Royal Belfast Academical Institution

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Royal Belfast Academical Institution
Address
College Square East Belfast , Northern Ireland , BT1 6DL United Kingdom
Coordinates	54°35′49″N 05°56′11″W / 54.59694°N 5.93639°W / 54.59694; -5.93639
Information
Type	Voluntary grammar school
Motto	Quaerere Verum (To Seek the Truth)
Established	1810; 214 years ago (1810)
Founder	William Drennan
Chairman of the board of governors	Colin Gowdy
Principal	J. Williamson
Age	11 to 18
Number of students	1060 (approx.)
Houses	Dill   Jones   Kelvin   Larmor   Pirrie   Stevenson
Colour(s)	Black and gold
Newspaper	Sea Horse
Yearbook	School News
Affiliations	Inchmarlo Prep.
Former pupils	Instonians
Website	http://rbai.org.uk/

The Royal Belfast Academical Institution is an independent grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. With the support of Belfast's leading reformers and democrats, it opened its doors in 1814. Until 1849, when it was superseded by what today is Queen's University, the institution pioneered Belfast's first programme of collegiate education. Locally referred to as Inst, the modern school educates boys from ages 11 to 18. It is one of the eight Northern Irish schools represented on the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school occupies an 18-acre site in the centre of the city on which its first buildings were erected.