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Information stands
Subject Time Location
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 9.30am - 3.00pm Junction Café
Biological Sciences 9.30am - 3.00pm School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens
Engineering and Physical Sciences 9.30am - 3.00pm Junction Café
Medicine and Biomedical Science 9.30am - 3.00pm Medical Biology Centre
Main tours
Tour Time Location
Campus Tours 9.30am - 2.30pm The Quad
Physical Education Centre (PEC) 9.30am - 2.30pm PEC
McClay Library 9.30am - 2.30pm McClay Library
Student Accommodation Tours of BT1 and BT9*  9.20am - 3.20pm (leaving every 20 minutes) Outside Lanyon Gates

 

*Due to high demand there may be a queue for the accommodation tour. Please factor this in when planning your day.

Great Britain drop-in centre
Info Time Location
Chat to students from Great Britain 9.30am - 3.00pm The Cube, One Elmwood
Great Britain Welcome Talk and Student Panel 10.30am - 11.15am;
1.00pm - 1.45pm
The Great Hall, Lanyon Building
Support services
Info Time Location
Admissions and Access Service, Careers, Employability and Skills, Disability Services, Fees and Funding, Queen's Sport, Students' Union, The Language Centre, Wellbeing Services, Learning Development Service  9.30am - 3.00pm Whitla Hall
One Elmwood Foyer (Students' Union only)
Accommodation Talk 10.00am; 11.00am; 1.00pm; 2.00pm South Dining Hall
Facility Tours
Subject(s) Time Tour of Leaving from
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

11.30am-11.50am

12.00pm - 12.20pm

14.00pm - 14.20pm

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Labs and Facilities David Keir Building Foyer, Stranmillis Road
Computing 10.30am - 11.15am; 1.00pm - 1.45pm Computer Science Building Computer Science Building Foyer, Malone Road
Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering 9.30am - 2.00pm Facility Tours of the Ashby Building Ashby Building Foyer, Stranmillis Road
Queen's Business School 11.00am - 2.00pm (every 30 mins) Tour of the new Business School Outside Lanyon Gates

* Please note these are stand alone tours. There may also be a tour as part of the subject information session you choose to attend.

Subject information sessions
Subject(s) Time Info Location Tours
Accounting 12.15pm - 12.45pm;
1.00pm - 1.30pm
Taster Session Larmor Lecture Theatre  
Actuarial Science and Risk Management 10.45am - 11.15am;
11.30am - 12.00pm
Taster Session Bell Lecture Theatre  
Aerospace Engineering 10.45am - 11.15am Course Overview, Flight Dynamics and CFD Taster Lecture Ashby Building 01/005 Facility Tours from Ashby Foyer leaving every half hour from 9.30am. Last tour 2.00pm. 
Aerospace Engineering 1.45pm - 2.00pm Aerospace Engineering Job Opportunities - Industrial Perspective Ashby Building 01/005  
Agricultural Technology 10.30am- 11.00am;
12.00pm - 12.30pm
Taster Lecture Seminar Room 1, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens   
Anthropology 10.30am - 11.00am Taster Session - 'Anthropology at Queen's' Lanyon North 0G/074  
Anthropology 1.00pm - 1.30pm Taster Session - 'Painting Narratives: Expressing Suburban Aboriginal Identities on Canvas.' Lanyon North 0G/074  
Archaeology and Palaeoecology 11.30am- 12.30pm;
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Subject Talk: Not quite like Indiana Jones: Archaeology at Queen's followed by Q&A and tour of the Archaeology & Palaeoecology Centre Archaeology & Palaeoecology Centre, 42 Fitzwilliam Street  
Architecture 10.00am - 11.30am;
12.30pm - 2.00pm
Subject Talk: Architecture at Queen’s followed by Q&A with staff & students and student led tours Architecture Studio, Chlorine Gardens  
Biochemistry 11.00am - 11.30am;
12.30pm - 1.00pm
Taster Session: Biomarkers for Early Cancer Diagnosis Small Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens  
Biological Sciences 10.00am - 10.15am Head of School Welcome talk Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens  
Biological Sciences 10.30am - 11.00am; 1.00pm - 1.30pm Course Overview Lecture Theatre 1, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens  
Biological Sciences 10.00am - 2.00pm Taster Session: Parasites on Parade Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens  
Biomedical Science and Human Biology 11.00am - 11.30am;
1.00pm - 1.30pm
"Nervous Breakdowns: The Histology of the Nervous System” South Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre  
Broadcast Production 10.15am - 11.15am;
11.30am - 12.30pm
Lights! Camera! Action! TV and Podcasting Workshop (with current staff and students). A tour of the facilities will follow the session. Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Malone Road  
Business Management with Placement 10.45am - 11.15am;
11.30am - 12.00pm
Taster Session Peter Froggatt Centre, 0G/007  
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 10.00am - 11.30am;
12.30pm - 2.00pm

