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Information stands
Subject Time Location
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 9.30am - 3.00pm Junction Café
Biological Sciences 9.30am - 3.00pm School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens
Engineering and Physical Sciences 9.30am - 3.00pm Whitla Hall
Medicine and Biomedical Science 9.30am - 3.00pm Whitla Hall
Main tours
Tour Time Location
Campus Tours 9.30am - 2.30pm The Quad
Student Accommodation Tours of BT1 and BT9*  9.20am - 3.20pm (leaving every 20 minutes) Outside Lanyon Gates
Physical Education Centre (PEC) 9.30am - 2.30pm PEC

 

*Due to high demand there may be a queue for the accommodation tour. Please factor this in when planning your day.

Great Britain drop-in centre
Info Time Location
Chat to students from Great Britain 9.30am - 3.00pm The Cube, One Elmwood
Great Britain Welcome Talk (Session 1) 9.30am - 10.15am Blue Sky Room
Great Britain Welcome Talk (Session 2) 10.30am - 11.15am Blue Sky Room
Great Britain Welcome Talk (Session 3) 1.00pm -1.45pm Blue Sky Room
Support services
Info Time Location
Accommodation, Admissions and Access Service, Careers, Employability and Skills, Accessible Learning Support, Fees and Funding, Queen’s Sport, Students’ Union, The Language Centre, Wellbeing Services, Learning Development Service 9.30am - 3.00pm One Elmwood Foyer
Accommodation Talk (Session 1) 10.00am - 10.30am Great Hall
Accommodation Talk (Session 2) 1.00pm - 1.30pm Great Hall
Accommodation Talk (Session 3) 2.00pm - 2.30pm Great Hall
Your Sporting Future: Maximising your Talent at Queen's (Session 1) 11.30am - 12.00pm Blue Sky Room
Your Sporting Future: Maximising your Talent at Queen's (Session 2) 2.00pm - 2.30pm Blue Sky Room
Student Panel: Ask our students what they think about studying at Queen's 11.00am - 11.45am Great Hall
Facility Tours
Subject Name of Session Time Location
Queen's Business School

Tour of the new Business School

11.00am - 2.00pm (every 30 mins)

Bus leaving from outside Lanyon Gates
Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering Facility Tours of the Ashby Building 9.30am - 2.00pm (every 30 mins) Ashby Foyer
Computer Science Tours of Computing at Queen's 9.30am - 1.30pm (every 20 mins) The Foyer in the Computer Science Building
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Tours of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Labs and Facilities 11.45am - 12.15pm and 2.15pm-2.45pm David Keir Building Foyer, Stranmillis Road

* Please note these are stand alone tours. There may also be a tour as part of the subject information session you choose to attend.

Subject information sessions
Subject(s) Time Info Location
Accounting 12.15pm - 12.45pm;
1.00pm - 1.30pm
Taster Session Larmor Lecture Theatre
Actuarial Science and Risk Management 10.45am - 11.15am;
11.30am - 12.00pm
Taster Session Bell Lecture Theatre
Aerospace Engineering 10.00am - 11.00am; 11.15am-12.00pm; 1.00pm - 2.00pm Programme Overview, taster lecture sessions and careers insight Sir Bernard Crossland Lecture room, Ashby 01/005
Agricultural Technology 10.30am- 11.30am Taster Lecture: Agricultural Technology Seminar Room 1, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens 
Anthropology 10.30am - 11.00am Taster Session - 'Anthropology at Queen's' LAN 0G/074
Anthropology 1.00pm - 1.30pm Taster Session - 'Anthropology at Queen's' LAN 0G/074
Archaeology and Palaeoecology 11.30am- 12.30pm;
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Subject Talk: Not quite like Indiana Jones: Archaeology at Queen's followed by Q&A and tour of the Archaeology & Palaeoecology Centre Archaeology & Palaeoecology Centre, 42 Fitzwilliam Street
Architecture 10.00am - 11.30am;
12.00pm - 1.30pm
Subject Talk: Architecture at Queen’s followed by Q&A with staff & students and student led tours Architecture Studio, Chlorine Gardens
Biochemistry 11.30am - 12.30pm Taster Session: Biomarkers for Early Cancer Diagnosis Small Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens
Biological Sciences 10.15am - 11.15am Course Overview Lecture Theatre 1, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens
Biological Sciences 10.00am - 1.00pm Taster Session: Parasites on Parade Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens
Biomedical Science and Human Biology 11.00am – 11.30am, 1.00pm-1.30pm  "ECG: The Electrical Rhythm of Life” North Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre
Business Management with Placement 10.45am - 11.15am;
11.30am - 12.00pm
Taster Session PFC 0G/007
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 11.30am - 12.20pm; 2.00pm- 2.30pm

