The University, in conjunction with China Medical University in Shenyang, China, has established the China Medical University–Queen’s University Belfast Joint College (CQC) which provides undergraduate programmes in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, degrees developed by the School of Pharmacy. 

A further educational collaboration with the Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine in Dubai is now leading to promising research links in data science, child health and infectious diseases, and Queen’s hosts PhD students from the University.

Our staff work collaboratively with healthcare partners to change public health practice, such as in directly leading key screening services, engaging with and acting as key advisors to government departments and working with local public health agencies to co-produce and design research trials, as well as helping to shape the agendas of global health organisations such as the WHO.

We have strong relationships with the NHS and industry in which we share knowledge and facilities, helping us turn our discoveries into effective new therapies.

Our researchers work is designed to ensure maximum impact on policy, on society and on patient outcomes:

• Use of linked data from the Agricultural Census and the main Population Census, to gain a better understanding of the health, welfare and educational issues affecting farming communities in NI
• Demonstrated the potential impact on public health of community greenway development

We invest millions in the development of our research facilities to ensure that our staff, students and collaborators have the very best equipment to help them in their work.

Through the new state-of-the-art KN Cheung SK Chin InterSim Centre, we will deliver world class interdisciplinary simulation based clinical education and professional development activities to hundreds of students each year. It will bring the challenging realities of modern day clinical practice to life such as acute and emergency care, chronic illness, paediatrics, mental health and maternity services, and simulate a range of environments from a hospital ward, to a resuscitation suite, outpatient department, and importantly, a patient’s home environment.

Our £32M Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine is a state-of-the-art research facility containing a large suite of open-plan multipurpose research laboratories including numerous tissue culture, molecular biology, biochemistry and microbiology laboratories.