QUT is considering one major building project:

  • a new Health and Wellness Precinct at Kelvin Grove campus.

This project forms part of the QUT Estate Master Plan, a strategic framework developed to ensure the Estate’s social, environmental and financial sustainability while providing a vibrant and rewarding campus experience for students, staff and visitors.

QUT’s physical environment performs a vital role in support of the university’s goals – it should reflect our ability to accommodate and embrace new technologies and emerging trends, to support local community needs and to recognise the importance and prominence of our cultural heritage.

A conceptual visualisation stage photo of the proposed new Health and Wellness Precinct.

New Health and Wellness Precinct

Kelvin Grove campus

The Health and Wellness Precinct will house a range of activities relating to the university’s strategic focus on health and wellness.

The Precinct will differentiate QUT as a world leader in wellness, disease prevention and treatment.

This will be demonstrated by a focus on interprofessional education, multidisciplinary research and industry alliances that improve population wellness and Indigenous Australian health outcomes.

The Health and Wellness Precinct will:

  • provide world-leading technologically enhanced spaces that inspire students, academics, researchers, industry alliances and the broader community to advance a wellness-orientated future
  • establish clinical spaces, including spaces for clinical trials that support education, academia, research and industry alliances through community involvement
  • enhance community and Indigenous Australian health outcomes through inclusive design and curricula
  • provide innovative and exciting environments that embed an interprofessional and multidisciplinary model as the basis for student and clinical experiences to continue to attract and retain high-quality students, academics, staff and industry alliances
  • integrate technology and digital health as a foundation and interface for education, academia, research and industry alliances to maximise emergent opportunities
  • facilitate strong industry alliances, incorporating input from the individuals who will benefit, to progress developments in personalised health and advances in medical technologies and treatments to develop next-generation technologies
  • demonstrate health and wellness through the design of the built environments and the activities they accommodate across the Precinct, campus and whole of QUT.
A conceptual visualisation stage photo of the proposed new Health and Wellness Precinct.

Objectives

  • Provide a contemporary facility that reflects best practice in the delivery of health and wellness teaching, research and engagement activities.
  • Provide a facility that incorporates innovative technologies for the simulation of real-life experiences for emerging health and wellness practitioners and researchers.
  • Provide a facility that fosters business collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship, and cutting-edge research in health and wellness disciplines from across QUT.
  • Centralise the Faculty of Health at the Kelvin Grove campus.
  • Foster stronger collaboration across QUT faculties and institutes.
  • Develop associated business opportunities to attract external funding from philanthropy, industry and health providers.

Contact us

For any queries on our building projects, please contact majorprojects@qut.edu.au