    the university of southern queensland (usq) is based in toowoomba, queensland, australia, with campuses also in springfield and fraser coast. the institution was established in 1967 as the queensland institute of technology (darling downs). in 1971, it became the darling downs institute of advanced education, then the university college of southern queensland in 1990 and finally the university of southern queensland in 1992.history about usq, university of southern queensland (accessed 4 june 2011)] usq is spread across 3 campuses: toowoomba, fraser coast and springfield.about usq, university of southern queensland (accessed 4 june 2011)] in 2014, the total number of programs offered was 10 for pathway programs 76 for undergraduates and 85 for postgraduates.programs and courses, university of southern queensland (accessed 10 january 2014)] total student enrolments in 2012 were 27,228, of which international students studying on-campus was 1,853 and studying externally was 3,969. overall, 19,976 students studied online/externally, 4,468 studied on-campus at usq toowoomba, 898 studied on-campus at usq fraser coast and 1886 studied on-campus at usq springfielduniversity of southern queensland 2012 annual report (accessed 10 january 2014)] ==history== in 1961 the city of toowoomba reserved  of land to the southwest of the main town centre for educational purposes. this suburb was named darling heights on 25 september 1966 but was later renamed darling heights. the queensland institute of technology (darling downs) opened in toowoomba in 1967 as a technical college offering 29 full-time technological diploma courses to 140 foundation students who studied full-time or part-time.  the foundation principal was mr j wolfe 
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