University of Leicester

Founded in 1921 and gained its Royal Charter in 1957, Leicester is one of Britain's older universities.

The university site was given to create a living memorial for those who gave their lives during World War One. Leicester is in the heart of England, close to the M1 and M69 motorways. The railway station is close to the campus.  Typical offers range from AAA (Medicine, Law) to BBB with most departments requiring around AAB/ABB. 

Full-time undergraduate students (2011–12), male 49%, female 51%.

Full-time undergraduate students (2011–12), UK/EU 83%, international 17%.

Full-time undergraduate students (2011–12), under 21 86%, over 21 14%.

School type 89% state, 11% independent.

Just over seven applicants to each place. Approximately 17,000 applicants applied for 2,350 places in 2010. Leicester is an inclusive university; it meets its widening participation benchmarks for recruitment from state schools and lower socio-economic groups. The quality of teaching is very high and since the launch of the National Student Survey in 2005, Leicester has consistently featured amongst the top-10 universities in England for student satisfaction.Leicester has one of the strongest student completion rates – 91% of our students leave the sector with an award according to government performance indicators. 

The research conducted by the University has the strongest impact of any Midlands university measured by citations per academic. Citation levels place Leicester amongst the top 1% of universities in the world and are the 7th highest in the UK. Leicester’s Quality Related research funding (QR) is the 19th highest of Britain’s 120 universities. Leicester has one of the highest proportions of staff who are research active in the UK, with approximately 93% of staff submitted for the national 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Of these, Leicester has 87% of research activity deemed by the RAE to be producing internationally significant research.Leicester is home to the department with greatest concentration of world class research of any department of any discipline in the UK – in our Department of Museum Studies. DNA genetic fingerprinting was discovered here and over 90% of academic staff are research active.