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{{short description|Public university in Belfast, Northern Ireland}}
{{for|the former parliamentary constituency|Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
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| name = Queen's University Belfast
| native_name = ''Ollscoil na Banríona'' 
| native_name_lang = [[Irish language|Irish]]
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| motto = {{langx|la|Pro tanto quid retribuamus?}}
| mottoeng = For so much, what shall we give back?
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| endowment = [[Pound sterling|£]]70.9 million (2024)<ref name="QUB Financial Statement 23/24"/>
| budget = [[Pounds sterling|£]]474.2 million (2023/24)<ref name="QUB Financial Statement 23/24"/>
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| chancellor = [[Hillary Clinton]]<ref name="HRC QUB">{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-50970400 |title=Hillary Clinton appointed chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast |publisher=[[BBC News]] |location=London |date=2 January 2020 |access-date=2 January 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102095820/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-50970400 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| vice_chancellor = [[Ian Greer (obstetrician)|Sir Ian Greer]]
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'''The Queen's University of Belfast''', commonly known as '''Queen's University Belfast''' ({{langx|ga|Ollscoil na Banríona}}; abbreviated '''Queen's''' or '''QUB'''), is a [[public research university]] in [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The university received its charter in 1845 as part of the [[Queen's University of Ireland]] and opened four years later, together with [[University of Galway]] (as ''Queen's College, Galway'') and [[University College Cork]] (as ''Queen's College, Cork'').

Queen's offers approximately 300 [[academic degree]] programmes at various levels.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Education/TeachingQuality/ |title=Teaching Quality |publisher=Queen's University Belfast |access-date=4 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080417194848/http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Education/TeachingQuality/ |archive-date=17 April 2008 }}</ref> The current president and [[Chancellor (education)|vice-chancellor]] is [[Ian Greer (obstetrician)|Ian Greer]]. The annual income of the institution for 2023–24 was £474.2&nbsp;million, of which £105.2&nbsp;million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £345.9&nbsp;million.<ref name="QUB Financial Statement 23/24">{{cite web |url = https://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Filestore/annual-report-23-24.pdf |title = Annual Report 2023–24 |access-date = 18 December 2024 |publisher = Queen's University Belfast |page = 92 }}</ref>

Queen's is a member of the [[Russell Group]] of research-intensive universities, the [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]], the [[European University Association]], [[Universities UK]] and [[Universities Ireland]]. The university is associated with two [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureates]] and one [[Turing Award]] laureate.

==History==

Queen's University Belfast has roots in the Belfast Academical Institution, which was founded in 1810 and which remains as the [[Royal Belfast Academical Institution]].<ref name=History>{{cite web|url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/AboutQueens/HistoryofQueens/|title=History of Queen's|publisher=Queen's University Belfast|access-date=1 March 2008|archive-date=1 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701222808/http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/AboutQueens/HistoryofQueens/|url-status=live}}</ref> The present university was first chartered as "Queen's College, Belfast" in 1845, when it was associated with the simultaneously founded [[Queen's College, Cork]], and [[Queen's College, Galway]], as part of the [[Queen's University of Ireland]] – founded to encourage higher education for Catholics and [[Presbyterians]], as a counterpart to [[Trinity College, Dublin]], then an almost exclusively [[Anglican]] institution.<ref name=History/> Queen's College, Belfast, opened in 1849.<ref name=History/> Its main building, the Lanyon Building, was designed by the English-born architect, [[Charles Lanyon|Sir Charles Lanyon]].
At its opening, it had 23 professors and 195 students.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Queen's, Belfast 1845–1949 : the history of a university|last1=Moody|first1=T.W.|last2=Beckett|first2=J.C.|publisher=Faber & Faber for the Queen's University of Belfast|year=1959|location=London|pages=661}}</ref> Some early students at Queen's University Belfast took [[University of London]] examinations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections/historic-collections/archives-manuscripts/university-of-london-student-records-1836-1931/ |title=Student lists |publisher=Senate House Library |access-date=4 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914105055/http://www.shl.lon.ac.uk/specialcollections/archives/studentrecords.shtml |archive-date=14 September 2010 }}</ref>
[[File:Main lanyon building Queen's University Belfast.jpg|alt=|thumb|The Lanyon Building]]
[[File:QUB Lanyon Building Gates.jpg|thumb|The Lanyon Building Gates]]
The [[Irish Universities Act 1908]] dissolved the [[Royal University of Ireland]], which had replaced the Queen's University of Ireland in 1879, and created two separate universities: the current [[National University of Ireland]] and Queen's University of Belfast.<ref name=History/>

===Parliamentary representation===
{{Main|Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency)|Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)}}
The university was one of only eight United Kingdom universities to hold a parliamentary seat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] at Westminster until such representation was abolished in 1950. The university was also [[Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)|represented]] in the [[Parliament of Northern Ireland]] from 1920 to 1968, when graduates elected four members.

[[File:Queen's University Belfast Map.jpg|thumb|Queen's University Belfast Map]]

