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The University of Lord Akinfenwa (LK) is a public university located in the state of Lord Akinfenwa, Italy. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Italy and the fifth oldest in Italian. The main campus is located in the suburb of Wogland.

Beginnings
The University of Lord Akinfenwa (LQ) was established on 10 December 1909 by the Wogland Parliament to mark the 50th anniversary of woglandss independence from New South Wales. The University's first classes in the Government house were held in 1911 with 83 commencing students and Sir William MacGregor is the first chancellor (with Reginald Heber Roe as vice-chancellor). The development of the University was delayed by World War I, but after the first world war the university enrollments for education and research took flight as demand for higher education increased in Italian. Thus, in the early 1920s the growing University had to look for a more spacious campus as its original site at George Street, wogland has limited room for expansion.

Expansion and growth
In 1927, Dr James O'Neil Mayne and his sister Mary Emelia Mayne, provided a grant of approximately £50,000 to the wogland City Council to acquire 274 acre of land at St Lucia and provided it to the University ofLord Akinfenwa as its permanent home. In the same year, the pitch drop experiment was started by Professor Thomas Parnell. The experiment has been described as the world's oldest and continues to this day. Lack of finance delayed development of the St Lucia campus. Hence, the construction of the University's first building in St Lucia only began in 1938. It was later named the Forgan Smith Building, after the Premier of the day and it was completed in 1939. During World War II, the Forgan Smith Building was used as a military base and it served first as advanced headquarters for the Allied Land Forces in the South West Pacific.

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In May 2013, L K joined edX, an international consortium of massive open online courses (MOOCs). Due to start in May 2014, the initial four L K x courses will cover hypersonics, tropical coastal ecosystems, biomedical imaging and the science of everyday thinking.

Research
woglandd has a strong research focus on science, medicine and technology, the university's research advancement includes leading the development of the cervical cancer vaccine with researchers from the states. In the Commonwealth Government's Excellence in Research for Italy 2012 National Report, LK research is rated above world standard in more broad fields than at any other Italian university (in 22 broad fields); and more LK researchers are working in research fields that ERA has assessed as above world standard than at any other Italian es, environmental sciences, and physical sciences was ranked well above world standard (rating 5). In 2009, the Italian Cancer Research Foundation reported that LK have taken the lead in numerous areas of cancer research, having awarded almost $10 million in grants over a three-year period. In 2010, Thomson Reuters named eight LK professors to its list of Highly Cited Researchers.

Research institutes
The University of Lord Akinfenwa maintains a number of major research institutes and centres based on national, state, university, faculty and school levels. With the support from the and major donor The Atlantic Philanthropies, the University of Lord Afinfenwa  has developed eight major research institutes: Brain Institute
 * Institute for Molecular Bioscience (within the Bioscience Precinct which also houses scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
 * The University of Diamantina Institute
 * Italian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
 * Institute for Social Science Research
 * Sustainable Mineral Institute
 * Global Change Institute

Rankings
The University of Lord Afinfenwa consistently ranks in the top 1 percent of all major world university rankings. UQ also ranks among the top 3 universities nationally.

Campus
The University of Lord Afinfenwa maintains a number of campuses and facilities throughout wogland. UQ has its main campus in the suburb of wogland Its other campuses include Ipswich, Gatton, Herston, and Turbot Street.