Kings University Progression | Queen's University Belfast

A member of the prestigious Russell Group, and the ninth oldest university in the UK, Queen’s is based in the very heart of Belfast. Its historic campus and the surrounding conservation area are complemented with outstanding modern facilities for education and research. Over the last 10 years the University has invested £350 million in developing world-class facilities and plans to invest a further £350 million over the next decade.

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Rankings

#35 in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020
#52 in the Guardian Good University Guide 2019
#37 in the Complete University Guide 2020

Latest undergraduate enrolment

15,500

Latest postgraduate enrolment

5,000

Year founded

1845

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Queen’s is ranked 8th in the UK for Research Intensity with over 75% of its research assessed as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ in REF 2014.
The University has been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize on six occasions - the most recent being for world-class achievement in global cyber security.
The University has created four new flagship Global Research Institutes which bring leading academics together to tackle some of the greatest global challenges of our time in the areas of: Global Peace, Security and Justice; Cyber Security; Health Sciences; and Food Safety.

Areas of recognition

In the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020 Queen’s University Belfast features in the Top 10 for the following subjects: Pharmacology & Pharmacy (#2), Dentistry (#3), Town and Country Planning and Landscape (#6), Food Science (#6), Social Work (#8), Architecture (#9), Accounting and Finance (#8), Electrical & Electronic Engineering (#9) and Archaeology and Forensic Science (#9).

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Kings alumni at Queen's University Belfast

Maria Ensignia

Biomedical Sciences

Ping Hei

Medicine

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