Queen's Management School

Queen's Management School

Queen's University Belfast, officially The Queen's University of Belfast 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 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. In addition to the main campus on the southern fringes of Belfast city center, the university has two associated university colleges, St Mary's and Stranmillis located in the west and south-west of the city respectively. These colleges offer teacher training for those who wish to pursue teaching careers and a range of degree courses, all of which are centered around a liberal arts core. While the university refers to its main site as a campus, the university's buildings are in fact spread over a number of public streets in South Belfast, primarily, University Road, University Square, University Street, Malone Road, and Stranmillis Road, with other departments located further afield such as in Titanic Quarter and Portaferry.

The Queen's University Belfast is truly an international learning hub as students from 80 countries are studying here. 

The university is associated with two Nobel laureates and one Turing Award laureate. In addition to the main campus on the southern fringes of Belfast city center, the university has two associated university colleges, St Mary's and Stranmillis located in the west and south-west of the city respectively. These colleges offer teacher training for those who wish to pursue teaching careers and a range of degree courses, all of which are centred around a liberal arts core.

The Times Higher Education rankings 2018 placed Queen's 32nd out of 93 in the UK. In the 2019 QS World University Rankings, Queen's was ranked 173. It ranked 258th among the universities around the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings. Queen's is ranked 202 in the world according to the 2018 QS World University Rankings. Research at the university includes investigations of cancer, sustainability, wireless technology, creative writing, pharmaceuticals, and sonic arts. In 2016, the university ranked 36th in the UK according to the Complete University Guide.

The university has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education on several occasions, including for work in comprehensive cancer services and improving survival rates for patients in Northern Ireland. In 2015, Queen's was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for work in the field of engineering and technology. The university also holds a University-wide Athena SWAN Silver Award in recognition of work to support and transform gender equality in Higher Education and Research. They currently hold three Departmental Athena SWAN Gold Awards, one each for School of Psychology, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, and School of Biological Sciences

Queen's offers academic degrees at various levels, with approximately 300-degree programs available. Academic life at Queen's is organized into fifteen schools across three faculties. The three faculties are the Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (AHSS), the Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (EPS), and the Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences (MHLS). Each of the faculties operates as a primary management unit of the university and the schools are the focus for education and research for their respective subject areas. The three faculties of Queens and its subsequent schools are- 

• Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Science

1. School of Arts, English, and Languages
2. School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy, and Politics
3. School of Law
4. Queen's Management School
5. School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work

• Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences

1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2. School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science
3. School of Mathematics and Physics
4. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
5. School of Natural and Built Environment
6. School of Psychology

• Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences

1. School of Biological Sciences
2. School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
3. School of Nursing and Midwifery
4. School of Pharmacy

Some notable alumni of Queen's include former president of Ireland Mary McAleese; Nobel Prize winners poet Seamus Heaney and politician Lord Trimble; former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Lord Faulkner of Downpatrick; Lords Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord Hutton and Lord Kerr of Donaghmore, justice of The Supreme Court of United Kingdom; former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Lord Alderdice and former and current Northern Ireland ministers Sir Reg Empey, Mark Durkan, Nigel Dodds, and Conor Murphy, and former Irish Free State minister and prominent Sinn Féin member Eoin MacNeill. Irish Ambassador to Nigeria Sean Hoy graduated from Queen's. Also, Thomas Andrews (1813-1885) was a longtime professor of chemistry at Queen's University of Belfast. Other alumni include poet Paul Muldoon; actors Liam Neeson and Stephen Rea; comedian and presenter Patrick Kielty; novelists Patrick Hicks and Brian McGilloway; broadcasters Nick Ross and Annie Mac; journalist Chris Smith; scientists John Stewart Bell, Frank Pantridge, and Thomas Henry Flewett.