Queen's University Belfast

Queen's University Belfast dates back to the founding of the Belfast Academical Institution in 1810. In 1845 it became Queen's College, Belfast as part of the Queen's University of Ireland and in 1908 it became a university in its own right. Today it's home to around 25,000 students with around 300 academic degrees on offer and is a member of the Russell Group of universities.

Its main campus is in the south of Belfast city centre with another couple of associated university colleges elsewhere in the city. It has also been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education on seven occasions.

Queen's University Belfast has its own boutique cinema on campus, the Queen's Film Theatre which presents the best in classic and new world cinema. It's also home to the award-winning Naughton Gallery, one of Belfast's most exciting art spaces. Other cultural institutions include The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry and The Brian Friel Centre for Theatre Research.

Facilities there include computing and media services, IT training rooms, quiet study and group work areas, a cafe and a Language Centre. Other facilities at the university include a financial Trading Room with Bloomberg terminals, interdisciplinary health and life sciences research facilities and innovative engineering hubs.