QUT's Vision and Goals

Click to download the QUT Blueprint (PDF, 1.12MB)

The QUT Blueprint 2011 (PDF, 1.12MB) is the University's five-year institutional strategic plan. It stands at the centre of a planning process that is underpinned by the QUT Quality Framework and based on a continuous cycle of Plan/Implement/Review/Improve.

The QUT Blueprint, revised during 2008 to reflect changes in the higher education environment, specifies QUT's vision and goals.

QUT's overall vision for the future is:

to provide outstanding learning environments and programs that lead to excellent outcomes for graduates, enabling them to work in and guide a world characterised by increasing change
to undertake high-impact research and development in selected areas, at the highest international standards, reinforcing our applied emphasis and securing significant commercial and practical outcomes
to strengthen and extend our strategic partnerships with professional and broader communities to reflect both our academic ambitions and our civic responsibility.

Science and Technology Precinct

QUT's Science and Technology Precinct is closely tied to QUT's strategic directions.

For some years QUT has identified the south-east area of the Gardens Point campus as appropriate for a Precinct-style redevelopment. In 2008 the University's key strategic planning document, the QUT Blueprint designated the theme of the precinct as one of integration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

The QUT Blueprint places a strong emphasis on the application of scholarly excellence to 'real world' issues by bridging the academic disciplines in research and teaching and linking academic and external communities.

QUT has expressed this emphasis through the development of university-wide research institutes and through academic-community Precincts, in the areas of creative industries and health.

The Science and Technology Precinct will build upon this proven approach, extend it to the fields of applied science and technology, and strengthen the flow-on of research into student learning.

Manual of Policies and Procedures

QUT's organisational values are detailed in the Manual of Policies and Procedures.