When Queen's became a secular institution in 1910, the School of Mining officially joined with the University and subsequently renamed itself the Faculty of Applied Science.

[6] Students registered in the Bachelor of Applied Science (Engineering) program at Queen's University are required to complete the four-year degree in no more than six academic sessions.

In the Fall of 1956, the class of Science '60 was forced to climb a goalpost stolen the previous year from the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium.

Currently, first-year students are led to "climb the greasepole", which is the same goalpost covered in 1-inch-thick (25 mm) industrial lanolin, surrounded by a waist-deep pit of water, commonly known as "the greasepit."

The building houses Clark Hall Pub, the Campus Bookstore and the old EngSoc Lounge (with the new EngSoc Lounge being in Beamish-Munro Hall), which in turn hosts several student-run services such as Queen's Project on International Development, Golden Words and Campus Equipment Outfitters (CEO).

[citation needed] In June 2007, Clark Hall Pub was closed by the Engineering Society citing concerns about management and financial clarity, but was re-open in October 2008.

Clark Hall Pub has also been home to many successful acts, including The Tragically Hip, Arcade Fire, Arkells, Bedouin Soundclash, K-os, and Craig Cardiff.

[8][additional citation(s) needed] Every year a house band is chosen through a 'Battle of the Bands'-style competition, which the Tragically Hip failed to win when they were first starting out in the 1980s.

This facility was designed to support undergraduate learning and includes multi-purpose rooms, shared teaching laboratories, prototyping workshop rooms, space for students to work on projects together, environmentally-sustainable features, "Live Building" systems through which the building itself can be used as a learning tool, and a three-storey-high living wall to act as a biofilter.

The Tea Room, a student-run café with objectives of environmental sustainability, opened in the Integrated Learning Centre in the fall of 2006.

Following concerns of high maintenance costs, the living wall was removed in 2015, to be replaced by a piece of artwork designed by Toronto-based artist Kwest in collaboration with engineering students.