SDG5 Gender Equality

CQUniversity tracks and monitors student success including attrition, retention, and completion rates by cohort type including gender. This data assists the University in identifying possible areas of emerging disparity and helps to inform future strategic and practice directions. View the full report here. 

In 2023:

• 59% of our total student cohort were women
• over 50% of new course commencements were women 
• 66% of our graduate cohort was women.

The data is reported to the Australian Government and is publicly available through the links below. To explore CQUniversity's results, click on a link below, select the type of information to explore on the left-hand side of the screen, then search for CQUniversity:

• Cohort analysis- completion rates
• Attrition, retention and success rates
• Equity performance data

More information is available on the Department of Education website.

Our students are availed of many mentoring and scholarship opportunities. These form part of our student support initiatives that help enhance their experience and career opportunities when they graduate. Aligned to themes of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 Gender Equality these opportunities include women's access schemes. Explore a sample of the women's access schemes available in 2023.

CQUniversity tracks and monitors the gender pay gap of its employees. This data assists the University in identifying possible areas of emerging disparity and helps to inform future strategic and practice directions. The data is reported to the Australian Government and is publicly available through the links below. To explore CQUniversity's results, click on the link below, then search for CQUniversity: 

• Workplace Gender Equality Agency Report

Explore the policies that align with SDG 5 Gender Equality.