Overview
In 1961 the Toowoomba City Council declared that 200 acres of land to the southwest of the main town centre would be reserved for educational purposes. This suburb was named College Heights on 25 September 1966 but was later renamed Darling Heights.
The Queensland Institute of Technology (Darling Downs) opened in Toowoomba in 1967 as a technical college offering 29 full-time technological diploma courses to 140 foundation students who studied full-time or part-time. The foundation principal was Mr J Wolfe who served until May 1967 when Mr Lindsay Barker became principal.
After the passage of the amended Education Act in 1971 the Institute became an autonomous multi-purpose college under the control of its own college council which subsequently determined that the new college would become the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education.
By 1973, accredited professional degree courses were offered in:
- Engineering
- Education
- Science
- Business Studies.
The School of Arts was formed in 1974. The Institute established the External Studies Department in 1978 and this soon became a recognised benchmark in its field with UNESCO selecting it as a demonstration unit. By this time external enrolments had begun to rival the number of internal enrolments.
In 1999, USQ launched USQOnline, and was named winner of the Best Exporter Award in the Government Category of the National Multicultural Marketing Awards held by the New South Wales Ethnic Affairs Commission. In 2000, USQ won the organisational category of the Queensland Government Multicultural Services Awards and was named joint winner of the Good Universities Guides 'Australian University of the Year (2000 – 2001)' for demonstrated leadership in establishing the e-University.
In Semester One 2006 the USQ Springfield campus opened its doors to more than 350 students in Brisbane’s south-western corridor. The Campus is situated in an education precinct, known as Education City, which includes other educational providers, such as English as a second language providers, an ABC Childcare and Training Centre and the Bremer Institute of TAFE to name a few. The Campus offers programs in Business, Science and Arts and is well known for its intensive mode, which is very popular at the postgraduate level.
The USQ Historical Archives, established in 2007, documents and maintains a secure, publicly accessible collection which records all aspects of the University's history for the purpose of research and to preserve the USQ memory.
Location & Facilities
Toowoomba (nicknamed 'The Garden City') is a city in South East Queensland, Australia. It is located 132 km (82 mi) west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With a population of 125,339 (June 2008 ABS Estimate), Toowoomba is Australia's second largest inland city.
A university and cathedral city, Toowoomba hosts the Australian Carnival of Flowers each September, and Easterfest is held annually over the Easter weekend.
List of Departments / Schools / Faculty / College
- Arts
- Business
- Education
- Engineering and Surveying
- Sciences
Courses Offered
| Sr.no |
Level |
Name of the Program |
| 1 |
UG/PG |
Hospitality Mangement |
| 2 |
UG/PG |
Anthropology |
| 3 |
UG/PG |
Community Welfare and Development |
| 4 |
UG/PG |
Creative Arts |
| 5 |
UG/PG |
Creative Media |
| 6 |
UG/PG |
Editing and Publishing |
| 7 |
UG/PG |
English Literature |
| 8 |
UG/PG |
History |
| 9 |
UG/PG |
Human Services |
| 10 |
UG/PG |
Indigenous Studies |
| 11 |
UG/PG |
International Relation |
| 12 |
UG/PG |
Journalism |
| 13 |
UG/PG |
Music |
| 14 |
UG/PG |
Public Relation |
| 15 |
UG/PG |
Social Science |
| 16 |
UG/PG |
Theatre |
| 17 |
UG/PG |
Visul Arts |
| 18 |
UG/PG |
Accounting |
| 19 |
UG/PG |
Economics |
| 20 |
UG/PG |
Finance & Banking |
| 21 |
UG/PG |
Information System |
| 22 |
UG/PG |
International Business |
| 23 |
UG/PG |
Law |
| 24 |
UG/PG |
Management |
| 25 |
UG/PG |
Marketing |
| 26 |
UG/PG |
Project Management |
| 27 |
UG/PG |
Property |
| 28 |
UG/PG |
Tourism Management |
| 29 |
UG/PG |
Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
| 30 |
UG/PG |
Computer System Engineering |
| 31 |
UG/PG |
Instrumentation & Control |
| 32 |
UG/PG |
Software Engineering |
| 33 |
UG/PG |
Power Engineering |
| 34 |
UG/PG |
Mechanical Engineering |
| 35 |
UG/PG |
Mechatronic Engineering |
| 36 |
UG/PG |
Civil Engineering |
| 37 |
UG/PG |
Agricultural Engineering |
| 38 |
UG/PG |
Infrastructure Management |
| 39 |
UG/PG |
Environmental Engineering |
| 40 |
UG/PG |
Surveying |
| 41 |
UG/PG |
Geographic Information System |
| 42 |
UG/PG |
Applied Computer Science |
| 43 |
UG/PG |
Astronomy |
| 44 |
UG/PG |
Biomedical Science |
| 45 |
UG/PG |
Computing |
| 46 |
UG/PG |
Human Physiology |
| 47 |
UG/PG |
Information Technology |
| 48 |
UG/PG |
Mathematics |
| 49 |
UG/PG |
Networking |
| 50 |
UG/PG |
Nursing & Midwifery |
| 51 |
UG/PG |
Psychology |
| 52 |
UG/PG |
Physical Science |
| 53 |
UG/PG |
Statistics |
| 54 |
UG/PG |
Environment & Sustainability |
| 55 |
UG/PG |
Wine Technology |
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