
Medical and health science	–	–	–	–	–
Medical Microbiology	–	–	–	–	–
Microbiology	–	–	–	–	–
Neuroscience	–	–	–	–	–
Numerical and Computational mathematics	–	–	–	–	–
Nursing			–
Oceanography	–		–	–	–
Oncology and carcinogenesis	–	–	–	–	–
Other medical and health sciences	–	–	–	–
Other Psychology and cognitive science	–	–	–	–
Pharmacology and pharmaceutical science	–	–	–	–	–
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience	–	–	–	–	–
Physical science	–	–	–		–
Plant Biology	–	–	–	–	–
Political science	–	–	–		–
Psychology		–	–	–	–
Psychology and cognitive sciences		–	–	–
Public health and health services		–		–	–
Quantum physics	–	–	–		–
Social Work	–	–	–	–	–
Specialist studies in education	–	–	–	–	–
Statistics	–	–	–	–	–
Studies in human society	–	–	–	–	–
Theoretical and computational chemistry	–	–	–	–	–
Tourism	–	–	–	–	–
Zoology	–		–	–	–

Courses	Queensland University Of Technology	University of Southern Queensland	University Of Queensland	James Cook University	University of the Sunshine Coast
Agricultural and Veterinary Science	–	–	–	–	–
Applied mathematics	–	–	–	–	–
Astronomical and space science	–	–		–	–
Biological Sciences	–	–		–	–
Biomedical engineering	–	–		–	–
Business and management	–	–		–	–
Cardiovascular medicine and haematology	–	–		–	–
Chemical engineering	–	–		–	–
Chemical science	–	–		–	–
Civil engineering	–	–		–	–
Clinical sciences	–	–		–	–
Commerce, management, tourism and services	–	–		–	–
Communication and media science		–	–	–	–
Complementary and alternative medicine	–	–	–	–	–
Condensed matter physics	–	–		–	–
Criminology	–	–	–	–	–
Crop and pasture production	–	–	–	–	–
Cultural studies	–	–		–	–
Curriculum and Pedagogy		–	–	–	–
Dentistry	–	–		–	–
Ecological applications	–	–			–
Ecology	–	–			–
Economic theory	–	–		–	–
Education	–	–		–	–
Engineering	–	–		–	–
Environmental engineering	–	–		–	–
Environmental science	–	–			–
Environmental Science and Management	–
Evolutionary biology	–	–		–	–
Forestry Sciences	–	–	–	–	–
Genetics	–	–		–	–
Geochemistry	–	–		–	–
Geology		–	–		–
History and philosophy of specific fields	–	–		–	–
Horticultural production	–	–		–	–
Human movement and sports science		–		–	–
Immunology	–	–		–	–
Information systems		–		–	–
Inorganic chemistry	–	–	–	–	–
Language, Communication and Culture	–	–		–	–
Literary studies	–	–		–	–
Macromolecular and materials chemistry		–		–	–
Materials Engineering				–	–
Mathematical science	–	–	–	–	–
Mechanical engineering	–	–		–	–
Medical and health science	–	–		–	–
Medical Microbiology	–	–			–
Microbiology	–	–		–	–
Neuroscience	–	–			–
Numerical and Computational mathematics		–	–	–	–
Nursing	–	–		–
Oceanography	–	–	–	–	–
Oncology and carcinogenesis	–	–		–	–
Other medical and health sciences	–	–	–	–	–
Other Psychology and cognitive science	–	–	–	–	–
Pharmacology and pharmaceutical science	–			–	–
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience	–	–	–		–
Physical science	–	–		–	–
Plant Biology	–	–			–
Political science	–	–		–	–
Psychology	–	–		–	–
Psychology and cognitive sciences	–	–		–	–
Public health and health services	–	–		–	–
Quantum physics	–	–		–	–
Social Work	–	–		–	–
Specialist studies in education	–	–		–	–
Statistics		–		–	–
Studies in human society	–	–		–	–
Theoretical and computational chemistry	–	–		–	–
Tourism	–	–		–	–
Zoology	–	–		–

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Choosing Queensland for your postgraduate and research studies