Belfast Academical Institution

The Oxford Companion to Irish History | 2007 | 700+ words | Copyright

Belfast Academical Institution, later Royal Belfast Academical Institution, opened in 1814 as a non‐denominational college of higher education, though in practice drawing most of its students from the Presbyterian population. The government, despite the involvement of Drennan and other prominent radicals, initially granted funding, but withdrew this for a period (1817–29) when the Synod of Ulster insisted on allowing ministers to take their degrees there, rather than studying for a period outside Ireland as the government wished. The alleged Arianism of teaching staff was the immediate cause of the second subscription controversy. Collegiate education ceased with the opening of the Queen's College in Belfast, and ‘Inst’ went on to become a leading boys' grammer school.

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