University of Leicester

Overview

The University of Leicester is led by discovery and innovation – an international centre for excellence renowned for research, teaching and broadening access to higher education. We are the Daily Mail University of the Year 2025 and hold shortlisted for University of the Year for both the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2024 and the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.In 2025, our Research quality has reached top30 worldwide (=26th) in 2026 THE World University Rankings.We are highly ranked in the UK, consistently in the top 30 of major national league tables including: 37th in UK (and 326th in world) in 2026 QS World University Ranking25th in the UK (and =192nd in the world) in the 2026 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings27-32nd in the UK (and 301-400th in the world) in the 2025 Shanghai Ranking=28th in the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 202634th in the Daily Mail University Guide 202640th in the Guardian University Guide 2026=33th in the Complete University Guide 2026In terms of our subjects: Archaeology has risen to 40th place internationally in the most recent 2025 QS World University Rankings by SubjectClinical Medicine ranks at 27th place, while Business and Administration is 51-75th globally in 2025 Shanghai Ranking of Academic SubjectsLeicester is among the Top 30 universities in the THE’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 rankings with 89% of research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent, with wide-ranging impacts on society, health, culture, and the environment. In 2023, the University received an overall Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023, making it one of a small number of institutions nationally to achieve TEF Gold alongside a top 30 REF performance. The University is home to more than 20,000 students and approximately 4,000 staff. 

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