Overview
• The University of Leicester is a public research university based in Leicester, England.
• In 1957 it was gained university status. Leicester houses over 4,000 international students of 110 nationalities and has produced 185,000 alumni across 201 countries.
• Leicester alumni enjoy access to a range of the university’s services and benefits.
• The university is famous for the discovery of genetic fingerprinting and contributing to the discovery and identification of the remains of King Richard III.
• Loughborough and Wigston are under 30 minutes away and London is an hour away by train.
• De Montfort University, and Loughborough University are some of the other universities in the region.
Reputation
Things you should know
• In July 2019, the University of Leicester announced that its new Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Earth Observation Research Centre (METEOR) has received nearly GBP 14 million in funding through Research England’s flagship capital investment scheme, the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF).
• METEOR will be a key part of Space Park Leicester, a new, world-leading research, innovation and teaching hub that is due to open in late 2020.
• Leicester ranks between 22 and 28 in the UK and 201st-300th in the world in the Shanghai Ranking.
• The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020 ranks the University of Leicester 41st in the UK.
• It ranks 84th in the Guardian University Guide 2020.University of Leicester was named runner-up University of the Year in the Times/Sunday Times University Guide 2014.
• Leicester is listed as 76th in the Reuters Top 100 Most Innovative Universities in Europe.
• Leicester is ranked 166th in the world and 24th in the UK according to The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
• Leicester is placed 239th globally in the 2020 QS World University Rankings.
• It is ranked 43rd in the world for Communications and Media., betweem 51 and 100 for Sports related studies and Archaeology.
• Leicester is ranked in the top 25 universities in the Times Higher Education REF Research Power rankings.
• University of Leicester ranked 37th in the world in the The University Impact Rankings 2019 It is ranked between 51 and 75 in the European Teaching Ranking In December 2018.
• The University of Leicester was ranked 35th out of 710 universities in the UI GreenMetric global ranking of sustainable universities.
• The university is famous for the discovery of genetic fingerprinting and contributing to the discovery and identification of the remains of King Richard III The Department of Physics and Astronomy hosts Europe’s largest university-based space research facility and the School of Museum Studies remains one of the top research departments in the country, containing the highest ranking research in Museum Studies in the UK.
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Of Leicester University
• Philip Campbell- editor-in-chief of Nature.
• Jyrki Katainen- Prime Minister of Finland, Princess Mako of Akishino, a member of the Japanese Imperial Family.
• Alan Walters- British economist who was best known as the Chief Economic Adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
• Ian Bishop –West Indies Cricketer.
• Andrew Taylor –Former chairman and CEO of McDonald’s UK.
• Atifete Jahjaga (President of Kosovo).
• Storm Elvin Thorgerson – English graphic designer and music video director. He created work for artists including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Phish, Black Sabbath, Peter Gabriel, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Yes, Muse, and Ween.
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