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Queen’s University Campus

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Don’t miss the opportunity to stroll around the amazing Queen’s University campus.

One of the most prestigious Canadian universities, Queen’s University was established in 1841, in a Royal Charter issued by Queen Victoria.

Its founders modelled the new college on the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and like them, Queen’s was given a governing structure built around a Board of Trustees, a Principal, and a Senate. In the university’s early years, all its faculty were Scottish-educated.

Photo: Queen’s University, 1899, Queen’s University Journal

Notable alumnae:

  • Sir Robert Borden, 8th Prime Minister of Canada,
  • Norihito, Prince Takamado, member of the Imperial House of Japan,
  • Kathleen Wynne, 25th Premier of Ontario,
  • Fraser Stoddart and Arthur B. McDonald, Nobel Laureates,
  • Elon Musk, a founder, CEO or both of PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, OpenAI, The Boring Company and Neuralink

Photo: Everettjsj2, CC BY-SA 3.0

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