International Staff Support
Queen's has many international staff working alongside colleagues from the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Welcome from President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Ian Greer
Queen’s is a globally connected and networked University with strategic partnerships across the world, helping us to expand our impact on wider society locally, nationally, and globally.
We welcome staff and students from across the globe and our international staff are an intrinsic and valued part of our academic life, university community and wider society here in Belfast and Northern Ireland. As Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast, I am delighted you are interested in a position with the University.
Queen’s is an exciting place, a place that delivers both local and international impact. This makes us a global top 200 university, based in Belfast, a modern capital city known for its welcome and accessibility. It is a great place to live and work and we are immensely proud of what our city and our University will offer you.
Professor Sir Ian Greer
President and Vice-Chancellor
One of the top 10 most beautiful historic universities in the UK
(QS World University Rankings 2022)
Belfast has the lowest cost of living in the UK
(Mercer Cost of Living City Ranking 2023)
Over 99% of Queen’s research environment was assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent
(REF 2021)
A member of the prestigious Russell Group of 24 UK research intensive universities.
This guide will help you as you prepare to embark on your new journey at Queen’s.
International Staff Guide