Queen's University Belfast

Overview of university

Queen's University Belfast, officially The Queen's University of Belfast and also known as Queen'sQueen's University, and QUB, is a public research university in BelfastNorthern Ireland, United Kingdom.  The university received its charter in 1845 as Queen's College, Belfast 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. The current president and vice-chancellor is Ian Greer. The annual income of the institution for 2020–21 was £395.8 million of which £88.6 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £373.5 million.

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

Faculties and schools

Academic life at Queen's is organised into fifteen schools across three faculties. The three faculties are 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.

  • Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
    • School of Arts, English and Languages
    • School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
    • School of Law
    • Queen's Management 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