Central Queensland University (CQUniversity), is Australia’s largest regional university, and Queensland’s first dual sector university, offering a combination of higher and vocational education. CQUniversity was a pioneer, and continues to be a leader, in online education. CQUniversity’s strong focus on social innovation has been acknowledged by the Ashoka U consortium of Changemaker Campuses with CQUniversity accepted as the first Australian university member of the network, and only the second within the Asia-Pacific region. Research achievements include successful cattle cloning, and development of the natural sweetener Stevia rebaudiana as a low-calorie ingredient in food and beverages. CQUniversity has achieved outstanding results in Commonwealth assessments of our research in areas including: agriculture, environmental sciences, nursing, public health and health services, and psychology.

Website

https://www.cqu.edu.au/research/organisations

Organisation type

• University

Number of research staff

100-200 research staff

Address

160 Ann Street, Brisbane QLD 4000

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Key science sectors

More information about the sectors this centre is involved in:

• Advanced manufacturing
• Biotechnology
• Engineering
• Energy
• Environment and nature
• Food and agriculture
• Digital economy
• Mining/resources
• Social sciences
• Transport