==Contemporary university life==

On 20 June 2006, the university announced a £259 million investment programme focusing on facilities, recruitment and research.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/GeneralServices/News/ArchivesPressReleases-CampusNews/2006PressReleases/06-2006PressReleases/#d.en.31450|title=Queen's invests £259 million in 'world-class future'|publisher=Queen's University Belfast|date=20 June 2006|access-date=16 September 2006|archive-date=9 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060709184246/http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/GeneralServices/News/ArchivesPressReleases-CampusNews/2006PressReleases/06-2006PressReleases/#d.en.31450|url-status=live}}</ref> One of the outcomes of this investment has been a new university library; the McClay library was designed by Boston-based architects [[Shepley Bulfinch]], working in association with Belfast architects, Robinson Patterson Partnership, and opened in July 2009. The building has been named in honour of Sir [[Allen McClay]], a major benefactor of Queen's University and of the Library.<ref>{{cite news|title=New library update – 27 July 2009|url=http://blogs.qub.ac.uk/library/2009/07/30/new-library-update-%e2%80%93-27-july-2009/|date=27 July 2009|work=Library News|publisher=Queen's University Belfast|access-date=10 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815021616/http://blogs.qub.ac.uk/library/2009/07/30/new-library-update-%E2%80%93-27-july-2009/|archive-date=15 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In June 2010, the university announced the launch of a £7.5 million Ansin international research hub with [[Seagate Technology]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insideireland.ie/index.cfm/section/news/ext/ansin001/category/1091 |title=Queen's opens £7.5m Ansin tech centre |publisher=Insideireland.ie |date=8 June 2010 |access-date=17 June 2010 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Also in that year, Queen's was one of the largest employers in Northern Ireland, with a total workforce of 3,903, of whom 2,414 were members of academic, academic-related and research staff and 1,489 were administrative employees.<ref name=Report0910>{{cite book|title=Vice-Chancellor's Report 2009 – 2010|year=2010|publisher=Queen's University Belfast|url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/ceao/Filestore/PDF/Filetoupload,224959,en.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821114332/http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/ceao/Filestore/PDF/Filetoupload,224959,en.pdf|archive-date=21 August 2011}}</ref>

==Campus==
[[File:Whitla Hall.jpg|alt=|thumb|Whitla Hall]]
[[File:Lanyon Quadrangle (1).jpg|alt=|thumb|Lanyon Quadrangle]]
[[File:The Old Library, Queen's University - geograph.org.uk - 1208102.jpg|alt=|thumb|The Thomas J. Moran Graduate School]]
[[File:Green in Queen's University Belfast.jpg|alt=|thumb|Students in the adjacent [[Botanic Gardens (Belfast)|Botanic Gardens]]]]
In addition to the main campus on the southern fringes of Belfast city centre, the university has two associated [[university college]]s, [[St Mary's University College, Belfast|St Mary's]] and [[Stranmillis University College|Stranmillis]], located in the west and south-west of the city respectively. These colleges offer teacher training for those who wish to pursue teaching careers and a range of degree courses, all of which are centred around a [[liberal arts]] core.

Although the university refers to its main site as a campus,<ref>See {{cite web|url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/Location/Maps/MainCampus/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822170455/http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/Location/Maps/MainCampus/ |archive-date=22 August 2007 |title=Main Campus Map}}, for example.</ref> the university's buildings are spread over a number of public streets in South Belfast; primarily, University Road, University Square, University Street, [[Malone Road]] and [[Stranmillis Road]], with other departments located further afield such as in [[Titanic Quarter]] and [[Portaferry]].

==Organisation and governance==

===Faculties and schools===
Academic life at Queen's is organised into fifteen schools across three faculties: the Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (AHSS); the Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (EPS); and the Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences (MHLS). Each of the faculties operate as a primary management unit of the university and the schools are the focus for education and research for their respective subject areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/SchoolsDepartments/ |title=Schools & Departments |publisher=Queen's University Belfast |access-date=28 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828120455/http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/SchoolsDepartments/ |archive-date=28 August 2008 }}</ref>
* Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
** School of Arts, English and Languages
** School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
** School of Law
** Queen's Business School
** School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work
* Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences
** School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
** School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
** School of Mathematics and Physics
** School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
** School of Natural and Built Environment
** School of Psychology
* Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences
** School of Biological Sciences
** School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
** School of Nursing and Midwifery
** School of Pharmacy

=== Institutes and research centres ===
* The Gibson Institute Land, Food and the Environment (GILFE)– Established in 1999, GILFE is primarily involved in education and research in the areas of sustainability, rural development, environmental management, food marketing, renewable energy, nutrition, physical activity and public health.
* Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) – A subsidiary of the School of Biological Sciences, IGFS was established in 2013 primarily to research and address key questions about the future of the world's food systems.
* The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute For Global Peace, Security And Justice – Established in 2012, the Institute aims to contribute to conflict transformation and social justice.
* Institute of Cognition and Culture – Established in 2004, ICC is one of the world's first centres for research in the cognitive science of culture.
* Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT) – Established in 2003, ECIT aims to commercialize research and expertise in a variety of enabling digital communications technologies at the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS).
* Institute of Irish Studies – Established in 1955, the Institute was the first of its kind to be established in the world and is one of the leading centres for research-led teaching in [[Irish studies|Irish Studies]] and is an internationally renowned centre of interdisciplinary Irish scholarship.
* Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) – Established in 1977, IPLS provides an internationally-recognised and unique one-year postgraduate course for trainee barristers and trainee solicitors.
* Institute of Spatial and Environmental Planning (ISEP) – A department of the School of Natural and Built Environment. Established in 2000, ISEP specialises in research projects regarding planning and development courses.
* Institute of Theology – This previously consisted of several colleges with a Christian emphasis, including [[St. Mary's University College (Belfast)|St Mary's]] (Catholic), [[Union Theological College]] (Presbyterian), [[Belfast Bible College]] (non-denominational), as well as the [[Irish Baptist College]] and [[Edgehill Theological College]] ([[Methodist]]) colleges in Belfast. Any programmes with a theological emphasis were taught by these five colleges on behalf of the university; the university could confer theology degrees but could not teach the subject itself. The provision of theology came to an end after a previous Professor of Church History was [[Union Theological College#Dismissal of a professor|dismissed]] by the [[Presbyterian Church in Ireland]].
* William J. Clinton Leadership Institute – A department of Queen's Business School. Established in 2011, the Leadership Institute provides leadership development and training courses to private, public and third sectors outside QUB.
* [[Sonic Arts Research Centre]] (SARC) - A department of the School of Arts, English and Languages. Established in 2006, SARC has been instrumental in the use of [[networked music performance]] as both collaborative and performance tools.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schroeder |first1=Franziska |last2=Rebelo |first2=Pedro |title=Addressing the Network: Performative Strategies for Playing Apart |journal=Paper Presented at International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2007), Denmark. |date=August 2007 |pages=133–140 |url=https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/addressing-the-network-performative-strategies-for-playing-apart |access-date=31 August 2022 |language=English}}</ref> 
[[File:New Library, Queen's University, Belfast - geograph.org.uk - 1583019.jpg|alt=|thumb|The McClay Library]]

