Alumni engagement and philanthropy

Legal, Military and Political
- Lord John Alderdice – MB BCh BAO 1978; former Northern Ireland politician/member of the House of Lords
- Air Commodore David Case – BSc Aeronautical Engineering 1975; highest ranking black officer ever to serve in Britain's armed forces. Listed in 100 Greatest Black Britons (W)
- Colonel Tim Collins – BSSc 1981; Chief Executive Officer, New Century Consulting (W)
- Adrian Colton – LLB 1981; High Court Judge & Presiding Coroner for Northern Ireland (W)
- Kieran Fitzgerald – DGov 2014; Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commissioner (W)
- Arlene Foster – LLB 1993; former First Minister of NI Executive (W)
- Simon Hamilton – BA Modern History 1999, BLegSc 2001; Chief Executive at Belfast Chamber of Trade & Commerce; former Minister for the Economy & MLA for Strangford (W)
- Seán Hoy – BAgr 1985, Irish Ambassador to Brazil (w)
- Siobhan Keegan QC – LLB 1993; first ever female High Court judge in Northern Ireland, co-appointed with Denise McBride QC (LLB 1988) on 23.10.15 (more)
- Lord Brian Kerr of Tonaghmore – LLB 1969; retired Justice of The Supreme Court
- Brenda King – LLB 1986; Attorney General for Northern Ireland (appointed 2020)
- John Larkin QC – LLB 1985; former Attorney General for Northern Ireland (2010-20)(W)
- Naomi Long – MEng Civil Engineering 1994; former MP
- Lord Brian Mawhinney – BSc Physics 1963; former MP; member of the House of Lords
- Denise McBride QC – LLB 1988; first ever female High Court judge in Northern Ireland, co-appointed with Siobhan Keegan QC - (LLB 1993) on 23.10.15 (more)
- Boyd McCleary – BA German 1972; Dispute Mediator, 39 Essex Chambers; member of advisory board of OMFIF; former HM Governor, British Virgin Islands
- Barra McGrory – BA Ancient History & Celtic 1983; Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland
- Gay Mitchell – MSSc (Pol. Studies) 1990; former MEP & Dublin Lord Mayor (W)
- Ian Paisley Jnr – BA Modern History 1989; MP
- Dr Janil Puthucheary – MB BCh BAO 1995; Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) in Singapore (W)
- Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah – BSc (Econ) 1960; Malaysian political figure (W)
- Margaret Ritchie – BA 1979; former MP
- Tan Sri Datuk Rafiah Salim – LLB 1971; Director of NAM Institute for the Empowerment of Women
- Sir Seamus Treacy – LLB 1978; Northern Ireland Court of Appeal judge (W)
- Lord David Trimble – LLB 1968; member of the House of Lords
- Conor Ward – LLB 1984; Consultant at Hogan Lovells International LLP (W)
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