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Queen's University Belfast has roots in the Belfast Academical Institution, which was founded in 1810 and which remains as the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. [7] The present university was first chartered as "Queen's College, Belfast" in 1845, when it was associated with the simultaneously founded Queen's College, Cork, and Queen's College, Galway, as part of the Queen's University of ...
This is a list of Queen's University Belfast people including notable alumni and staff of Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland. As one of only two universities in Northern Ireland , the university has been attended by a large proportion of the nation's professionals.
Queen's Students' Union (QSU) is the official representative body for students at Queen's University Belfast.Membership of the union is automatic and currently totals 24,560, making it one of the largest unions on the island of Ireland and in the United Kingdom. [2]
A list of chancellors of Queen's University Belfast and its predecessor Queen's College ... United Kingdom – Republic of Ireland: Businessman; Philanthropist [2 ...
This is a list of presidents and vice-chancellors of Queen's University Belfast: 1908–1923: Rev. Thomas Hamilton [1] 1924–1933: Sir Richard Livingstone [1] 1934–1938: Sir Frederick Ogilvie [1] 1939–1949: Sir David Keir [1] 1950–1959: Lord Ashby of Brandon [1] 1959–1966: Michael Grant CBE [1] 1966–1976: Sir Arthur Vick [1]
Johnston grew up in the Waterside area of Derry, Northern Ireland. His father was a teacher, as were several of his aunts and uncles. At age 14, he first thought about becoming a doctor because of an interest in chemistry and biology. [5] He attended St. Columb's College and obtained a MB BCh with distinction from University College Dublin (UCD ...
The Seamus Heaney Centre is located at Queen's University Belfast, and named after the late Seamus Heaney, recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.Heaney graduated from Queens in 1961 with a First Class Honours in English language and literature.
Belfast Metropolitan College (53,000 students at 3 campuses within Belfast - Titanic Quarter, Castlereagh and Millfield) North West Regional College (24,000 students at 3 campuses - Derry, Limavady, Strabane) Northern Regional College (35,000 students at 7 campuses - Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Larne, Magherafelt, Newtownabbey)