Grads making a difference honoured at 2026 QUT Outstanding Alumni Awards
From improving Indigenous health outcomes and advancing space exploration to transforming women's football, championing inclusion and creating globally acclaimed works of art, 12 exceptional QUT graduates have been recognised at the 2026 QUT Outstanding Alumni Awards.
Industrial design: 50 years of making Queenslanders’ lives better
QUT is celebrating 50 years of industrial design education in Queensland and the positive impact the profession has had on the state’s economy, cultural fabric and environment over the past five decades.
$1.5M grant to harness AI to improve health outcomes
Professor Steven McPhail, from QUT’s School of Public Health and Social Work, has been awarded an NHMRC grant of $1,491,992.40 for the project, Building AI Launch Pads in Health Services: Accelerating Safe, Scalable, Evidence-Based AI Implementation and Sustainment.
Hazardous microplastics heaviest in Bulimba Creek in Brisbane
Bulimba Creek was found to have a high load of hazardous microplastics in an investigation of the composition of microplastic types in three Brisbane creeks by QUT researchers.
Husna designs future career path through QUT and TAFE Queensland
QUT graduate Husna Ibrahim distinctly remembers the first time she called the TAFE information line as a nervous 18-year-old unsure about her future study path.
Visitors dream big under blue skies at Open Day
Thousands of visitors have explored the 2026 QUT Open Day on Sunday, under perfect blue skies, to learn more about the courses and uni experiences that could fuel their futures.