Strategic Priorities

Our Strategy is centred around our people with four Strategic Priorities, which build on our rich heritage of innovation, both economic and social, and focus on true global challenges aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

These resonate with the specific needs of, in particular, Northern Ireland and also more widely on the island of Ireland and in the UK, and are underscored by the impact of the pandemic.

We will realise our Vision by focusing on four priorities:

Please explore our strategic priorities

• Education and Skills

  A Queen’s education will provide our students with a sense of purpose and the competencies to shape their own lives and to contribute to the lives of others.

  We will develop our students as global citizens with the skills to work internationally, but the opportunity to build a career locally, meeting the needs of the economy in key sector areas and supporting the growth of the knowledge-based economy in Northern Ireland.

  Goals:

  • Deliver a transformative student experience

  • Provide an education for societal impact

  • Broaden access to Higher Education

  • Innovate our Teaching and Learning

  A Queen’s education will provide our students with a sense of purpose and the competencies to shape their own lives and to contribute to the lives of others.

• Research and Innovation

  Queen’s has a proud history of conducting innovative, impactful and world-leading research that has positively changed people’s lives.

  Our ambition for 2030 is to further enhance our impact by strengthening our research position and working with industry to broaden our translational impact and innovation, ensuring we deliver high quality, world-leading research, which addresses local and global challenges.

  Goals:

  • Strengthen our research portfolio

  • Enhance our research collaborations

  • Address real world need

  • Foster a creative, inclusive and collaborative culture

  Queen’s has a proud history of conducting innovative and world-leading research that has changed people’s lives.

• Global Reputation and Partnerships

  At Queen’s, we will foster an environment where local impact and global ambition pervades all our activities.

  We will enhance our international reputation as a world-class research and educational institution, communicating our distinctive impact to the world. Through our global reputation, we will also promote the international profile and connectivity of Northern Ireland.

  Goals:

  • Offer an international experience

  • Enhance our international networks and partnerships

  • Advance our global alumni engagement

  • Lead and shape the agenda on social transformation

  At Queen’s, we will foster an environment where local impact and global ambition pervades all our activities.

• Social and Civic Responsibility, and Economic Prosperity

  Universities are uniquely placed to shape the world in which we live, by helping to solve the challenges faced by individuals and communities at a local, regional and global level.

  They also have a pivotal role to play in underpinning the economic, social and cultural growth of their region. Queen’s is central to the socio- economic success of Northern Ireland; we are a University for Northern Ireland and will be both accessible, agile and responsive to the needs and priorities of our region and our world.

  Goals:

  • Enhance future economic growth and prosperity

  • Drive social change

  • Embrace the UN Sustainable Development Goals across all our activities

  • Transition to a zero-carbon society

  Universities are uniquely placed to shape the world in which we live.

You can find more information on each of the priorities in our Strategy 2030 document.

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You can find more information in the Strategy 2030 document.