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Ollscoil na Banríona, Béal Feirste
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Image:Queen's University of Belfastpng
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1845 , founded by Victoria
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Belfast , Northern Ireland
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100,000 (alumni)<br>1,001 (faculty)<br>24,000 (students)
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Vice-Chancellor<br>& President
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Professor Peter Gregson
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Chancellor
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(Fmr) Senator George J Mitchell
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University Road<br>Belfast<br>BT7 1NN
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+44 (0) 2890 245133
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http://wwwqubacuk
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Queen's is the second oldest university in
Ireland and the ninth oldest university in the
United Kingdom . The university has its roots in the Belfast Academical Institution, founded in 1810, whilst the university was established as a college in 1845 as "Queen's College, Belfast" when it was associated with what was then
Queen's College, Cork and
Queen's College, Galway as part of the
Queen's University Of Ireland (1850) and later the
Royal University Of Ireland (1880). The ''Irish Universities Act, 1908'' dissolved the Royal University of Ireland and created two separate universities - the current
National University Of Ireland and The Queen's University of Belfast. At its opening in 1849 as a Queen's College, it had 23 professors and 343 students.
Queen's has been led by a distinguished line of Vice-Chancellors (presidents), including
Sir David Keir ,
Lord Ashby Of Brand on, Dr
Michael Grant , Sir Arthur Vick, Sir Peter Froggatt served a 10-year term, Sir Gordon Beveridge, and Sir
George Bain .
A more detailed history:
A History (Queen's Website)
See Also: Queen's University, Belfast (UK Parliament constituency)
The university was one of only eight United Kingdom universities to hold a parliamentary seat in the
Parliament Of The United Kingdom at Westminster until such representation was abolished in
1950 . The university was also represented in the now defunct
Parliament Of Northern Ireland from
1920 -
1968 where it held four seats. The last Member of Parliament for the university's Westminster seat was Professor
D.L. Savory and the last Member of Parliament for the university's Northern Irish parliamentary seat was Dr.
H.I. McClure . Both representatives belonged to the
Ulster Unionist Party .
In addition to the main campus in the centre of Belfast, the university has two associated
University College s, these being
St Mary's and
Stranmillis both also located in Belfast. Although offering a range of degree courses, these colleges primarily provide training for those wishing to enter the
Teaching profession.
The university has formal agreements with other colleges in Northern Ireland and operates several outreach schemes to rural areas.
Several institutes are also associated with Queen's. Located close to the main campus is the ''Institute of Professional Legal Studies at Queen's'' which offers training to law graduates to enable them to practice as
Solicitors or
Barristers in Northern Ireland, England & Wales and the Republic of Ireland. Admission to the Institute is highly competitive and depends on the graduate's overall academic standing and their performance in an unseen written exam.
The ''Institute of Theology'' consists of several colleges with a
Christian emphasis, including
St Mary's (
Catholic ),
Union Theological College (Presbyterian) as well as
Baptist and
Methodist colleges in Belfast. In all five colleges teach any programmes with a theological emphasis on behalf of the university; the university may confer theology degrees but cannot teach the subject itself. The Institute of Theology was known as the Faculty of Theology until 1998, being created as a faculty in 1926.
Independent league tables published by
The Guardian newspaper in
2005 placed the university at number 33 out of 132 institutes of higher education within the United Kingdom, commenting "Queen's has a well-deserved reputation for the quality of its teaching and research, particularly in
Medicine and
Engineering ."
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The university also hosts the annual
Belfast Festival At Queen's and the
Belfast Film Festival . It runs Northern Ireland's only arthouse cinema -
Queen's Film Theatre - and an art gallery, The Naughton Gallery at Queen's, which is a registered museum. The university's student's union is located opposite the main campus. The main hall is named for
Nelson Mandela and hosts concerts and
Shine , a weekly nightclub.
