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Reasons to choose Queen's University Belfast

Dating back to 1845, Queen's University Belfast is the ninth oldest university in the UK with a heritage dating back over 150 years.

We have more than 17,000 students from over 80 countries, with 3,500 staff and some 100,000 graduates worldwide.
 

  • Voted as one of the world's top destinations for 2012 by National Geographic travel magazine, Belfast is a modern European city bursting with life.

  • Queen's historic campus is located in the attractive, leafy suburbs of South Belfast, a lively area only 15 minutes away from the city centre, and packed with student facilities.
     
  • We' re a Russell Group university: one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities.
     
  • Ranked 26 in the UK, Queen’s enjoys a reputation as Ireland’s Oxbridge (Sunday Times University Guide 2013)
     
  • Belfast has the lowest cost of living of any city in the UK (Mercer.com 2012)
     
  • We're the safest region in the UK (British Crime Survey 2011)