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Sunshine Coast Health Institute

A world-class teaching and research facility located alongside the new Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

Thompson Institute

Integrating mental health research, clinical services and teaching.

Ochre Health Medical Centre boardroom
UniSC Clinical Trials

A UniSC-led initiative to enhance clinical capacity in regional Queensland, and to deliver locally relevant research outcomes.

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Lake McKenzie, Fraser Island. Image courtesy of Tourism Queensland.
K'gari Research Station

Explore UniSC's K'gari Research Station on the world's largest sand island. Research, learn, and experience unique ecosystems, wildlife, and culture.

UniSC Milbi Centre

UniSC Milbi Centre leads sea turtle research and rehabilitation, combining science, culture and community to rescue, treat and protect milbi and their habitats.

Research news

New coating could improve safety of medical implants
7 Apr

A team of scientists from the University of the Sunshine Coast and around the world has developed a promising way to reduce the risks from biodegradable medical implants. 

Tomer Ventura looks at prawn
Prawn baby boom could crack new market
18 Mar

Build it and they will spawn - the outstanding success of a hatchery custom-built by scientists at the University of the Sunshine Coast could make a native prawn species the next big thing in Australian seafood

Underwater recorders reveal surprising dolphin and whale activity at southern Great Barrier Reef
26 Nov 2025

Researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast have become the first to publish acoustic data that confirms the presence of the elusive dwarf minke whale in the southern Great Barrier Reef.