WELCOMES STUDENTS

FROM USA AND CANADA

www.qub.ac.uk
Queen’s University Belfast
Queen’s University Belfast is a truly global university uniquely positioned as one
of the leading UK universities on the Island of Ireland.
‘One of the world’s most beautiful
universities’ (Huffington Post) Queen’s
is the 9th oldest university in the UK
established in 1845 with over 170
years of teaching excellence.
Over 200 students from North America
choose to study at Queen’s each year,
a top research intensive university,
part of the prestigious Russell Group
universities in the UK, similar to Ivy
League universities in North America.
WHY QUEEN’S?
• Fast track your studies for less.
Graduate sooner with undergraduate
degrees typically 3 years and
postgraduate degrees 1 year (PhDs 3
years) helping to reduce the cost of
study in a UK city with the lowest cost
of living.
• Experience a culturally immersive
yet vibrant Belfast city with a unique
blend of English architecture, historic
Irish pubs, top brand shopping and a
buzzing arts and social scene.
A ‘Must See’ destination awash with
enthusiasm and that famous Irish
friendliness.
• Be taught by world leading
researchers and experts in their
field through lectures, tutorials and
practical laboratories in state of the art
facilities. 15 of Queen’s subjects are
in the top 200 in the world (QS World
University 2017).
• A launch pad for the UK, Ireland and
Europe with accessible airports and
transport links to most major cities.
• City Centre campus offering a
community feel in an urban setting
with everything students need within
walking distance.
• More than a degree with
opportunities for work placements,
industry-led programmes, ground
breaking research projects, study tours
as well as 190 clubs and societies to
join. 94% of Queen’s graduates are
in employment or further study six
months after graduation.
 FIRST IN THE OVER 23,000 RANKED
RUSSELL STUDENTS LIVE WITHIN THE
GROUP FOR AND STUDY AT TOP 1% OF
INTERNATIONAL QUEEN’S UNIVERSITIES
STUDENTS’ IN THE WORLD
OVERALL
LEARNING
EXPERIENCE
MORE THAN 2,000
ARE FROM 76
COUNTRIES
(QS World University
Rankings, 2018/
webmetrics.info)
(International Student
Barometer 2015)
What Can I Study?
Queen’s has almost 500 programmes to choose from
including 220 undergraduate and 278 postgraduate
degrees. Popular areas of study at Queen’s for North
American students include:

• Animal Behaviour • History

and Welfare • Human Rights
• Anthropology • International Relations
• Arts Management • Irish Studies
• Biochemistry • Law
• Biology • Leadership for
• Business and Sustainable Rural
Management Development
• Conflict • Liberal Arts
Transformation and • Medicine
Social Justice • Music (Production,
• Criminology Design and
• Cyber Security Performance)
• Dentistry • Pharmacy
• Ecological • Politics
Management and • Psychology
Conservation Biology • Public Health
• English with Creative • Social Policy
Writing • Sonic Arts
• Food Safety and • Violence, Terrorism
Security and Security

Our Course Finder provides details of all Queen’s

programmes, specific entry requirements, content,
assessments and feedback: www.qub.ac.uk/Study

QUEEN’S ALUMNI INCLUDE:

Seamus Heaney, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1995
Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, 1997-2011
Professor Frank Pantridge, Inventor of the portable heart defibrillator
Liam Neeson OBE, Actor
John Stewart Bell, Influential 20th Century scientist
President Bill Clinton is an honorary graduate of Queen’s
and even has a building named after him; the William J
Clinton Leadership Institution at Riddell Hall.
Degrees are taught in 15 schools within the following Faculties:

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

• Arts, English & Languages
• History and Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
• Law
• Queen’s Management School
• Social Sciences, Education and Social Work

Engineering & Physical Sciences

• Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
• Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Mathematics and Physics
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Natural and Built Environment
• Psychology

Medicine, Health & Life Sciences

• Biological Sciences
• Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
• Nursing & Midwifery
• Pharmacy

Queen’s also has 4 Global Research Institutes (GRIs), flagships for

interdisciplinary research to tackle worldwide issues.