===Governance===
{{main|List of Chancellors of Queen's University Belfast|List of Vice-Chancellors of Queen's University Belfast}}
The effective head of the university is its vice-chancellor. The current vice-chancellor, Ian Greer, was appointed in January 2018, following the sudden death of the previous vice-chancellor, [[Patrick Johnston (Northern Ireland academic)|Patrick Johnston]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-prof-patrick-johnston-a-great-mind-whose-work-saved-lives-35788127.html|title=Obituary: Prof Patrick Johnston – a great mind whose work saved lives|work=Belfast Telegraph|date=5 June 2017|access-date=16 June 2017|archive-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608140815/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-prof-patrick-johnston-a-great-mind-whose-work-saved-lives-35788127.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Previous vice-chancellors have included Sir David Keir, [[Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby|Lord Ashby of Brandon]], [[Michael Grant (author)|Michael Grant]], Sir [[Arthur Vick]], Sir Peter Froggatt, [[Gordon Beveridge|Sir Gordon Beveridge]], [[George Bain (academic)|Sir George Bain]] and [[Peter Gregson (academic)|Sir Peter Gregson]].<ref name=History/>

The role of chancellor is a largely a ceremonial one, involving attending graduations, acting as an ambassador for the university abroad and serving as an advisor to the vice-chancellor. The current chancellor is [[Hillary Clinton]], who was appointed the university's first female chancellor in January 2020 (and was inaugurated in September 2021), taking over from previous incumbent [[Thomas J. Moran (businessman)|Thomas Moran]], who died in August 2018.<ref name="HRC QUB" /><ref name="Tom Moran QUB">{{cite web |url=https://www.qub.ac.uk/home/dr-tom-moran/ |title=Dr Tom Moran |publisher=Queen's University Belfast |access-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102100241/https://www.qub.ac.uk/home/dr-tom-moran/ |archive-date=2 January 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-58669865|title=Hillary Clinton inaugurated as new Queen's University chancellor|publisher=BBC News|date=24 September 2022|accessdate=5 May 2022}}</ref> Clinton had been given an honorary doctorate from the university in October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://people.com/politics/hillary-clinton-appointed-to-be-the-first-female-chancellor-of-queens-university-belfast/ | title=Hillary Clinton Appointed to be the First Female Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast | access-date=6 January 2020 | archive-date=4 January 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104064409/https://people.com/politics/hillary-clinton-appointed-to-be-the-first-female-chancellor-of-queens-university-belfast/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/01/02/Hillary-Clinton-becomes-first-female-chancellor-at-Queens-University-Belfast/3871577984772/|first=Sommer|last=Brokaw|title=Hillary Clinton becomes first female chancellor at Queen's University Belfast|publisher=UPI|date=2 January 2020|access-date=6 January 2020|archive-date=7 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107004340/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/01/02/Hillary-Clinton-becomes-first-female-chancellor-at-Queens-University-Belfast/3871577984772/|url-status=live}}</ref> Previous chancellors have included [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury]], [[Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke|Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke]], [[Tyrone Guthrie|Sir Tyrone Guthrie]], [[Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby]],<ref name=Walk>{{cite book|first1=Brian|last1= Walker|first2=Alf|last2=McCreary|title=Degrees of Excellence: The Story of Queen's, Belfast, 1845–1995|year=1994|publisher=Queen's University Belfast|location=Belfast|isbn=0-85389-535-X|pages=213}}</ref> and [[George J. Mitchell]].<ref name=Clark>{{cite book|last=Clarkson|first=L. A.|title=A university in troubled times : Queen's Belfast, 1945–2000|year=2004|publisher=Four Courts Press|location=Dublin [u.a.]|isbn=1-85182-862-1|pages=195}}</ref>

===Finances===

In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, Queen's had a total income of £474.2&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £462.8&nbsp;million) and total expenditure of £345.9&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £466.5&nbsp;million).<ref name="QUB Financial Statement 23/24"/> Key sources of income included £160&nbsp;million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £160.9&nbsp;million), £107.4&nbsp;million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £108.2&nbsp;million), £105.2&nbsp;million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £103.1&nbsp;million), £12.4&nbsp;million from investment income (2022/23 – £8.1&nbsp;million) and £3.6&nbsp;million from endowment donations (2022/23 – £3.1&nbsp;million).<ref name="QUB Financial Statement 23/24"/>

At year end, Queen's had endowments of £70.9&nbsp;million (2023 – £65.6&nbsp;million) and total net assets of £658&nbsp;million (2023 – £505.4&nbsp;million). It holds the [[List of UK universities by endowment|twentieth-largest endowment]] of any university in the UK.<ref name="QUB Financial Statement 23/24"/>

==Academic profile==

=== Research ===
{{Infobox UK university rankings
| ARWU_N = 35-36
| ARWU_W = 301–400
| QS_N = 29
| QS_W = 206=
| THE_N = 28
| THE_W = 201–250
| LINE_1 = 0
| Complete = 25
| The_Guardian = 43
| Times/Sunday_Times = 26
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[[File:QUB 10 Years.png|thumb|upright=1.2|Queen's University Belfast's [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national league table]] performance over the past ten years]]
Queen's University Belfast was admitted as a member of the self-appointed [[Russell Group]] of UK research-intensive universities in November 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/news/2006/appointment-first-director-general-and-expands-membership-to-20-top-research-universities.html |title=The Russell Group appoints first Director General and expands membership to 20 top research universities |publisher=Russell Group |date=November 2006 |access-date=1 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311100222/http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/news/2006/appointment-first-director-general-and-expands-membership-to-20-top-research-universities.html |archive-date=11 March 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6123044.stm|title=Queen's to join UK 'ivy league'|publisher=BBC News|date=7 November 2006|access-date=1 March 2008|archive-date=2 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202225023/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6123044.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2021 [[Research Excellence Framework]] (REF), which assesses the quality of research in UK higher education institutions, the university is ranked 37th by GPA and 24th for research power (the grade point average score of a university, multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of researchers submitted).<ref>{{cite web |title=REF 2021: Quality ratings hit new high in expanded assessment |date=12 May 2022 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ref-2021-research-excellence-framework-results-announced |publisher=Times Higher Education |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref>

