Queen's University Belfast - GIFT City Campus

Queen's University Belfast is a public Russell Group research university in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, founded in 1845 and widely regarded as one of the UK's leading institutions. Its GIFT City Campus represents the university's first international campus and is located in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India—India's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). The campus was established to extend Queen's academic footprint into one of India's premier financial hubs and to deliver UK-standard postgraduate education to students in India and the wider region. The GIFT City Campus focuses on industry-aligned postgraduate programmes in areas such as business analytics, risk management, digital innovation, actuarial science, and related finance and management disciplines. Students benefit from Queen's academic reputation, research-led teaching, and strong industry connections while studying within a regulated international financial centre designed to attract global financial services firms. As a satellite campus of a UK public research university, the GIFT City location combines Queen's established academic standards with proximity to India's growing financial services ecosystem. The initiative reflects Queen's internationalisation strategy and offers an alternative pathway for students seeking a Queen's University Belfast qualification without relocating to Belfast, while maintaining alignment with the parent institution's academic governance and quality assurance.