Subject Talk followed by Laboratory visit and Mini Lectures

David Keir Building 0G/110 (Stranmillis Rd Entrance)  
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering 10.00am - 12.00pm;
1.00pm - 3.30pm
Civil Engineering at Queen's talks followed by Activity David Keir Building 0G/012 (Stranmillis Rd Entrance)  
Computing 10.30pm - 11.15pm;
1.00pm - 1.45pm
A Little Byte of Computing at Queen's followed by Explore the technology and facilities in the Computer Science Building.  Computer Science Building 02/027 Computer Science Building Tours leaving from the Foyer. 
Criminology 10.30am - 11.00am;
11.30am - 12.00pm
Taster Session Peter Froggatt Centre 02/025  
Criminology, Sociology, Social Policy 10.00am - 10.20am With Paul McCafferty or head of School Daniel Muijs Peter Froggatt Centre 02/017  
Drama 11.15am - 12.00pm Practical Workshop Taster Session Brian Friel Theatre, 20 University Square  
Drama 10.15am - 11.15am Studying Drama at QUB: Student Panel with Q&A Rehearsal Room, 1st Floor, Drama and
Film Centre (Queen's Film Theatre), 20
University Square
 
Economics and Business Economics 11.30am - 12.00pm Taster Session Larmor Lecture Theatre  
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12.00pm - 12.45pm;
2.00pm - 2.45pm
Robotics Lab tour and demos Robotics Lab, 10th Floor, Ashby Building  
English 10.00am - 10.15am Taster Session: Creative Writing  Emeleus Lecture Theatre  
English 10.30am - 10.45am Taster Session: QUB Student Experience Emeleus Lecture Theatre  
English 11.00am - 11.15am Taster Session: Enlightenment and Romanticism Emeleus Lecture Theatre  
English 11.30am - 12.00pm Taster Session: Modernist Literature Emeleus Lecture Theatre  
Environmental Management 10.30am - 11.00am;
12.00pm - 12.30pm
Environmental Management and Employability Small Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens   
Film Studies and Production 1.00pm - 3.00pm Q and A with current students (drop in) Film Studio, Drama and Film Centre, 20 University Square  
Film Studies and Production

10.15am - 11.00am; 11.15am - 12.00pm

Making and Studying Film: Where to begin and what to watch followed by Directing for Screen (practical taster session) QFT1, Drama and Film Centre, 20 University Square  
Finance 10.00am - 10.30am Taster Session Larmor Lecture Theatre  
Financial Risk Management 10.45am -11.15am Taster Session Larmor Lecture Theatre   
Food Science and Nutrition 11.00am - 11.30am;
12.30pm - 1.00pm
Offer Holder Talk followed by Q&A with current students Talk 1: Lecture Theatre 1, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens; Talk 2: Seminar Room 2  
Food Science and Nutrition

