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| endowment = [[Pound sterling|£]]6965.06 million {{small|(20222023)}}<ref name="Queen's University Belfast Financial Statement 21/22/23"/>
| budget = [[Pounds sterling|£]]434462.98 million {{small|(2021–222022/23)}}<ref name="Queen's University Belfast Financial Statement 21/22/23" />
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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]]
| academic_staff = 2,045 (2021/22)<ref name="HESAStaff">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff/working-in-he|title=Who's working in HE? |website=www.hesa.ac.uk}}</ref>
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'''The Queen's University of Belfast''', commonly known as '''Queen's University Belfast''' ({{lang-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 "Queen's College, Belfast", and opened four years later.
 
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 2021–222022–23 was £434462.98&nbsp;million, of which £98103.41&nbsp;million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £421466.35&nbsp;million (excluding [[Universities Superannuation Scheme|USS]] provision).<ref name="Queen's University Belfast Financial Statement 21/22/23">{{cite web |url = https://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Filestore/Filetoupload,1577889,enannual-report-22-23.pdf |title = Financial Statements for the Year to 31Annual JulyReport 20222022–23 |access-date = 213 FebruaryDecember 2023 |publisher = Queen's University Belfast |page = 3590 }}</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==
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==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 Sheply,[[Shepley Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott]], 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 £7.5m5 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>
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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.
 
WhileAlthough 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 in fact 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]].
 
Computer Science Building
 
==Organisation and governance==
 
===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.<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 ManagementBusiness School
** School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work
* Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences
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* 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 partdepartment 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 – PartA department of Queen's ManagementBusiness 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, sinceEnglish and Languages. Established in 2006, SARC has been activeinstrumental 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]]
 
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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, Queen'sthe University Belfastuniversity 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 20192024 [[QS World University Rankings]], Queen's was ranked 173204. 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 202204 in the world according to the 20182023 [[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 = http://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 university-wide Athena SWAN SilverGold Award]] in recognition of work to support and transform gender equality in Higher Education and Research., Theythereby currentlybecoming holdthe threefirst Departmentaluniversity Athenaon SWANthe Goldisland Awards,of oneIreland eachand foronly Schoolthe ofsecond Psychology,in Schoolthe ofUK Medicine,to Dentistryachieve andsuch Biomedicalan Sciences,award.<ref>{{Cite andweb School|date=2024-02-09 of|title=Athena BiologicalSwan Sciences{{!}} 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 ===
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| '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC22UCASEoC23>{{cite web |title=UCAS Undergraduate Sector-Level End of Cycle Data Resources 20222023 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-sector-level-end-cycle-data-resources-20222023 |at=Show me... Domicile by Provider |website=ucas.com |date=December 20222023 |publisher=UCAS |access-date=830 FebruaryApril 20232024}}</ref>
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| '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="offer rate22rate23">{{cite web|title=20222023 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group|date=230 February 2023April 2024|url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-sector-level-end-cycle-data-resources-20222023/20222023-entry-ucas-undergraduate-reports-sex-area-background-and-ethnic-group|publisher=[[UCAS]]|access-date=230 FebruaryApril 20232024}}</ref>
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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">{{HESA citation}}</ref> 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 the university'sits [[St Mary's University College, Belfast|St Mary's]] and [[Stranmillis University College|Stranmillis]] Universityuniversity Collegescolleges 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>
 
Queen'sThe 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 in partpartially due to the tendency of middle-class Protestants to go toattend 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>
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{{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]] orand 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).
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===Sport===
[[File:Queen's University PE Centre, Belfast - geograph.org.uk - 1358029.jpg|right|thumb|Queen's Physical Education Centre]]
[[File:QUB 1958 Sigerson team.jpg|thumb|The first QUB side to win the [[Sigerson Cup]] (1958)]]
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>
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[[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 (1813-18851813–1885) 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 theEast Far EastAsia. [[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, USAUS, 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==
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[[Category:1849 establishments in Ireland]]
[[Category:EducationalUniversities institutionsand colleges established in 1849]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Northern Ireland with royal patronage]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Belfast]]
[[Category:Culture in Belfast]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges established in the 19th century]]
[[Category:Universities UK]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1908]]