CQUniversity Australia
www.cqu.edu.au (official website)
About CQUniversity Australia
CQUniversity is a public university with its home in Rockhampton, central Queensland. It began in 1967 as the Queensland Institute of Technology, Capricornia, and by 1974 it had started offering distance education, an early move that shaped its later reputation for flexible and online delivery. Additional campuses opened in regional Queensland centres through the late 1970s and 1980s.
It gained full university status in 1992 as Central Queensland University and later adopted its current name. On 1 July 2014 it merged with CQ TAFE, which made it Queensland's first dual-sector university, offering both vocational and higher education. Beyond its regional campuses in places such as Bundaberg, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay and Townsville, it also teaches in capital cities including Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Cairns, and it is a member of the Regional Universities Network.
- Founded
- 1967
- Campuses
- Rockhampton (QLD), Bundaberg (QLD), Emerald (QLD), Gladstone (QLD), Mackay (QLD), Townsville (QLD), Cairns (QLD), Brisbane (QLD), Sydney (NSW), Melbourne (VIC), Adelaide (SA)
- Network
- Regional Universities Network
- Known for
- Distance and online educationDual-sector university and TAFERegional Queensland focusMulti-city campus network
Written by us from the university's own website and public sources; check details with the university. As at October 2026. Sources: cqu.edu.au, parliament.qld.gov.au. Report an inaccuracy.
World ranking history
| Ranking | Edition | World rank | In Australia | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE | 2027 | 451–500 | 30 | THE profile |
| 2026 | 401–500 | 26 | THE profile | |
| ARWU | 2026 | Not ranked | – | ARWU 2026 table |
| 2025 | Not ranked | – | ARWU 2025 table | |
| QS | 2027 | Not in top 300* | – | QS 2027 table |
| 2026 | =499 | 28 | QS profile |
Ranks as published; bands such as 301–350 are not exact places, and "=" marks a tie. "In Australia" is the position among Australian universities in the same edition; universities sharing a band or a tie share a position. Each ranking measures different things, mostly research, and none of them is combined here. *Our copy of QS 2027 covers ranks 1–300 only.
Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings (timeshighereducation.com). Source: Academic Ranking of World Universities, ShanghaiRanking Consultancy (shanghairanking.com). Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds (www.qs.com). Copyright © QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd. Rank figures are reproduced as single facts with attribution; copyright stays with each publisher and we will remove them on request. See data sources.
About this profile
University category: TEQSA National Register (Australian University). State and public/private status: Department of Education list of higher education institutions. Students: total enrolled students, all levels of course, 2024, Department of Education Higher Education Statistics (© Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0).