Research partnerships
Collaborating with other universities and sharing knowledge and resources with universities and academic communities throughout the world is one of the University’s guiding principles and Queen’s is committed to enhancing these partnerships further.
Indian staff and research scholars from India based at Queen’s have contributed significantly to research collaborations, and have highlighted the key achievements of Queen’s in India.
We host a number of Indian delegations each year and our academic staff has visited India many times, fostering and developing research, educational and cultural links.
As one of Europe’s leading universities for collaboration and engagement with India, research at Queen’s will enhance the quality of life and economic development in both countries.The University recently broadened its alliance with a number of leading Indian institutions, after agreeing new partnerships in the areas of cancer research, biotechnology, virology, regional development and water resource management.
- National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi
- University of Hyderabad
- Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Kolkata
- Algappa University
- Aravind Eye Hospital
- Madras Christian College
- School of Planning and Architecture Delhi
- Centre for Contemporary Indian Studies at Queen's
- "Cognitive Wireless Systems for Universal Access"
Queen’s is a world leader in a diverse range of areas including engineering, medicine and the humanities. A member of the Russell Group of UK universities, Queen’s results in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, which assesses the research activity in universities and colleges throughout the UK, showed that Queen’s has 11 subject areas ranked within the top 10 in the UK and 24 in the top 20. With almost 800 staff submitted, every area had research assessed as world leading.
Our world leading research centres are attracting international acclaim in the full range of areas across all disciplines ranging from cancer studies, physics and digital telecommunications, to sonic arts and governance, to sustainability.
In the area of cancer research our researchers have been developing breakthrough therapies to regress breast tumour growth at the University’s £25 million Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology (CCRCB), while scientists within the £25 million Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) are to the forefront of developing technology to counter malicious ‘cyber’ attacks.
In the arts Queen’s is the proud host of one of the top global centres for creative writing, with three of the world’s leading poets writing in the English language based in the School of English. Groundbreaking work at the Sonic Arts Research Centre includes research in spatial audio, networked performance and physics-based modelling of musical instruments, as well as composition, creative practice and sound design.
Queen's University Belfast was named the 'Entrepreneurial University of the Year' at the Times Higher Education Awards 2009. The award, sponsored by the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE), recognises and celebrates the outstanding commitment to entrepreneurial activity by Queen's staff and students.
You can find out more by viewing the Queen's and India booklet.