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But the story of Queen’s is one of remarkable growth - from 20 professors and 195 students in 1849 to today’s figures of 2,400 academic staff and 25,000 students. It is the story of a changing university landscape but with the iconic Lanyon building at its heart.
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Five years later, the Queen’s University of Ireland was...
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Founded in 1845, Queen’s has grown from a small cohort of students to a thriving multi-cultural community of over 4,200 staff and 24,000 students. Read a short blog on the foundation and early years of Queen's College Belfast from 1845-1850 or watch the timeline video here .
Queen's College, Belfast, opened in 1849. [7] Its main building, the Lanyon Building, was designed by the English-born architect, Sir Charles Lanyon. At its opening, it had 23 professors and 195 students. [8] Some early students at Queen's University Belfast took University of London examinations.
Its collegiate department, which provided University-style education, closed with the establishment of Queen's and four of its professors and many of its students transferred to the new college. Founded in 1845, Queen's opened in 1849 when the first students entered the magnificent new college building designed and built by Sir Charles Lanyon.
The first intake to Queen's was just 90 students. In 1909 there were around 600 students, mostly drawn from the historic nine counties of Ulster. Today there are approximately 23,000 from the UK and Ireland and more than 80 other countries.
This is a list of Queen's University Belfast people including notable alumni and staff of Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland. As one of only two universities in Northern Ireland , the university has been attended by a large proportion of the nation's professionals.
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The key issue is that the nature of professors’ work has evolved over the centuries in response to political agendas and prevailing external circumstances. With this evolution we have seen shifts in how professors as members of society are perceived, and the status associated with such perceptions.