The Postgraduate Experience

Today, postgraduate qualifications are increasingly recognised as a way to fast-track your career prospects.  Whether it is a research degree or taught postgraduate course, embarking on further additional training can make the difference to your employment opportunities.

As a postgraduate student at Queen’s University Belfast you will become part of a growing community of students from all corners of the globe and every walk of life enjoying the Queen’s experience and life in the city of Belfast.

Renowned internationally for its quality in teaching and research, the University has a student body of more than 17,000, of whom around 25 per cent are postgraduates.

Over recent years, the University has embarked on a radical review of its postgraduate taught provision to ensure that its courses are fully attuned to students needs and to market demand. This has led to the development of a suite of new, compelling programmes across many disciplines.

Here is a flavour of what the Queen’s experience means for our postgraduates:

• Links with Universities in North America, Asia and Europe provide opportunities for research collaboration and student exchange.  International partnerships at postgraduate level exist in many subject areas.
• The academic community at Queen’s offers a warm, welcoming and inspiring environment. The quality and success of our taught programmes and research degrees testify to the high calibre of our staff.
• You will find yourself working in a broadly-based, research-driven university – a stimulating environment in which to carry out your own research. Research is organised within research clusters, creating an environment where academics of different disciplines can collaborate and interact, crossing different subject boundaries.
• We do all we can to make our postgraduate students, international and domestic, feel comfortable in their new environment and have a high quality and enjoyable postgraduate experience. A range of support services is available and extensive facilities, including the new International and Postgraduate Centre.

A team of staff provides a focus for postgraduate education within the University. The office is responsible for the administration of postgraduate awards, postgraduate skills training, registration of postgraduate students and progress monitoring.  Email the Postgraduate Office for further information pg.office@qub.ac.uk.