Awards and achievements

Seven University of Queensland undergraduates will study in destinations around the Indo‑Pacific region after being named as 2017 Fellows and scholars under the New Colombo Plan. 

A team of undergraduate UQ Business School students – including Economics/Laws (Honours) student Nigel Turay, defeated a noteworthy list of Ivy League and international university teams at the prestigious Cornell International Real Estate Competition held in New York.

Peta Stephenson, a TC Beirne School of Law PhD student, was presented with the 2016 Research Higher Degree Excellence in Research Award last Wednesday.

A University of Queensland student employability service has won a prestigious 2016 Australian Financial Review Higher Education Award.

 Mr Gabriel Perry was named UQ Graduate of the Year at Courting the Greats, UQ's annual alumni awards ceremony held earlier this month.