Central Queensland University has welcomed news that it has again won a Regional Exporter of the Year award, recognising its ongoing leadership in international education.

The University, which also won the Education category of the regional awards, will now represent the CQ region at the Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards (in Brisbane on October 27).

CQU is a previous national winner of the Education Exporter category (2002) and has also won this category at State and regional levels in recent years.

The latest regional award was announced in Mackay on Friday evening (September 30).

The University has experienced its best year for export growth, with a 38.6% boost to international enrolments (compared with an industry average for Australia of 4.6%).

CQU has retained its first in Queensland ranking for the most international full-degree students onshore and is now ranked second in Australia in this category.

The University’s model of export success has been the powerhouse behind its growth and global reach. Around 9000 students from more than 120 overseas countries study with CQU. Almost half (more than $100 million) of the University’s total income is generated from export revenue.

CQU’s distributed network of campus operations range from five regional Queensland campuses to four CBD campuses in Australia and four offshore delivery sites in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Fiji, plus distance education.

The University has strong commercial partnerships for the delivery of international education activity with C Management Services (an Australian-based company which is half-owned by CQU) and Raffles Education Corporation based in Singapore.

Photo: CQU Marketing Director Gabrielle Rolan accepts the Export Award.