Subject talk, Laboratory visit & mini-lectures

David Keir Building 0G.110 (Stranmillis Rd Entrance)
Civil Engineering 10.00am - 12.00pm; 12.30pm-2.30pm Civil Engineering Activity Workshop DKB 0G.012 and also DKB 01.041
Computer Science 10.30pm - 11.15pm;
1.00pm - 1.45pm
A Little Byte of Computing at Queen's Computer Science Building, Malone Road
Criminology 10.30am - 11.00am;
11.30am - 12.00pm
Taster Session: Criminology PFC 02/025
Drama 10.15am - 11.15am Studying Drama at QUB: Student Panel with Q&A Rehearsal Room, 1st Floor, Drama and
Film Centre (Queen's Film Theatre), 20
University Square
Drama 11.15am - 12.00pm Practical Workshop Taster Session Brian Friel Theatre, 20 University Square
Economics / Business Economics 11.30am - 12.00pm Taster Session Larmor Lecture Theatre
Education Studies 10.30am - 11.00am; 11.30am - 12.00pm Taster Session Senate Room
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12.00pm - 12.45pm;
2.00pm - 2.45pm
Robotics Lab tour and demos Robotics Lab, 9th Floor Ashby Building
English 10.00am - 10.15am Taster Session: Creative Writing  Emeleus Lecture Theatre
English 10.30am - 10.45am Taster Session: QUB Student Experience Emeleus Lecture Theatre
English 11.00am - 11.15am Taster Session: Language and Linguistics Emeleus Lecture Theatre
English 11.30am - 12.00pm Taster Session: Literature Emeleus Lecture Theatre
Environmental Management 10.15am - 11.15am Environmental Management and Employability Small Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens 
Film Studies and Production 1.00pm - 3.00pm (drop ins) Q and A with current students (drop in) Film Studio, Drama and Film Centre, 20 University Square
Film Studies and Production

10.15am - 11.00am; 11.15am - 12.00pm

Making and Studying Film: Where to begin and what to watch followed by Directing for Screen (practical taster session) QFT1, Drama and Film Centre, 20 University Square
Finance 10.00am - 10.30am Taster Session Larmor Lecture Theatre
Financial Risk Management 10.45am -11.15am Taster Session Larmor Lecture Theatre 
Food Science and Nutrition 11.00am - 12.00pm Offer Holder Talk followed by Q&A with current students Lecture Theatre 1, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens
Food Science and Nutrition

10.00am - 1.00pm

Taster Session: Microbes on the Menu Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens 
French 10.45am - 11.15am; 12.15pm - 12.45pm Adventures through Languages: Interactive session PFC 02/011
Geography 10.30am - 11.30am;
12.00pm - 1.00pm
Course taster and tour of facilities Lecture Theatre 0G.029 Elmwood (Geography Building)
History 10.00am - 10.30am A factory of grievances? Establishing Northern Ireland. PFC 0G/007
History 12.30pm - 1.00pm Galleys, Gallowglass and Gunpowder: An Introduction to Medieval Ireland PFC 0G/007
International Business with a Language 12.15pm - 12.45pm;
1.00pm - 1.30pm
Taster Session Bell Lecture Theatre
International Relations (PIR) 1.30pm - 2.00pm Taster Session -'The Future of Disease Surveillance' PFC 0G/024
Irish 10.00am - 10.30am;
11.30am - 12.00pm
Adventures through Languages: Interactive session PFC 02/013
Law 10.30am - 10.45am Welcome Session PFC 0G/024
Law 11.00am - 11.30am; 11.45am - 12.15pm;  12.30pm - 1.00pm;  1.15pm - 1.45pm;  2.00pm - 2.30pm The Student Experience Edgar Graham Room (MST/02/002)
Law 11.00am - 11.30am; 11.45am - 12.15pm;  12.30pm - 1.00pm;  1.15pm - 1.45pm;  2.00pm - 2.30pm Teaching Session Moot Court (MST/02/006)
Law 11.00am - 11.30am; 11.45am - 12.15pm;  12.30pm - 1.00pm; 1.15pm - 1.45pm; 2.00pm - 2.30pm Law and Employment PFC 02/026
Liberal Arts 11.30am - 12.00pm;
1.45pm - 2.15pm
Sample Seminar with Q&A PFC 03/005
Marine Biology 12.00pm - 1.00pm What Do Marine Biologists Actually Do? Lecture Theatre 1, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens 
Mathematics 10.30am - 11.15am;
1.00pm - 1.45pm
Morning talk- Mathematics Taster Lecture and Q&A. Afternoon talk- Mathematics Course Overview and Q&A Maths and Physics Teaching Centre, 0G/017
Mechanical Engineering 10.00am - 11.00am; 11.15am-12.00pm; 1.00pm - 2.00pm Programme Overview, taster lecture sessions and careers insight Sir Bernard Crossland Lecture room, Ashby 01/005
Media and Broadcast Production 10.30am - 11.30am; 12.00pm - 1.00pm Lights! Camera! Action! Live TV and Podcasting Workshop (includes tour of TV & Radio Studios) Sonic Arts Research Cente (SARC), Malone Road
Media and Broadcast Production 1.00pm - 2.00pm (drop in) Q&A with current students and staff (drop in) Sonic Arts Research Cente (SARC), Malone Road
Medicine 10.00am - 10:30am, 11.00am - 11:30am, 1.00pm - 1.30pm Subject Talk and Q&A: Medicine Lecture Theatre 1, Medical Biology Centre
 