=== Rankings and reputation ===
The ''[[Times Higher Education]]'' rankings 2018 placed Queen's 32nd out of 93 in the UK. In the 2024 [[QS World University Rankings]], Queen's was ranked 204. It ranked 258th among the universities around the world by ''[[SCImago Institutions Rankings]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?sector=Higher%20educ.&country=all|title=SCImago Institutions Rankings – Higher Education – All Regions and Countries – 2019 – Overall Rank|website=scimagoir.com|access-date=11 June 2019|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422183813/https://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?sector=Higher%20educ.&country=all|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the National Student Survey 2013, Queen's was ranked 12th in the UK for student satisfaction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intohigher.com/uk/en-gb/our-centres/into-queens-university-belfast/studying/queen's-university-belfast.aspx |title=INTO Queen's University Belfast |publisher=INTO Higher |access-date=19 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407030733/http://www.intohigher.com/uk/en-gb/our-centres/into-queens-university-belfast/studying/queen%27s-university-belfast.aspx |archive-date=7 April 2014 }}</ref>

Queen's is ranked 204 in the world according to the 2023 [[QS World University Rankings]]. Research at the university includes investigations of cancer, sustainability, radiocarbon dating, wireless technology, creative writing, pharmaceuticals and sonic arts.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Queen's University Belfast|url = http://www.topuniversities.com/universities/queens-university-belfast#wur|publisher = Top Universities|access-date = 2016-01-05|date = 16 July 2015|archive-date = 19 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151219182924/http://www.topuniversities.com/universities/queens-university-belfast#wur|url-status = live}}</ref> In 2016, the university ranked 36th in the UK according to the ''Complete University Guide''.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Top UK University League Tables and Rankings 2016|url = https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings|publisher = thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk|access-date = 2016-01-05|archive-date = 13 October 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131013231901/https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings|url-status = live}}</ref>

The university has been awarded the [[Queen's Anniversary Prize]] for Further and Higher Education on several occasions, including for work in comprehensive cancer services and improving survival rates for patients in Northern Ireland. In 2015, Queen's was awarded the [[Queen's Anniversary Prize]] for work in the field of engineering and technology<ref>{{Cite web|title = Previous Prize-winners|url = http://www.royalanniversarytrust.org.uk/the-prizes/previous-prize-winners?archive%5Bkeywords%5D=The+Queen%2527s+University+of+Belfast&x=0&y=0&archive%5Byears%5D=&archive%5Bcountries%5D=&archive%5Binstitutions_type%5D=&archive%5Bsubjectarea%5D=&sort%5Binst_name%5D=asc|publisher = royalanniversarytrust.org.uk|access-date = 2016-01-05|archive-date = 5 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160105213323/http://www.royalanniversarytrust.org.uk/the-prizes/previous-prize-winners?archive%5Bkeywords%5D=The+Queen%2527s+University+of+Belfast&x=0&y=0&archive%5Byears%5D=&archive%5Bcountries%5D=&archive%5Binstitutions_type%5D=&archive%5Bsubjectarea%5D=&sort%5Binst_name%5D=asc|url-status = live}}</ref>

The university also holds a [[Athena SWAN|university-wide Athena SWAN Gold Award]] in recognition of work to support and transform gender equality in Higher Education and Research, thereby becoming the first university on the island of Ireland and only the second in the UK to achieve such an award.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-09 |title=Athena Swan {{!}} Queen's Gender Initiative {{!}} Queen's University Belfast |url=https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QueensGenderInitiative/AthenaSwan/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=www.qub.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>

=== Admissions ===
{| class="floatright"
| 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; margin-bottom: 5px"
|+UCAS Admission Statistics
!
!2024
!2023
!2022
!2021
!2020
|-
| '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC>{{cite web |title=UCAS Undergraduate Sector-Level End of Cycle Data Resources 2024 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024 |at=Show me... Domicile by Provider |website=ucas.com |date=December 2024 |publisher=UCAS |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 29,800
| 29,825
| 29,505
| 28,355
| 26,115
|-
| '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC/>
| 4,995
| 4,885
| 4,695
| 5,065
| 5,450
|-
| '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}
| 6.0
| 6.1
| 6.3
| 5.6
| 4.8
|-
| '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="UCAS Offer Rate">{{cite web|title=2024 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group|date=7 February 2025|url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024/2024-entry-ucas-undergraduate-reports-sex-area-background-and-ethnic-group|publisher=[[UCAS]]|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 73.5
| 70.7
| 68.5
| 67.9
| 73.7
|-
| '''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="CUG Entry">{{Cite web | url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards | title=University League Tables entry standards 2024 |work=The Complete University Guide}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 156
| 148
|}
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{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme|Main scheme applications, International and UK}}
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}}
|}
|}
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|+ class="nowrap" |HESA Student Body Composition (2023/24)
|-
!Domicile<ref name="Table 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-1|title=HE student enrolments by HE provider, permanent address, level of study, mode of study, entrant marker, sex and academic year|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> and Ethnicity<ref name="HESA ethnicity">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/whos-in-he/characteristics|title=Who's studying in HE?: Personal characteristics|date=3 April 2025|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
|[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]{{efn|Not be confused solely with [[White British]]}}
|align=right| {{bartable|71|%|2||background:red}}
|-
|[[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|British Ethnic Minorities]]{{efn|Includes those who indicate that they identify as [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Black British people|Black]], [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed Heritage]], [[British Arabs|Arab]] or any other ethnicity except White.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:green}}
|-
|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:blue}}
|-
|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|17|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Undergraduate [[Widening participation|Widening Participation]] Indicators<ref name="Table 1"/><ref name="Times25">{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=Good University Guide: Social Inclusion Ranking |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/league-table |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|58|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Independent School]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
|}

