Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area, viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The university, in its current form, was founded in 1989, when the Queensland Institute of Technology (QIT) was made a university through the Queensland University of Technology Act 1988, with the resulting Queensland University of Technology beginning its operations in January 1989. In 1990, the Brisbane College of Advanced Education merged with QUT.