Queen's University Belfast
The Queen's University of Belfast, commonly known as Queen's University Belfast, is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university received its charter in 1845 as "Queen's College, Belfast", and opened four years later.
Ollscoil na Banríona | |
 Arms of Queen's University Belfast | |
| Latin: Universitas Reginae Belfastiae | |
| Motto | Latin: Pro tanto quid retribuamus? |
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Motto in English | For so much, what shall we give back? |
| Type | Public research university |
| Established |
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| Endowment | £65.6 million (2023)[1] |
| Budget | £462.8 million (2022/23)[1] |
| Chancellor | Hillary Clinton[2] |
| Vice-Chancellor | Sir Ian Greer |
Academic staff | 2,045 (2021/22)[3] |
Administrative staff | 2,280 (2021/22)[3] |
| Students | 25,295 (2021/22)[4] |
| Undergraduates | 17,970 (2021/22)[4] |
| Postgraduates | 7,325 (2021/22)[4] |
Other students | 2,250 (Colleges) |
| Location | , 54°35′3″N 5°56′5″W / 54.58417°N 5.93472°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Newspaper | The Gown |
| Colours | Blue, green and black |
| Nickname | QUB |
| Affiliations | |
| Website | qub |
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It offers about 300 academic degree programmes at various levels.[5] The current president and vice-chancellor is Ian Greer. The annual income of the university for 2022–23 was £462.8 million, of which £103.1 million was from research grants and contracts. Expenditure was £466.5 million.[1]
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 laureates and one Turing Award laureate.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Annual Report 2022–23" (PDF). Queen's University Belfast. p. 90. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ↑ "Hillary Clinton appointed chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast". London: BBC News. 2 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Who's working in HE?". www.hesa.ac.uk.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Where do HE students study? | HESA". www.hesa.ac.uk.
- ↑ "Teaching Quality". Queen's University Belfast. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2008.