Opportunities in and near Belfast

Meet current students and alumni at an in-person Belfast event, then chat with admissions, accommodation, support and recruitment staff about courses, finance and student life. Hear from the Study Abroad team and pick up an information pack and merchandise on arrival.

Get subject-specific teaching and careers guidance from university academics, alongside mentoring and workshops designed to show you what higher education is really like. Each pathway includes a compulsory summer school.

Pick a subject-specific day: explore university maths through interactive sessions, or hear a physics research talk, tour labs and try a hands-on activity. Lunch and refreshments are provided.

Work with poet Niamh McNally in a three-hour creative writing workshop exploring Samhain and winter’s darker half. Use prompts, discussion, visual inspiration and playful exercises to create writing sparked by Celtic traditions, mythologies, ancestry and the supernatural.

Get hands-on with Northern Ireland’s screen industries through placements in film, TV, animation, gaming and visual effects. Work alongside industry professionals and try practical activities, from costume and prosthetic make-up to game narrative, at partner studios and university facilities.

Explore campus on tours, then compare undergraduate courses through subject talks and conversations with academics, current students and staff. Get a feel for student life while checking out support services, clubs and accommodation, with food trucks, cafés and lawn games across campus.

Hear directly from university staff at a Belfast information evening about studying in Glasgow, explore course options and student life for people from Northern Ireland, then ask about career prospects, funding and scholarships.

Choose a two-week placement or five-day experience to work hands-on in a lab alongside researchers, applying classroom learning to real research projects. You’ll meet research and industry professionals and explore research career pathways through supervised practical lab work.

Compare Heaney and Frost through poems on your A-Level syllabus, then take part in an exhibition tour, lecture and seminar. Experienced university lecturers and school practitioners lead the programme, with PhD students from Queen’s and Ulster facilitating the seminars.

Take on a team business challenge during four days of paid, in-person work experience, gaining a snapshot of life at a professional services firm. Join interactive sessions, meet staff across grades and explore early careers routes, while seeing how the firm supports clients.

Join a Discord community where you can team up around economics, finance or politics, propose your own research idea and build independent research skills. Completed projects are reviewed by students, published on the site and can enter a quarterly vote for best project.

Work through five days’ worth of self-paced virtual tasks exploring commercial law and a global law firm’s key practice areas. Build commercial awareness and practical skills, then receive a certificate to add to LinkedIn and future applications.

Hear current students share what studying there is like, from support and opportunities to commuting in. Explore local transport links and dedicated facilities for students who live nearby.

Explore a university campus virtually, then hear directly from current students and ask them questions about student life.

Hear current students describe day-to-day life on campus and the support available to new undergraduates. Get guidance on room options, life in halls and practical university applications, including personal statements.

Build confidence with core GCSE Maths ideas in a focused, interactive 60-minute online workshop. Learn, practise and explain key concepts with high-achieving tutors, including Grade 9 GCSE Maths achievers studying at Imperial College London and Cambridge.

Get a clear breakdown of university funding from the Money Advice team, covering tuition fee and maintenance loans, the Lifelong Learning Entitlement and other support you may be able to access. Ask questions about your own situation in this online session.

Explore big questions through four interactive booklets, with articles, interviews, recorded lectures and challenges created by Oxford academics and students.

Join an online English masterclass led by a Cambridge academic and dive into university-level ideas and discussion. Get a taste of studying English at Cambridge, and explore where an English degree can lead after graduation.

Across three weeks of Zoom sessions, examine how populism, political apathy, misinformation, protest and political violence shape public debate and election outcomes. Consider whether trust in democratic institutions is weakening from a university perspective.