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Queens University Belfast is
+44 (0) 28 90245133, +44 (0) 28 9097 513 .
Queens University Belfast – QUB (Irish: Ollscoil na Banríona, Béal Feirste) is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university's official title, per its charter, is the Queens University Belfast – QUB. It is often referred to simply as Queen's, or by the abbreviation Queens University Belfast – QUB. The university was chartered in 1845, and opened in 1849 as "Queen's College, Belfast", but has roots going back to 1810 and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
Queens University Belfast – QUB is a member of the Russell Group of the UK's 20 leading research intensive universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities Ireland and Universities UK. The university offers academic degrees at various levels and across a broad subject range, with over 300 degree programmes available. The Queens University Belfast – QUB current President and Vice-Chancellor is Professor Peter Gregson, and its Chancellor is the current Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Kamalesh Sharma.
Queens University Belfast – QUB has its roots in the Belfast Academical Institution, which was founded in 1810 and remains as the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. The present university was first chartered as "Queen's College, Belfast" in 1845, when it was associated with the simultaneously founded Queen's College, Cork and Queen's College, Galway as part of the Queen's University of Ireland - founded to encourage higher education for Catholics and Presbyterians, as a counterpart to Trinity College, Dublin, then an Anglican institution.
Queen's College, Belfast opened in 1849. Its main building, the Lanyon Building, was designed by the English architect, Sir Charles Lanyon. At its opening, it had 23 professors and 343 students.. Some early students at Queens University Belfast – QUB took University of London examinations. The Irish Universities Act, 1908 dissolved the Royal University of Ireland, which had replaced the Queen's University of Ireland in 1879, and created two separate universities: the current National University of Ireland and Queens University Belfast – QUB.
Queens University Belfast – QUB has been led by a distinguished line of Vice-chancellors, including Sir David Keir, Lord Ashby of Brandon, Dr Michael Grant, Sir Arthur Vick, Sir Peter Froggatt, Sir Gordon Beveridge, and Sir George Bain, the current Vice Chancellor is Professor Peter Gregson. The Queens University Belfast – QUB Chancellors have included Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, Field Marshall Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby and George J. Mitchell. The incumbent is Kamalesh Sharma.
The Queens University Belfast – QUB 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 Queens University Belfast – QUB was also represented in the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1920–1968, where its graduates elected four seats.
In addition to the main campus not far from the centre of Belfast, the university has two associated university colleges, 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 Queens University Belfast – QUB has formal agreements with other colleges in Northern Ireland and operates several outreach schemes to rural areas.
While the Queens University Belfast – QUB refers to its main site as a campus, the university's buildings are in fact spread over a number of public streets in South Belfast, centring around University Road, University Square and Stranmillis Road, with other departments located further afield. On June 20, 2006 the Queens University Belfast – QUB announced a £259 million investment programme focusing on facilities, recruitment and research. One of the outcomes of this investment has been a new university library, opened in July 2009.
Several institutes are also associated with Queens University Belfast – QUB. 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 practise as solicitors or barristers in Northern Ireland, England & Wales and the Republic of Ireland. 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 Queens University Belfast – QUB; the university may confer theology degrees but cannot teach the subject itself.
Queens University Belfast – QUB Careers Service provides high quality, professional careers guidance. As well as providing consultancy and information services to students and recent graduates, we also assist the academic community, employers and professional organisations. The Service complements the Queens University Belfast – QUB academic programmes by providing opportunities for students to enhance their employability and usefulness to the community. Through its activities the Service also facilitates students in the development of a range of interpersonal skills.
Queens University Belfast Address
The address of Queens University Belfast is University Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NN, UK.
Queens University Belfast Email Address
The email address of Queens University Belfast is
vc.office@qub.ac.uk.
Queens University Belfast Website
The Website of Queens University Belfast is
www.qub.ac.uk.
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