Bond University is a not-for-profit university located in Robina, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Bond differs from other Australian universities as it schedules three semesters each year, commencing in January, May and September, allowing a six-semester degree to be completed in two years, instead of three, without increasing semester workloads.

Bond University was established in 1987 when the Parliament of Queensland granted it university status via the passage of the Bond University Act. The University commenced teaching in May 1989 with an initial intake of 322 students.

The University was established and its development funded via a joint venture between Bond Corporation in Australia and the Japanese entity, EIE, at the initiative of Alan Bond, the founder and Chairman of Bond Corporation. In 1991, EIE acquired Bond Corporation's share of the project and the development lands and the campus were subsequently passed into the control of a receiver/manager, acting for the principal creditor of EIE.