Microbiology 12.00pm - 1.00pm Taster Session: Course Overview with Q&A Small Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens 
Microbiology 11.00am - 1.00pm Taster Session: The World of Microbes Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens 
Music 10.30am - 11.20am Music Sonic Lab Demo and Spatial Distribution Lecture Sonic Lab, Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Malone Road
Music 11.40am - 12.30pm Music Performance/Improv Workshop
 
McMordie Hall, Music Building
Music 11.40am - 12.30pm Music and Film Composition Lecture Harty Room, Music Building
Music 1.00pm - 2.30pm Chat zone with current students / informal interviews Offices, Music Building
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 10.00am - 11:15am; 12.00pm - 1:15pm An Introduction to the Study of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (Including Facilities Tour) South Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre
Philosophy 1.30pm - 2.00pm; 2.00pm - 2.30pm Taster Session - 'Philosophy - Critical Thinking and Careers' PFC 02/018
Physics 11.30am - 12.30pm;
2.00pm - 3.00pm
Meet our staff and students and join a tour of the research and teaching labs Main Physics Building
Planning 11.00am - 12.00pm Meet the Students, Meet the Graduates David Keir Building, Planning Studio (03.010)
Politics 12.00pm - 12.30pm Taster Session - ‘Solving the Planetary Crisis: Beyond Carbon, Capitalism and Growth’ PFC 0G/024
Portuguese 10.45am - 11.15am; 11.30am - 12.00pm Portuguese at QUB: Linguistic Immersion and Cultural Insights PFC 02/010
Politics, Philosophy and Economics 10.00am - 10.30am;  12.45pm-1.15pm Taster Session - 'Two ways to think about freedom' PFC 02/018
Psychology 10.00am - 11.00am;
12.30pm - 1.30pm
Psychology - What's it like? Insights from current staff, students and tour of the lab facilities David Keir Building 0G.115
(Stranmillis Rd Entrance)
Psychology 11.15am - 12.00pm;
1.45pm - 2.30pm
Psychology Research Showcase: Hear from a range of our staff as they discuss their research in an engaging and accessible way (limited capacity) David Keir Building, Computer Lab 01.522
(Malone Rd Entrance)
School of Biological Sciences - Whole School Talk 10.00am - 10.15am Head of School Welcome Talk Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens
Social Policy 10.30am - 11.00am; 11.30am - 12.00pm Taster Session: Social Policy PFC 03/006B
Sociology 10.30am - 11.00am;
11.30am - 12.00pm
Taster Session: Sociology PFC 03/006A
Spanish 10.00am - 10:30am; 11.30am -12.00pm Opening the World through Spanish: Interactive workshop PFC 02/011
Zoology 1.00pm - 2.00pm Course Overview Lecture Theatre, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens
Zoology 11.00am - 1.00pm Research Talks with PhD Students, Interactive Exhibits Teaching Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Chlorine Gardens 
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