The Institute for Global Food Security

Developing solutions to the complex problem of how to deliver safe,
nutritious food from farm to fork, worldwide

The Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and
Justice
Answering the challenge of how to build a peaceful, secure and inclusive
world

The Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology

Addressing the challenges of collecting, storing, securing and analysing
digital data

The Institute for Health Sciences

Bringing together our expertise in cancer, respiratory conditions, eye
disease and diabetic complications
Undergraduate Degrees (Bachelors
Full Degree)

Primarily three years • Two Advanced British Columbia: The

in length (unless they Placement (AP) tests Senior Secondary
include an additional at Grades 5,4 or two Graduation Diploma
work placement SAT II subject tests with at least five Bs
year) and enable at 650, 600 or above; in acceptable grade
specialisation form OR three Advanced 12 courses and
the start of study. Placement (AP) tests 75 - 80% overall.
minimum Grades
USA ENTRY 4,4,4 or three SAT II Manitoba: The High
REQUIREMENTS* subject tests at 600 or School Graduation
above. Diploma with five
• A US High School credits awarded at 300
Diploma with a Note: Queen’s level in at least four
minimum CGPA of 3.0 institutional codes for subject areas and at
on a scale of 4.0 PLUS submission of College least 75% achieved in
• An ACT test with Board Exam reports: each of these areas.
a minimum score of ACT: 7799
27 OR SAT I test with SAT and AP: 7753 Ontario: The Ontario
minimum scores as Secondary School
follows: CANADA ENTRY Diploma (OSSD) is
- Post March 2016: REQUIREMENTS* required normally with
1290 (with a an average of 80% in six
minimum of 620 in Canadian High School Grade 12 U/M courses.
Mathematics, and Diploma (Grade 12) with Certain programmes
650 in Evidence- minimum requirement may require Grade
Based Reading and of 75-80% overall 12 U/M courses in
Writing section) specific subjects.
- Pre-March 2016: Alberta: A General High
1800 (600 in Critical School Diploma with an Saskatchewan: The
Reading, 600 average of at least 75 - Grade 12 Standing/
Writing and 600 80% in five acceptable Division IV Standing
Mathematics) PLUS grade 12 courses. (Secondary School
Diploma) with an HOW TO APPLY Or apply direct by
average of at least downloading the
75 - 80% in five Apply through application form
acceptable subjects. UCAS.com at go.qub.ac.uk/
International-Applying
INTERNATIONAL The UK’s one stop shop
BACCALAUREATE for all undergraduate The QUB Direct Entry
applications. For Application Form is
DIPLOMA* only for international
Queen’s the institution
code name is QBELF applicants who wish to
• Overall total score apply to Queens and
between 30 and 37 and the institution
code is Q75. no other UK University.
points** PLUS Applicants for Medicine
• Three subjects at or Dentistry can only
Higher Level (with Deadline is 30 June
(except Medicine and apply through UCAS.
scores between 6,6,6
– 5,5,5) Dentistry which is 15
**Extended Essay and October) although for
Theory of Knowledge equal consideration, it
points can count is recommended that
towards the total. applications should be
submitted by 15 January.

STUDY ABROAD AND SUMMER

SCHOOL
There are also opportunities for North American
students to take time out from their home university
and study at undergraduate level for a semester or
summer at Queen’s. A minimum entry of 3.0 GPA
from your current home university is required and
credits gained can be transferred back towards your
final degree. For more information visit qub.ac.uk/
studyabroad

ENGLISH LANGUAGES
REQUIREMENTS:
If English is not your native language, you will
need to demonstrate a minimum level of English.
Queen’s University requires the equivalent of 6.5
IELTS or TOEFL iBT 90. Minimum scores will be
required in each component of the test and some
degrees may have higher requirements.

*These are the minimum entry requirements. Some degrees may require
higher grades and/or specific subjects. Please refer to specific degree
programme entry requirements for more information.
Postgraduate Degrees (Masters and PhDs)

Taught masters are

generally one year
in length with most
including a combination
of coursework and
research. PhDs are
research intensive and
usually three to four
years in length.

