Queen’s University Belfast (informally Queen’s or QUB) is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university received its charter in 1845 as “Queen’s College, Belfast” and opened four years later.

Queen’s University Belfast is ranked in the top 173 universities in the world (QS World Rankings 2020), with the second highest ranking on the island of Ireland. Queen’s offers academic degrees at various levels and across a broad subject range, with more than 300 degree programmes available. The current president and vice-chancellor is Ian Greer. The annual income of the institution for 2017–18 was £369.2 million of which £91.7 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £338.4 million.

Queen’s is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities UK and Universities Ireland. The university is associated with two Nobel laureates and one Turing Award laureate.

Region	Central Europe
Country	United Kingdom
Established	1810
Status	Public
Students	18900
European University Rankings	116
Central European University Rankings	93
National University Rankings	26
Official Website	https://www.qub.ac.uk/

University Highlights

Year	Overall	Teaching quality	Research	Employment	Сitation	Internationalization	Innovation	Infrastructure	Opinions of employers	Income	Educational potential
2020	81,119	12,903	12,887	10,318	9,997	8,903	7,83	8,69	4,499	2,349	2,743
2019	89,345	13,781	13,563	11,781	10,903	10,629	8,948	8,986	4,788	3,178	2,788
2018	89,313	13,685	13,681	11,894	10,903	10,642	8,93	8,962	4,772	3,16	2,684
2017	89,242	13,689	13,583	11,797	10,907	10,646	8,933	8,965	4,775	3,163	2,784
2016	89,268	13,692	13,587	11,796	10,908	10,656	8,939	8,966	4,776	3,164	2,784
2015	89,214	13,695	13,586	11,793	10,905	10,651	8,935	8,963	4,765	3,123	2,798