10.00am - 2.00pm

Taster Session: Microbes on the Menu Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens   
French (Post A level / Leaving Cert) 10.45am - 11.15am; 12.15pm - 12.45pm Adventures through Languages: Interactive session Peter Froggatt Centre 02/011  
French (Beginners / Post GCSE) 10.45am - 11.15am; 12.15pm - 12.45pm French Taster Session Peter Froggatt Centre 02/014  
Geography 10.30am - 11.15am;
12.00pm - 12.45pm
Geoforensics Lecture Theatre 0G/029, Geography Building (Elmwood Avenue)  
History 10.00am - 10.30am Taster Session - ‘A factory of grievances? Establishing Northern Ireland.’ Peter Froggatt Centre 0G/007  
History 12.30pm - 1.00pm Taster Session - 'Did Stalin betray Lenin or learn from him?' Peter Froggatt Centre 0G/007  
International Business with a Language 12.15pm - 12.45pm;
1.00pm - 1.30pm
Taster Session Bell Lecture Theatre  
Irish 10.00am - 10.30am;
11.30am - 12.00pm
Interactive Session: Deiseanna agus Comhluadar: Studying Irish at Queen's Peter Froggatt Centre 02/013  
Law 10.30am - 10.45am Welcome Session Peter Froggatt Centre 0G/024  
Law 11.00am - 11.30am; 11.45am - 12.15pm;  12.30pm - 1.00pm;  1.15pm - 1.45pm;  2.00pm - 2.30pm The Student Experience Edgar Graham Room (MST/02/002)  
Law 11.00am - 11.30am; 11.45am - 12.15pm;  12.30pm - 1.00pm;  1.15pm - 1.45pm;  2.00pm - 2.30pm Teaching Session Moot Court (MST/02/006)  
Law 11.00am - 11.30am; 11.45am - 12.15pm;  12.30pm - 1.00pm; 1.15pm - 1.45pm; 2.00pm - 2.30pm Law and Employment Peter Froggatt Centre 02/026  
Liberal Arts 11.30am - 12.10pm;
1.45pm - 2.25pm
Sample Seminar with Q&A Peter Froggatt Centre 03/005  
Marine Biology 12.00pm - 1.00pm;
2.00pm - 3.00pm
What Do Marine Biologists Actually Do? Lecture Theatre 1, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens   
Mathematics 10.30am - 11.15am;
1.00pm - 1.45pm
Mathematical Modelling and Course Discussion followed by Taster Lecture and Q&A Maths and Physics Teaching Centre, 0G/017  
Mechanical Engineering 10.00am - 10.30am;
1.00pm - 1.30pm
Course Overview Ashby Building 01/005 Facility Tours from Ashby Foyer leaving every half hour from 9.30am. Last tour 2.00pm. 
Medicine 10.00am - 10.40am; 10.40am - 11.20am; 12.30pm - 1.10pm; 1.10pm - 1.50pm Subject Talk and Q&A: Medicine North Lecture Threatre, Medical Biology Centre   
Microbiology 11.30am - 12.00pm;
2.00pm - 2.30pm
Taster Session: Course Overview with Q&A Small Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens   
Microbiology 11.00am - 3.00pm Taster Session: The World of Microbes Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens   
Music 10.30am - 11.20am Music and Film Composition Lecture McMordie Hall, Music Building  
Music 10.30am - 11.20am Music Performance Workshop  Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Malone Road  
Music 11.40am - 12.30pm Sonic Lab Demo and Spatial Distribution Lecture Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Malone Road  
Music 1.00pm - 2.00pm Q&A with current students Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Malone Road  
Philosophy 12.00pm - 12.30pm; 1.30pm-2.00pm Taster Session - 'Philosophy - Critical Thinking and Careers' Peter Froggatt Centre 02/018  
Physics 11.30am - 12.30pm;
2.00pm - 3.00pm
Meet our staff and students and join a tour of the research and teaching labs Main Physics Building  
Planning 9.30am - Introduction Talk; 10.30am - Bus leaves on field trip; 3.00pm - Bus returns to David Keir Building Introduction talks followed by Fieldtrip to various sites in Belfast David Keir Building (Stranmillis Rd Entrance)  
Politics 12.00pm - 12.30pm Taster Session - ‘Solving the Planetary Crisis: Beyond Carbon, Capitalism and Growth’ Peter Froggatt Centre 0G/024  
Politics 1.30pm - 2.00pm Taster Session - 'The Global Political Economy and Why it Matters’ Peter Froggatt Centre 0G/024  
Portuguese 10.45am - 11.15am; 11.30am - 12.00pm Linguistic Immersion and Cultural Insights: Mini-lecture Peter Froggatt Centre 02/010  
Politics, Philosophy and Economics 10.00am - 10.30am;  12.45pm-1.15pm Taster Session - 'Two ways to think about freedom' Peter Froggatt Centre 02/018  
Psychology 10.00am - 11.00am;
12.30pm - 1.30pm
Psychology - What's it like? Insights from current staff, students and tour of the lab facilities David Keir Building 0G/115
(Stranmillis Rd Entrance)
 
Psychology 11.15am - 12.00pm;
1.45pm - 2.30pm
Psychology Research Showcase: Hear from a range of our staff as they discuss their research in an engaging and accessible way (limited capacity) David Keir Building, Computer Lab 01/522
(Malone Rd Entrance)
 
Social Policy 10.30am - 11.00am; 11.30am - 12.00pm Taster Session Peter Froggatt Centre 03/006B  
Sociology 10.30am - 11.00am;
11.30am - 12.00pm
Taster Session: Social Anxiety Peter Froggatt Centre 03/006A  
Spanish 10.45am - 11.15am;
12.15pm - 12.45pm;
1.00pm - 1.30pm
Tour of Story Threads Exhibition (Explore Creative Student Assessment) (limited capacity) Exhibition space, McClay Library  
Spanish (Beginners / Post GCSE) 10.00am - 10.30am; 11.30am - 12.00pm Spanish Taster Session  Peter Froggatt Centre 02/005  
Spanish (Post A level / Leaving Cert) 10.00am - 10.30am; 11.30am - 12.00pm Opening the World through Spanish: Interactive workshop Peter Froggatt Centre 02/011  
Zoology 11.30am - 12.00pm;
1.30pm - 2.00pm
Course Overview Lecture Theatre, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens  
Zoology 11.00am - 3.00pm Research Talks with PhD Students, Interactive Exhibits Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens   
Offer Holder Day Map
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