The Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology (QASMT) is a selective entry

high school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

Toowong Toowong ( ) is a riverside Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toowong had a population of 12,556 people with a median weekly household income of $1,927. Geography Toowong is ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

. It was developed in partnership with the

University of Queensland The University of Queensland is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone ...

. QASMT offers the

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a two-year educational programme primarily aimed at 16-to-19-year-olds in 140 countries around the world. The programme provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry int ...

to students in Year 11 and 12, and also offers the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme to Year 7–9 students. The year 10 program is, “a bespoke program” developed by the school. The school is one of three state high schools for highly capable students in Queensland; the others are the

Queensland Academy for Creative Industries The Queensland Academies Creative Industries (QACI) is a selective entry senior state high school in Queensland, Australia which offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. The school aims to provide a platform for academic like-m ...

and

Queensland Academy for Health Sciences The Queensland Academies – Health Sciences Campus (QAHS) is a Queensland State Government selective entry high school located on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. QAHS offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program to students ...

. In 2025, Better Education ranked Queensland Academy for Science Mathematics & Technology 10th in the state of Queensland based on the percentage of students achieving in each ATAR band - 80+, 90+ and 99+ ATAR. QASMT was outside the top ten for median ATAR and percentage of students achieving 95+ ATAR. QASMT is a 100% selective school with a socio-educational advantage index in the 99th percentile.

History

As part of the

Government's Smart State Strategy, which aims to foster knowledge, creativity, and innovation within QLD, Premier Peter Beattie announced the creation of the Queensland Academies on 17 April 2005. The Queensland Academy for Science Mathematics & Technology (QASMT) subsequently opened in January 2007. The

established the school, focusing on sciences and mathematics. The site occupied by QASMT was formerly Toowong College; this location was chosen "to capitalise on its close educational and geographic links with the University of Queensland." The site was occupied by the house known as ''Ormlie'' originally and later as ''Easton Gray'' and owned by Sir

Arthur Hunter Palmer Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer (28 December 1819 – 20 March 1898) was an Australian politician who served as the fifth Premier of Queensland, in office from 1870 to 1874. He later held ministerial office in Thomas McIlwraith's ministry from 1879 ...

Premier of Queensland The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland. By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is appointed ...

and subsequently the residence of his brother-in-law Hugh Mosman (who discovered gold at

Charters Towers Charters Towers is a rural town in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It is by road south-west from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. During the last quarter of the 19th century, the town boomed as the rich gold deposits und ...

). ''Easton Gray'' was sold in 1944 for the construction of Toowong State High School, later Toowong College. In 2007, The

(QACI) was established in partnership with the

Queensland University of Technology The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public university, public research university located in the city of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. It has two major campuses, a modern city campus in Gardens Point, Brisbane, Gardens Point ...

with a focus on media, film, design and technology, music, theatre arts, and visual arts. In 2008, the

(QAHS) was developed in partnership with

Griffith University Griffith University is a public university, public research university in South East Queensland on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of Australia. The university was founded in 1971, but was not officially opened until 1975. Griffith ...

with a focus on medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, optometry, and medical research. The construction of the new Eastern Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics building (L-Block) was completed in December 2019. The Northern Learning Centre building (M-Block) was completed in mid-2020.

Principals

* Stephen Loggie (2007–2009) * Kath Kayrooz (2010–2013) * Judy Neilson (2014) * Kath Kayrooz (2015–present)

References

{{Reflist

External links

Queensland Academies Homepage

QASMT Homepage

Queensland Academy
Public high schools in Brisbane Educational institutions established in 2007 International Baccalaureate schools in Australia Toowong 2007 establishments in Australia

History

Principals

See also

References

External links