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Belfast Education & Training

 

Education standards in the city's grammar and secondary schools are among the highest in the UK.

Skills - School Leavers

  • In 2005 71% of young people in Northern Ireland achieved grades A* to C in GCSE's compared to 61.2% of young people in GB.
  • 97.4% of Northern Ireland students passed at 'A' Level compared to 96% in GB.  30% of students in Northern Ireland achieved 'A' grades relative to 22.4% in GB.
  • More than 60% of our Secondary school graduates go on to college.

Skills - Graduates

  • 11,500 postgraduate students p.a.
  • 38,500 undergraduate students p.a.
  • Annually 2000 IT graduates qualify from NI higher. education institutions.
  • Futher 2000 qualify in Business with IT capability.
  • Current enrolment of students in IT related disciplines totals 10,340.

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The city has two first class universities - The Universuty of Ulster and Queen's Universuty, both with world renowned research facilities.

Queen’s University
Queens is one of the top 20 Universities out of a total of more than 170 which have been independently assessed to measure both the quality of teaching and the excellence of research. The five faculties consist of some 38 schools and institutes offering a wide range of courses across the pure and applied sciences, arts and social sciences. Students from as many as 40 different countries are drawn to study here and they join contemporaries from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain.

University of Ulster
University of Ulster’s vision is to be a model of an outstanding regional university with a national and international reputation for quality. The University’s course provision is the largest in the island of Ireland covering Arts, Business and Management, Engineering, Information Technology, Life and Health sciences and Social sciences. The University is a major contributor to the R&D capacity within Northern Ireland in support of local business and industry. Its research base has strengthened and expanded rapidly in terms of funding and quality.

 
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