Queen's University Belfast, also known as Queen's University, is a comprehensive research university located in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. It is the highest institution in Northern Ireland, a prestigious British university, a member of Russell University Group, association of commonwealth universities, European University Association and Jiangsu-UK High-level University Alliance, and the UK-leading institution of the Sino-British University Engineering Education and Research Alliance.
Queen's University Belfast was founded by Queen Victoria of England in 1845. It has top medical schools and engineering schools in Britain and Ireland, and business schools and management schools are among the best in Ireland. The university ranks 17 in the official ranking of British universities in REF 20 14, and 20 1-250 in the ranking of world universities in 2022.
The school won the Times Higher Education Award five times and the Queen's Anniversary Award seven times. It plays an important role in the economic, political and cultural life of Northern Ireland, with three Nobel Prize winners from this university.
Queen's University Belfast and Trinity University Dublin, also known as Oxford and Cambridge in Ireland, have trained many talents in the fields of business finance, high-tech industry, film art and pharmacy for Ireland and even Europe.
Queen's University of Belfast awarded Dr. Churchill an honorary degree 1926 and Irish President mcaleese an honorary degree 1972. In 2008, he was awarded the Centennial Honorary Degree by South African President nelson mandela. Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton also received honorary doctorates from Queen's University.
According to the results of research and teaching quality evaluation, Queen's University ranks among the top 20 universities in the UK. According to the data of research quality evaluation, 33 of the 40 research units evaluated by Queen's University have reached the national or international level, among which 16 units have also obtained a perfect score of 5 or 5*, and 3 research projects are praised as international excellent centers.
In the teaching evaluation of higher education quality assurance institutions, the teaching quality of more than two-thirds of the subjects in Queen's University was rated as "excellent". In addition, our school got high marks in the following two aspects: first, the guidance and support for students, and second, the school facilities.
Queen's University is one of the Russell Group universities with the highest degree of commercialization of intellectual property rights, and achieved a good result of 1 in the ranking of commercialization of intellectual property rights. The school has supported and helped more than 70 start-ups and trained heavyweight talents active in business and other fields. As a world-class teaching and innovation research center, the school is highly respected and treated internationally.