30 September 2024
Welcoming our new International Students
The College welcomed a new group of International Students this week as academic life resumes. This coming year we have students arriving from France, Slovakia, China, Spain, Belgium, USA, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
In their first few days they have been settling into class, meeting key people, and getting to know the history and geography of Belfast.

30 September 2024
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