Emmanuel College (University of Queensland)
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| University | University of Queensland |
| Location | St Lucia Campus 27°29′52″S 153°00′30″E / 27.4977°S 153.0082°E |
| Full name | Emmanuel College |
| Motto | Fiat Lux (Latin) |
| Motto in English | Let there be light |
| Established | 1911 |
| Gender | Co-educational since 1975, formerly male only |
| Principal | Professor David Brunckhorst |
| President | Angela O'Connell (2017) |
| Residents | 340 |
| Website |
Homepage Alumni Homepage |
Emmanuel College (commonly called EMC) is the largest residential college of Australia’s University of Queensland, located on its St Lucia campus. Affiliated with the Uniting and Presbyterian Churches, it provides co-educational accommodation, academic and pastoral support for 340 undergraduate and postgraduate students of Brisbane’s leading tertiary institutions (University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, and Griffith University).
The Emmanuel College Students' Club (ECSC) is a student-run body responsible for co-ordinating the cultural, sporting, social and community service activities within the College and plays a major role in the day-to-day running of the College. The Students' Club is led by an elected Executive, consisting of mostly third- and fourth-year students, with second year and first year (fresher) representatives included. The incoming Executive for the following year is announced at the annual AGM near the end of Semester Two, after a week of voting has taken place.
Emmanuel College was founded by the Queensland Presbyterian Church in 1911, with an all-male cohort first taking up residence in 1912 in its original location on Brisbane CBD’s Wickham Terrace (the now heritage-listed St Andrews War Memorial Hospital Administration Building). It came as Australia’s ninth residential college, and the first of the University of Queensland.
In 1955, the college relocated to its present site on Sir William MacGregor Drive on the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland.
During the 1970s, with the Presbyterian Church moving towards partnership with other religious denominations, Emmanuel also came under the auspices of the Uniting Church.
Women were admitted as Collegians in 1975. At present, the college boasts a 50:50 male to female ratio.
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