At QUT, we offer you an enriching student experience outside of the classroom as well. Whether you want to volunteer, get involved in campus culture, or develop your personal and professional skills we will be here to support your journey. Participate in festivals, dance at the QUT Ball, row in the QUT Dragon Boat Race or just relax with friends at one of the many cafés or bars on campus.
Fitness and sporting facilities are available at both QUT Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove campuses. Our facilities include fitness clubs, gymnasiums, and aquatic centres. We also have tennis courts and sports fields at our Kelvin Grove campus, and organised social sports including basketball, netball, volleyball, dodgeball, touch football and soccer.
QUT Medical Centre provides quality health and medical services, information and advice to all students. At QUT Health Clinics you can access quality low-cost healthcare services provided by health students while they learn under the supervision of accredited clinicians.
Studying in Brisbane
Brisbane has a subtropical climate with warm summers and mild winters. Temperatures average from a high of 30 degrees Celsius in the middle of summer to a low of 10 degrees Celsius in winter. The rainy season is from December-April. With an average of 261 days of sunshine each year, Queensland is Australia's sunshine state.
We have beautiful national parks, hundreds of kilometres of beaches, tropical rainforests, and the Great Barrier Reef. Just an hour south of Brisbane is the famous Gold Coast with amazing beaches, amusement parks, and shopping. Just 1.5 hours north of Brisbane are the beautiful, quiet beaches of the Sunshine Coast.
Brisbane is within easy travel distance of Australia's other major cities and attractions, as well as only being a short flight from great international travel destinations like New Zealand, Bali, and South-East Asia.
Life in Brisbane