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Queen's University, Belfast

Queen's University, Belfast (QUB) - officially Queen's University of Belfast - is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university was originally part of the Queen's University of Ireland created to encourage higher education for Catholicss as a counterpart to the Protestant Trinity College, Dublin. Famous alumni include Lord Kelvin, whose statue stands at the entrance to Botanic Gardens park next to the University.

The university has two associated university colleges, these been St Mary's University College and Stranmillis University College both located in Belfast. The university also has formal aggreements with other colleges in Northern Ireland.

Table of contents

1 Evolution 2 See also 3 External link

Evolution

Originally created as Queen's College, Belfast, in 1845, it was associated with what was then Queen's College, Cork and Queen's College, Galway as part of Queen's University of Ireland and later Royal University of Ireland. The Irish Universities Act, 1908 dissolved the Royal University of Ireland and created two separate universities National University of Ireland and Queen's University of Belfast.

See also

• British universities
• Irish universities

External link

• Queen's University, Belfast website
• Queen's University, Belfast - history of university

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