About Us

At Queen’s University Belfast, we have a long history of opening up opportunities for learning in higher education within Northern Ireland. Queen’s University is committed to providing its students with an education experience that is on par with the best universities in the world. It is also committed to ensuring that those who have the ability to being from such an education should have an opportunity to do so, irrespective of socio-economic background, disability, race, creed, political opinion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation of age.

The Widening Participation Team aims to work with young people, teachers, schools, colleges, parents and older learners to ensure that those who have the ability to succeed in higher education should have the opportunity to do so. The University aims to encourage applications from the most gifted and talented individuals regardless of geography, school type, socio-economic status, or ethnic grouping.