QBS Student Hub

In late 2023 Queen’s Business School opened the doors to an exciting expansion that will establish a benchmark of global excellence for one of the top business schools in the UK and Ireland.

A new 6,000 square metre innovative building called the Queen's Business School Student Hub sits alongside the listed red-brick Riddel Hall, as the new base for a vibrant student and staff community, providing an enhanced social and educational experience.

View a map of where we are in relation to the main site of Queen's University Belfast.

Who is the building for?

The new facilities have been developed to accommodate the accelerated growth of Queen's Business School. The new building hosts academic researchers, postgraduate taught students and postgraduate research students. The social spaces are open to all staff and students - the building will be a vibrant hub for socialising, working, studying, accessing support, and developing careers and ideas. 

What's inside?

The unique spaces have been designed to benefit students with a modern digital infrastructure to interface with media lecture capture, TED Talk provision, collaborative breakout sessions and two-way audio-video communication. 

Navigating around the building

Understanding room numbers

• OG: Ground floor (where the car park leads into)
• 01: First floor (where the side entrance leads into)
• 02: Second floor

Spaces and locations

• 120-seat Harvard Style lecture theatre: 0G.013 
• Employability hub: 0G.025A  
• Interactive E-Learning suite: 0G.044 
• 150-seat computer lab: 0G.048A & B 
• A nursing room: 01.007  
• Executive lounge: 01.015  
• Board room: 01.026  
• New FinTrU Financial Trading Room: 01.027  
• Entrepreneurial hub: 01.028  
• Quiet study spaces: 01.030 
• Large project room: 01.044A  
• International student support: 01.046  
• The Mark Pigott Lecture Theatre – a 290-seat tiered educational space: 01.048A & B 
• Expanded research space for PhD students: 02.005 
• A café open to all staff and students 
• Postgraduate and staff common rooms 
• Breakout spaces throughout the building 
• Research centres 
• Interview rooms 

Sustainability 

We are proud that sustainability, biodiversity and protecting our environment have been at the heart of the design and construction of our new School building. 

A sustainable building

• Geothermal heating powers the building, making it a pioneering project in Northern Ireland for this green energy source.
• Photovoltaic panels on top of the building generate electricity.
• Solar panels on the roof generate all hot water within the bathrooms and kitchen areas.
• Staff have access to bike parking, showers, and lockers to encourage sustainable modes of active travel to work.
• Electric car charging points are available.

Friendly to our surroundings

• To ensure minimum disturbance to local wildlife, LED light fittings have been used both internally and externally with appropriate lux levels and blinds on windows.
• We wanted minimal removal of existing trees, and relocated 7 trees to the Malone Road playing fields site.
• A wildflower meadow finishes the lower roof, to encourage biodiversity.
• We incorporated 'swift boxes' and a swift calling system, to help swifts seek a safe space in the summer months.