澳大利亚南昆士兰大学始建于１９６７年。建立这所大学的初衷是为了向当地居民提供接受高等教育的机会。１９７７年开设了远程教育课程，由此该校从一所普通院校转变为一所双元模式的院校机构。２０年后，南昆士兰大学的校外生已达１．３万人，学生遍布４０多个国家。然而仍有 Australia Southern Queensland University was founded in 1967. The original intention of establishing this university was to provide local residents with higher education opportunities. In 1977, a distance learning course was opened, whereby the school was transformed from an ordinary college to a dual-mode institution. Twenty years later, the University of Southern Queensland has 13,000 off-campus students and students in more than 40 countries. But still there