University of Southern Queensland

The University of Southern Queensland (branded as UniSQ and formerly branded as USQ) is a medium-sized, regional university based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, with four university campuses at Toowoomba, Springfield, and Ipswich. It offers courses in law, health, engineering, surveying and built environment, the sciences, business, education, and the arts. It operates three research institutes and nine research centres which focus on a wide range of business, agricultural, scientific, environmental, and technological issues.

The university was established in 1967 in Toowoomba as the Queensland Institute of Technology (Darling Downs) and achieved full university status as the University of Southern Queensland in 1992.

In 2012, the university's archaeologists discovered the oldest Australian rock art of 28,000 years old in the Northern Territory, and in 2018, the university's astronomers discovered a new planet that orbits an ancient star almost 2 billion years older than the sun. It has been recognised for its efforts in preventing violence against women and was cited as employer of choice for gender equality by the Federal Government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

In June 2022, USQ announced it was changing its branding from USQ to UniSQ, accompanied by a change in logo.

USQ consistently ranks among the top 400 universities worldwide. In the 2025 US News Best Global Universities rankings, it is positioned at ''304th''. In the 2025 QS World University Rankings, USQ holds the ''396th'' spot. In the 2023 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, it is placed within the ''301-350'' range. Provided by Wikipedia