One of Australia's top young universities, QUT, has turned 25 years old and will celebrate the milestone with a gala dinner on September 10.
Queensland Institute of Technology (QIT) became QUT in 1989 after the passing of the Queensland University Technology Act and the approval of its new university status.
The change heralded a new era as a "university for the real world".
The QUT Gala 25th Anniversary Dinner on September 10 will celebrate the anniversary, QUT's achievements in its first 25 years and its aims for the future.
The event is expected to draw about 800 people to the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, including staff, former staff, alumni, industry partners and friends of QUT.
QUT provides world-class teaching and facilities - many of which have been built over the past decade as part of a $500 million development program.
The university has also developed world-leading research programs in targeted areas that focus on applied outcomes that benefit the wider community.
Its graduates are proving themselves nationally and internationally, with many remaining linked to the university through QUT Alumni.
Tickets to the 25th Anniversary Dinner are now on sale. Visit www.qut.edu.au for details.
For an overview of the anniversary and how QUT has changed, visit 25 Years of QUT: Our Journey.
QUT facts:
- 43,000 students, including 7000 international
- 7000 staff
- more than 170,000 QUT graduates in the past 25 years
- six faculties: health, law, education, creative industries, business, and science and engineering
- two major research institutes: the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and Institute for Future Environments
- three campuses: Gardens Point, Kelvin Grove and Caboolture
- two major precincts: Creative Industries Precinct and the Science & Engineering Centre
- predecessor institutions date back 165 years to the Brisbane School of Arts (established 1849), and include Kedron Park and Kelvin Grove teachers colleges (1961), Brisbane Kindergarten Training College (1911), QIT (1965), and Brisbane College of Advanced Education (1982)
Media contact: Mechelle McMahon, QUT media officer, media@qut.edu.au
* QUT was ranked the top Australian university under 50 years of age by the global Times Higher Education Top 100 Under 50 in 2013.
