Some more great news this morning as CQUniversity adds
another highlight to its growing list of achievements for the year. I’m
delighted to announce that we have officially been recognised by the Times Higher Education World Rankings
(for the first time) within the world’s top 150 universities, under 50 years
old.
This is a significant achievement for our university and
shows that our hard work and determination, to transform CQUniversity from a strong university to a great university is paying off!
Over the past six years we have worked incredibly hard to
increase our physical presence across Australia, grow our student numbers,
deliver world-class research, improve our learning and teaching, and provide a
great experience for our students.
In fact what we have achieved in such a short period of
time is truly outstanding. We now have more than 30,000 students, delivery
sites in every mainland state of Australia and some of the best graduate
outcome rates in the nation. Most importantly though, we are Australia’s most
inclusive and engaged university and will continue to measure our success by
who we embrace rather than who we exclude.
What’s more today’s announcement follows on from several
other significant achievements over the past 12 months, including being
recognised within the world’s top 600 universities, being awarded five stars
for inclusiveness, internationalisation and online/distance learning by the
global QS Stars ratings system, achieving our highest ever Excellence in
Research Australia (ERA) rankings, and most recently being recognised by
international social innovation group Ashoka U as Australia’s first Changemaker
Campus.
CQUniversity has a long proud history, both with CQ TAFE, which has been
around for more than 125 years, and as the Queensland Institute of Technology (Capricornia), which was
established almost 50 years ago. We have made a great impact on the communities
we serve and next year we will celebrate 25 years since we achieved full
university status. It’s very exciting to think about what the next 25 years
have to offer and the difference we can make to the world around us.
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