University of Southern Queensland (USQ)

• USQ is a fully accredited Australian Government University which has been in operation since 1967.

• More than 25’000 students study with USQ. Of these, 75% study by distance education, in Australia and throughout the world.

Accreditation and recognition

• USQ is accredited with the Distance Education Training Council (DETC), an American public service organisation dedicated to identifying quality distance learning institutions. Read more about USQ's latest success in USQ News.
• USQ is accredited with the Australian University Quality Agency (AUQA)

• USQ is a recognized university by Swiss ENIC and CRUS (Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities).

Results of accreditation and achievments

• Quality assurance and accreditaion is done by the Australian University Quality Agency (AUQA), the last (excellent) review has been done in 2009.

• USQ won in 2004 the Commonwealth of Learning Award of Excellence for Institutional Achievement at the 3rd Pan Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning held in Dunedin New Zealand in July 2004. This award recognises and celebrates outstanding achievement and innovation in open and distance learning by an institution of the Commonwealth.

• In 2001, UNESCO ranked USQ as the number 1 distance university among 140 institutions.

• In 1999, a jury from the International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) judged USQ the best dual-mode University in the world, by awarding it the Institutional Prize for Excellence for its global education initiatives and expertise in providing flexible learning opportunities.

Further aspects

• Independent surveys prove that USQ students have a very high overall satisfaction rate with the standard of courses and support offered to them.

• USQ graduates record higher than average employment rates.

• The Australian Good Universities Guide ranked USQ among the top ten Australian universities for graduate employment rates and positive graduate outcomes.

• USQ Faculty of Business Partners