Narrator 1: Conveniently located in suburban Towong in Brisbane’s inner city, the Queensland Academies Science, Technology and Mathematics campus offers highly capable students enriched learning opportunities through the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme.
As a CRICOS accredited school, we are capable of taking international students.
Student 1: I decided to Apply for QA SMT because I wanted to try and give myself the best chance and I thought this was the best school to do so.
Student 2: I was looking for the best opportunity for a school, at that point I wanted to go into medicine so I looked around and saw QA SMT and thought wow, you know, this looks pretty good in terms of a path.
Student 3: It’s unique because it’s one of the few schools in Queensland that solely studies the IB (International Baccalaureate Diploma programme). We have world class facilities, and really qualified teachers.
Narrator 2: Blurring the line between secondary school and university, the rigorous IB Diploma programme prepares students for their transition into tertiary learning through its balanced variety of subject options.
Student 5: With the IB you’re required to study a subject from each of the six subjects and so being interested in Physics, but also Visual Art, English and Maths, I love that that the IB almost forces you to balance your subjects, because I want to keep my options open and still go in-depth, but across a broad range of subjects.
Narrator 3: Within a community of acceptance and like-minded individuals, students at the Science, Mathematics and Technology campus are collaborative learners, constantly striving to achieve together.
Student 6: I think one of the most rewarding factors about being here at SMT is just the students and all my friends here are like-minded and all share the same passion as me.
Student 7: The opportunities they give me here to learn, to go on trips, whether Vietnam volunteering trip, we have robotic competitions, we can go different cities for. I think just the opportunity to do so much more with the time I have now, I’ve been really thankful for and I’m glad I came here for that.
Student 8: I think that’s the most important thing about the academy for me is that I’m in this sort of environment, that I’m given the opportunity to succeed and I would like to make the most of that.