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Queen's University, Belfast (QUB) - or 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 Catholics as a counterpart to the Protestant Trinity College, Dublin. The university offers academic degrees at various levels and across several faculties including those in dentistry, engineering, humanities, law and medicine.

Famous alumni include Lord Kelvin, whose statue stands at the entrance to the Botanic Gardens next to the university; David Trimble, former First Minister of Northern Ireland and Nobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. It is generally regarded as the supreme comme winner; Mary McAleeseMary Patricia McAleese (born June 27, 1951) is the eighth (and current) President of Ireland, Uachtaran na hEireann 1997- ). Her initial seven-year term of office ended in November 2004, but she announced on September 14 2004 that she would be standing fo, the current President of IrelandThe President of Ireland ( Irish: Uachtaran na hEireann is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. The President is usually directly elected by the people. The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the President does exercise certain reserv; and the Nobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. It is generally regarded as the supreme comme winning poetPoets are authors of poems. Poets are often regarded as imaginative thinkers or writers. List of poets Apocalypse poets Georgian poets List of romantic poets List of surrealist poets Symbolist Poets List of Albanian language poets List of Arabic language Seamus HeaneySeamus Heaney (b. April 13 1939) is a poet, writer and lecturer from Northern Ireland. He is one of the most widely known and important poets working in English, or perhaps any language, today. Life Heaney was born, the eldest of nine children, on a farm.