Entrants to Queen's have, on average, 148 [[Advanced Level (UK)|A/AS-level]] [[UCAS Tariff|points]] and there are currently 6 applications per place, with about two-thirds of applicants coming from Northern Ireland and most apply for multiple courses.<ref name="STUG">Sunday Times University Guide, [http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/stug2006/uk48.pdf Queen's University Belfast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070116221044/http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/stug2006/uk48.pdf |date=16 January 2007 }}, 10 September 2006. Retrieved 16 January 2007.</ref> ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' has described the Queen's admissions policy as "among the most socially inclusive in Britain and Northern Ireland".<ref name="STUG"/> 99.5% of first degree entrants are from [[state schools]],<ref name="99.5">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6905288.stm |title=More state pupils in universities |publisher=BBC News|access-date=24 July 2007 |date=19 July 2007 |archive-date=6 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106215458/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6905288.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> although this is mainly due to the lack of private schools in Northern Ireland. The university gives offers of admission to 86.1% of its applicants, the 3rd highest amongst the [[Russell Group]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Which elite universities have the highest offer rates|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/10/19/which-elite-universities-have-the-highest-offer-rates/|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=London|access-date=21 October 2016|date=19 October 2016|last1=Gurney-Read|first1=Josie|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121193533/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/10/19/which-elite-universities-have-the-highest-offer-rates/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the {{HESA year}} academic year, the total student population was {{HESA student population|INSTID=0184}}, of whom {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=0184}} were undergraduates and {{HESA postgraduate population|INSTID=0184}} postgraduates.<ref name="HESA citation"/> In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 87:4:9 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 56:44.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where do HE students study?|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority|access-date=9 February 2018|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104163711/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|url-status=live}}</ref> There was also a total student population of 2,250 at its [[St Mary's University College, Belfast|St Mary's]] and [[Stranmillis University College|Stranmillis]] university colleges as of 2013/2014.<ref name=HESA0910>{{cite web|title=Table 1 – All students by HE institution, level of study, mode of study and domicile 2009/10|url=http://www.hesa.ac.uk/dox/dataTables/studentsAndQualifiers/download/institution0910.xls|work=Statistics Online|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency]]|access-date=8 July 2011|archive-date=23 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323205542/https://hesa.ac.uk/dox/datatables/studentsandqualifiers/download/institution0910.xls|url-status=live}}</ref>

The university was established with the aim of attracting both Protestant and Catholic students. While the university does not publish data on the religion affiliation of its students, [[Rupert Taylor]], who conducted his PhD research on the university during [[The Troubles]], argued in an article published in 1988 that "Whilst in the past, especially before the Second World War, Catholics were under-represented this is not currently the case". Taylor cites data showing that Catholic representation among undergraduates rose from 21.9 per cent in 1958/59 to 27.4 per cent in 1968/69 and 42.5 per cent in 1978/79.<ref name=Taylor>{{cite journal|last=Taylor|first=Rupert|title=The Queen's University of Belfast: The liberal university in a divided society|journal=Higher Education Review|volume=20|issue=2|pages=27–45|year=1988}}</ref> By the late 1990s, 54 per cent of Queen's students were Catholics, compared to a 48 per cent share of the Northern Ireland population aged 18–25.<ref>{{cite book|last=Clarkson|first=Leslie A|year=2004|title=A University in Troubled Times: Queen's, Belfast, 1945–2000|location=Dublin|publisher=Four Courts Press}}</ref> The growing share of Catholics in the student population is partially due to the tendency of middle-class Protestants to attend university in Great Britain rather than in Northern Ireland.<ref name=Taylor/>

In 2009, Queen's signed a joint venture partnership with [[INTO University Partnerships]], creating [[INTO Queen's University Belfast]]. The INTO centre is based on campus and provides a foundation year for international students who want to study at the university.<ref>[http://www.intohigher.com/uk/en-gb/our-centres/into-queens-university-belfast.aspx intohigher.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902025727/http://www.intohigher.com/uk/en-gb/our-centres/into-queens-university-belfast.aspx |date=2 September 2011 }} accessed 5 September 2011</ref>

==Student life==

===Students' Union===
{{Main|Queen's University Belfast Students' Union}}
[[File:One Elmwood (26.09.22).jpg|thumb|One Elmwood houses both Queen's Students' Union and the Student Guidance Centre]]
The [[QUBSU|Students' Union]] at Queen's (QUBSU) is located opposite the Lanyon Building on University Road, and is provided for under the university's statutes. All students at the university are automatic members of the union, making it one of the largest unions on a single campus in [[Ireland]] and the UK. It is administered by the Students' Representative Council (SRC) (elected every October, on a faculty basis) and an executive (elected in March), who manage the operations of the union in conjunction with several full-time staff.

The old union building closed at the end of August 2018 to make way for construction of the new Students' Union building. Interim facilities were provided in other university buildings on Elmwood Avenue and, for the Speakeasy bar, an acquired space on the Lisburn Road (opposite the Medical Biology Centre).

