Central Queensland University
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Coat of Arms of CQUniversity
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Former names
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Queensland Institute of Technology (Capricornia) (1967-1992) University of Central Queensland (1992-1994) Central Queensland University (1995-2007) |
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| Motto | Doctrina Perpetua |
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Motto in English
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Forever learning. |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1967 (established) 1992 (university status) |
| Chancellor | Rennie Fritschy |
| Vice-Chancellor | Scott Bowman |
| Students | 35,000 |
| Location | Brisbane, Bundaberg, Emerald, Geraldton, Gladstone, Mackay, Melbourne, Rockhampton, Noosa, Adelaide, Cairns, Townsville and Sydney, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, Australia |
| Campus | Urban and regional |
| Nickname | CQU, CQUni |
| Affiliations | Regional Universities Network |
| Website | http://www.cqu.edu.au/ |
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| University rankings | |
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| THE-WUR World | 401-500 |
| Australian rankings | |
| ERA National | 29 |
Central Queensland University (alternatively known as CQUniversity) is an Australian dual sector university based in Queensland. Its main campus is in North Rockhampton, Queensland. However, it also has campuses in Rockhampton City, Bundaberg, Emerald, Gladstone City, Gladstone Marina, Mackay Ooralea, Mackay City and Noosa, as well as delivery sites in Cairns, Cannonvale, Townsville, Charters Towers, Yeppoon, Biloela, Geraldton, Karratha and Perth. On 31 October 2014, CQUniversity announced that it would open a full campus in the Townsville CBD in 2015. It has metropolitan campuses in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. As of 2012[update] the metropolitan campuses hosted both international and domestic students.
CQUniversity began as the Queensland Institute of Technology (Capricornia) in 1967, and after two years under the name of the University College of Central Queensland, in 1992 became an official university named the University of Central Queensland. In 1994, it adopted the name Central Queensland University. In 2008, it became CQUniversity in recognition of the institutions' expansion beyond the Central Queensland region.
CQUniversity’s antecedent institution, the Queensland Institute of Technology (Capricornia), was established in Rockhampton in 1967 as a regional branch of the Queensland Institute of Technology (Brisbane).
However, the first steps to establish a university in Rockhampton were taken as early as the 1940s. In 1941, the Queensland Labor Premier, William Forgan Smith, introduced section 17 of the National Education Co-ordination and University of Queensland Amendment Act, which provided for the creation of university colleges outside Brisbane. In 1944 and 1945, a series of Rockhampton delegations lobbied the Queensland government for a university college, but after the University of Queensland established a network of provincial study centres in the late 1940s the issue became dormant.
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