A first-class student experience in world-class facilities.
- A Russell Group university: one of the UK’s 20 leading research-intensive universities
- Six subjects ranked in the world Top 100 (QS World Rankings 2011)
- Ranked in the UK top 20 in 17 subject areas (Times Good University Guide 2012)
- Teaching and Research... in the front rank of UK universities (The Guardian University Guide)
- One of the top 10 Erasmus universities for work placement throughout Europe
- 77% of Queen’s Graduates are in graduate level jobs "immediately on leaving" (Sunday Times University Guide 2012)
- Four consecutive Times Higher Education Awards (2008-2011), including Entrepreneurial University of the Year 2009
- Second-safest city in the world (United Nations)
- Lowest cost of living in the UK (Mercers.com)
Queen’s University is cited 22 times in the top 20 universities by subject.
(Times Good University Guide 2011)
Entrepreneurial University of the Year 2009.
Enterprise and entrepreneurial skills are embedded throughout the curriculum with culminated in Queen’s winning the prestigious title of ‘Entrepreneurial University of the Year’ at the Times Higher Education Awards in 2009.
Queen’s pioneering research aimed at protecting the lives and livelihoods of some of the poorest people on the planet has been recognised in the award of ‘Outstanding Engineering Research Team of the Year’ at the Times Higher Education awards 2010.
A team from the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering received the title as recognition of their work in tackling the world’s worst case of ongoing mass poisoning and creating the first low-cost chemical free arsenic removal plant in India.
Five Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education, including Northern Ireland’s Comprehensive Cancer Services programme in 2011.