The new Students' Union building, officially named One Elmwood opened to students on 5 September 2022 and houses the Students' Union, Student Guidance Services, the Union bar, and Mandela Hall. It also houses a café called Social and a SPAR retail outlet under the name Union Shop.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-06 |title=One Elmwood Student Centre {{!}} Students {{!}} Queen's University Belfast |url=https://www.qub.ac.uk/students/one-elmwood/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=www.qub.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>

====Union services====
The students' union provides services including an advice centre with full-time staff to help with issues such as money problems, accommodation and welfare. Commercial services including a shop, kitchen lounge area and coffee franchise are also provided by the union. The [[Nelson Mandela|Mandela]] Hall hosts numerous concerts each year as well as the majority the students' union's club nights.  Student Disability, Student Wellbeing, Student Finance, Careers, Learning Development service and other services are also provided.
[[File:Riddel Hall, Stranmillis, Belfast - geograph.org.uk - 1593557.jpg|alt=|thumb|Riddel Hall]]

====Clubs and societies====
More than fifty sporting clubs and over one hundred non-sporting societies are recognised by the Students' Union Council and are therefore eligible to apply for an annual grant from the university.<ref>[http://quis.qub.ac.uk Clubs and Societies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022202208/http://quis.qub.ac.uk/ |date=22 October 2008 }}, Queen's University website. Retrieved 15 July 2007.</ref> The oldest society in Queen's University is the [[Literary and Scientific Society (Queen's University Belfast)|Literary and Scientific Society]] which focuses on debating political, cultural and social issues within Northern Ireland. Established in 1850 by [[Edwin Lawrence Godkin]], the society has been very successful and produced some of the finest orators within Northern Ireland. The Dragonslayers Gaming Society hosts one of Ireland's largest games conventions, [[Q-Con]], in June of each year, and cultural groups such as [[An Cumann Gaelach, QUB|An Cumann Gaelach]] and the [[Ulster Scots people|Ulster-Scots]] Society are also present. There are a number of international societies at Queen's, including the International Students Society and the Malaysian Students Society.

The Queen's University Mountaineering Club is notable for producing three [[Everest]] summiteers including Ireland's first, [[Dawson Stelfox]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.open.ac.uk/graduation2006/pop63047.shtml |title=Mr Dawson Stelfox |publisher=Open University |access-date=15 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070626035008/http://www.open.ac.uk/graduation2006/pop63047.shtml |archive-date=26 June 2007 }}</ref> Roger McMorrow and Nigel Hart also summited in May 2007, and were subsequently jointly announced Queen's University Graduates of the year for 2006/07<ref>{{cite news|url=https://daro.qub.ac.uk/pastwinners|title=Past Graduate & Student of the Year winners|publisher=Queen's University Belfast|access-date=15 June 2008|archive-date=9 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909132824/http://daro.qub.ac.uk/pastwinners|url-status=live}}</ref> for their role in rescuing a young Nepalese climber left for dead near the summit.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6700603.stm|title=BBC: NI doctors in Everest rescue drama|publisher=BBC News|date=29 May 2007|access-date=15 June 2008|archive-date=4 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004064130/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6700603.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

QUB is one of only 20 universities in the United Kingdom to have an [[AIESEC]] local chapter, developing leadership, business and soft skills in highly motivated students, as well as providing international opportunities through their work abroad program.

===Housing===
Queen's provides housing for both undergraduates and postgraduates, although many students live at home and commute. In 2005/06, 36% of Queen's students lived in private accommodation within Belfast, 29% lived with parents or guardians, 20% in private accommodation outside of Belfast, and 10% lived in university maintained accommodation.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=The Planning Service|url=http://www.planningni.gov.uk/AreaPlans_Policy/Plans/BMA/HMO/Supplementary_docs/HMA.pdf|title=Supplementary Document 1: Housing Market Analysis, Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs): Subject Plan for Belfast City Council Area 2015|page=14|access-date=26 August 2007|archive-date=26 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926121851/http://www.planningni.gov.uk/AreaPlans_Policy/Plans/BMA/HMO/Supplementary_docs/HMA.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
The university provides accommodation on a purpose-built student village called Elms Village, which has its own bar and shop, located on the [[Malone Road]], south of the main campus, as well as in a number of houses in the South Belfast area, including at College Gardens and on Mount Charles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/StudentAccommodationServices/Filetoupload,103200,en.pdf |title=Where to stay at Queen's |publisher=Queen's Accommodation and Hospitality |access-date=3 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911061151/http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/StudentAccommodationServices/Filetoupload%2C103200%2Cen.pdf |archive-date=11 September 2008 }}</ref>

===Cultural life===
The university had hosted the annual [[Belfast Festival at Queen's]] since 1961 but announced in March 2015 that it would not continue to fund the festival.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/queens-university-withdraws-funding-for-belfast-festival-blaming-cuts-to-public-purse-31080165.html|title=Queen's University withdraws funding for Belfast Festival blaming cuts to public purse|date=19 March 2015|access-date=12 January 2017|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113171606/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/queens-university-withdraws-funding-for-belfast-festival-blaming-cuts-to-public-purse-31080165.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

It runs the hugely successful [[Queen's Film Theatre]], described as Northern Ireland's leading independent cinema,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/friday-people-with-head-of-queens-film-theatre-susan-picken-30257829.html|title=Friday People with head of Queen's Film Theatre, Susan Picken|work=Belfast Telegraph|date=9 May 2014|access-date=9 December 2015|archive-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105213323/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/friday-people-with-head-of-queens-film-theatre-susan-picken-30257829.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Brian Friel Theatre]] and an art gallery, the [[Naughton Gallery at Queen's]], which is a registered museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naughtongallery.org/sites/NaughtonGallery/AboutUs/|title=About Us|access-date=12 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224034356/http://www.naughtongallery.org/sites/NaughtonGallery/AboutUs/|archive-date=24 December 2016}}</ref> In 2008 the Naughton Gallery was awarded the Times Higher Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/the-awards-2008-shortlist/403650.article|title=THE Awards 2008: shortlist|date=25 September 2008|access-date=12 January 2017|archive-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118045103/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/the-awards-2008-shortlist/403650.article|url-status=live}}</ref> Housed in the Lanyon building since 2001 is a marble statue by [[Pio Fedi]] of the great physicist [[Galileo]], portrayed deep in thought.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/EstatesDirectorate/FileStore/ArchitecturalHeritageTrail/Filetoupload,18284,en.pdf |title=Queen's University Belfast Architectural Heritage Trail |publisher=Queen's University Belfast |page=5 |access-date=1 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613005247/http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/EstatesDirectorate/FileStore/ArchitecturalHeritageTrail/Filetoupload%2C18284%2Cen.pdf |archive-date=13 June 2011 }}</ref>

The International Students Society holds the annual Culture Shock event at Whitla Hall. By holding performances from the diverse student community, Queen's provides one of the largest showcases of international culture in Northern Ireland.