USA ENTRY
REQUIREMENTS
• Master’s Degree
- A good four year No
Bachelor’s degree with
a cumulative GPA of Application
at least 3.2 (2.8 GPA Fee
may be considered
depending on
programme). The major
subject or content of
your Bachelor’s degree scale, 7.0 on a 12 point
may also be considered. Example of a
scale or 70% where pass
PGT classroom
mark is 50% may be
• MPhil/PhD - A good programme cost
considered depending
four year Bachelor’s with International
on programme). The
degree and, normally a Scholarship*
major subject or content
good Master’s degree of your Bachelor’s
in additional to a strong degree may also be Tuition: £15,700
research proposal. considered. (US $ 20,724/
CAN $ 26,062)
CANADA ENTRY • MPhil/PhD - a good QUB International
REQUIREMENTS Four Year Bachelor’s Scholarship: £2,000
degree and, normally a (US $£2,640/
• Master’s Degree - good Master’s degree CAN $3,320)
Four year Bachelor’s in additional to a strong Final Fee: £13,700
degree with a research proposal. (US $ £18,084/
cumulative GPA of at CAN $ 22,742)
least 3.0 on a 4 point HOW TO APPLY
scale, 6.0 on a 9 point
scale, 8.0 on a 12 point Register and apply No GRE
scale or 73% (where directly through the
the pass mark is 50%). Queen’s Direct Online or GMAT
(2.8 GPA on a 4 point Portal go.qub.ac.uk/
portal-PG
Required
scale, 5.0 on a 9 point
Tuition Fees, Scholarships and Loans
FEES FOR 2018-19 ENTRY USA
Marshall Scholarships
(£/US$/CAN$)* www.
Undergraduate - Full Time marshallscholarship.org
• Classroom based: £15,550/US $20,526/CAN $25,813 Fulbright Commission
• Laboratory based: £19,500/US $25,740/CAN $32,370 www.Fulbright.org.uk
Postgraduate Taught
• Classroom based: £15,700/US $20,724/CAN $26,062 CANADA
• Laboratory based: £19,600/US $25,872/CAN $32,536 Chevening Scholarships
Queen’s Management School Programmes: www.chevening.org.
£18,200 (US $24,024/CAN $30,212)** canada
**MSc Economics Commonwealth
£17,600 (US $23,232/CAN $29,216) Scholarship Scheme
Postgraduate Research http://cscuk.dfid.
• Classroom based: £15,855/US $20,928/CAN $26,319 gov.uk/apply/shared-
• Laboratory based: £19,700/US $26,004/CAN $32,702 scholarships
Ireland Canada
*All fees are payable in £ sterling. An approximate University Foundation
estimation is show at the following rate (2 Aug 2017):
http://www.icuf.ie/
US$1.32=£1; Can$1.66 = £1. Prices quoted are
correct at time of print (Aug 2017) dobbin-scholarship

QUB Applicants are NORTH

INTERNATIONAL
SCHOLARSHIPS
Queen’s offers over
£1.5m (US $2m/CAN
$2.5M) scholarships to
International Students
towards tuition fees.
These range between
£2,000 (US $2,640/CAN
$3,320) and £3,000 (US
$3,960/CAN $4,980)
off first year tuition
fees, depending on
programme of study.
The Queen’s loyalty
scholarship also offers
20% reduction off first
year fees for those
students returning to
study full-time degree
programmes.
automatically assessed AMERICAN
following receipt of an LOANS
offer.
North American
The Vice Chancellor’s students can apply
International Attainment
their US Federal and
Award also offers 5 full Canadian Student Loans
fee scholarships for the
to study at Queen’s
length of study. which can normally
cover up to the full cost
More information is of attendance including
available at
tuition fees, subsistence
go.qub.ac.uk/intlschol and airfare.
COUNTRY Note: For US Federal
SCHOLARSHIPS Loans, our school code
is: G22736.
Queen’s also has
partnerships with a More information is
number of prestigious available from go.qub.
country specific ac.uk/iss-USLoans or
scholarships for email usloans@qub.
postgraduate study: ac.uk

For clinical fee rates of medical courses along with payment options and
information on typical living costs visit go.qub.ac.uk/international-tuition-fees
Accommodation
Queen’s boasts an array
of accommodation
living options, including
same-sex living, no-
alcohol living, quiet-
living and Postgraduate-
only. These allow for
students to choose
the environment and
company which suits
them best. Safety is a
priority at Queen’s, with
accommodation staff on
call 24/7.

For accommodation
options visit
www.stay@queens.com
or email:
accommodation@qub.
ac.uk

FACT:

EVERY
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT IS
GUARANTEED A
PLACE IN QUEEN’S
UNIVERSITY
ACCOMMODATION
International Students’
Welcome and Orientation
Programme

