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Local Research

CQUniversity has a commitment to excellence in research and innovation with a particular emphasis on issues that affect the region.

The University achieves relevance in its research goals through linkages with industry, business, government and the community, and through collaboration with national and international researchers and research networks.

The CQUniversity Office of Research provides support services that facilitate research activity by staff and higher degree candidates. For more information, see the Office of Research.

Research centres

Much of CQUniversity's research is carried out through our research centres. CQUniversity hosts the Institute for Sustainable Regional Development, the Centre for Environmental Management, the Centre for Railway Engineering, the Centre for Social Science Research and the Primary Industries Research Centre.

The University is also involved with community-based research centres including the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, the Process Engineering and Light Metals (PELM) Centre and the Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland.

Queensland Centre for Domestic & Family Violence Research

The Mackay campus hosts the Queensland Centre for Domestic & Family Violence Research. The Centre undertakes research and evaluation, and develops educational resources pertaining to domestic and family violence. Specific interests include Indigenous family violence, social policy responses to domestic and family violence, and the needs of rural and remote communities in responding to domestic and family violence. For more information, see the Centre's web site at www.noviolence.com.au or phone 07 4940 7834.

Research expertise

The Office of Research stores details about research-active staff at CQUniversity including their areas of expertise and interest. The Office of Research can help you to identify staff who:

  • could act as supervisors for a Research Higher Degree;
  • conduct a research project for an external organisation; or
  • could act as collaborators in a shared area of research interest.

For more information about research-active staff at the Mackay campus see the Office of Research.

Higher degrees

CQUniversity offers a range of higher degree programs, entry to which normally requires a Bachelor's degree with honours or equivalent academic and/or professional experience. Unlike coursework study, a research higher degree typically does not follow a structure of lectures, tutorials, assessment items and examinations. A research higher degree is a program of supervised research and study leading to the preparation of a thesis. The following research higher degree programs are offered at the Mackay campus: