184 1 year, Thomas riddle was entrusted by the Presbyterian Church of Scotland to bring Queen Victoria's Royal Charter to Kingston to establish Queen's College, which was the predecessor of Queen's University. 1847 On March 7th, the university officially started classes in a small room on the edge of the city, with only two professors and 13 students.
Before 1 1 year, there were no fixed buildings in universities. Before the establishment of the Canadian Federation, the financial sources of universities mainly depended on donations from the Scottish Presbyterian Church, the Canadian government and private individuals. Due to the economic crisis, the bank went bankrupt and the university lost two-thirds of its funds. Thanks to the emergency fund-raising by President Si Nuo Glass and other school directors from all over Canada, the school was saved, but there are still voices questioning whether to merge into the University of Toronto in case the funding source is interrupted.
Classical architecture has been well maintained and improved.
Classical architecture has been well maintained and improved.
. Later, with the legacy donation from the alumni of Queen's University and the first patron, Robert Sutherland, Queen's College was able to get rid of the uncertain economic state and maintain an independent college.
1881may 17, Queen's College was officially upgraded to a university. 1854, Emperor Dacheng established the Medical College. 186 1 year, the university took over the observatory in Kingston. 1869, Huang Da University enrolled its first female student. By the 1970s, the number of students had increased from 15 to 100. 19 12 broke away from the Presbyterian Church in Scotland and was officially renamed Queen's University.
During the First World War, because students, professors and administrators were drafted into the army, the number of registered students dropped sharply, and Queen's University once again faced economic crisis. Finally, after a fund-raising operation of 6.5438+0 million Canadian dollars and a truce, the crisis was lifted.
During the period from 195 1 to 196 1, the school launched a series of active school building construction plans, including five student dormitories. 1957, John Alexander Macdonald Hall named after the first Canadian Prime Minister was newly built. In the1950s, the main extensions of Queen's University included Deng Ning Hall and Richardson Hall. In the mid-1970s, the number of full-time students in the school reached 65,438+00,000. Each department can have its own department library. 1968, the department of education of queen's university established the west campus, one kilometer west of the main campus, which is the beginning of the west campus.
1993, Herstmonceux Castle was presented by Queen's University, located in East Sussex, England, England. Today, Hearst Munsu Castle serves as Bader International Teaching Center.
20 10 in may, queen's university became a founding member of Matariki university network.
As a public research university, Queen's University is also a member of the Canadian Association of Universities and Colleges.