Queen's University Belfast
public research university in Belfast, United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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 |
Campus | Urban |
Newspaper | The Gown |
Colours | Blue, green and black |
Nickname | QUB |
Affiliations |
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Website | qub |
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.