University of Southern Queensland

The university is recognised for having the largest Japanese-designed garden in Australia, Australia's largest solar integrated carpark, and a library with rainforest and water features. In 2017, the university won the international Green Gown award for its approach to sustainability focusing on renewable energy, waste reduction, water retention, and integration of sustainability into strategic planning. In 2012, the university's archeologists discovered the Australian oldest rock art of 28,000 years old in the shelter of Australian Northern Territory, and in 2018, the university's astronomers discovered a new planet that orbits an ancient star almost 2 billion years older than the sun. The university is recognised for its efforts in preventing violence against women and cited as employer of choice for gender equality by the Federal Government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).