Our workshops
Experience UQ for yourself, or let us bring the UQ experience to you with a hands-on group workshop led by our friendly student ambassadors.
All workshops are free of charge and are tailored for Year 8-10 students. Advanced workshops can be designed for Year 11-12 students upon request.
To book a workshop, please select the title of the workshop in the table below, and then select the make a booking button.
Architecture and Design Workshops
| Title | Description | Discipline | Bookings | Duration | Year |
| Designing your place | This creative workshop gives you a chance to imagine and design a space just for you. | Architecture | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| Gummy Bear workshops | Using only gummy bears and skewers, you will work together to design and build the tallest and most structurally sound gummy bear tower. | Architecture | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
Computer Science and IT Workshops
| Title | Description | Discipline | Bookings | Duration | Year |
| Crack the code | Using taught cipher methods students must crack the code to extract a hidden message. | Computer Science | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| Design Thinking | Unlock your creativity and be introduced to the concepts of Design Thinking. Then put this new knowledge to the test by designing your own wearable technology. | Information Technology | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| Working with Arduinos (microcontrollers) | Gain hands-on experience in wiring and programming an Arduino or microcontroller. | Information Technology | Full workshop details | 3 hour | 8-10 |
| Artificial intelligence | Students will build an intelligent robot with advanced programming concepts and put their robots to the test in the 'survival of the fittest' challenge. | Information Technology | Full workshop details | 1.5 hours | 8-10 |
| Introduction to robotics | This workshop introduces students to the exciting world of robotics by building and programming robots. | Information Technology | Full workshop details | 3 hours | 8-10 |
Engineering Workshops
| Title | Description | Discipline | Bookings | Duration | Year |
| The Chemical Engineering Cookie Challenge | This fun interactive workshop will introduce you to the basics of chemical engineering concepts as well as test your decision-making, teamwork, and communication skills. | Chemical Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| Waves of Destruction | Explore the importance of coastal protection by using a mobile wave tank to simulate interacting with coral reefs and beaches. Working in groups, you'll discover the damage waves can have on our coastline and work out the best solutions to minimise this impact. | Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering | Full Workshop details | 1 -1.5 hours | 8-10 |
But seriously, what is engineering?
| In this interactive presentation, students will discover how engineering plays a role in the world around them. Following the presentation you’ll go on a tour (virtually) of one of our facilities, discovering the labs that our staff and students use. Explore the Advanced Engineering Building with the structures and hydraulics lab; step inside the new home of chemical engineering at UQ, the Andrew N. Liveris Building; visit the hypersonics lab where our mechanical and aerospace engineering students test the performance of scramjets, or tour the epic UQ Innovate Makerspace. | Engineering | Book here | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| UQ Racing visit | Looking for a great exhibition piece for STEM week? Or perhaps a guest speaker spot for the classroom? Our UQ Racing team would love to come and talk all things engineering and design with your students. They can even bring along their race car! | Mechanical Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| Meet an engineer | Have one of our engineering researchers take over your classroom. Book a one-hour virtual visit from one of our engineering researchers and discover how engineering lives in everything we touch. Your students will be blown away by the wide range of career paths available as an engineer! | Engineering | Book here | 1 hour | 8-10 |
This workshop sheds light on the challenges faced by women in disadvantaged communities, particularly around maternal health. We explore how engineering can be used as a vehicle for addressing these issues in the context of Timor-Leste. | Humanitarian Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 | |
| This workshop explores the difficulties faced by women such as access to education, maternal health, gender-based violence, and water and sanitation. Students investigate how engineering can be used to address the issue of limited maternal healthcare in the context of Timor-Leste. | Humanitarian Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 | |
| The floating house workshop exposes students to a variety of issues related to construction and civil engineering. | Civil Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 | |
| Water for Life focuses on issues related to sanitation and the provision of water. It aims to educate students about the current global water crisis and how to reduce their own water usage. | Chemical Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 | |
| Prosthetic Leg exposes students to a variety of issues related to healthcare and medical engineering. It introduces students to the global issue of appropriate medical technologies such as prosthetic devices. | Biomedical Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 | |
This hands-on workshop will have you building your own model wind turbine as we look toward sustainable energy solutions to power the future. See how you can have an impactful career in the renewable sector with engineering. | Renewable Energy | Full workshop details | 1 - 1.5 hours | 8-10 | |
In this workshop, you will assemble and test a 3D-printed prosthetic hand and will learn how engineers help society in many ways, including giving movement back through prosthetic limbs. | Mechanical Engineering Biomedical Engineering | Full workshop details | 2 hours | 8-10 | |
| Students will work together in groups to design, construct and launch a solid-fuel model rocket. | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | Full workshop details | 1.5 - 2 hours | 8-10 | |
| StudyFresh: create an indoor air quality monitor | Students will become an engineer for the day and create an indoor air quality detection device to test the air quality of their classroom by programming Raspberry Pi’s. | Electrical Engineering Software Engineering Computer Science | Full workshop details | 1.5 - 2 hours | 8-10 |
Advanced Workshops
| Title | Description | Discipline | Bookings | Duration | Year |
| UQ Women in Engineering run an interactive presentation focussing on how diverse engineering really is, allowing students to think differently about the impact they can make on this world through engineering. | Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 11-12 | |
| StudyFresh: create an indoor air quality monitor | Students will become an engineer for the day and create an indoor air quality detection device to test the air quality of their classroom by programming Raspberry Pi’s. | Electrical Engineering Software Engineering Computer Science | Full workshop details | 1.5 - 2 hours | 11-12 |
| Sun Smart Code | In this workshop, you will become a Biomedical Engineer by developing a UV detection device to alert the user of high exposure to UV. | Software Engineering Electrical and Biomedical Engineering | Full workshop details | 1.5 hours | 11-12 |