Queensland University of Technology

The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The university in its current form was founded in 1989, when the Queensland Institute of Technology (QIT) was made a university through the Queensland University of Technology Act 1988, with the resulting Queensland University of Technology beginning its operations from January 1989. In 1990, the Brisbane College of Advanced Education merged with QUT. In 2019, QUT had enrolled 52,511 students, including 9,769 international students from more than 100 countries, 39,871 undergraduate students, 11,938 postgraduate students and 702 non-award students. The university had a total of 4,886 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff members (academic, professional, full-time or fractional full-time and casual) in 2019, and an annual budget of around $1.187 billion. In 2019, the total revenue generated by QUT from its continuing operations was approximately $1.160 billion. QUT was a member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, but withdrew participation on 28 September 2018.