Queen’s University

Queen's University, one of the oldest universities in Canada, was founded in 1841 by Queen Victoria in the city of Kingston, Ontario, Canada .

Queen's is a public research university, and its main campus is located in the city centre.

The university has 8 faculties and several schools, including the Faculty of Arts and Science, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Faculty of Law, the Smith School of Business, the School of Medicine, the School of Policy Studies, as well as the Bader International Study Centre located at Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England. In addition, 6 libraries, several museums and outstanding arts facilities, including the Agnes Etherington Art Centre and the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, belong to Queen's University .

Queen's University currently has more than 23 thousand students and more than 131 thousand graduates around the world. It admits students from more than 100 countries around the world, who make up about 12% of the student body.

Why Queen's University?

Queen's University , with 180 years of academic history and extensive scientific research, is among the top universities in Canada and is a member of the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities.

Queen's is among the top medical universities in Canada and is a pioneer in various scientific fields. In the 2021 Times rankings it achieved 21st place for international outlook and 9th place for research partnerships.

It is notable that Queen's was the first Canadian university west of the Maritime provinces to admit women to study at university, in 1869.

The university is popular because of its support for international students in terms of safety, educational standards and the diverse facilities it provides to students.

Queen's local impact is about 1.5 billion dollars a year in economic activity, including 61 million dollars of additional economic activity associated with the School of Medicine and the Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO).

According to statistics, by the fourth year of undergraduate study 60% of students have taken part in community service or volunteer activities, 50% of students have taught on campus and in the Kingston community, and 38% have completed a practicum, internship, field experience, co-op or clinical placement in and around the city.

Notable alumni of Queen's University include government officials, academics and business leaders, among them Sir Robert Borden (the 8th Prime Minister of Canada), Noriyuki (Prince Takamado, a member of the Japanese Imperial Family), Kathleen Wynne (the 25th Premier of Ontario), Fraser Stoddart (Nobel laureate in Chemistry for work on molecular machines) and 57 Rhodes Scholars; and as of 2020, four Nobel Prize laureates and one Turing Award laureate have been affiliated with the university.