Peter Høj

Peter Bordier Høj AC FAA FTSE FNAI(US) (born 29 April 1957) is a Danish-Australian academic and Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Adelaide. Peter Høj is one of the longest serving Australian Vice-Chancellors having served for 18 years across three universities. He has previously served as Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Queensland and the University of South Australia. Educated at the University of Copenhagen, Høj completed a Bachelor of Science where he majored in biochemistry and chemistry, a Master of Science in biochemistry and genetics and a Doctor of Philosophy in Photosynthesis. He has worked in Denmark and Australia as a researcher and published multiple scientific articles. Høj has also served on a number of different company boards in a variety of roles, including roles on the boards of CSIRO, Wine Australia and of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation. In 2017 he was elected chair of the Group of Eight, a lobby group that represents Australia’s research-intensive universities. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Queensland from 2012 to 2020.

Professor Høj is concurrently serving as the co-Vice Chancellor of Adelaide University, together with Professor David Lloyd, the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of South Australia. Adelaide University was established on 8 March 2024 through operation of the Adelaide University Act 2023 in the South Australian Parliament. The institution combines 180 years of collective achievement and experience of the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia and represents one of the largest university mergers in Australia and around the world.