===Sport===
[[File:Queen's University PE Centre, Belfast - geograph.org.uk - 1358029.jpg|right|thumb|Queen's Physical Education Centre]]
Queen's Physical Education Centre (abbreviated to and known widely as the PEC) is one of the largest sports centres in [[Ireland]] or the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. This building houses many squash courts, several climbing walls and is home to QUB's senior men's and women's basketball teams.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/sport/Aboutus/NewsandEvents/08-06-2007PECScoopsTopBuildingAward/|title=Queen's Physical Education Centre scoops top building award|publisher=Queen's Sport|date=8 June 2007|access-date=27 December 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070903082444/http://www.qub.ac.uk/sport/Aboutus/NewsandEvents/08-06-2007PECScoopsTopBuildingAward/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 3 September 2007}}</ref>

The University Playing Fields, also known as Malone Playing Fields, is located just over {{convert|2|mi|km}} from the main campus, comprising 17 pitches for [[Queen's University RFC|rugby]], association football, [[Gaelic football]], [[field hockey|hockey]], [[hurling]], [[camogie]], and [[cricket]]. In addition, there are three [[netball]] courts, nine tennis courts, and an athletics arena where the [[Mary Peters (athlete)|Mary Peters]] Track is situated. The area and its surrounding forest of Barnetts Demesne are mapped for [[orienteering]].

Queens [[Gaelic football]] team compete in the [[Sigerson Cup]] and have won the trophy on 8 occasions, with the last victory coming in the 1999/2000 academic year. 

The university's association football team, [[Queen's University Belfast A.F.C.]], play in the [[Irish Second Division]]. Queen's snooker team have won the British intervarsity title on a record nine occasions and are the current champions.<ref name="snooker">[http://www.bucs.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=15347 Results History]; British Universities & Colleges Sport – Snooker – Championships; retrieved August 2010</ref>

[[Queen's University Belfast Boat Club]] is one of the most successful clubs in the university. The QUB boathouse, home of Queen's University Belfast Boat Club (QUBBC) and Queen's University of Belfast Ladies Boat Club (QUBLBC), is located on the [[River Lagan]] near [[Stranmillis]]. In 2010 they were reigning Irish Champions in men's Intermediate and Senior 8's. They are also reigning Irish University Champions in Men's Senior 8's, Women's Novice 8's and Women's Novice 4's.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://queensrowing.com/ |publisher=Queen's University Belfast Rowing |title=home |access-date=17 June 2010 |archive-date=8 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708025209/http://www.queensrowing.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They are the only rowing club in Ireland to have a full-time rowing coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/GeneralServices/News/PressReleases/Title,140781,en.html |title=Queen's University Belfast &#124; Press Releases |publisher=Qub.ac.uk |access-date=17 June 2010 |archive-date=12 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612185504/http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/GeneralServices/News/PressReleases/Title,140781,en.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Visual identity==
The graphic identity, which includes the logotype, was originally created in 2000 by Lloyd Northover, the British design consultancy founded by [[John Lloyd (graphic designer)|John Lloyd]] and Jim Northover. This identity was updated in 2011 by Belfast-based brand consultancy, Mammoth.{{Citation needed|date=December 2015}} Queen's visual identity was redesigned again in October 2017, also by Mammoth,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mammoth.tv/queens-university-belfast/|publisher=Queens University Belfast|title=Mammoth|access-date=2017-10-28|archive-date=28 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201725/http://www.mammoth.tv/queens-university-belfast/|url-status=live}}</ref> replacing the "Q" identity with an updated version of the university's crest.

==Publications==
The Law School publishes the ''Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly'' (NILQ), a [[peer-reviewed]] quarterly journal published since 1936.<ref>{{cite web | title=About the Journal | website=Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly | url=https://nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/nilq/index | access-date=18 September 2020 | archive-date=18 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918234103/http://nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/nilq/index | url-status=live }}</ref>

== Notable alumni and academics ==
{{Main list|List of Queen's University Belfast people}}

[[File:Great Hall, Queen's University Belfast - geograph.org.uk - 1583098.jpg|thumb|right|Great Hall]]

Queen's has many distinguished alumni, including former [[president of Ireland]] [[Mary McAleese]]; Nobel Prize winners poet [[Seamus Heaney]] and politician [[David Trimble, Baron Trimble|Lord Trimble]]; former [[Prime Minister of Northern Ireland]] [[Brian Faulkner|Lord Faulkner of Downpatrick]]; Lords Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, [[Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton|Lord Hutton]] and [[Brian Kerr, Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore|Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore]], justice of The Supreme Court of United Kingdom; former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly [[Lord Alderdice]] and former and current Northern Ireland ministers [[Reg Empey|Sir Reg Empey]], [[Mark Durkan]], [[Nigel Dodds]] and [[Conor Murphy]], and former [[Irish Free State]] minister and prominent [[Sinn Féin]] member [[Eoin MacNeill]]. Also Thomas Andrews (1813–1885) was a longtime professor of chemistry at Queen's University of Belfast.
Other alumni include poet [[Paul Muldoon]]; actors [[Liam Neeson]] and [[Stephen Rea]]; comedian and presenter [[Patrick Kielty]]; novelists [[Patrick Hicks]] and [[Brian McGilloway]]; broadcasters [[Nick Ross]], [[Bernadette Collins]] and [[Annie Mac]]; journalist [[Chris Smith (newsreader)|Chris Smith]]; scientists [[John Stewart Bell]], [[Frank Pantridge]] and [[Thomas Henry Flewett]]. Other alumni include [[John Bodkin Adams]], [[Trevor Ringland]] and [[David Cullen (basketball)|David Cullen]] (2007 winners of the [[Arthur Ashe for Courage Award]]), [[David Case (British officer)|David Case]] ([[Air Commodore]], the highest ranking Black officer in the British Armed forces), [[Tim Collins (British army officer)|Tim Collins]] (former [[Commanding Officer]] of the 1st Battalion, [[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|Royal Irish Regiment]]), [[Michael Farrell (activist)|Michael Farrell]] (an Irish civil rights activist, writer and former leader of People's Democracy), [[Drew Nelson (politician)|Drew Nelson]] former Grand Secretary of the [[Orange Order]], and [[Elizabeth Gould Bell]], the first woman to practice medicine in [[Ulster]].

