Northern Ireland

Queen's University Belfast

Higher education institution · Northern Ireland

UniversityTrack recordFounded 1845
Queen's University Belfast campus
Photo: Nick Birse · CC BY-SA 4.0

About

The Queen's University of Belfast, commonly known as Queen's University Belfast (Irish: Ollscoil na Banríona; abbreviated Queen's or QUB), is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university received its charter in 1845 as part of the Queen's University of Ireland and opened four years later, together with University of Galway (as Queen's College, Galway) and University College Cork (as Queen's College, Cork). Queen's offers approximately 300 academic degree programmes at various levels. The current president and vice-chancellor is Ian Greer. The annual income of the institution for 2024–25 was £493.8 million, of which £112.4 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £511.5 million.

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On the register

Sponsor type
Higher education institution
Licence
Student sponsor with a track record
Founded
1845
Students
24,560

Register of licensed student sponsors, UK Home Office, 16 October 2026.