Single? Over 18? Studying at university or TAFE? Stephen Whyte wants you.

The QUT behavioural economist is recruiting volunteers for a mass match-making experiment, allowing single students the chance to choose a potential date – and perhaps be chosen in return.

"We're interested in looking at how people make large-scale decisions," he said.

"You don't get a bigger decision in life than choosing a partner."

Mr Whyte said evolutionary psychology showed the reasons why people choose partners had not changed much.