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UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE
Integrity, Connected, Ambition, Respect, Excellence. The University is committed to the application of these core values within our Institution or on our behalf.
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OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO OUR ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Queen’s directorates ensure the university’s professional and academic needs are fully supported. This ensures effective communication, decision-making and advice on issues of critical importance to the working of the university.
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Professor Maire O'Neill
Maire is a British Female Inventor of the Year and the youngest-ever engineering professor at Queen’s University Belfast
She is widely regarded as one of Europe’s leading cryptography experts and the inventor of a high-speed silicon security chip that is used in more than 100 million TV set-top boxes. Her current work focuses on the design of novel security solutions for communications applications.
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Caitlin Chee, PhD Engineering
Engineering student Caitlin was named the Allstate Queen’s Student of the Year 2024/2025.
Over the last five years, Queen’s has played a huge role in how Caitlin Chee has developed not only as an engineer, but also as a person. It has given her opportunities she never thought possible and opened doors to a future she is excited about.
Developing skills outside of her discipline, Engineering Master’s graduate Caitlin is a recognised leader – in April 2023 she received the gradireland ‘Female Leadership Undergraduate of the Year’ award. This accolade recognised the leadership skills Caitlin developed and demonstrated through the programmes she took part in while at Queen’s, including the Real-World Consultancy Programme.
From playwrights to presidents, physicists to physicians, Queen's has produced an inspiring cohort of graduates and alumni.
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From literature to politics, to modern science and the arts, Queen's has a long-standing history of recognising trailblazers and leaders from their respective fields.
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