Queen’s University Belfast

Queen’s Management School is one of the top business schools in the UK and Ireland and prides itself on offering a world-class range of postgraduate degree programmes in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Human Resource Management, and Marketing.

WHY CHOOSE QUEEN’S MANAGEMENT SCHOOL?

We’re among the best in the world! Queen’s University Belfast is ranked in the top 1% of Universities in the world (QS world University Rankings 2018). 

Our students think so too – ranking us 1st amongst business schools in the Russell Group for overall satisfaction (National Student Survey 2016).

Queen’s Management School is located at Riddel Hall, situated within the Stranmillis Conservation Area adjacent to the main University campus. The site now encompasses a new, purpose-built Management School and Postgraduate and Executive Education Centre with conference facilities. Riddel Hall provides the School with academic and support offices; postgraduate research rooms for students and research fellows; a range of fully equipped teaching facilities with varying capacities from small syndicate rooms to a 120-seat tiered lecture theatre; two computer suites; the Trading Room; the Placement Office; resource accommodation; flexible space for large group teaching and conference use; and communal support facilities including catering accommodation to encourage social and intellectual interaction. 

Students have access to Bloomberg software, a market leader in financial news, data and analytics, which is used by many financial institutions. The Trading Room allows for an interactive and exciting learning environment which brings textbook theory to life. Students will use and have access to software such as Stata, Excel, Matlab, and databases such as Thomson One Banker, DataStream and Bloomberg.

Students are invited to join the Student Managed Fund where they will have a unique opportunity to manage a real money investment portfolio of £30,000. Queen’s Management School is one of only a handful of universities in the UK and Ireland to offer this experience which is a game changer when it comes to graduate employability. 

Students are invited to many joint events with the Leadership Institute with prestigious speakers including Sam Woods, Director of Financial Stability at the Bank of England, Denis O’Brien, the leading Irish Telecoms Entrepreneur, Manus Cranny, European Markets Editor and News Anchor for Bloomberg TV, and former South African President FW de Klerk.

Many of our postgraduate programmes provide recognition or accreditation from the recognised professional body including:

• MSc Accounting and Finance seven exemptions from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• MSc Finance and MSc Quantitative Finance both recognised by the CFA Institute University Recognition Programme
• MSc Risk and Investment Management recognised by the Global Association of Risk Professionals and Professional Risk Managers’ International Association
• MSc Marketing accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and option to gain Google Analytics Qualification
• MSc Human Resource Management accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)