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.

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.