IMMIGRATION/
Queen’s is VISA
committed to INFORMATION
making your
transition to If you are from outside Full guidance can be
the European Economic found at:
Belfast easy Area and Switzerland, www.qub.ac.uk/isso
and enjoyable you will need a Tier 4 or by emailing
(General) Student visa iss@qub.ac.uk
to study in the UK.
We’ll meet you on See www.gov.uk/tier-
arrival (at either George 4-general-visa for full
Best Belfast City Airport details.
or Belfast International
Airport) and help The International
organise transport to Student Support team
your accommodation. are here to help you
with questions about
You’ll then take part in visas and help you
a five-day orientation through the process.
programme, before the
main Welcome Week.
We’ll help you settle in
to the University, the
campus, and the city
of Belfast. We’ll also
help you register with
a doctor, organise a
UK bank account and
mobile phone, show you
where to go shopping
and give you plenty of
opportunities to make
new friends.
Our network of
expertise
Our researchers Professional
collaborate with more Development
than 250 universities opportunities include:
around the world and
have links with over • Placements
3,000 global employers • Internships
in regions such as: • Work experience
• Volunteering
• India • Exchanges
• China • Accreditation through
• South East Asia Degree Plus
• Middle East and • Scholarships and
Africa bursaries
• The Americas

In North America this

includes working with
institutions such as
Harvard University,
Vanderbilt University,
University of Denver,
University of Alberta
and Queen’s University
of Kingston to name just
a few.
Hear what our students
have to say

“I chose this
university for
its top-quality
conflict studies
“I love going programmes
to university and innovative
in Belfast! It’s opportunities
a small city, so to engage
you get the in dialogue
benefits of a with not only
city without world-leading
getting lost researchers,
in the crowd, but also with
the locals the local
are always communities”
interested in Megan Stith,
getting to know BA International
international Politics and Conflict

‘
Studies, USA
students, it’s
affordable,
and it’s close
to beautiful
natural areas
Chat with a North
such as the American Student
Mourne at Queen’s . . .
Mountains and
the Giant’s We can put you in touch with current
Causeway.” and recent USA and Canadian
Queen’s students who will be able
Eleanor Good, to give you a first-hand account of
LLB Law with their QUB experience. Simply email
Politics, USA americas@qub.ac.uk
Northern Ireland: Located on the Island
of Ireland, Belfast is the
capital city of Northern
A Giant Adventure Ireland and is part of
the United Kingdom.
It is very accessible for
travel and exploration
with 2 airports and
transport links to most
major cities across
Europe. Most flights
from Belfast to the rest
of the UK take less than
an hour and if booked
early enough, are
reasonably priced too.

LESS THAN ONE

HOUR BY AIR
FROM LONDON
90 MINUTES BY
ROAD OR RAIL
FROM DUBLIN

50
M
IN
S
Small enough to feel • Streets of shopping
like home but big with big name stores,
enough for exploration, designer boutiques,
there is a whole innovative arts shops
world of discovery in and rejuvenated markets
Belfast city and around • Food delights such
Northern Ireland for a as the ‘Ulster Fry’ or the
giant adventure when ‘Belfast Bap’ as well as
you study at Queen’s. a wide range of Irish
produce and worldwide
A mix of breath-taking culinary delights for
landscapes, thriving every budget.
contemporary cities and
a vibrant social scene
with a blend of English
and Irish culture, North
American students can
explore:
• Game of Thrones film LOWEST
locations and activity COST
tours
OF LIVING
• Giants Causeway
• Mourne Mountains
IN THE UK
(Mercer, 2016)
• Titanic Museum
Belfast, voted best
tourist attraction in BELFAST:
Europe (World Travel
Awards 2016)
HAPPIEST CITY
• The entertainment
IN THE UK
scene with concert NORTHERN
venues, theatres, IRELAND:
cinemas, clubs and
regular festivals on offer
THE SAFEST
as well as the great REGION IN
nightlife in districts THE UK
such as ‘The Catherdral
(Office of National (British Crime Survey,
Quarter’
Statistics, 2016) 2015/16)
BELFAST AND STATESIDE ASSISTANCE:
Belfast Representative: US Representative:
Susan McCleary Angel Elvin

THE AMERICAS TEAM

Email: americas@qub.ac.uk

INTERNATIONAL OFFICE
Email: international@qub.ac.uk
web: qub.ac.uk/international
Tel: +44 (0)28 9097 5088

INTERNATIONAL ADMISSIONS
Guidance on your application and offers
Email: intl.student@qub.ac.uk
Web: go.qub.ac.uk/International-Applying

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SUPPORT

Financial assistance and settling onto campus.
Email: iss@qub.ac.uk
Web: qub.ac.uk/isso
Loans Email: usloans@qub.ac.uk
Web: go.qub.ac.uk/iss-USLoans

QUEEN’S STUDENT FINANCE

Tuition fees, payments and typical living costs
Email: studentfinance@qub.ac.uk
Web: go.qub.ac.uk/international-tuition-fees

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