Queen's University Belfast

Queen's University Belfast

Seal of Queen's University Belfast
Latin: Universitas Reginae Belfastiae
Motto	Pro tanto quid retribuamus
Motto in English	For so much, what shall we give back?
Type	Public research university
Established	1810 – R.B.A. Institution 1849 – Queen's College 1908 – University Status
Endowment	£56.6m (as of 31 July 2016)
Chancellor	Thomas Moran
Vice-Chancellor	Patrick Johnston
Visitor	HM The Queen
Academic staff	2,414
Administrative staff	1,489
Students	23,853 (2014/2015)
Undergraduates	18,857 (2014/2015)
Postgraduates	4,996 (2014/2015)
Other students	2,250 (Colleges)
Location	Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK 54°35′3″N 5°56′5″W / 54.58417°N 5.93472°W / 54.58417; -5.93472Coordinates: 54°35′3″N 5°56′5″W / 54.58417°N 5.93472°W / 54.58417; -5.93472
Campus	Urban
Newspaper	The Gown
Colours	Blue, black, green
Nickname	QUB
Affiliations	Russell Group ACU EUA Universities UK Universities Ireland
Website	Official Website

Queen's University Belfast (informally Queen's or QUB) is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university was chartered in 1845, and opened in 1849 as "Queen's College, Belfast", but has roots going back to 1810 and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.

The university forms the focal point of the Queen's Quarter area of the city, one of Belfast's four cultural districts. It offers academic degrees at various levels and across a broad subject range, with over 300 degree programmes available. Since 1 March 2014, Patrick Johnston has been the university’s 12th President and Vice-Chancellor. Its Chancellor is Thomas Moran.

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

Queen's University Belfast has its roots in the Belfast Academical Institution, which was founded in 1810, one of the United Kingdom's 10 oldest universities, and remains as the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. 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 Ireland – founded to encourage higher education for Catholics and Presbyterians, as a counterpart to Trinity College, Dublin, then an Anglican institution. Queen's College, Belfast, opened in 1849. Its main building, the Lanyon Building, was designed by the English architect, Sir Charles Lanyon. At its opening, it had 23 professors and 343 students.. Some early students at Queen's University Belfast took University of London examinations.