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Graduate work at Queen's University at Kingston was established formally in 1889, with the adoption of regulations for the Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees. At that time the degree of M.A. was not a graduate degree, but was given on the completion of honours work in certain courses provided the candidate had first class standing. With the introduction of a new system of studies in 1919, however, a graduate program was set up requiring a year of work beyond the B.A., and prescribing advanced lecture courses, plus a thesis, or other piece of independent work. In 1926, the Master' s course was strengthened by making the Honours B.A., or its equivalent, with at least second class standing, the standard of admission, and the regulations stated that the degree was to be given "not on the grounds of general attainment, but in recognition of the candidate' s wide knowledge of a special field of study."

The degree of M.Sc. was given for the first time in 1905-06. Graduates holding the bachelor's degree could qualify for the M.Sc. by practicing engineering for two years, or spending one year at the University. In 1922-23, a formal course was set up and one year of attendance beyond the B.Sc. was required. Strong emphasis was placed on research and the thesis. The establishment of the Chown Science Research Chair in 1919, and the Miller Memorial Research Chair in 1929, did much to stimulate graduate work in the Departments of Physics, Chemistry, Geology, and Mineralogy, by increasing the number of graduate students in these fields.The administrative aspect of graduate work was first formalized by the Faculty of Arts, which set up a Committee on Graduate Studies in 1941. Other Faculties followed this example, and in 1943, the Senate constituted the Queen's University Board of Graduate Studies. This Board was reconstituted into the School of Graduate Studies in 1963. The School of Graduate Studies and Research has had responsibility for providing recommendations to the Principal and Senate on matters pertaining to University research policy, and for coordinating University-wide aspects of research administration since 1971.

The School of Graduate Studies and Research is constituted to administer the policies of the University Senate as they pertain to graduate studies, as well as coordinating research funding for all Faculties and Schools, except Medicine. The School embraces all those departments and interdisciplinary Schools which offer graduate programs, with the exception of the MBA program within the School of Business. These departments are grouped into five Divisions which govern the academic programs of graduate students in the related departments.

Membership of the School includes all faculty members engaged in teaching and supervision of graduate students. The representative body of the membership is the Council of the School. It is responsible for setting the policies for the School as recommended by the Divisions and the following standing committees: Steering Committee, Admissions and Degrees Committee, Fellowship Committee, Advisory Research Committee, and the Student Affairs Committee.

The Office of the Graduate School is responsible for the implementation of the Council's policies and the coordination of the admission and degree programs with the departments.

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Formed in 1897, the Engineering Society of Queen's University is one of the oldest representative bodies for engineering students in Canada. With 2400 members on campus, 15,000 active alumni living throughout the world, and an annual budget of $1.2 million, EngSoc oversees some forty-five student-run initiatives ranging from design projects to services to fun social events.

Each of these groups operates as a real-world business. The students learn everything from business plans to fund-raising, from menu planning to decoration. These ventures develop many “soft skills” such as how to work in multidisciplinary groups and make business decisions in the real world. It is through these initiatives that students are taught to care for people and for the environment, and to act in ways that are healthy and sustainable. By exposing our members to social, environmental, diversity, and development issues through the various clubs, groups, and corporations affiliated with the Society, we help produce engineers that are more prepared for the global community.

The Faculty Players made their debut performance with Anatole France's "The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" in February 1921. They adopted their constitution on 21 April 1921, with a membership limited to academic and administrative staff of Queen's University and their families. In September 1953, the Players' executive passed a motion to include Royal Military College faculty and staff as eligible for membership. Dwindling membership led to the dissolution of the club in May 1974, some ten years after the production of their final play. The remaining assets were used to endow the Dr. William Angus Award, with the remainder donated to the Domino Theatre building fund.

Queen’s University Librarians’ and Archivists' Association (QULA) was originally formed in 1965 as the “Professional Librarians’ Association of Queen’s” or PLAQ. The objectives of the Association were described in its constitution as being “concerned with professional ethics and job responsibility, the professional development of its members, the status of librarians within the University, [and] the welfare of librarians as employees.”

In 1973 the constitution was re-written to exclude members of the Administrative staff group, and the group began to investigate the possibility of unionization. In 1977, a sub-committee of the Queen’s University Faculty Association began negotiating with PLAQ. As a result QUFA amended its constitution to include librarians in its membership. In 1984 a formal Memorandum of Agreement with QUFA was concluded.

The name of the association was changed in 1990 to “Queen’s University Librarian’s Association” or “QULA”.

From 1982, when the archives at Queen’s became a separate administrative unit, the archivists had been recognized as part of the Association membership. However, it was in 1997, that the name was officially changed to the “Queen’s University Librarians and Archivists” or “QULA”.

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A wide range of statistical reports were supplied by the Lieutenant Governor to the Colonial Office and to the Legislature. These reports were based on data collected by the Civil Secretary and by the Provincial Secretary and Registrar. By 1821, reporting practices had formalized; the Blue Books of Statistics were produced annually thereafter. The Civil Secretary was responsible for preparing reports enclosed in despatches to the Colonial Office. From 1832 onward, however, the Provincial Secretary was responsible for preparing the Blue Books. After the union of Upper and Lower Canada, the Board of Registration and Statistics, composed of the Provincial Secretary, the Receiver General and the Inspector General, took over the task.
As a result of the prominence of agricultural statistics, the Minister of Agriculture was appointed chairman of the Board of Registration and Statistics, created in 1847. Among its other responsibiliti es, the Board conducted decennial censuses (Hodgetts, pp. 238-239). In 1852, the Bureau of Agriculture and Statistics was created. It exercised loose supervision of voluntary agricultural societies, and extended grants to these societies, by means of Boards of Agriculture for both Canada West and Canada East (16 Vic., Chap. 11). As formally constituted by statute in 1868, the post-Confederation Department of Agriculture was responsible for statistics and the census. (31 Vic., Chap. 53). In 1912, responsibility for the census and statistics was transferred to the Department of Trade and Commerce (Annual Report, 1911-1912, p. 60).

A Commission of Inquiry into railway pension costs conducted in 1973.