University of Queensland World Report" and the "Academic Ranking of World Universities. The university is also highly ranked in various engineering disciplines. In mining engineering, it stands in 10th worldwide, in chemical engineering 24th worldwide, in civil engineering 42nd worldwide, in material science and engineering 48th worldwide, and in electrical and electronic engineering it is ranked within 51-100th worldwide.<ref> University of Queensland The University of Queensland (UQ) is a public research university primarily located in Queensland's capital city, Brisbane, Australia. Founded in 1909 by the state parliament, UQ is Australia's fifth oldest university and is colloquially known as a sandstone university. UQ is
Tropical North Queensland Wet Tropics. Within the tourism industry, the phrase is used to mean varying areas of the tropical region of the state, usually within Far North Queensland. Different government departments also have varying definitions for what is meant by "Tropical North Queensland" and Tropical Australia. Tropical North Queensland Tropical North Queensland is the northern part of Queensland, Australia, an area from about the city of Mackay north to the tip of Cape York. The tropical region of Queensland covers 54% of the state's area some , and includes the whole area above the latitude 23.5 degrees south, taking in an area