Notable academics who have worked at Queen's include [[Paul Bew, Baron Bew]], Sir [[David Bates (physicist)]], Sir [[Bernard Crossland]], [[Tony Hoare]], [[Michael Mann (sociologist)|Michael Mann]], poet and critic [[Philip Hobsbaum]], [[John H. Whyte]] and poet [[Philip Larkin]] was a sub-librarian at the university in the early 1950s.

Four alumni had very long and distinguished careers in East Asia. [[Sir Robert Hart, 1st Baronet|Sir Robert Hart]] was the Inspector-General of China's [[Imperial Maritime Customs]] for almost 50 years. Sir [[Hiram Shaw Wilkinson]] served in British Consular Service in China and Japan for 40 years retiring as [[Chief Justice]] of the [[British Supreme Court for China and Japan|British Supreme Court for China and Corea]]. Sir [[James Russell (Hong Kong judge)|James Russell]] was [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong|Chief Justice of Hong Kong.]] [[John Carey Hall]] served in the [[British Japan Consular Service]] for more than 40 years, retiring as consul-general in [[Yokohama]].

==Links with other universities==
In 2014, Queen's announced the opening of China Medical University – Queen's University Belfast Joint College (CQC), a partnership between Queen's School of Pharmacy and [[China Medical University (PRC)|China Medical University]] (CMU) in [[Shenyang]], [[Liaoning]] Province. CMU, had a long-standing relationship with the Queen's University's School of Pharmacy at Queen's prior to the joint college. Queen's also has links with [[Shenzhen University]], which began in 1998 and continues to prepare approximately 40 students per year for a degree at Queen's.

Queen's participates in the [[European Union]]'s [[ERASMUS programme]], allowing undergraduate students to study for a period at universities in Austria, Finland, Iceland, Portugal, Belgium, France, Italy, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, the Czech Republic, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Poland and Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/ilo/socrates/partners/0708partners.htm|title=ERASMUS partners 2007–08|publisher=Queen's University Belfast|access-date=9 March 2008}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Queen's is also part of the [[Utrecht Network]] which works towards the internationalisation of higher education. The university also has exchange programmes with [[Fordham University School of Law]] in New York, US, the [[University of Newcastle, Australia|University of Newcastle]] and the [[University of Tasmania]] in Australia, and two universities in Canada: [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] in [[Kingston, Ontario]], and the [[University of Alberta]] in [[Edmonton]], Alberta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/ilo/exchanges/|title=University exchange programmes|publisher=Queen's University Belfast|access-date=9 March 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071030044750/http://www.qub.ac.uk/ilo/exchanges/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 30 October 2007}}</ref> [[Ching Yun University]] in [[Zhongli District]], [[Taoyuan City]], Taiwan, lists Queen's as a 'sister institution'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aps2.cyu.edu.tw/asp_work/encyu01/ISO/sisters.htm|title=清雲科技大學與外國學校(含學術機構)簽署學術交流合作協約|publisher=Ching Yun University|access-date=9 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221194848/http://aps2.cyu.edu.tw/asp_work/encyu01/ISO/sisters.htm|archive-date=21 February 2008}}</ref> The university is also a member of the [[Top Industrial Managers for Europe|Top Industrial Managers for Europe (T.I.M.E.) Association]].

Queen's takes part in the [[British Council]]'s [[Business Education Initiative]] [[study abroad|study-abroad]] scheme sending a number of undergraduate students to study business and related subjects at participating [[higher education|higher-education]] institutions in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/northernireland-learning-bei-prospective-students.htm |title=Prospective students |publisher=British Council Northern Ireland |access-date=3 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022063018/http://www.britishcouncil.org/northernireland-learning-bei-prospective-students.htm |archive-date=22 October 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/sgc/careers/InformationforStudentsGraduates/BusinessEducationInitiative/ |title=Business Education Initiative |publisher=Queen's University Belfast |access-date=3 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326134357/http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/sgc/careers/InformationforStudentsGraduates/BusinessEducationInitiative/ |archive-date=26 March 2009 }}</ref>

Queen's is a member of [[Universities Ireland]], an organisation that promotes collaboration and co-operation between universities in both the [[Republic of Ireland]] and [[Northern Ireland]].

Member of University Defence Research Collaboration in Signal Processing<ref>{{Cite web |last=sdf |first=sdf |title=sd |url=https://udrc.eng.ed.ac.uk/research}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Armorial of UK universities]]
*[[Belfast City Hospital]]
*[[Church of Ireland and Methodist Chaplaincy, Belfast]]
*[[Education in Northern Ireland]]
*[[List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)]]
*[[List of universities in the UK]]
*[[List of public art in Belfast]]

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==Further reading==
* Clarkson, L. A. ''University in Troubled Times: Queen's, Belfast, 1945–2000'' (2004) 226pp.

== External links ==
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* {{Official website}}
* [https://www.qubsu.org/ Queen's University Belfast Students' Union]
* [http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal Queen's University Belfast Research Portal]

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