Queens University of Charlotte is a private, co-educational university located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a variety of fields, including business, education, health sciences, liberal arts, and sciences. Queens University of Charlotte was founded in 1857 as the Charlotte Female Institute, and it became Queens College in 1912. The university has a student-to-faculty ratio of 12:1, and its faculty includes Fulbright Scholars, Guggenheim Fellows, and other distinguished scholars and researchers. Queens University of Charlotte is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.