Queen’s University Belfast | Premier Public Research Institution
The Queen’s University of Belfast, commonly known as Queen’s University Belfast (Irish: Ollscoil na Banrona; 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. The current president and vice-chancellor is Ian Greer. The annual income of the institution for 2021Ð22 was £434.9 million, of which £98.4 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £421.3 million (excluding USS provision). 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.
