The Queensland Academies are state schools for highly capable Year 10 to 12 students.
A bridge between high school and tertiary study, the academies are designed to maximise the potential of bright students and prepare them for university.
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History of the Queensland Academies
The exciting benefits of attending the Queensland Academies include:
By challenging current approaches to teaching and learning, the academies enable students to learn from and with each other. The academies, and the International Baccalaureate curriculum, promote a sense of team in which students aren’t competing for a finite number of top scores.
The Queensland Academies offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program – an internationally recognised pre-university level qualification that allows subjects to be accelerated and graduating students to study at Australian tertiary institutes as well as overseas universities.
The rigour of the IB curriculum with subjects such as an introduction to the philosophy of knowledge (TOK) and the Extended Essay (on a research topic of the student’s choosing), coupled with the style of education – teachers upload notes for lessons that take the form of lectures, workshops, tutorials, or one-on-ones – enables students to adjust more readily to university conditions.
Partnerships with leading universities afford benefits including credit into second-year university courses, attainment of additional tertiary rankings, industry experience, involvement with university staff and access to world-class resources and facilities.
The new university-standard facilities at the academies have full wireless connectivity which allows students to use laptops, instead of traditional exercise books, for all subjects.
Bright students are stimulated with challenging extension and enhancement opportunities run with partner universities. They take part in camps, formals, sports and music events and are challenged by an array of school-based extracurricular (CAS) activities.
Have you got what it takes to be an Academies' student? Complete the sample ACER Entrance Test (pdf 159Kb) and find out.
There are three Queensland Academies.
Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology allows high achieving students to develop their skills through leading-edge curriculum and links with The University of Queensland. It is situated at Bywong Street, Toowong.
Queensland Academy for Creative Industries has been developed in partnership with the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) for students wishing to pursue a career in Design and Technology, Media, Film, Music, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts, or one of the emerging creative professions in Business or Industry. It is located at 61 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove (in the Kelvin Grove Urban Village).
Queensland Academy for Health Sciences is partnered with Griffith University. It provides students with opportunities to pursue clinical professions including medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, optometry, as well as careers in public health, education and medical research. It is located at Edmund Rice Drive, Southport.
